The new enterprise., 1905-06-29
\ BY A MINUTE! :
By CLARA LOUISE BURNHAM.

mn = mn ems a match for any man,
lIIIU h I( said Farmer Burclard, hi
iSSS===gs,llyy hard face harder as b,
k3-s2 spoke she won't 70 t
her husband empty.handed
either l calc'late 10 give Helen Forest
Farm II she marrles 10 suit me: apd
Forest Farm, Ezra Fairfax. is the pref
tiast property in Middlesey County -
The farmer and Lis hired man were
driving along the road TO the station.
Tor Mr. Burchard was going or on a
weeks trip to buy some cattle.
Ezra made no reply to this boast, He
hau Aeard II a number of times, and
as he loved Helen with his whole heart
II was not a pleasure to listen 70. es.
pecially as he understood at this time
II was warning note intended TO Pre-.
vent 9ny philaudcring in his EMPLOYERS
absence. ."E'",' -;a.l p p -..-,... a..
Il shall never have Forest Farm If
tAat is the price | have TO pay," de.
clared Helen herself few hours later.
looking into her lovers honest owes.
IL. two had grown up together, the
children Of ncighbors. II shall piorrT;
you OF nobody, Ezra, l love father.
Dut bis ambitions can't make wrong
right Had be been the one 10 die IN.
stead Of your father when we v.era
children I might have been yonr
mothers help today The Girl
smiled in q way that warmed EIo's
despairing heart
II there were only something I could
DO to change mat,crsw be exclaimed.
l nate the name Of Forest Farml L
wish Hosea IIinkley Lad neye. sold
H. ~..if ....-'.. ..ss. ~a-se
'uc wouldn't if he could possibly
nave Done without the money. that is
certain remarked the ci?I "Whal q
Triumph father felt Il to be when be
secured 1t before good NJ. Hosea dieq:'
~. Acs, IL that scamp Of a brother OF
bis. Lad got hola Of il, I guess Mr..
Burchard might have wlistlcd for Tor.
est FQrni Jim IIiuElcy's the biggest
rascal unhdng, aid he hates your
father He'd have liked to spite him
by selling to somebody else. Wcll.o
Ezra hoavel a mighty sigh" for my
part I'd be willing Jim Lad cot If, ii
ought not 10 let you cling to the thought
Of lac, Helen; it viii spoil your life"
The girl gazad at him with frank
tenderness. His sturdy form ana
brQnz.d face filed all her horizon.
can YOU stop thinking OF meg" she
asked SlmDlv. '. .........
God EL,%s can't" le answered,
ana then be lifted his old hat with a |
re2yGrent gesture and kissed her
The next day he was p,oddns along
the road to the village GllcI with the |
problem that always absorbed Lin. |
when a stranger aceosted him. uo
looked up ana beheld an elderly zen.
,tenan with the stamp Of city life On
MS face, clothing and manners.
Young man. the latter began, "can
you tell me the whereabouts of q place
known as Forest Farmf"
YES" replied Ezra. "Walk right
ahead and turn the first turning TO the
left, and Ms soon as you cross the creek
you're there" Then, with a bluntness
that amused his interlocutor, he con.
tinued, Were you thinking Of renting
itYn
The stranger smiled leniently and
tapped his hand with legal paper be
held. NO, | wasn't thinking Of rent
iIg it, he answered deliberately: 81
am thinking Of buying it. In fact, |
have just bought it, My daughter saw
the place and thought she would like
1t for a summer home, and have
come down TO look at it myself. Ny
deed here will assist me in locating
boundaries. I'm much obliged to you.n
The kindly stranger bowed and
moved on, leaving Ezra to stare after
him his lips parted his thoughts in
turmoil. ..s't.,r, .r'l-. ,-..u.,~.
His face reddened under its bronze.
In some uncomprehended way had his
chance come? Might he do for Allen
Burchard some service which should
win him Helen?
He made swift movement to follow
the stranger as suddenly changed his
mind, and charged up the village street
at a pace that scattered the children
before him like leaves in the wind.
Squire Winslow, sitting at the desk
in his second-story Office looked
startled rs the young man burst into
his room. "Well! What's the matter,
Ezra FairfaxT exclaimed the old man,
pushing his chair back, images OF dire
catastrophes crowding through his
brain.
4 II don't know" gasped the other,