The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-12


happy. There were chickens and ducks
and geese, theie were guinea hens and
doves and rabbits there were innocent
Inmbkins yand frolEekins calves. and she
had tried to milk COW. fallen on a
fence and churned two pounds Of but
ter. But for Arthur Tyson this dream
Of bliss might have continued another
week. and pretty Viola might have
climbed to the roof Of the wagon shed,
sold paper rags to tin peddler and
gone bIackberryIng down In the mead
ow as a continuance OF her romantic
adventures
Arthur Tyson had not only fallen In
love with her, but he was intending to
nsIs forher hand. he hadn't published
his Intentions In any OF the journals
or told the country postmistress what
was in his mind, but Miss Viola had q
line on him. You can't fool girl about
such things. The man who Is counting
her may talk about the joys OF bache-
Ior life and pretend TO be cynle on
anaIrs OF sentiment, but she can read
him like a book. When Arthur had
said that he would arrive ut Viola's
aunt's on the 14th-r1nninG down In
his auto In the forenoon and running
back to the city again In the evening
there was a look in his eyes. that said
there would be something doing
The 18th came, and then things be-
gan to happen. A letter arrived from
Arthur to say that his grandmother
wanted him to hurry to her dying bed
side; big bumbIehee came droninS
along, even as Viola was reading the
letter willie seated on the yerandn, and
stung het ON the bare arm: windmill!
fIsfea "a
dirt with her; she was chased out Of
the barnyard by a calf and chased
back again by a turkey gobbler; the
dog got hold of her cute SUMMER hat
and chcwed 1T up. and she fell down
cellar while going after preserves and
lnnded on top of the family cat.
Several other vexatIous things oc-
CURED between the morning Qe the
18th and noon OF the next day. and ap
hour after dinner Miss Viola made mp
her mind TO have good cry. II sue
cried in the house her aunt. who was
sharp eyed old lady. would see her
tears and ask questions; IL she went
to the barn to cry among the caeklng
hens and sllew mowu hay. the hired
man would come stumbling in; if she
hid away behind the grape arbor or
the c,rraut bushes. there were bugs to
was of her guard
Down across the meadow and half
mile from the house there was a small
grove. and the disconsolate girl finally
made up her mind that her tears Of
sorrow should be shed around the roots
of those trees. Her manner of dodginS
her aunt and getting out of the house
and down to the grove would have
been called making sneak" by some.
but n pretty girl who is looking for
crying place should not he judged too
harshly.
She found tile grove capital place
for her business. There We're shade
and quietness and the whispering OF
the summer breeze through the leaves
and Miss Viola went ut 1t and let the
tears fall her chin culver and her sobs
brighten away the lone clfickadee that
was taking a daytime nap on branch
above her head.
Mr.. Tyson hastened to the bedside
Of his dying grandmother. thinking that
IL would be a whole week before she
would die and be buried and the will
mentioning him as sole heir read
Upon his arrival glad surprise await
ed him. 1t was case OF bilious cole
onIy, caused by eating too heartily OF
corned beef and cabbage at the adj
vanced age of eighty-three.
He would have FASTENED away at
once. but the grandmother objected
She had Il story to tell-a story of how
That collie grasped and gripped her and
lasted her ten hours before the doctor
could bring relief It took her all day
to finish the story and then It took her
nenbeyv several hours in addition to
convince her that &c he did not hasten
back TO town the whole United States
would turn turtle.
IIe made things hum when he got
started, but 1t was midafternoon OF
the 18th when his AutO arrived within
cannon shot of the farmhouse which
sheltered the girl he meant to make
his wife and of the grove wherein
sad eyed maiden sat and wept-that is,
she wasn't sitting there just then. She
had other business on hand.
At / o'clock that afternoon at the
railroad station, two miles away.
train bearing 100 lunatics on their way
to a newly completed asylum had been
shunted on to the side track to let the
express pass. They were given re-
freshments, aud all Of sudden. while
the guards were about their hOspltable
work and their vigilance relnxed,
dozen Of the. unfortunate people. men
and women, escaped from the cars ana
scattered over the country.
OF course they were Instantly pur-
sued, but three or four of them got
long stnrt Guards and farmers and
farmers boys and farmers dogs took
up the pursuit with avIdity.
As Miss Viola sat in her grove and
sobbed and wept and threw sticks Mt
the bugs crawling about she was star
tied by whoops and yells and shouts.
pressed her sobs and stepped out OF
tbia chatter NJ the grove to see what