The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-11-09
HAVING A
GOOD CRY
BY DONALD ALLEN
Copyright, 1909, 10y Ruby Douglas
BY DONALD ALLEN


and geese, there We're guinea hens and
doves and rabbits, there We're innocent
lambkins and frollcklng calves, and she
had tried to milk II COW, fallen or n
fence and churncd 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 pcddlcr and
gone blackberrying down In the mead.
ow as Il continuance of her romantic
adventures.
Arthur Tyson had not only fallen in
love with her, but he was intending to
ask for her hand. lie hadn't published
his intentions In any of the journals
or told the country postmistrcss what
was In his mind, but Miss Viola had n
line on him. You can't fool girl about
such things. The man who Is counting
her may talk about the joys Of bache
lor life and pretend to he n cynic on
affairs of sentiment, but she can read
him like book. when Arthur had
said that he would arrive at Niola's
aunt's on the 1ith--running down In
his auto in the forenoon and running
back to the city again in the evening
there was look in his eyes that said
there would be something doing.
The nth 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 bumblebcc came droning
along, even rs Viola was reading the
| letter while seated on the vcranda, and
| stung her on the bare arm; windmill
man called on business and tried to
flirt with her; she was chased out OF
the barnyard by n calf and chased
back again by n turkey gobbler; the
dog got hold of her cute summer hat
and chewed it up, and she fell down
cellar while going after preserves and
landed on top of the family cat.
| Several other veXatious things oc-
Cured between the morning of the
14th and noon of the next day, and an
hour after dinner Miss Viola made up
her mind to have good cry. If she
cried in the house her aunt, who was n
sharp eyed old lady, would see her
| tears and ask questions; If she went
to the barn to cry among the cackinG
hens and new mown hay, the hired
man would come stumbling in; If she
hid away behind the grape arbor or
the currant bushes. there were bugs to
crawl down her back as soon MS she
was off her guard.
| Down across the meadow and half 4
mile from the house there was n small
grove. and the dscOnsOlatc girl finally
made up her mind that her tears of
sorrow should be shed around the roots
of those trees. Her manner of dodging
her aunt ana getting out of the house
and down to the grove would have
been called making a sneak by some,
but pretty girl who is looking for n
crying place should not he Judged toe
harshly.
She found the grove a capital place
for her business. There were shade
and quctneSS ana the whispering Of
the summer breeze through the leaves,
/ and Miss Viola went at It and let the
| tears fall her chin culver and her sObs
brighten away the lone chickadec that
was taking daytime nap on Il branch
above her head.
Mr.. Tyson FASTENED to the bedside
OF his dying grandmother, thinking that
II would be whole week before she
would die and be buried and the will
mentioning him as sole heir read
Upon his arrival II glad surprise await
ed him. 1t was Il ease Of bilious collie
only caused 10y eating too heartily OF
corned beef and cabbage at the al
vanced age of eighty-threc
He would have FASTENED away al
once, but the grandmother objected
She had story to tell-a story Of how
that collie grasped and gripped her and
lasted her ten hours before the doctor
could bring relief. 1t took her all day
to finish the story, and then 1t took hel
nephew several hours in addition tC
convince her that If he did not hasteI
back to town the whole United States
would turn turtle.
He made things hum when he go
started. but II was midafternoon Of
the 18th when his auto arrived within
cannon shot of the farmhouse which
!
his wife and of the grove wherein 4;
sad eyed maiden sat and wept-that is
she wasn't sitting there just then. Sh'
had other business on hand.
At | O'Clock that afternoon at tn,
railroad station, two miles away ;
train bearing 100 lunatics on their wa!
to newly completed asylum had beer
shunted on TO the side track to let tn,
express pass. They were given re
freshments. and all of n sudden, while
the guards were about their hospitabl
work and their vigilance relaxed,
dozen of the unfortunate people, mel
and women, escaped from the cars ant
scattered over the country.
OF course they were instantly pur
sued, but three or four of them got
long start. Guards and farmers ant
. farmers boys and farmers dogs too
up the pursuit with ayidity.
AS Miss Viola sat In her grove an,
| aohhed and went and throw sticks n