Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-04-26

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HE TOLD OF WAR, BATTLES AND PERSONAL
ADVENTURES.
and had SO much CAB to him brought
about the change. | want TO know
what's the matter
Nothing" replied Betty.
Il know better In the fl [ place,
that fool of a fence man praised your
hands and feet and eyes and got you
stuck on yourself In the next. you had
a quarrel with Reuben and hain't spoke
to him since In the third, if you don't
stop worryin' men pa and all the rest
| shall forget how old YOU are and box
your ears Most girls when in trouble
Of any sort come to their mothers for
advice You've kept right away from
me instead. and so can't tell what's
on your mind Have you broken out
with a rash or anything"
"Of course not
Got a bol:"
NO"
Pains or aches anywhere:'
No"
Have pa or said anything to hurt
your feelin's?"
Not at all It's just that II don't
feel like singing and cutting up
"Oh, | see" observed the mother as
she finished the last plate and hung up
the dish towel to dry. We'll, | can tell
you one thing If this keeps on much
longer you'll go to bed and drink quarts
and quarts of lobelia tea and have
horseradish drafts put TO your feet. Pa
wants apple dumplin's for dinner. and
! shall expect you to make EN-
Reuben Warner had been Farmer
Spooner's hired man for Il year. lie
was a young man of twenty-five and
was always referred To rs being as
smart as whip. He was a 90 ahead
fellow. with a hundred dollars saved
up, and he and Betty had been in love
almost from first sight Outside of an
occasional tiff the course Of true love
had run smooth until the barbed wire
fence man appeared. He was Il good
talker and boaster and braggart.
He told of war, battles and personal
adventures until Reuben sat with his
mouth open and Betty looked upon him
as one Of the heroes Of the earth. His
stay was only for the night and Betty
might have forgotten him 10y noon next
day but for Reuben. His jealousy had
been excited, and next morning he had
something to say about burglars and
liars. Betty felt called upon TO take the
eyes to the brightest of stars, and ii
didn't take long to bring about a row.
IF you were only half as brave and
chivalrous as be is | should be proud of
you" announced Betty.
"If | could lie once while he does ten
times | could make you believe bees
wax was honey" replied Reuben.
You are jealous"
And you are foolish"
Mr. Warner
Miss Spooner."
That was the way 1t began, and of
course things grew worse instead of
better. Betty knew that her mother
would support Reuben in saying that
she was silly, and SO she withheld her
confidence, but ut the same time she
had something of contempt for her
fiance when she remembered that the
only adventure Of his life was In being
run over by Il yoke OF oxen. Reuben
went about trying TO whistle and sing
and rnulyn that hn Ii1 cor
while Betty was so quiet that her
mother tad cause to charge her with
sulking She made the apple duJlp-
llngs that day. and she helped wipe the
dinner dishes and get n custard unieT
way for supper but after that she
went off down TO The barn to be alone
and think.
The NOW had been filed with new
hay. and she climbed a ladder and
found nest back against the end of
the barn. There i'm the semi-twilight she
not only thought all kinds of thoughts,
mostly about Reuben. but sometimes
Ihc sighed aud sometimes she grttted
her teeth. In this way She succeeded In
getting up considerable emotion and
IN firing herself out, and 10y and by she
fell asleep. one of her last thoughts
was that Reuben was no Chevalier, but
only an old poke who would live and
die without even falling down Il well.
When she awoke II was dark. and
there was grumbling of voices on the
floor below her
Miss Betty had sulked and slept for
hours. When she did not appear nj the
supper table she was supposed 70 he at
q neighbors, and night fell without
anybody being alarmed about h"r. Al
4 O'Clock Reuben started ont 20 sec her
home but stopped first at tn" barn 70
see TO the horses Ten minutes before
he left the house the girl Oh the hay
NOV carefully dragged herself for
ward until she could hear what was
being said below, and she soon made