Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-04-27
eyes to the brightest of stars, and 1t

eyes to the brightest of stars, and II
didn't take long to bring about row.
IF you were only half as brave and
chivalrous as he is should be proud of
you," announced Betty.
| IF could lie once while he does ten
times l could make you believe bees
wax was honey" replied Reuben.
"You are jealous"
| And you are foolish"
| "M.. Warnerw
Miss Spoonerr'
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 at the same time she
mad something of contempt for her
nance when she remembered that the
only adventure Of his life was in being
run over by a yoke of oxen. Reuben
went about trying to whistle and sing
and make out that he did not care,
whlle Betty was so quiet that her
mother had cause to charge her with
sulking. She made the apple dump
Nngs that day, and she helped wipe the
dinner dishes and get n custard under
way for supper, but after that she
went off down to the barn to be alone
and think
The NOW had been filled with new
hay, and she climbed a ladder and
found nest back against the end Of
iha n rp rVbapo in tho SAINT ;,rb@ ,lo
not only thought all kinds of thoughts,
mostly about Reuben, but sometimes
che sighed and sometimes she gritted
her teeth. In this way she succeeded In
getting up considerable emotion and
IN firing herself out, and by and by she
fell asleep. One Of her last thoughts
was that Reuben was no chevalier, but
only an old poke who would live aud
die without even falling down q well,
When she awoke it was dark, and
there was n grumbling of voices on the
floor below her.
Miss Betty had sulked and slept for
hours. When she did not appear at the
supper table she was supposed to be at
a neighbours, and night fell without
anybody being alarmed about her. At
o'clock Reuben started out to see her
home, but stopped first at the barn to
see to the horses, Ten minutes before
he left the house the girl on the hay
NOW carefully dragged herself for
ward until she could hear what was
being said below, and she soon made
out that gang Of four or five tramps
had slipped into the barn and was plot
ting robbery,
Her heart began to beat in way to |
choke her, and she couldn't have cried |
out to save her life. She heard Reu- |
ben shut the kitchen door after him and |
whistle as he came down the path, and |
she heard the tramps getting ready to |
attack him as he opened the door. 1t |
was only when the door swung open |
and match was struck to light Ian
tern that Betty rolled over and over on
the hay and managed to shriek out:
"Oh, Reuben, look out! There are
robbers herer'
There was rush for the hired man.
There were shouts and oaths and blows
from below and screams and shrieks
and calls for help from above, but the
battle was over before Farmer Spoon
er and his wife got there. Reuben had
found neck yoke at hand and gone
in to break heads, and five tramps who
had thought to find him an easy prey
had gone down under his rain Of blows
and We're doing good deal of groaning
and begging.
Land O. massy, what was it?" asked
the farmer and his wife in chorus.
IL guess Betty's up there" replied