The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-08

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Farmer 1IntO1 from the back door.
step.
.sWhat - Il, par" asked his wife a.
ahe appeared with dInh In her hand
There's Jim Thomas coming down
the road"
+Well. what OF ft7''
4sHe looks an dressed up-s
Ties probably going to a dance
somewhere.
~He's probably coming right here to
zee our Minnie
'eThen he'll have creased his boots
for nothing. Minnie amt wasting her
time on no such fellows as Jim
Thomas"
The farmer had more to say. but be-
fore he could say It Jim Thomas haa
arrived. he was young man OF
twenty-five who had no particular oc-
cupation, but traded horses. helped to
put up Eindmllls and now and then
acted as a piano agent.
He sat down beside the farmer
reached for his jackknife and stick
ana proceeded to whfttle and talk
Mrs. Milton came to the door to shake
the tablecloth and gave him nod
but during the two hours he remained
he saw nothing of AUnnie. He seemed
much disappointed.
Yhen he had departed the farmer en-
tered the sitting roo1s and said to the
wife:
.sI.ook a-here, Martha. what's the use
In hurting a Fellows feGings!
what feliow?"
elm Thomas, of course. You didn't
say three words to him. and Minnie
didn't appear at all. It was a regular
snub, andI felt sorry for him. y
'gThen your sympathies are wasted
want to tell you that Jim Thomas u
a sneak, and If Minnie ever speaks to
him again I'll box her ears, though she
is going on nineteen years old"
The farmer sat down and pulled on
his boots.
''AIartha,' he began, ''I've known fos
two weeks that there was something
IN and that Minnie and you were keep
ing it from me. Now, then. want to
know all about st Jim Thomas was
down In the lot where was ut work
today, and he had just begun 10 tell
me that Minnie and Burt Anderson We're
mad at each other when Elder Davis
came along nd hung around so long
that Jim had to go before finishing his
story You might as well tell me the
whole story"
81 told you Jim was sneak, an
syycred the wife, -EIf he hadn't been
tween Minnie and Burt, and Il he
hadn't been he wouldn't have shown
his face here tonight"
This seems to be II 'tarnal nice how.
dydo-tSo folks engaged TO be married
and fighting like eats and dogs. What7
the row about?"
Nothing but Burt's jealousy. Min
ME wrote her name In an autograph
album, and Burt found it out through
Jim Thomas ana gave her blowing
up about It. She sassed back, and he
got mad, and that's the reason no
hasn't been here for the last two
weeks"
what in thunder an aw-to-GraG
album :" asked the husband after think
ing for minute or two.
IT'S n book tiat folks write their
names in. and you needn't swear about
1t. It belonged to summer boardef
down at SCOTS"
And all she lid was TO write her
name in it,"
THAT'S all. though Jim made Burt
believe the fellow was struck on Mn
ME and said she had eyes like sloe"
What sort of a criter is sloe?"
81 don't know. and don't care, and
l want to tell you that you are not to
mix into this business"
!
my business to go to Burt Anderson
and tell him that Minnie is q hundred
times too good for him"
no sir. it ain't AbiIah Milton, you
are thick headed man. and yon are
so nenrslghtcd that you run against
fences. II You had your way you'd
spoil your only daughters happiness
forever You are not going to have
your way You are going to fold your
arms and keep still and let me work
this thing out myself.
''By thunder, Martha. but
"Swenring some more! No wonder
you have become afraid OF lightning!
Swearing won't help You. however. |
Yon have got to do as say. IF Jim
Thomas comes around again you can
talk about wfudniIls all you want to.
hut don't talk about Minnie. IF you see
Burt Anderson use him just as you al
ways have. The rest can be left to
me-"
And what'll you doY" asked the hus-
band and father.
You wait aud see. If You don't see
Burt Anderson around here in less than
two weeks then my name wasn't Mar
Yha Tompllins before married you.
and didn't take a prize spelling the
whole school down"
II don't see how Bot she inter
rursted by saying 1t was time TO wind
the clock and go to he'd. and during tho
next ten days She resolutcly refused
to answer n word whenever he mp
preached the subject. Then one even
ing she queried OF him:
aPa. what's Burt Anderson working
at now?"
'.Ioeing corn in the fed alongside
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