The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-06-05

get acquainted with the stranger. an6
he's over at her house playing croQuet. >
Jim, you don't tell me that for 9
fact!' she gasped.
"Of course / DOR
"Humphl The freshness Of Miss
Susan Jones must be seen to at once. >
And it was. Miss Sarah speedily
donned another dress, fixed up a bit
and, leaving her brother to eat alone
she started for the Jones house. Mr.
Ripley and Susan were just finishing
their last game. Sarah walked I'D to
Susan and whlsperingly asked for an
introduction and forced the issue
When she returned home Mr.. Ripley
accompanied her, and he didn't leave
the house until 10 o'clock. He had
made himself very agreeable, and when
he had departed Jim observed:
by thunder, Sarah, but 'sposin' you
could marry a Teller like himw
II mean tor was Sarah's laconic re.
ply.
The next day Jim was left out Of it.
Sarah and Mr.. Ripley took the boat and
went fishing, and before they returned
she thought she knew her man pretty
we'll He was romantic. He was in
clined to be hero. He quoted poetry.
He sighed to find and love a heroine.
When Jim came home that evening
there was q twinkle in his eye, and
after hearing about the fishing trip he
said:
"Mr. Ripley seems to be Teller who
gets acquainted with folks pretty fast.
l just saw him walking home with
Title Graves"
you don't mean it!7 exclaimed
Sarah as she paused In the act of pour
ing out the tea
That's what saw. She was at the
tavern to see the landlords wife, and
| 'spose she was introduced"
"Well, I'll put a stop to that pretty
sudden. l told Mrs. Graves only last
week that Title was altogether too
conceited."
Again Jim was left to eat his even
ing meal alone while the sister started
put with aggressive steps. She saw
Tillie and Mr.. Ripley at the gate while
she was yet long way off. She walked
straight up to them and observed that
it was beautiful evening for seeing
the mill dam and bore the stranger
away. When the pouring waters Of
the dam had been sufficiently admired
the young man was walked TO the Hal
liday homestead and kept busy quot
Ing poetry and drinking cider until IL
o'clock.
In the course of a couple Of weeks
at least half dozen girls were intro
duced to Mr.. Ripley by the landlords
wife, and each and every one of them
set out for Irritation with him. Each
and every one of them came to grief.
however. Sarah was In evidence, and
when she butted in the others had to
butt out At the end of fortnight she
felt herself as good as engaged. Mr..
skill In rowing, her luck in fishing and
her emotional temperament, and she
had several times caught him giancina
at her as a man only glances when his
admiration Is aroused He had been
asked to tea three or four times, and
the two had boatsd and fshed every
afternoon. and all was going we'll.
"How's 1t coming out. SarahT asked
brother Jim one morning at the break
fast table.
There's only one thing needed" she
replied Haven't you noticed that he
is always talking about heroes and
heroinesr'
Yes"
'If 1 were a heroine he'd pop the
question inside of twenty -four hours"
But how can you ber'
81 can't say just now, but I'm going
to think 1t over during the day"
That afternoon she received Q note