The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-04-11
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~ BY HARTHA
Observation-Disclosures '.
Copyright, 1905. by p. G. East1uent
Copyright. 1905. by P. G. Eastment

Ier bare brown head. Miss Prudence
heathcofe, her aunt and guardian,
frowned at the whistIlng. but had to
F$milc bit when Margaret broke out:
ifNow, Prudence. Precious, come Mt me
with the saying about whistling girls
and Growing hens! l know you hate
my sole musical accomplishment. but
this day~is, enough to set q craven
dmage whistling, even dancing If it
rWas OF anything softer than granite.
You ought to be out In it. The orchard
ds place enchanted. didn't know
nntil now things So prosaic as apple
gathering ana cider making could set
themselves to music"
"H-m! Miss Prudence sald. "H-m!
May ask IL Jimmy Blair is out there,
as he promised to bef"
'Of course! A gentleman keeps his
promises, doesn't he?" Margaret an
ssWered, tossing her head, but flushing
an spite Of herself
Again Miss Prudence said "R-mw
There appeared to. be nsthing else to
SAY. But after two b:eaths she got I'D
and moved toward the kitchen, sigh
ing out: "And of course he'll be here
to dinner. That rieans cooking things.
Men do have sucl atrocious appf.tltes."
I'm glad they do" Margaret retbrt-
ed shamelessly. "l've got ops to match
anybody. Oh, .Aunly Prue, do make q
potato pudding Make II very rich
and have lots Ie 'hlck, sweet, real
aemon sauce." r':.t.'-~. j ..s
Go. way, you baggagep' Miss Pru-
dence said over her shoulder. ''Who
told you what Jimmy likes best7 I've
the greatest min5 to make dried apple
pies, just to see IL he would know the,
difference" smiling at Margaret as she
spoke the last sentence. -. : G......., i -
Margaret blusbed very red and be-
gan to pout. 1"Y You mean Jimmy is SO
agone on me he's not in his right mind"
she said: 'But you're all wrong, Aunty
,Prue. IL don't believe he-he cares
for me a :bit-hardly. Not that way, at
least. All this week he's been as kind
as could be-. but distant-as If he was
afraid wouldn't understand" ...>.,*
.T- ''sThen there's mischief afoot, what
sort I've got to find out" Miss Pru-
Hdence, snid vigorously, her hand ON the
door knob. tfor II ever any lad was
clean out Of his head, clean idiotic
about a chit Of thing, it was Jimmy
about you, all last week and all the
weeks before It, since you came to
stay with me-" ,..: ~ ~, I. Isl -. ~.
:. II Mischief afoot, but rhereY she
kept. mentally repeating to herself as
she whisked about the rim kitchen, /.
her brows ouckeTed, her eyes intro
Bpective. On the sur face she could see
nothing. Nobody had openly any right
sor reason to be Interfering between the
nair. Jimmy was an orphan the same
=Rs her Peggy. Moreover, he had never
had the least shadow of an entangle-
ment. True, various and snndr = young
4. women had been setting tEeir caps at
inl-pretty caps, modestly set-but he
mad overlooked them all = unless It
-were---AIiss Prue gave a great start.
There was the root, Of the trouble; It's
name. Yfdella' Zane. Jimmy had rath-
5serim made pp to her in the weeks lust
'see1O7S ~ sBgy 4 came. Nnrr. thaf ehaa
sahonght -of sits be had squirrel Della to
church two Sundays running, besides
Buying many things for her at the i
strawberry supper and fair, And Del.
ID; IT was well known, wanted to mar
ny and settle heraelf.S She i,nd three
young sisters crowding her ins the
nome nest Naturally. she wonid do
what che could to hold Jlrnmy. tflas best
chance In all Easton town. 3 =. q: \ 4. S.
81 But how she had done. i,it Miss Pru-
dence could not thorn, although abe
studied the problem almost to the det.
5ritnent Of her dinner. @ She sat down to
&C still puzzled. Jimmy greeted her
and the dinner nnfI,r0nelv q ;1ia 1,yaS