Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-06-11
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And Weddings
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McCulloch-W Williams
Copwiglt, 1870. sDH w Rs Caldlreu
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Elizabeth crossed the turf so loathly.
so laggardly, she left waving trail of
deep green footprints athwart the dew
grayed grass. The line was blotched
here and there where she had stopped
and half turned about, but from the
last and Esbt4 tof rhea ploteAeaI it pan
straight to the wicket gate in the
hedge. The path to the gate led around
almost under the libraEyuwtadOwss
Therefore she had avoided 1t. She did
not want to be spied upon, and, though
the library ey4mmQnly, Yas flpBty unit,
long after sunrise, she had come to be-
2 lieve there misunderstanding on where
{ Miss Prudepfe Weir would be at any,
special baoSdr III" n"f n"t i"l
The wicket gRTe upon n Jane shady
3 and secluded, yet a, public passway
5 notwithstdnIfBgsbdB sides of IT. be-
longed to Ellzabeth's uncle, Dan. He
! had beer HEiIg'td cldse 1T eiief since
he bought the old Mears place, but his
rustic heigifb6fs' had Held stoutly to
! their right, of way. So the young, man
walking slowly along the lane was no
trespasser, albeit he walked warily,
keeping close to the hedge. Elizabeth
smiled shamelessly TO see him. Now
that she had really brought herself TO
a clandestine meeting she was all in
happy hutter and amazed az her own
hesitancy. q =
Yet she said, smiling up at her tall
sweetheart: aYou aust 60 right sack
Billy-muSsS DO 1SaNhesF? MisssPip-
dence wefr SLEEPS with Detlf ears ana
one eye open Besides, she gets up
early more than half the time. And
you know she can make Dandy believe
anything in the World, except that he
ought to marry her"
HIM! lFhAtsld Rty! s4qIqqism
on any otheFlpSint weld be' Tess In
convenientis' Billy i Nfedw4r painted,
&. hnrEyingo Elizabeth along, the lane to-
! wArdi tie'wupds be33ad tie main travHl
; eiedl Fead 1t Was. hid at all the way
he should go to go home, but some
how Elizabeth made no protest.
r soon they were waiting through dew
n sweet eshade.i with birds singing thin
and sweet above; their iheadslIi And /.
presently Billy had his arms about
Elizabeth and was, saying, with r his
lips, in her, hair: Honey girl, I've been
thinking.hard. Miss Weir is the lion
III our path. and there's just one way
" to GET FOUND her'+-l''''' s''' '.''11 ~
90 ''What7S Elizabeth interrupted. lift
ing her head little Billy looked upd
among the, leaves and Icolored family
2 as be answered; iOh., we must show
-Dandx-.how .deceitful she, is,u She's
made, him believe 1t would be sin to
let me have you. Don't you think II
would shake his faith IN VI II he
= Knew she was willing to take 7me herr
y seIfg"iiiin' "~' al s"ih' our. 1874
u "BiIiy.v Elizabeth exploded! shaking !
.nwith laughter, 'tyeu7 wouldn't dare pro,
u pose to her. Cam you live through a, 4
breach Of promise .sult1 If only you
could do 1t! But you never In the
world can"
"Sure you won't be jealousY Billy |
asked. pih9hiHg Her 'ehr:? !
She made a face at him as she ana
g sNFeredr Just ybu"tryrfta WHY, 'eFen |
ifithe, UsOrstshaIipened -I6yoa got tan
gled past getting out-I should have at |
least the heavenly satisfaction Of know.
Ing she had showed, herself to Dandy
the cat she is"
Trust me not to get tangled" Billy
protested What else he said IS not
strictly material 10 this narrative, al
though it sent Elizabeth home at last
with hHppy7 eyes and the color OF a
wild rose niI,urdif 5HI Ir Iollr.l |.
ofttimes. fortune ,favoGs the daring.
The execution began with his rescue
of the pudgy Miss Weir from run
away that was not In the least dan!
gerous, but which gave her mortal I
scare or COURSE he went back with
her TO the gate, stopping there to exc
plain deliberately that he had some
how incurred the displeasure of Mr..
D Daniel Goodwood and been forbidden
q the premises. THAT, OF course! gave
him excuse 10 asl1nf lie might lnduire
by letter after Miss Welrs health.
One letter quickly. and. easily bred an
other, and from writing It was but
step to meeting, either in the lane or in
the wood beyond, and, talkinE bf many
.Mss Weir was rising thirty. just five
years Billy's elder, but SO light colored
and plump she hattered herself it look
ed the other way. She loved ease and
consequence-witness that for FIVE
vporg mast clio had baap tr,,i,,, ,J.1g |