Mower County transcript., 1906-04-04

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And this u the follow saw i,sla u al
the poll court sitting among thoss
light o. loves Mrs Chadwick could
mot fully express her slrp prise
can't analyze the impulse which
tprompted mo 70 pay his hne and "a.
gage him. s3.ss
And after that affair at the
carriage-doo here is your pride ?,,5}
To~tell the u,'uth, believe he did
make, mistake Maybe i hired him
because / liked # his look Ks, ,'3 e Betty
glanced amusedly at the groom, whose
neck and ears were red. She laughed.
You always were an extraordi
child. I do not understand 1T in the
| least. / am even worried. He may be
"a great crimina 4 s.s III;
No, not "a great criminal, z said
Betty, recollecting the ride of that
morning; but a first-class horseman,
willing and obedient. have been
forced to make James serve as butler.
He has been under the: hands Of our
cook, and have been watching them.
How have laughed! OF all droll
scenes!'' r:Y. s.s.: S ..;ss.
Il So she had laughed, eh? Warbur-
toms jaws snapped. She had been
watching, too? s.t...z .sz II. ,..:>
"I rode Pirate this morning"
you rode that horse p, interrupted
Mrs Chadwick. :.z =s s.1. 5.z1 J.. -. -:
eyes, and he ran away with me in
fine style. If it hadn't been for the
new groom, shouldn't be here, and
the dinner would be dismal failure,
with me in bed with an arm or leg
broken. Heavens! i never was so
frightened in all my life. We went
SO fast against the wind that could
scarce breathe. And when it was all
over, tainted like a ninny"I "I.~
"Fainted! I should have thought
you would. I should have fallen OF
the animal and been killed.. Betty,
you certainly have neither forethought
nor discretion. The very idea Of your
'Well, I am wiser, and none the
worse for the scare T.. !. James, stop,
stop!' Betty cried suddenly.
When this command struck his
sense of hearing, James was pretty far
away in thought. He was wondering
if all this we're true. If. it was, he
must make the best of it; but if it
was a dream, he wanted to wake up
right away, because it was becoming
nightmarish. .E .
"James!" The end of parasol
tickled him in the ribs and he drew up
somewhat frightened. What was 60
ing to happen now? He was soon to
find out. For this was to be the real
climax of the day: or, at least, the
incident was pregnant with the possi-
bilities of climax. p
Colonel, surely you, are not going
to pass us by in this fashion," cried
the girl. They were almost opposite
the Army and Navy club. !. !"x
why, is that you, Miss Betty? Pass
you by? Only when l grow blind!'"
roared a lion-like voice. Very glad
to see you, Mrs. Chadwick. . p ss .Js JSSs3 =:
That voice, of all the voices he had
ever heard! A chill Of indescribabIe
terror flew up and down my jehu's
spine, and his pores closed up. He
looked around cautiously It was he,
he of all men; his regimental colonel,
who possessed the most remarkable
memory of any army man west Of the
Mississippi, and who had often vowed
that he knew his subalterns SO we'll
that he could always successfully
prescribe for their livers! -.
II was just about to turn into the
club for my MAIL" declared the colonel.
1T was very good of you to stop me:
I'll wager you've been speculating in
the shops, Touching the bundles with
his cane. -, T..
"You win,' laughed Betty. But
I'll give you a hundred guesses in
which to find out what any one ot
these packages contains" . II
"Guessing is bad business. What
ever these things are, they can add
but little to the beauty of those who
will wear. them; for / presume Mrs.
Chadwick has some claim upon these
bundles X.
every adroit1y worded,' smiled Mrs.
Chadwick, who loved a silken phrase.
i eve shall see you at dinner to-
night?" ~ <.@>..x .E=.~
4" >"All the battalions Of England. could
not keep me away from that festive
board,"'. the colonel vowed. (Another
spasm for the groomD "And how is
that good father OF yours?'
CAS- kind and loving as ever. y, #s
| I wish you could have seen him In
the old days in Virginia" said the COLO
mel. who, like all old men, contin-
ually fell back upon the reminiscent.
sHandsomest man in the brigade, and
fight made him as happy as bull
pup. I was with him the day he. met
your mother = softly. "How she hu-
inflated him because he wore the blue!
She was Obliged to feed him-fortunes