Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-30

TIM JOHN burden" SAID s1Alf1
dered 4 whole list or things, then
NAKED with .one wife for widower
| Of thirty-fve.'"
Mrs Johnsons eyes were wide with
unbelief Charley johnson. YOU GER
| tainly are Joking! The man couldn't
| have been so foolish as TO be in ear
| nest?"
"It wasn't for himself; it was for q
country customer-a young widower
with a dairy farm on his hands that
has been going to rack and ruin since
his wife died"
Mrs. Johnson was evidently struck
with an inspiration.
ooh, Charley, how would Johanna
do?n she suggested enthusiastically.
Il think she would do iinely-just
al the bill-if she would CO." Mr..
Johnson finished obviously. But If
yellow haired perfection as Johanna I
am afraid / would have an order from
every farmer in North Carolina and
would be forced TO open a matrimonial
bureau"
"Do you know anything about the
widowerT Mrs. Johnson asked at
length.
yes; Hayes wrote me O letter and
gave a pen picture of his life from the
cradle to the grave-his wife's grave"
he added, with q grin anpreeiative Of
his wit; .'ahys ne will absolutely vouch
FOR him and that If can find a woman
who is suited to the man he described
Jove, I believe Johanna is the ne plus
ultra-lf she'll go, Ply ahe can't talk
better English"
''Oh, her little foreign talk won't
make any difference. He can stand It.
You see, I'm able to stand your Latin
or French, whichever it isl can never
quite detorInine from your accent"
John Burden pulled the horses up
under the shade of an elm near the
door of the ladies' waiting room and
handed the reins to his companion,
with sheepish smile.
Hold gu to these, Mfr, Hayes. You
got me into this business, and you
must help see me through. Do look
much like foolT'
Martin Hayes, dealer in general mer-
chandise, chuckled as he took the reins.
''No, sir. You are the personification
Of the gay and festive bridegroom
not an unnecessary sign of foolishness
about you. or course, the new suit
and the rosebud in your buttonhole
are allowable as befitting the occasion.
incest suit ! had In stock, old boy.
Hope she'll like It,"
Burden arranged his necktie with
clumsy fingers. "Glad all this internal
quaking don't show on the outside.
There's the train in sight. Geel Don't
believe there's ever q day made as hot
as this"
He made his way through the crowd
around the depot and stationed himself
where he could get good view OF the
passengers aughting from the train.
"I've been staid and have travelled
in the usual rut all my life" he COM
muned with himself, but if this amt
acting like fellow in a novel, never
read one"
He kept ON the lookout for woman
wearing a dark blue dress and carry
Ing q suit case marked Johanna Gersler.
Mr.. johnson had written that he would
see that the name was printed in large
letters and that there would probably
be no trouble as to identity in a town
where the incoming travellers were few.
Johanna stepped from the train, her
blue eyes looking as wondering and as
childish as they did when she landed
in America six months before. She
paused helplessly, and just then Bur-
den saw the name on the suit case.
He looked at the woman's facets
blond fairness an unusual style in a
southern town-and the thermometer
seemed to jump several degrees up
ward
"She looks like-like-an angelr' he
muttered. 'She will be disappointed
in me-" and he went to her anxiously
and diffidentiy.
I'm John Burden" he said simply.
"You-you did want me to conner"
Her voice trembled and he saw tears
in her blue eyes.
Want you2 Want your" His tone
gained assurance. Anybody with an
ounce Of sense would want yQu to come