Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-08-25

In five minutes l had fixed it and it
was singing away. The farmer told
me to go to the house and get a bite to
eat and wait till he came up from the
bayfield,. While waiting / split up a
lot of wood, put a hinge on the wood
shed door and repaired the we'll curb,
and when the farmer and his two
hired men came UP to supper l heard
the good housewife saying:
"'Obediah, if this Teller is a tramp
he's the smartest enc that's ever been
along this road He's done enough
work to pay for staying over Sunday
If you can get him to talking tonight
I'll bet he'll tell something interesting
Il had on a fairly good suit Of clothes
and had had shave the day before,
and 1 was invited to sit down with the
family to the evening meal. An hour
later, when the milking had been done,
everybody took seats on the side veran-
da, and l knew what was coming.
Several hints were thrown out, and
then the farmer said:
Stranger, I'm wondering a little
bit why you took to tramping. Per
haps you won't object to telling u.s.
ION the veranda were the farmer
and his wife, two hired men and an
old maid named Fanny. One of the
hired men was in love with Fanny,
and the fact that she had spoken to
me three or four times had aroused
his jealousy When Miss Fanny. who
was the farmers sister, had smiled at
me and said she was sure that l had
something of interest to tell, and when
the hired man had frowned at her and
looked daggerS at me, l began:
. L do not care to give you my name.
Suffice it to say that my people were
wealthy and of high social standing,
and that l was an only child When
my college education was completed |
went abroad, and 1t was while return
ing on the steamer that l fell in love
with all the ardor of young man Of
twenty three. The young lady in the
case was the daughter of a Boston mer-
chant She was twenty, and in lan1ks
and character she was all that one
could ask for in her sex. 1t was a
case of love at first sight with us both,
and before the steamer reached New
York we were betrothed'
what the devil is that?' asked the
hired man, who wanted to butt in with
something mean.
1t means that they were engaged to
be married, you doltv bluntly explained
the farmer, while Miss Fanny looked
at the fellow reprovingly.
After week. l resumed, L went
to Boston to tell Lulu's father that |
loved her and wished his consent to
speedy marriage. He raised no obiec-
tons. On the contrary, he limited that
he would feel IGNORED by having me
for son-in-law, My people were will
ing, and for a month l was in the
seventh heaven of happiness. Then
little circumstance changed the current
of two lives. My father was the in
ventOr of that breakfast food known
as Barley Snaps. Her father was the
inventor Of that breakfast food known
as Barley Drops. Each claimed that he
had struck the biggest thing ON earth
Each brought forward testimonials
slurred at the other, and the result was
bitter quarrel, and was warned that
Lulu could never never marry the son
of liar My father announced that no
son of his should ever marry the daugh-
ter of a fraud and l fell from happi-
ness to black despair 1t was the same
with Lulu. / was forbidden an inter
view with her, but she answered a let
ter | bribed a servant to deliver She
said she would be true to me to the
hour of her death
"'Humph" grunted the jealous mind
ed man as he swung around on me.
Jim Williams. what are you grunt-