The Lambertville record., 1906-05-16
A SENSIBLE
LOVER
BY {. Il. LEWIS
cypqrigsl ora. ~ H,mo Spragae

ground.
The next furm to Aunt james was
the tossiter place. and Mrs Rossiter
was also widow \ hired man named
Jim Williams plowed. planted and
reaped for her When Jim heard that
city girl WIS stopping with Aunt |
Jane he went ever 10 see her for him
self He didn't stop 10 put on ii clean
shirt or to grease and lampblack his
slRoes He entered the house In that
fanlilur way farmers have among |
themselves, and when Introduced to
HE visitor he held out II hand us big as
wushboard and shoo, her small one
Sigorously.
How are ye? Nice winter weather |
we're having" he said
The young lady of wealth aug social
standing tried 10 squelch him. hut Jim
drew up his chair aud spoke OF spring |
culves and kicking COWS In Il way |
meant TO lee highly entertaining. lie
| refused 10 be snubbed. aud he Wouldnt
tate hint
w lttn lllt NhhJtAA pa abNait HHo -
ferred 10 he volunteered lO slug bal
! lad or two and when Ia o'el9ek came
We tistpk his hat. held out hs hand again
aud departed after saying
sWen. Minnie | don't know when
Tte\speni\s more Interesting evening.
und N.s ali <sing 10 you. I'm not one
of These stuc&Np chaps. I'm Jest plain
Jim Wlllams\ HEd you'll 1nd me ii
yardtwlde and AMI Wool every time III
run IN quite frequently and cheer You
up
Miss MluuirAhad, many criticisms to
make after theA caller had ierd and as
serted il he eaIAe again he WOULD get 1t
setback to last linn all his life.
Aunt Janeitr'ied 10 ,soothe her "ob
! Fmi mustn' tlmind ourNMays out here Ia
th,.,eountry. y Az jim has fallen IN love
" ttbt you ut thst sight he VIII
"NxgI-atn exclaimed the horrihed
girl j..
SMhy\eouldIEt you tell that he had
falicn In Move With youf"
"af couls,e not How darelhe dc such
; AaNhinggN
i don't Asee\ Why YOU make such II
fuss oyrrNit VI YOU don't want to
marry hinlt y"u V'osa say SO when he
asks you
Mhen JIn{ha refined TINT night h'
poa To thinking thingsNoSef. I'm Jin
pHimlams." lie soIlloqhzed, ! lin a.
Alont tns bull& and have auA appetite
| IKE a yborse. I'm twentysetan years
old and\have $500 int the bank. Ihet'
,tln't \nics on me. Qnd I'm aesOop
nun mut,si fsa any gan TINT lives. Vim
| IN love wNth1 Mimic Stacy. l don't
know what \sort OF II farmers wife
aie'd make. but rnA willing 10 take'mg
chances. We'lA taE.h I'M Niagara failA
.1n oar wedding qrlp. @nd II she wants
/ e,indy at 5D eents box She shall have
| It. I'll give her Il week so sort o get
Acquainted. andllhemTll pe,h the qucs-
tloIh"
at vas all sen tlei In Nils MIND \when
he 1IrnttI over andtsyent to sleep. \nnd
he ,ssw nkclou,ls ON Nthe horizon as>he
awake In tine morning. Thereafter fof
nine or ten nights hetwas II regular
caller nj Aunt, James hdnse II he saw
! Minnie he tried tor Interest her III
snakes. mud ttEtlesS frogs aud other
novelties of farmN llfes and gave her in
lerestlng stStisticsAof how much hay IA
COW would CONSUME llA iho winter.
When Minnie stuck 80 her rooIn, and
refused TO eom., down. he had Green
ing apples aud tother messages for lber
and continued W grow more deeply la
love. About tihi LIST OF March the ma
Pile sugar sessonl Opened. The making
of the sugar was Ia part OF Jim's spring
work. and from the trst run OF sap he
sent The city glri some maple wax OH
ii clean. white MAPLE cllp.
The snow disappeared. the spring
II birds began to appear and the ground
Il was getting dry underfOOt when Min
nc started snt one nrterO1on for n
I walk She wandered over IA field anC
|, into "A piece ~ woods. hoping tv Dht
the first spring lfOwer and Of als@ddeI
She felt chllls sweep over her und IN
II atmosphere grew dark. blizzard bat
Il stolen upon the country as softfy hs q
4 thief In the night Ia her sudden alarn
II thr girl brcabir turned around. Sh,
/ Wis Rlrrs lna Though the woods whei
the wind rose, the air filled with snow
and she .lulclad the branch of u busl
and shritked hpr alarm
She kept up her shrleks for hs]f az
hour aud fDen sam. down la collapse
she did not realize what was happen
lue Whcn ginI Williams came feeHnl
his way tfnansh the Storm, took her II
hi4 arms 8ulhd4irried lber TO the sDgA
bush shanfS kWiy rods away.
Il It was Il blizzard long 10 be remeni
bered. Thrtlleru.ometer went down t.
zero and II tssltt ,pr more Of snow fell
and FOR tvoluf tbctr. days the farmer
were Imprisoned 10 their houses. I'M
girl recovered h,1 senses soon ntte
reaching the Aayar camp, but there wa
no going farther Sim happened t
lifk,e plenty eat a,uU plenty or bIah
katA He gpAe up thetstnnty to her 70
thehdght alDi dug oulis place for him
sell before the fire. She might hav'
/, slept but hcrhal,to keep tin fire golnJ
to prevent his fretNlng " death.
lie siad plenty Of time 10 think Th'
wma fowled The snow flew. and th'
cold altade Gle.trres V0p like mns&etry
AMI Jnl's greas fear\wo that the glr
i would frecz,. toldeutlhbefore morning
4 II WAS n glad relief toahim when he
\ heard her yoice,ealling hinh soon aftei
n daylight
The SKY had uightened\up. but thf
| blizzard WAS stilf> booming faSay. i'm
= made coffee and fried 'bacon and
D.. warmed up the frozen bread ana IN
y vlted Miss Sfaeylto breakfast. She had
passed the worst nighti or herll hhu
y host her appetite. What she Ewanteo
&as to reach her Aunt Jane'sAin the
quickest time possible. Jim listehed Il
her request and thep shook his head.
"wFve, got to walt awhile for UNI
; blizzard to let up" he replied we
tcouldnt 60 ten rodskwithout 6eing 9osE