The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-09-12
-.omer DO Won know a girl over at

Homer, do you know girl over at
Winston named TalbotT
"Talbot? Talbot" mused the young
man as he tried to appear Indifferent
Eyes. sir. Talbot. Seems to me
heard you say you took her to the cir
GUS"
"Oh, yes, Ruth Talbot"
"Well. you drop her like hot tater.
I met her father over there today, ana
of all the cantankerous old cusses
ever ran up against he takes the cake.
He owes me an apology, and until he
makes It no son of mine can enter his
house."
The son and daughter could not look
upon the mattar as the two fatners
did, and neither Of them felt obliged
to obey the parental injunction. While
they did not openly defy 1t, they con-
tinuel to meet at intervals, and ad-
miration and friendship finally ripened
into love. In this they were secretly
supported by Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Tai
bot. The two peppery old men, who
had lived for fifty years without know
ing each others existence, seemed
fated to meet at intervals after the
disagreement. Within a month both
found themselves at the same black
smith shop to have repairs made to
their buggies, and, after glaring and
snorting at each other for a time, Mr..
Tooac G a ron cftne1lv said.
IT haven't seen anything Of them
grasshoppers yet"
"They are probably waiting to come
along with your tater bugs"
"Um! Mr.. Talbot. If that is your
name, | pity the folks in this village
who have to put up with your ways"
"Um! MIR. Jones, and that Is un'
doubtedly your name, for l never saw
a Jones who didn't look like mean
man. II was you, I'd go hang myself
and let my town take rest"
apologize, sir! Apologize at onceW
"NNot Until you apologies first"
They met again on the highway and
again at a funeral and town meet
ing, and each meeting made them Ions
to kill each other. The son and the
daughter were forbidden under oil sort
of pains and penalties even to bow Il
each other, but their lovemaking coult
not be stopped by such edicts. Their
was no question of love, but that O
marriage was helds in abeyance IL
hopes that their respective father
might undergo a change. Of opinion. 4
mutual friend undertook to bring tht
about. He called upon the pepper.
Mr.. Jones first. He started out with
lot of sweet oil, but he hadn't talke
over half a minute when Mr.. Jones In
terrupted with:
"That will do, sir. A year ago
told that old fool of. Talbot that
looked like a good year for tater bug
and he up and insulted me-"
"But there were no tater bugs iai
year"
Makes no difference. I have me-
him two or three times since, and
tell YOU he is a cantankerons old rel
rebate. II he's going to continue IL
ing In the state, I'll get out of it,
Nothing could be done with the pc
perry Mr.. Jones, and SO the mutu
friend tried the peppery Mr.. Table
He had only stated his errand wh'
the latter shouted out:
"Stop. sir! do not want that man
name mentioned in my presence!
ever there was an obstinate old fo
who needed to be kicked from here
Hornsdale, he Is the one. He ow
me an apology, and I shall Insist th
1 he get down on his knees to make
Be friends with Jones-J-o-n-e-s! Y
don't know me, sirF'
| But yet things were working Pro
! dence or something else always see
| to bring things out right in case
true love. One day party OF peol
| living in Winston went out to h'
kleberry swamp to gather berries, a
the peppery Mr.. Talbot went W
them. On the same day party fr'
Hornsdale visited the same swan
and the peppery Mr.. Jones was ame
eM them. The two parties kept separ
for some hours, and they had o.
Ter drifted together when a thundersto
,et came up. At the same time mess
he ger arrived from Winston with
,ct news that the young couple had g
we off and been married. The people
me to seek the shelter of the trees, ant
bis SO happened that the two peppery
men found themselves side by side.
;th ~ will never recognize the n
riagev' exclaimed Mr.. Jones as
N. found himself face to face with
enemy.
,ro, "Nor eitherw
"Your daughter plotted to trap
SON."
,is- "'Tis false, sir! 1t was right
,or- other way"
lar. They would probably have kept
ere quarreling for the next half hour,
A tbunderbolt shot out OF the D
ms cloud and struck the tree undern'
the which they were standing. Five
ple we're knocked senseless and