Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-04

sumed gratuitousIy that the penniless
girl and not the prospectively rich
youth did the love making.
But Abe was SO spellbound with
from the usually meek and submissive
girl that he did not hear or at least did
not heed his mothers voice. AS Eunice
forced her way past him the close con-
tact of her body sent the fire through
his veins, and he seized her about the
waist and pressed his lips to her cheek
Just as his mother, In rage, strobe
to the spring house door and rs DR.
Kinross. with his books concealed In
an old basket. was Surreptitiously re-
turning by a back way from bis morn
ings outing.
You little hussyw cried Mrs. Morn
ingstar. go in and tend to the dinner
and leave our Abe bel!
"you leave me be, mom," retorted
Abe, looking shamefaced, but his
mother, not stopping to discuss the
matter with him, walked after Eunice
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following the girl into the kitchen.
Now, what spiritless creature the
damsel is not to turn on that woman
and resent her abusew DR.. kinross
thought, with mingled compassion and
impatience, rs he slowly followed
them up the path to the house.
Meantime Abe, still tingling from
the Joy of his stolen embrace, was
hastily examining something that he
had found in the spring house which
had excited his jealous suspicion
While he had been waiting for Eunice
to come to the spring he had acciden-
tally discovered. sticking under the
door sill, an envelope addressed to
Miss Eunice Morningstar. Now, judg-
ing from his own feelings toward the
girl, he did not see how any mans
eyes could rest upon her and not de-
sire her, and he had therefore leaped
to the instant conclusion that this was
a love letter to Eunice from that
dude towner," as he privately charac-
terized Kinross.
A rage Of hot Jealousy had swept
over him and he had been about to
tear the envelope into bits when the
sudden appearance of Eunice IN the
doorway had caused him quickly to
conceal it in his POCKET, to be exam
ined or destroyed later
So, while his mother was driving the
girl into the house with her re-
proaches, he. lingering in the spring
house. was tearing open, with hands
that shook, the letter addressed to an
other.
His jaw dropped in amazement as
he saw the name subscribed at the end
of the sheet Henry Mucklehenny.
His sister Cllie's beau! What could
he be writing to Eunice for? Did he
want to be a bigamist? With Curl
osity equal to his jealousy Abe read
the brief epistle.
Dear Eun!ce.-There's misunderstood
ing. / don't mean Ollie: mean you. But
when begun to come Sundays. Ollie she
took 1t for herself. But 1t amt her. It's
you. It don't come easy to explain her l
don't mean her. Shed take 1t some hard.
can see 1t at her how she favers me good
bit, me bein' SO wellfxed and could be
good purvider. I wanted to keep COM
pany with you ever since seen you on
church childrens day. six weeks back
already. Well, that Sunday you was on
church once amt? When you come In
church. some one says to me. that's Eu-
nice Morningstar. l says to myself, OF
course not out loud, know 1t 10 and sh;,
looks so pretty. 1 believe love her.
Anyhow you can write to me and tell me
,{nrI,f Ia Ay,1 n1Sf y
you was the right one. l gave quarter
in the collection when you was In church.
God loves a chearful givver. Well, I hat
to stop now You will write to me now.
amt? II spell diffrunt. I'm spelling
simplifed. Cordially your lover,
KENNY MUCKLEHENNY.
A look Of cunning settled about
Abe's mouth as he finished his surrep-
titious reading. 1t was no slight shock
to discover that he had so strong Il
rival as Hen Mucklehenny. Neverthe-
less he felt quite equal to coping with
him.
Without an instants hesitation he
tore the sheet and the envelope into
tiny bits. "She won't never see that!
And when he comes Sunday and she
amt round he'll think she's dis
couragin' him and he'll lose heart.
And then mebbe he'll take to Ollie fur
all If he keeps on comm and settin'
up with her, because he amt got
cheek enough to tell her 1t amt her
he means"
A few moments later Kinross. at the
ringing of the dinner bell, ostenta-
tiously Joined the other men at the
pump to wash his face and hands and
comb his hair before coming to the
table. This performance was part OF
his disguise as farmland, but today
it defeated it's own ends, for the two
young ladies, coming into the kitchen
from the front porch, where they had
spent the morning in hammocks and
rockers, made note of the fact that
when Pete took his turn at the kitchen
p,1mp he did not use the family towel