The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-15
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III the sap bush, aud his invited guests
numbered II dozen OF the young men
and girls OF the ueighhorhood. Such
pM'tics are always given with the last
run of maple sap aud are simple nf=
fairs The guests all gather ut the
sugar bush, where the sweet sap has
already been boiled down To thick
strip. aud seat themselves on II log
while the strip Is boiled II little more
and then served around on clean maple
chips. There Is snow yet left In the
woods. aud a dab of strip dropped
on the snow produces maple WAX,
There Is general sickness. n general
state of hlarity and the girls 30 home
with wet feet aud the young men with
wax on their chins
In one sense this party referred to
WAS great success. In another 1t was
Ii calamity. \ sewing machine agent
had been stopping Mt Farmer llallday's
for the last two weeks while he beat
up the country. He happened 10 he n
Young man and ii taking fellow, but
there was no earthly reason for Burt
seymour to he Jealous of him. Euuice
Halliday and hurt had been engaged
for three or four months, and while
she WAS naturally tinttered nj the com
pliments paid TO her by the agent,
whose name was French, they didn't
turn her head by any means. She saw
frem the first that Burt WAS Inclined to
he Jealous, and she was therefore more
elrcunspect. but Burts jealousy still
ranked He took good care that the
stranger shouldn't he invited to the
sugar party. to which Eunice was duly
escorted by the host but cheek is IL
part of the stock In trade of agents of
all sorts. and no one was greatly sur
priSed when Mr.. French showed UP as
cool as Il snow bank and took the big
gest chip In the collection
As old Aunt Martha used To say, all
giriS that amount to anything have II
spice of deviltry in their nature BE
they ever 81 sweet and nice, there are
times When they Ike To hector. When
Eunice saw, with MI the others, that
The coming Of the agent annoyed her
lover aud that MIR. French was in
cllned To put himself out in another
and more agreeable WAY To make
things II success, she eume rs near
uirting With him as she could and miss
It. The harder Burt scowled and the
more he showed his vexation the more
reckless she became She didn't In
tend To go too far, but Just far enough
to punish him. lie would be sullen
and sHlhy going home but she would
mike up with him before they reached
the gate that IS, she thought II would
be that Why, but she WAS mistaken.
Burt referred 10 the agent ms ii "snide, E"
Il squirt" and several other things,
and although she only defended mild
~. II was sufficient TO keep his tenn
per hot lie announced TINT he had
been disappointed In her; that there
was no such thing as loyalty known to
her sex: that IL few compliments from
II "mashcr" were valued by her more
thnn his enduring love- and when the
gate was reached she announced that
she wouldn't submit 10 be browbeaten,
and he eaurlahed his arm IN renlv and
exclaimed.
Farewell, false girl! have loved
Won ns no man over loved before hut
you have let n fool part us | may be
sunstruek this summer or die Of n
brolecn heart mr. commit suicide Inf
twill uat matter ia Won you viii have
sImnIy lro,,nn ono more human honr,
yo,oan,s Integrity"
or conrqc Eunic. wont inf, the house
prenarcd IA hrave If out md az ,ourse
II wasn't 0ftepn mluutea before her
nathan su.uacted ,b,t ao,nothlng bnd
transnIrod md ybIslfoJ nor into fine
family bcdroom to say.
oNn,,e tl,on ho. I'm I,,,to tonoe,
henn savlne, no,n =,hIn.s alau, v,,,
ogntpgn
.,xo- NM, rn,liod IA. d,ughter M
she hnrst into ooh.
Nv nnd Inv nll tbe details were In the
motber,s nossossion Tho girl did not
deny n,ni che had eirted I'm hnt
she had moi really meant ANYTHING spri-
GUS She was deeply In love with
Burt seymour. and as she thought of
Iva dytne of snnsirnlse md roing IN
his grave believing she cnred for any
other man ma unttnr how many sew.
h.y mncI,lncl he could coll IN , wool,
II almost hrol.o hcr bonrt
"VnlI my stan -cr,l ng ,.ltlc / toIlr
to van =.ajd Tho n,,th.r "you sborld
NOT hive nirtod and Burt should net
have madn n fool of himself He's
gone away 70 ehc# The flB as your
cousin Zen puts 1t. lie thinks hell get
le'lcf from You III Gay or wv" ask
ing nus i"fSlV'Iiesa' lleh ne II lhke
week bcl"ie coming around ana con
descending - ihate up tlrst ana
Foremost Ae0 are NOT To wrlle MN
ilhe. Sefe!4q ana tlllidi1ost' ne $ got 10
come I" You II there Is any coming
about II. lollr ialher was Just another
sllch lll"t Mhcl he was running after
ne, ana mace nun crawl. lhats
Why nave always hld Inc Nhip hahd
OF NM