The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-09-11
BOOMERS
LESSON.
BY w. +. Bryan.
copyrighted, 1907. by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.

orS' light buggy, marked or. the WAY
At the crossroads the light turned
sharply to the left, and Ben Bogner
skillfallS threw his four horse team
around the corner, and the pole wagon
ratified and bumped along the new pike
Like the children of Israel, QuintarI
Bros colossal circus and mastodon me-
nagerie followed a pillar of cloud by
day and of fire by night In the night
time the swinging lantern WAS the
pilot, and in the daylight the smoke
from Gil Quintard's huge cigar served
similar purpose.
The new road had recently been re.
paired by the simple process of shovel
Ing the sides into the middle and let
ting the passing wagons beat il To Il
level The heavily loaded wagon
Nrched from side To side, and Ben
stopped humming NO Wedding Bells"
and began to curse. not loudly, but
fervently, the road committee of Blash
ford township
The other wagons, following In close
order. Jared even worse, for the lighter
loading increased the pitching, and
presently from the rear of the cnrryail
Il woman Slipped out and ran ahead to
where Bogner was still explaining 10
himself the fortunes he would like to
intiict upon the men who had mussed
up the road.
Give me n hand, Rem" She called.
Bogner. without pulling up, leaned over
and held out his hand The girl grasp
ed 1t at the wrist. while his fingers
closed about her slender arm
Up" She gave n spring and swung
into place beside him ON the broad seat.
This Is the worst this season." she
said, With laugh. rs she looked over
the road, now cleaning as red as the
eastern sky None of us could sleep
In the wagon. so | slipped cut 10 ride
with you"
why didn't you go 10 Tony" he
asked uugraelously you'll have that
daEo knitting me yet
"pshaWw she dcmnrred, With I'm nd
miring glance nj the huge muscles that
showed under the eaaze shirt You
could break Tony In two"
"Mchhc," he assented as he glanced
over his shoulder to where Tony As
pirate, their trapczist aud Wire walker,
drove the first seat Wagon. Every enc
worked with the Quintard show Hog
nrr was the principal rider and did
the heavy juggling, to say nothing OF
a magical act in the concert. Bessic
Setback also did riding act and
WORT aJ with trouV In IN, lOublp fra
pee, besides doing Il musical net for
the concert. In addition, the men had
to help raise the tent and drive the
wagons on the jumps, While the wom-
en- performers cooked.
Though he was pleased ut the pref
erenee Bessie showed for him, Bogncr
was none the less uneasy. lie had no
intention of marrying, and he knew
that Tony worshiped the ground the
girl walked on, but Bessie preferred
Ben and was not backward In display
ing her choice.
She cNng to his arm now as they
bumped over TN" rough foad ana arahh
deep fresh morning air isn't IL spieh-
did," she asked ms she looked across
of the Sky was slowly turning to gold.
pretty fair assentcd Ben Down
in his heart he loved the long, quiet
nights and the slow coming dawn. IT
was one of the things that held him TO
a wagon show when he could have
Travelled with a railroad organization,
with II sleeper berth Instead Of the
wagon scat Looks Ike It's going TO
be n good day"
"Sone day want to come Ia place
like this and live" she said. with
sigh. II want To have nice little
farm. with chickens and II horse and
all that sort of thing"
And you'd eat your heart out with
lonesomeness, he concluded
You're always spelling things she
said MS she drew away as far AS the
seat would permit. Il never saw
man Ike YOU"
"Go TO Tony" he urged. Hes got
the gift Of CAB He can talk as foolish
as You can"
"IIe talks only about himself" she
said. with n shrug of the shoulders.
Bogner grinned He knew very we'll
that she would not go Il wish you
had his appreciation Of things"
Bogner laughed his slow laugh and
handed her his pipe to fill, Il guess
one poet is enough with n one ring cir
Gus" he said slowly "rony's death on
poetry"
He struck Il match and held it over
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