The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-31
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Burt Seymour, son OF Farmer Sey-
mour, had given ''sugaring OFF, party
IN the sap bush, and his invited guests
numbered a dozen Of the young men
and girls of the neighborhood. Such
parties are always given with the last
run of maple sap and are simple at
fairs. The guests all gather at the
sugar bush, where the sweet sap has
already been boiled down TO thick
sIrup, and seat themselves on a log
while the sirup is boiled little more
and then served around on clean maple
chips. There Is snow yet left in the
woods, and a dab Of strip dropped
on the snow produces maple wax.
There is a general sickness. general
state of hilarity, and the girls go home
with wet feet and the young men with
wax on their chins.
In one sense this party referred to
was great success. In another it was
a calamity. A sewing machine agent
bad been stopping at Farmer Haliday's
for the last two weeks while he beat
up the country. He happened to be
4 young man and a taking fellow, but
there was no earthly reason for Burt
SEYMOUR to be jealous of him. Eunice
Halliday and Burt had been engaged
8 for three or four months, and while
she was naturally flattered at the COM
pEments paid to her by the agent,
whose name was French, they didn't
turn her head by any means. She saw
4 from the first that Burt was inclined to
be jealous, and she was therefore more
ehcumspect, but Burt's jealousy still
ankled. He took good care that the
Sranger shouldn't be invited to the
sugar party, to which Eunice was duly
escorted by the host, but cheek Is a
part Of the stock in trade of agents of
al sorts, and no one was greatly sur
prised when Mr.. French showed up as
cool as a snow bank and took the big
sest chip in the collection.
AS old Aunt Martha used to say, all
girls that amount to anything have a
spice Of deviltry in their nature. Be
hey ever SO sweet and nice, there are
tines when they like to hector. When
knnice saw, with all the others, that
The coming Of the agent annoyed her
lover and that Mr.. French was in
elned to put himself out in another
md more agreeable way to make
nlngs a success, she came as near
aFting with him as she could and miss
Il 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
% punish him. He would be sullen
and sulky going home, but she would
make up with him before they reached
me gate-that Is, she thought it would
oe that way, but she was mistaken.
burt referred to the agent as ''snlde,"
squirt and several other things,
and although she only defended mild
Y, II was sufficient to keep his tenn
per hot He announced that he had
eeen disappointed in her; that there
vas no such thing as loyalty known to
aer sex; that few compliments from
masher" were valued by her more
uan his enduring love, and when the
sAte was reached she announced that
sae wouldn't submit to be browbeaten.
AAd ne tiourished his arm in reply and
acclaimed:
Farewell, false girl! / have loved
IOa as no man ever loved before, but
IOu nave let fool part us. may be
saAsuuek this summer or die Of a
efOken heart or commit suicide. but
VIII not matter to you. You will have
SIMPLY broken one more human heart
.lAIered the faith OF another man in
~otnan's integrity"
Vt course Eunlce went into the house
'epared to brave 1t out, and Of course
: wasn't fifteen minutes before her
s.oner suspected that something had
= Inspired and whisked her into the
aiiy bedroom to say:
now, then, has that Hattie Jones
againF'
"a mar replied the daughter as
oarst into sobs.
-. Aad oy all the details were In the
49, possession. The girl did not
- nat she had nirted a bit. but
a. ~ not really meant anything seri-
A.. sns was deeply in love with
4. gmour. and a. she thought Of
L. e OF sunstrOke and going to
@se believing Ehs cared for any