Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-03

mother suspected that something had transpired and whisked her into the family bedroom to say: N. Now, then, has that Hattie Jones been saying mean things about you again?'
 "No, maw replied the daughter as she burst into sobs.
 By and by all the details were in the mothers possession. The girl did not deny that she had flirted a bit, but she had not really meant anything seri- ous. She was deeply in love with Burt Seymour. and as she thought of his dying of sunstroke and going to his grave believing she cared for any other man, no matter how many sew ing machines he could sell in week, 1t almost broke her heart.
 "Well. now, stop crying while talk to you,' said the mother "You should not have ,fiirted, and Burt should not have made a fool of himself. He's gone away to chew the rag, as your cousin Ben puts it. He thinks he'll get a letter from you in day or two ask ing his forgiveness. Then he'll take a week before coming around and con descending to make up. First and foremost, you are not to write him a line. Second and hindmost, he's got to come to you if there is any coming about it. Your father was just another such idiot when he was running after me, and made him crawl. That's why I have always had the whip hand of him." ... ='... s....
 "But you know how set Burt is in his ways" pleaded Eunice. s&
 "But you can be just as set in yours" hs."
 But suppose he's found dead with my photo on his broken heart"
 Suppose our old dog should bark his tail off! You are going to do just as say, and that ends it. I'm your mother, and know something about men, and if don't help you to bring that smart young man back within two weeks I'll never darn another pair of socks for your father" Er "%<
 One event invariably follows the oth. CT in the country. After the sugar party, about two weeks after, comes the last day of the district school, oI the close of the term. Word goes out for ten miles around, and the 200 young and old who attend manage somehow to get into the schoolhouse. Then two persons choose sides, and the whole crowd lines up, and the schoolmastel school for the Seymour district was announced for date two weeks sub sequent to the sugar party and the lovers quarrel. No Burt called at the Halliday farmhouse to make up. The days passed, and poor Eunice went about with tears in her eyes. Ever her father noticed that the daughter was looking red eyed and pale faced and asked the wife if doctor had not better be consulted.
 Don't you worry, Joseph was al the reply he got. and about all he ex pected, but to the daughter the mother said:
 "Eunice, when the spelling schoo comes off I am going to bring that young man to the mark. He is one Of the best spoilers around here, isn't heT
 "Yes, ma."
 "Well, so are you. Some folks say you are better than he is. If you are on one, side and he on the other, yor are going to beat him." -# ..
 But suppose l can't"
 "I'm just going to pray that yor will"
 "Then he'll be madder yet. Maybe he'll go right home and commit sui eide"
 And maybe he'll go right home ant get some sense in his head. I'm run ming this show, and I want you to dt just as tell you"
 There was the usual big turnou when the evening came. The sewin: machine agent had departed for othe fields, and Eunice arrived at the school house in the company of her fathel and mother. Almost immediately sh, heard that Burt Seymour had com, alone with his horse and buggy. Sh, also heard that their misunderstandin. was being gosslped about. The school master was we'll known to the Hali days, and few whispered words iron Mrs. Halliday perfected her plans. l