The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21

iealousy still ranked. He LOOK eoo" oora that the stranger shouldn't be in- yjted to the sugar party 70 .nst Eunice was duly escorted py the sa n but cheek is part of the stoch na III ,yas of agents of all sorts. and no one s sreaflv surprised when MT. Ffencn Showed lin AS cool as snoWDank an' took the biggest chip in the coiiec'ioi; i; As old Aunt Martha used to say, "ii girls that amount to anything haNe ,a snice of deviltry in their hatuTe. " tbev ever so sweet and nice. there are times when they like to hector. when Ennice saw. with all the others, that the coming of the agent annoyed her love, | and that MT. French was inclined to put | htmseIf ont in another and more rreeable way to make things a success, she came as near flirting with nm "s she could and miss it. The haruei Rurt scowled the more reckless she hscame She didn't intend to go too ] far. hut just far enough to punish hini' He would be sulIen and sulky going home. hut she would make up' with | him before they reached the gate. That is, she thought 1t would De that | waybut she was mistaken, burt referred to the agent as snide, squirt, and several other things and although she only defenaed 'nnuIs | if was sufficient to keep his temper hot. He announced that there was no such thing as loyalty known to her sex; | that A few compliments from mash- | CT" were valued by her more than ms | enduring love- and when the gate was reached she announced that she wouidn | submit to be brow-beaten ana ne flourished his arm in reply ana excia- l imed
 "Fareweil false girl! I have loved vou as no man ever loved before but you have let a fool part us. l may be sunstruck this summer or die or | broken heart of commit suicide put twill not matter to you. You Will have simply broken one more human heart-shattered the faith of another man in woman's integrity.
 Of course. Eunice went into the house prepared to brave 1t out, and of course if wasn't fifteen minutes before her mother suspected that something had transpired and whisked her into the family bedroom to say:
 Now, then, has that Hattie Jones been saying mean things about you again?"
 NO, ma" 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 bit, but she had not really meant anything serious She was deeply in love with Burt Seymour. and as the thought of his dying of sunstroke and going to his grave believing she cared Tor any other man, no matter how many sewing machines he could sell week, 1t almost broke her heart.
 well, now, stop crying while talk to you." asid the mother. You should l not have flrted 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 n let ter from you in day or TWO hsKihs him forgiveness. Then he'll take week before coming around ana condescending to make up. First and foremost, you are not to write him a l line. Second and hindmost, he's got 10 come to you if there Is any coming about it. Your father was just another such idiot when he was running after me. and I made him crawl. That's why I have always had the whip hand | of him"
 But you know how set Burt is In his ways" pleaded Eunice
 But you can be just as set In yours,
 "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 I 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"
 One event invaribly follows the other in the country. After the sugar party-about two weeks after-comes the last day of the district school. or inc close of the term. Woro goes out for ten miles around, and the two hundred young and old who attend manage somehow to get into the chool- house Then two persons choose sides and the whole crowd lines up and the schoolmaster pronounces the Words' The spelling school for the Seymour district was announced for date two weeks subsequent 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. Even her father noticed that the daughter was looking red-eyed and pale-faced and asked the wife if doctor had not better be consuleted.
 Don't you worry Joseph" was nll l the reply he got. and about all he ex- pected, but to the daughter the mother said: comes off, I am going to bring that young man to the mark. He Is one Of inc best spoilers around here, isn't he?"
 "Yes ma"
 "Weu. so are you Some folks say you are better than he is. If you are on one side and he on the other. you are going to beat him"
 But suppose I can't?'
 ''I'm just going to pray that you will. ;"
 "Then hell be madder yet. Maybe hell 20 right home and commit suicide"
 And maybe hell go right home and get some sense in his head. I'm running this show, and I want you 70 do just as I tell you.
 There was the usual big turnout when inc evening came, The sewing mac hine agent had departed for other fields. and Eunice arrived at the school house In the company of her father and mother. Almost immediately she heard Burt seymour had came alone with his horse and buggy. She nlso heard that their misunderstanding was being gossiped about The Echoolmaster was well known to the Halidays, and a few whispered words from Mrs Halliday perfected her plans. It was announced that MT. Burt seymour nnd Miss Eunice Halliday would choose sides, and they found themselves nt once the center of interest Each sought to decline but eacn was pushed forward. Each line when filled numb cred eighty and then the spelling began. The first five minutes did the business for twenty.
 In a quarter of an hour there were