The Marshall republican., 1907-12-27
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Of it"-and made him poorer and poor.
err, aud Pressed richer and richer. And.
when the store laughed At that. Baum.
gartner wore that he would possess
half of the farm before he died: and
as Pressed and his wife died. and Semy
grew up. and az he noticed the fond.
ness Of the little red.hesded girl for
his little tow.headed boy. he added Ia
his ADMIRATION that he would be hsr.
rowing that whole farm before he
dicd-witbout paying a cen for II!
but both sery and Sally had grown
to a ma%rriageable age without any.
thing happening. sery had become In.
~ordinatcly shy, while the %coquettlsh
Sally had accepted the attentions ~
Sam Pritz. the clerk NJ the store. NJ
ar antagonist more worthy of her.
and In a fashion which sometimes
made the father Of Sery swear and
lose his tempcr-wIth Sery. Though.
Of course. In the final disposition of
the matter. he was u r. that 40 girl
40 nice az Sally would marry such a
person as sam Pritz. with no ex.
tremeIy visible means of support
salary OF 81 n week. and an odious rep.
utation for liquor. And II was for
these things. all of which were known
flor Baumgartner had not q single
secretD that the company nj the store
detected tho personal equation In Old
Baumgartner's communications.
Sefy had almost arrived by this
time. and Sally was In the store' With
Sam! The situation was. highly dra.
matte. but the old man consummate.
~ ignored this complication and al.
rected attention 10 his son. For him,
the molasses.tapper did not exist.
The fact Ia he was overioyed. seny.
for once In his life. would be on time!
He would do the rest.
Now. boys. chust look at EN-!
Dogged II they amt bose like ono q ~.
other! How's the proferb7 Birds Of a
feather flock wiss one another7 I
dunno. Anyhow. Sef nocks wiss Betx
constant. And they understand one
another good. Trotting like . side.
wise dog Of a hot summers day!" And
he showed the company. up and down
the store porch lust how q sidewisc
dog would be likely to trot on . hot
summer day-and then laughed Joy.
ously.
| II there had been an artist sys to
see they would have been we'll worth
It's w~hils-seny and the mare 90 af.
fectionately disparased. And. after
all. I am not sure that the speaker
himself had not an artists eye. For
a spring pasture, or a fallow upland,
or a drove OF soodiy cows deep In his
clover. ] know he had. perhaps you,
too. havsO And this was his best
, mare and his only son.
The big bay. clad In broad.banded
harness. soft with oil and k~littering
with brasses. was shambling indolent-
iy down the hill. resisting her own
, momentum by the diagonal motion
the old man had likened to . doG's
sidewise trot. The looped tracschsins
were juggling a merry dithyramb. her
head was ~nodding. her tail swaying.
and sefy. propped BY his elbow on
4 her broad back. n leg swung be.
tween the names. the other keeping
time on her ribs. was singing:
Il want to be an angel
And with the angels stand,
A crown upon my forehead
A harp within my hand"
His adoring father chuckisd. II
wonder what for kind Of anchsl he'd
make. anyhow? And Bstx-theyll
have to go together. Say. I wonder II
II Is horse.anchels!
No n knew; no . offered . sug
gestion.
We'll. It ought to be. ssy-hs ken
perform circus wiss OIL Betsi"
They expressed their polits sur.
prise at this for perhaps the hun
dredth time.
"Yas-they have q kind Of circus
ring In the b~arnysrd. He stands or
one foot then on another. and % nil
hands wiss his feet kicking. and thsu
he says words--iike hokey-poksy-
and Betz she kicks up behind ant
throws him OF In the dung and We ii
laugh-happy efer sftsr--Bets most O
ALI"
After the applause he said:
Il guess Id better wake en- uD'
What you sink?"
They one and all thought he had
They knew he would do II. 10 matte
what they thought. His method. q
usual. q his own. He stepped I,
the adjoining held. and. selecting
clod with the stesly polish Of the piov
share upon II. threw II at the mare
1t struck her On the 6snk. She gather
cd her feet under her n sudden alarm
then slowly relaxed. looked slyly to
the old man. found him. and uAdel
standins. suddenly wheeled aAA a.
bled OF home. leaving 6eSy prone Of
the ground % her part of the johe.
The old man brought Ssfy n N
umph to the store-porch.
"Chust stopped you afors you %
TO be . anchell" he was saying. w
couldn't bear to sink about ron beln
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