The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-31

other man, 40 maIIer now many sew 1
ing machines he could sell in a week. |
it 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 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
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 l made him crawl. That's
| why 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 of! 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"
One event invariably follows the 9th.
er in the country. After the sugar
party, about two weeks after. comes
the last day of the district school, OF
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 schoolmaster
/ pronounces the words. The spelling
| 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. Even
her father noticed that the daughter
was looking red eyed and pale faced
and asked the wife II a doctor had not
better be consulted.
Don't you worry, Joseph" was all
the reply he got, and about all he ex-
pected. but to the daughter the mother
said:
"Eunice. when the spelling school
comes of l am going to bring that
| young man to the mark. He is one of
the best spoilers around here, isn't hep
"Yes, ma"
well, so are you. Some folks say
you are better than he Is. II you are
on one side and he on the other, you
| are going to beat him"
"But suppose / can't"
I'm just going to pray that you
will"
Then he'll be madden yet Maybe
he'll go right home and commit sui
eide"
And maybe he'll go right home and
| get some sense In his head. I'm run.
ming this show, and want you to do
Just as tell you"
There was the usual big turnout
when the evening came. The sewing
fields, and Eunice arrived at the school
house in the company Of her father
and mother Almost Immediately she
heard that Burt Seymour had come
alone with his horse and buggy She
also heard that their misunderstanding
was being gOssiped about. The school
master was well known to the Hall
days, and a few whispered words from
Mrs Halliday perfected her plans. II
was announced that Mr.. Burt Sey-
mour and Miss Eunice Halliday would
choose sides, and they found them
/ selves at once the center OF interest.
Each sought to decline, but each was
pushed forward. Each line when ill.
ed numbered eighty. and then the
| spelling began. The frst i've minutes
| did the business for twenty.
In a quarter of an hour there were
only ten spoilers on their feet Five
/ minutes later Eunice an Burt alone
were left They stood facing each 9th
j er. though not looking into each others
/ eyes Burt looked obstinate, and the
/ girl had her chin in the air. II was
/ called the greatest contest OF the dec
ade. For twenty minutes the teacher
/ hunted out the hard words. but could
trap neither Then Burt was caught
/ and went down. and the victory was
awarded the girl amid cheers. Five
minutes later the crowd broke up. and
Eunice was hunting for her wraps
when a hand was laid on her arm and
I q voice whispered:
"Euny, how do you spell idiot for
/ give and lover
~The simplest way" she replied as
| she turned to Burt
Then ride home with me. / brought