Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-03-15

Inc old lady drew ner CHAIR llttle
| closer to the old man.
II sent for you to come over,
Brother Ned" she said, in carefully
modulated tones, Ito have little
family consultation. l want to talk
to you about Cynthia"
ooh, Cynthia. What about Gym
thia? Amt comm down with any
thing, is she?'
mo, no. She's got two beaus."
well, amt that enough?"
'Wait, Ned. Both of 'em are in
dead earnest. And what I'm scared
about is that she may marry one of
en-"
The old mans face suddenly
wrlnkled
We'll, that's all the law allows,
amt it," he chuckled.
Come, Ned, we've got to look at
this matter in a serious light. It's
our duty to do the best we can for
Cynthia. We promised Brother James
we would. If there's danger of Gym
thia making a poor choice it's our
duty to try to set her right"
Then you don't think much of
these two fellers?"
Zone of 'em 1 don't. The other is
Cy Hobson."
Eyes. He's a sewing machine
agent. Doing real well, too"
He comes of good money-making
stock
That's right And he amt go
ing to peddle sewing machines for
ever. He's promised chance to be
agent of the comp'ny over at Brace
VILE"
who's the other feller?"
Hes choofer. He drives an
autymobel."
You mean chuffer. Well, what
about him?"
Il don't know He's just young
fellow that's runnig' some rich mans
auty and he happened to see Cynthia
outside one day, when he broke
down, and he asked her if he couldn't
have some water, and he's broke
down right in front of the house
three times since. And every time
he's wanted somethin."
The old man looked thoughtful
"And Cynthia is always round in time
for the accidents, is she?"
''She has been, so far"
"And you don't think a chuffer is
good enough for Cynthia, eh?"
mo, 1 don't. But I've known Cy
Hobson since he was a boy, and /
don't think Cynthia could do better"
And what does Cynthia think?"
Shed be all right if this choofer
hadn't come around"
The sound of mellow horn came
from the highway.
Its that choofer," said the old
lady. There, he's stoppin' Broke
down again, l s'pose. And there's
Cynthia comm down the driveway.
See him laughin'. / tell you this amt
a goin' to do, Ned. That girls got to
finish her churnin' Well, well, look
at that! He's backing that machine
up the driveway"
That's fine car" said the old
man.
See there; Cynthia's bringing him
rope. He's fastenin' It to the ma
chine. There, he's gone back with
the other end of it. Now, they're
both out of sight"
Don't get excited, Jane"
well, don't like these mysterious
doings. There they are. l declare if
Cynthia isn't getting into the seat!'
lxf'' ariod tho old
They could hear the soft rumble of
the engine, and then, mingled with
it came a steady splash, splash,
splash.
The old man suddenly chuckled.
well, if that amt blamed clever"
he cried. The boy has harnessed
up the dog treadmill to the autymo-
bel, and he's maxim it do the churn-
in! What do you think of that?"
The old lady shifted.
Il don't think much of it, and /
guess the man that owns the auty-
nobel amt goin' to think much of it,
either" She suddenly turned on the
old man. See here, Brother Ned,
you've got to assert yourself If Gym
thia's going to marry Cy Hobson this
other things got to stop-and l as
good as promised Cy he could have
her."
The old man suddenly frowned.
TELL you what I'll do, Jane I'll in
vite Cynthia to come over to our
house and stay week or ten days.
That'll keep her out o. the way"
Then he added, Il want you to leave
all this to me, Jane"
The next morning Cynthia depart
ed for her Uncle Ned's comfortable
farmhouse dozen miles away
Scarcely an hour after Cynthia's de-
parture. the mellow horn was heard
in the highway. But there was no
Cynthia to answer the summons.
A few hours later there was an
other caller, young man with a self
assured air, light-blue necktie and
a broad-rimmed, gray hat
'Howdy, Aunt Jane he cried, as
he opened the door. where's Gym
thia?
She's gone to Uncle Ned's to
spend few days"
The young mans face clouded a
little. That's too bad he said. Il
wanted to ask her to go to the spellin'
bee at Henry Thompson's next FRI
day night"
THAT is too bad" said Aunt Jane
Cant you drive over and ask herr"
Nope" the young man replied as
he backed across the porch. Too
busy. Sold three machines last week.
Got one in my wagon now that I'm
deliverin' to Aunt Truly Grimston.
Tell Cynthia l was sorry | couldn't
see her Good-by."
Four days later Aunt Jane was sur
prised to receive another call from
Cy Hobson.
Cynthia amt home yet, cy," she
called.
= didn't spose she was, he an
swered.