Gunnison news-champion., 1908-05-29
CHAPTER t.-Continuea.

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In short. BY the magic OF brilliant
color and natural grace she narrowly
escaped being extremely handsome
in the way ct sun-burned peach. or
a maiden s blush apple And even ii
you should think she Were not hand
some. yoa would admit that there was
an indescribabie rustic charm about
her She was like the aroma Of the
hay fields. or the woods or a field of
daisies or dandeliOns
The girl laughing, surrendered the
money, and the old man, taking an
arm Of each. marched them peremp-
torily away.
Come to the house and git his
clothes. Eferysi goes in-stofepipe
hat butterfly necktie, diamond pin.
tooth brush, hair-oil. razor and soap
They had got far enough around the
corner to be out of sight of the store
during this gaiety. and the old man
showed Seny and the girl in front of
him. linked their arms and retreated
10 the rear
What Sephenijah p. Baumgartner.
senior, hath fined together. let no
body put sthunder. begoshens'" he an
nounoeA.
The proceeding appeared to be pain
ful to Seny, but not to Sally. She
frankly accepted the situation and
promptly put into action its opportuni
ties for coquetry. She begged him
first, with consummate aplomb, to aid
her in adjusting her parcels more Sc
curely. Insisting upon carrying them
herself, and ii would be impossible to
describe adequately her allures The
electrical touches. half-caress. half-de-
fiance; the confidential whisperings,
SO that the willy old man in the rear
might not hear; the surges up against
him. the recoveries-only to surge
again-these would require a mechan-
icAl contrivance which reports not
only speech but action-and even this
might easily fail, so subtle was It all,
"Sef-Seffy, | thought it WAS his
Old watch he was auctioning on |
wanted 1t for-for-a nest-egg, aha
ha-ha' You must excuse me-"
You wouldn't a bid at all II you d
moved 1t WAS me, reckon said SeRy
Yes, ] would" declared the CO
auette. I'D rather have you than any
nast-egg in the whole world-any two
of em'"-and when he did not take
his chance-'if they were made of
gold"
But then she spoiled it
It's worse fellows than you, Seffy. IS
The touch of coquetry was but too ap.
parent
And better said Seffy, with a
good with girls-and | don't care,"
"Yes!" she assented wickedly
There are better ones"
Sam Pritz-"
Sally looked away, smiled, and was
silent
''Sulky Seffy," she finally said
IF he does stink of salt mackerel
rad most always drunk" Seffy went
on bitterly. He's nothing but a mo
lasses-tapper'"
Sally began to drift further away
and to sing. Calling Pritz names was
Of no consequence except 1t kept
Seny from making love to her
while he was doing it-which seemed
foolish to Sally. The old man came
up and brought them together again
Oach! go long and make lofe some
more. like to see il. | expect l an
An old fool. but | like to see tits
Nike OIL times-yas and If you don
look out there. Seffy. I'll take a hand
nyself-yassir' go long,"
He drew them very close together
each looking the other way Indeed
he held them there for moment
roughly.
Seny stole a glance At Sally. H,
wanted TO see how she was taking hi,
fathers odiously intimate suggestion
But 1t happened that Sally wantet
TO see how he was taking it. Sht
laughed with the frankest of joy a
their eyes met.
"Seffy-I do-like you" said the CO
Quette. And you ought to know it
You imp"
Now this was immensely stimulat
ing to the bashful Seify.
Il like you" he said-"ever since v,
VNa babies"