The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-09

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smtIe "lombstone. bet he's got It
hanging mp n the stors nowi We rot
TO let 'sm know that you se< him out,
9oft Yas-stayed tell daylight! Woke
up and staysdl slesping WAS chust to
ketch himi You was awake all the
time! Lie Z little, hahf"
HIS father was proud Of this last.
A. they drew spart he called back:
II she don't Ike snoring. Sef. wear
cl0Ine1-pIn Wneu you SGT up WIss
her-one Of them wiss . spring mot
Aha--ha-ha!" And then: You all
right. Bef-yassir! you all right-you
the conQuering hero comesl Go right
back--mebby to-night-you entitled to
do It,"
s'Besrshens. viii" said sefy IL
his fathers own slogan.
Seny would have pressed his suit
even without this. think-bccause of
those mt nents in the dark parlor.
One does not soon forget that sort Of
thing.
Now" advised his father, you
know we'll enough what kind Of tenn
per goes wiss her hair-I use to haf
hair enough onct-and It was red! All
right when it's on your side. But he'll
when it's ag'in you. Thorn red-heads
always regrets--I do and she does!
6ay-6ef-Seffy. don't you let her re-
gret in yain--ketch her while she's At
It,"
So. seffy went up the hill again
not that night-which was mistake
he could not quite bring himself to
that--but tho next. And he had washed
the grease out OF his hair and left the
hat at homo as well as the butter
ny tie and the boots and. ii do say it.,
he was very handsome fellow, worth
at least q dozen of his r1vas.
But Sally. watching for this very
thing, saw him coming and hardened
her heart. as Pharaoh did in the face
Of pronered felicity. and. by good
deal Of forclble instruction, she sue
ceeded in getting the little maid to
say that she was not at homo. The
maids untutored face showed Seffy
that she was not telling the truth.
however. and she was not sorry for It.
She would never have treated Seffy
sol
sefy shifted his hat from one hand
to the other and then said:
Tell her-tell her-when she comes
home-that I'm sorry" He did not
exactly know what he was sorry for,
and 80 said good night and went
He knowed you was at home!" re-
preached the little maid. HE was
sorry for you"
What did he say?" demanded Sally
savagely.
ITO tell you that he was sorry
when you got home"
When got home? Then / better
stay away. l expect. That's what he
meant, did he? Well, III show himi"
But the maid understood Seffy's rustic
chivalry and she did not laugh with
her mistress.
Yet. Sally went back to her window
and again watched, hoping seffy would
look back. She was not quite sure
what she would do. Perhaps she would
get angry-perhaps--B If he would
only look! He did not, and Sally un-
derstood that he had accepted his
congo as she had given Il. And quite
as the old man had said. she did regret,
now. and she had regretted that other
night. But there was more psnance
than he had said or thought. Yet
there was the Pressed temper! And it
did not await the subsistence Of the
sorrow. but rose at once. What busi-
ness had he tamely to accept the stu
am satisfied that there is some con
nection between red hair and temper.
And I am. further. satisfied that there
ideas Of red hair. temper and regret.
But my difhculty is to determine just
where each stands. Logically, the re-
gret ought to come last. But, to Sally.