Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1908-03-05

he stood for a mol hent listening. then
turned and went out muttering:
81 thought It Has a lady. but !
might Of knowed Hggin' In the dirt
never made a ladyiye And Joseph
was a thing Of theIpast.
Florence sat upo3 the stone wall to
think II over. EigA dollars for the tar
OF Yesterday. SIP fbr the fertilizer Of
today. Ideas werd not always prac'
tical, and ideals did not materialize as
they might. Fight al she would against
them. the tears 9ould come again.
The sound of wheeb on the road near
at hand reused Fldence. She turned
to see the express wagon from the gen.
eral store about tol deliver the barrel
of tar She jump{d down from the
fence and hurried to the gate which
led to the old stable
"Why.SMr. Rivers what are you 90
ing? Driving the cypress wagonT' she
exclaimed as she recognized In the
driver one Of Goshkn's leading young
men.
"Hello, Flo! he died as he tied the
old horse to the gtepost. ITS me,
all right. Just lo6ng around for a
few days finishing hp business trip.
Dad said you ordered this tar from the
store, and I said I'd deliver 1t and kill
two birds with one Throw. I was COM
ing up to see the wonderful mash
rooms anyway befoh l left. Call your
man to help me unltad the barrel. will
you?" I
"Oh, Dick-Mr. Hvers. mean.
haven't any man. nf any boy. nor any
mushrooms. Yes. I've been crying"
she added, US he danced sharply at
the somewhat wet dheeks. You see.
she went on, "J'ye had bad luck with
my farming
They wandered inb btinctively toward
the wall. Dick tool out his pipe and
began to light It.
Didn't your idea York out?' ne said,
with fine impersonat interest.
"Not very well,p sic admitted. THE
idea is all right, bit skilled, labor Is
hard to get, and afer all I'm only n
woman" f tJl...l.
what about the ldealsg' suggested
Dick as he pu1nd Zpys Seems to
me you told 9 It you had ideals
as well as idel ~ ~, ~
"Oh, still Bem-in my mind.
Of course. but they re SO hard to find
In real life" IpR
Dick crossed his Legs and Rugged the
uppermost knee. az was not looking
at Florence. but stu light ahead, across
the fields which Id before them. 1t
was one of those be yutiful winter days
which apparently lad nothing but
warmth Of sun and eadth Of blue sky
to offer. IN a
"It's just a year today" he mus
ed aloud. yet ;as liking to himself. \
- year ago; ~ map IL love
1t go! Such couldn't pull to-
gether in har Twelve months
finds the man st lore and the girl
clinging to her s., Hopeless case.
eh. don't you th !
"Oh. don't ,knoHj sighed Flo. mot
so hopeless as raisi4e mushrooms, for
instance"
Dicks knee slipped though his grip.
and he stood beside the girl.
what do you N ean, Flo" he de-
manded. "Can yod forego the, ideal
and take me after a jl" and be stretch
ed forth both hands,
"Will you take me, Dick" she said
as her two hands nsehts.
"Take you, darliigw and he drew
her close within bis arms. But you
said No."
But / didn't mean it." she whisper
ed as she nestled clbse to his neck.
"Didp't mean it!' he cried, looking
down at the radiant face. well, but
you said it, and how was l to know
YOU told me you had ideas of your
own and an ideal besides, so got out
to give the other fellow decent
chance"
"Men are such stupid creatures" she
assured him. II didn't think you'd