The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-16

Abe and come in with them whites"
: For any least attention paid to her b.
the son of her foster parents Eunc
was always made to suffer, it being as
sumed gratuitously that the renniles
girl and not the prospect ly ricl
youth did the love making
But Abe was so spellbOund will
amazement at such startling speed
from the usually meek and submissiv,
girl that he did not hear or at least Cit
not heed his mothers voice AS Eun:c'
forced her way past him the close Goa
tact of her body sent the fire th-OIgl
his veins, and he seized her about tn,
waist and pressed his lips to her CHI!
just as his mother. in a rage, St.'0.!t
to the spring house door and as Dr.
kinross. with bis books concealed i:
an old basket, was surreptitiously 70
turning by back way from his mo:
ings outing.
You little hussy.' cried Mrs. Nc.
| ingstar. go in and tend to the dinner
and leave our Abe ber'
You leave me be, mom," retortcd
I
mother, not stopping to discuss the
matter with him, walked after Eul!c2
into the house, her angry upbraiding
, following the girl into the kitchen.
"Now, what spiritless creature the
damsel is not to turn on that woman
and resent her abusev' DR.. Kinross
} thought, with mingled compassion ard
impatiencH. as he slowly followed
them up the path to the house.
Meantime Abe, still tingling from
the joy of his stolen embrace. wcg
hastily examining something that he
had found in the spring house whicl,
had excited his Jealous suspicion
While he had been waiting for Eunice
to come to the spring he had acciden-
tally discovered, sticking under the
door SILL an envelope addressed to
Miss Eunice Morningstar. Now, judg-
ing from his own feelings toward the
girl, he did not see how any mans
eyes could rest upon her and not de-
sire her, and he had therefore leapel
to the instant conclusion that this was
a love letter to Eunice from that
dude towner," as he privately charac-
terized Kinross.
A rage of hot jealousy had swept
over him and he had been about to
tear the envelope into bits when the
sudden appearance of Eunice in the
doorway had caused him quickly to
conceal it in his pocket, to be exam
ined or destroyed later.
So, while his mother was driving the
girl into the house with her re-
proaches, he, lingering in the spring
house, was tearing open, with hands
that shook, the letter addressed to an
other.
His jaw dropped in amazement as
he saw the name subscribed at the end
Of the sheet. Henry Mucklehenny.
His sister Ollie's beau! What could
he be writing to Eunice for? Did he
want to be bigamist? With Curl
osity equal to his jealousy Abe read
the brief epistle.
Dear Eunice.-There's a misunderstand-
Ing. don't mean Ollie; I mean you. But
when I begun to come Sundays, Ollie she
took 1T for herself But 1t amt her. It's
you. 1t don't come easy to explain her
don't mean her. She'd take it some hard, l
can see 1t at her how she favers me a good
bit, me bein' so wellfixed and could be
good purvider. I wanted to keep COM
pany with you ever since I seen you on
church children's day, six weeks back
already. Well that Sunday you was on
church once, amt? When you come in
church, some one says to me. that's Eu-
nice Morningstar. I says to myself, of
course not out loud, know 1t Is and sh,
looks so pretty, I believe l love her.
Anyhow you can write to me and tell me
about it. l praid one night to find out If
you was the right one. 1 gave quarter
in the collection when you was in church.
God loves chearful givver Well, hat
to stop now. You will write to me now,
amt? II I spell diffrunt, I'm spelling
simplified. Cordially your lover,
KENNY MUCKLEHENNY.
A look of cunning settled about
Abe's mouth as he finished his surrep-
titiOus reading. 1t was no slight shock
to discover that he had so strong a
rival as Hen Mucklehenny. Neverthe-
less he felt quite equal to coping with
him.
Without an instant's hesitation he
tore the sheet and the envelope into
tiny bits. "She won't never see that!
And when he comes Sunday and she
amt round he'll think she's dis
couragin' him and he'll lose heart
And then mebbe he'll take to Ollie fur
all If he keeps on comm and settin'
up with her, because he amt got
cheek enough to tell her it amt her
he means"
A few moments later Kinross, at the
ringing Of the dinner bell, ostenta-
t1ously Joined the other men at the
pump to wash his face and hands and
comb his hair before coming to the
table. This performance was part of
his disguise as farmland, but today
1t defeated its own ends, for the two
young ladies, coming into the kitchen
from the front porch, where they had
spent the morning in hammocks and
rockers, made note Of the fact that
when Pete took his turn at the kitchen
pump he did not use the family towel
on the roller, but carried his own
towel on his arm and combed his hair !
with his own pocket comb instead of |
using the family comb which always |
lay on the window ledge, convenient |
for the use of every one.
Nov, hurry on here, Eunice,"
prompted Mrs. Morningstar, bustling
to and from the stove in the outer