Putnam patriot., 1908-11-13
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 "lIl be giad when tm marriad and ! sian't have to no fD seheel" he eon ! iloued a4y aN1rrfed people don't iisse r. 20 To seaa0l.
 @N4r. eeauui di1" gemIHded Naney | ,sIIe s1s fl iaaa'sier explained ifobz b.. as flon | thaf made difference. ] s.Isesides he Waa married when he ~as , h college College iz different from l school Nancy ueeded wisciY she could not l grasp any dtsiiartian .,Ht since Bobby i sald so. there must be difference.
 "Sehoal's horrid " she complained. l 'g just fred one teeHfy iiifle spit ball, | and Mss MaRnas made nc stay in."
 .she.s got to stay to correct the OK efeises." explained Bobby. and she's 'fraid fo st8x ai~ae Tlat.s wbY she always 34H=s =e.ie eHe et9y in. 2.
 "'Taiat fair lasiiea Nancy. md we Were z Ing aftsr nnfs tao.'
 sf tel ssn wh7tze exclaimed ifahby .'fet.s goi marri { aad fhen she can't make ua f.9 to hoel ''Rlehf nbwT' 6em ided Nancy. with glance n ler selled deesa
 That Hfis ma a In don't matter" assured f'aitg .H T sg t9 ST Scar rlit F. =of H#HtsH Il NsfH he @3s in aeboai. ao lesl ai.3arsfsad
 eBat he eent ttzeelloal after He eof mario aefai I sHfeg.
 eT1a Ha san I la" ~ rlalHed ga IF le a.4H't WaHt ta pe he dldat hase to. Ne won't want to go'
 He ataried ta his feei ead Saney obndieHtlg followed Ind sathE pro posed T lrol ta the uarfh pole she would hase followed wilh the aane content. fer Was not Lobby wlse wlfh the wisdom of fuii eight years while slle boaated seant eiHf
 II wns II short walk to r he minister's home. aud presently Bobby hraFc but trine weak in the knees and with higher color Oh his fare WIS explain Ing to tie minister his deslre tD wed
 The Rey. Senrritt grave and stuHi- ouH. WIS shocked at the suggestion and with gentle feproof at tileir fneri fege turaca them from his study The repreef was lest on determined mind. and wlfn the door hnd closed Bobby shook bls thy fist ln the nir
 Just 'rause he's married he don't care 'beHt no one else" he gald yIn siietitely "iie's not the 1nly marrier in town I4uhr
 f.4 f.. II. exclamation. and fehbyaa wrafh WAS hot lie had not nndefatea i Hiat the minister 9aa saKing. hni he lad s8th cred that he Waa hsinz sfn1ded fer l even thinking ef maffiast atd ihis under he setF ez,a af=ist5 tzlazad
 4htfe were fffra atnet ministers in town. HHt aoae af Ibem saz af faes and Hobby turned faward the tireA l Nancy
 sits ne use,s he asd. with tivhteu ing of fh he apleeflns llH @AYe.ve Eat tn go to Riverside .
 Naney i3lnled haek tic teafs md l put her hand hi hs
 It's frr8dfui bafd getting married she sald sspa ail people haec trepba tiae tlsH'
 "When they elepe" explained Babhg calmly au deA't have time to fix il with the miniater
 T don't thluk that 1oplng's much fun" veptnred Nancy, #but rehhN.4 look alleneed her Together thet tredged along in silenee until the Nouses were passed and the road to Riverside lay hare and lonely before them.
 The shadows were closing in. md there were elumFs ef trees that nude patches ef dark lust tue sort that bears love to hide In. For The heneat ef hls lady Hobby kopt up brave front, hui his eiusp en the tired dirty litlle hand that lay within hls own frightened when the dark places came. and the sturdy tlt tie legs were 6rard to grcnter speed antil Che dauger point Was passed. The dark WAS slasmg in new and Nancys plump little legs were not a~ strong aa Bobby s. aHd, taeOsh shc hraYely sought to hold the pace, she iarasi behind Al last. ln spite of her farttude. she had ro give in aud sauk with q little sob on tho grass beside the roadway. "l Just rant ge any mere. Hobby" she walled '.lt seems like We most walked round the earth"
 "ii's only little way now" urged ] Bobby, "an' maybe the minister will ask us to stay for supper Tho mention ef food was the last straw. Fatigue had prevented the thought es hunger. but now Nancy knew that she was famished
 \ school lunch k not calculated ta Eass until o'clock. and Nancy remem- s,esrd that there was to he jelly cake Am supper. Al the sound of the soi,s that shook nser tiny frame Bobby kneit beside her sund sought to check the low of tears, but not until she had cried her self te sleep on Rohby's shoulder dld | silence come. nathy himself felt very much like crying. but that would never do, and he held back the tears while he staned brave,y into the dark. hts arm protect. | ingiy about the sleeping Nancy. II seemed to hia ages passed as he sat there In the silence and tue dark. | No wagons eaae along. tlaoHsh once l an awameblle shot past il a speed | shat rendefed his cry u0aYaliaE The passins of thc var oniy served l 10 make the loneliness the mote pro. 1 nonnced. aad NAea two u.ere great 1 yellow eyes shene far down the raad l