The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1908-01-23

And Sally she tOle her pretty quick,
He amt no strange man. she says.
4 wouldn't go with no strange man.
He's my regular comply Now. think,
Hen! Accusin' Sally of travelin' with
q strange man..
ITO think anyhow said Hen
But body could go to the rooft
garden now and agin if you was hired
i'm town. Oncet Abe he took me to
such theater play at the rOoft garden
and if it wasn't grand yet! \ man
come OH the stage named Mr.. Mont
gomery He was the villain. Now.
if he wasn't sOmepin fierce! Honest to
goodness. Hen he was the worst man
l ever seem
Now exclaimed Hen with forced
sympathy.
"Rut. then. to be sure if l was in
town stayin' me and you US We
tngS."
Hens gloom deepened to despair.
''Ain't, Hem" Ollie tried to rouse
him to some ardor.
The fact was the girl was weary Of
her bondage to her fathers mercenari-
ness and lOnged for the freedom from
it that marriage would give her, espe-
cially marriage with one so we'll fixed
as Hen Mucklehenny, and she was hop
ing by this suggestion of going to town
TO stir her lover into some alarm at
the thought of losing her aud thus
precipitate their betrothal ana mar
riage. True. he had been coming to
see her only few months, but where
WAS the use Of indefinite delay?
Amt, Hen, it would lie some lone
some fur you if went OFF, she urged.
Again Hen squirmed in his chair, but
he made no answer.
But I'm thinkin' ut goin.' Ollie
threatened. How would YOU put in
your Sunday nights with me off, HEM"
"Fd come and set up with-with Eu
NICE he blurted out, IF her and Abe
wasn't keepin' comply"
Ollie turned and stared at him stu
pidly.
But that would give her false hopes
She'd think you meant it fur really
L
need to make SO polite to her fur my
sake
1T would be fur my own sake. Oh.
He," Hen stammered.
But Ollie did not grasp his meaning
"TO anyhow hear about me and see
preting his words. Yes, well, but
She doubtfulIy shook her head at SicE
a questionable manner Of counting her
would the folks leave you go t.
town to work sOmepin," Hen asked
unable to keep touch of hope out OF
his tone.
II just would take and up and go.
declared Ollie. I've got my age am
kin go If / want But TO he sure my
bein' of age amt no use to me whe,l
I'm livin' with pop. To be sure when
Pm living off of him 1 must do ali
where he says"
Must Abe, too?" Hen asked, with
unexpected and irritating irrelevance.
''If Abe must, too?' she repeated his
question. "Well, anybody would know
that his bein' male that way he
wouldn't be tied down like a female
fur all he has to obey to pop good
Bit
Don't your pop and nom uphold tt
his keepin' cOmp'ny with-with Eu.
nice"-Hen dragged the question out
In an agony of EMBARRASSMENT
what you sayed awhile back-that him
and her would be settin' out on the
back porch if your nom didn't jaw"
WAS that so interestin' to you
HEMP Ollie asked bit wonderingly
"Well, it would stand to reason they
wouldn't want Abe to throw hisself
away on no bound girl where couldn't
bring him no aussteuer and Abe sc
we'll fixed as he'll be and could marry
near any girl in the township"
"But what's Abe's views:' Hen in
Quired. Does he favor her agin youl
pop and mom?"
"Well, to be sure. Eunice would be
anyhow DUNN If she didn't try to get
our Abe, him bein' her only chanel
fur pop won't never leave her go none
and she don't never see other ones,
nor other ones don't see her neither.
And, to be sure. Abe he favors her
some too"
"If she seen other ones, mebbe she
wouldn't favor Abe so much neither.
This here dude from town nOw-does
she favor him any" Hen put out un.
easily
"Well,' said Ollie contemptuously
81 guess she amt lookin' that high
our Eunice yet! And him towner!
Why, even me, wouldn't look to him
He won't bother even with them two
town young ladies where's so well
fixed and got it so good they can board
all summer and spend out money with
out workin' nothin' to bring more in
not even their own Homework at home.
A body's got to be pretty we'll fixed to
do like that, amt? The doc he's dress
ed hisself up in overalls did you take
notice of itD, and he's maxim he's a
farmland hired to pop just SOS them
girls will leave him be! Now think!
Amt he comic:'
"Noww said Hen incredulously.
Indeed, yesw affirmed Ollie.
HE must be pretty good fixed, too,
to lay off all summer without workin'."
EYES," Ollie agreed, "he must make
no amount Of money fur his doctorin'."
"Well, then, If Eunice don't look so
high, there's me. I'm better fixed
than what Abe is. And her not havin'