The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-08
TO THE MANNER BORN
y HELEN INoLEHARr.

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have your sweet little note Of con.
graduation. Amy, dear. and have read
IT with deep emotion How kind Of
you to show SO profound an interest
in all that concerns me, especially in
a matter OF such Importance both to
my feelings and my future welfnrel
cannot give yoa. as you ask, "a mi
mute account Of the courtship." for
there has been no eourtshlp. True
was for months becoming interested in
A1gernon, and II has since appeared
that Algernon was becoming interest
cd IN me. but as neither knew OF the
predisposltion OF the other there Is no
story 10 be told concerning this period,
or, rather. the courtship was concen-
trafed ia one thrilling event, occupying
only a few minutes, but in those few
minutes my life hung In the balance.
think | hear you say to yourself:
This Is going to be delightful / won
der II she fell overheard from the
yacht. and be jumped after her. OF the
steering gear Of the automobile broke.
and. while the machine was running
Wild be jumped with her into a hay
stack. Perhaps the carriage was
stopped on the highway by robbers,
and be put them all to flight with
gold headed canee II was none Of
these. sweetest. Would that any one
Of them had happened instead Of the
real incident | was rescued, my life
was saved, but IN none Of these ways.
The terror / endured was fnr greater
than that Of falling Into deep water
Or being run away with In AZ auto
or robbed But, alas. that romantic,
dramatic, ecstatic setting to the Incl
dent which appeals 50 forcihy to rs
women was entirely wanting.
| must first tell you that Algernon--
now my Algernon--is a splendid large
man with a noble countenanee. True,
he inclines to fat, but no more, I think.
than is becoming to his proportions.
He stands six feet one ia bis stockings
and weighs $50 pounds There Is a
dignity about him that corresponds
with his physique, and one has only to
see him bow to know that he Is ito
the manner born"
But to get on with my story. Alger.
non was spending the week end with
rs al Idiedale On the eyentful after.
noon that was TO plunge me into dan.
ger, resulting In an awakening ia my
soul on delight I had never known
before. he proposed that we walk to
the top Of the mountain / consented,
and we set forth. On the way we were
obliged to cross field Algernon let
down some bars, gave me his hand
and assisted me over the lower bar
with that air Of Difference so natural
to him and so engaging 70 all Of our
sex. Then he put up the bars. and we
started to cross the field We had
reached the middle when heard
peculiar snort rs OF some Wild animal
and looking up, saw a bull with head
up, followed by a herd OF cows, walk
ING toward us.
Now, If bun IA dangerous Ak eli he
ID very dangerous That this bull was
Of the ferocious kind was apparent
from warning that had been posted
near the bars through which we had
come Beware the Bull" had me-
noticed 1t, but Algernon, turning 10
me. put his hand on bis heart and said
IN his melodious voice
This is my fault saw a warning,
but failed to heed It,"
'Heavensr l gasped ewhat shall
we dot"
The bun broke from walk into
trot bis head still in the air. his eyes