Connecticut western news., 1909-04-15

farm without the aid of any woman. seThey're dreadful onsarten creatures ba said "Y' can't calc'late jist what they're goin' to do. Most O my friends < as hes gone into matrimony hes had trouble from the time they married and wished they was out or ltA Hnefe Toe Biglow fit with his'n and llvln H cat and dog life, Tom Tinker divorced, Rill Andrews drev to drink. The vim min don't show their real selves till after the ceremony. l dont intend 10 put myself where they kin get at me. But as his farm lands and crops anu stock increased he felt the need ol women's help. He no longer had time to do the cooking or the washing or milking. and he took in housekeepeF' the ugliest and oldest he could hnd. It vas not long before he had others i Since he had made break he might as well rely on his resolution to protect l him and took in several maids, one of l whom-Mary Baker-Was qulte pretty. When Mary came he felt that she had brought danger, but considered him self equal to the task of keeping out of her tolls.
 One winter morning something hap pened. Mary was going out to do her milking; he, walking directly behind her. to feed the stock. Mary slipped on q bit of ice and fell right into his arms. He turned her face up toward his and kissed her. Then he pushed her away. Mary blushed and went on. oI,p Cn thai he couldn't understand how he had done such thing. He didn't LOOK at Mary All that day, and when she asked him what she should do with the hlack and white COW. she kicked so. he turned away without answering her.
 A few days later Mary was brought into the house badly injured by KICK from the black and white COW. Eben scolded her for not having taken pre- cautions against such a result, int1- mating that if she had told him the cow kicked he would have mixed her . himself Mary made no reply to thls' Perhaps she knew with wOmans m- tuition that he was not scolding her, but himself Perhaps she felt az F grieyed at his unjust treatment. He didn't 20 near her while she was re covering.
 Next a fractious bull gOred Eben anC b came pretty near killing him. Mary asked him if she could do anything fol him. He said "No' very shortly, Du when she went away called her bacl F and told her she might put a pillow under him. She did most of the nurs ing till he was out of danger, thel l ceased her visits to him. He calle' for her and asked if she was so Ill human as to let him die all alon j when every one on the farm wa busy. She made no reply to the queS - tion. but asked him what he wanted He mentioned several things, Whlc she got for him, then left him agail This irritated him, and he called he back.
 Mary he said gruffly, what di you slip for the ether day-a-purpose
 Mary walked out of the room wit her nose in the air.
 He recovered slowly and, all u while having nothing at all to do b' think, thought of what was on h mird-Mary. He was sure she W; trying to marry him, but he was loslI v the power to protect himself again her When he got we'll he went
 her when she was churning and said
 "Mary, I suppose you want hon Most women do. I don't want to d
 aDpoint you. Will you marry meF" "sNo I won't" she said angrily. She went on pounding the churn, al
 he went away astonished.
 Nothing occurred in this pecun
 courtship for several days, when
 met her coming from the barn.
 "Hev you thought better of it?'
 asked.
 Of whatE'
 ''Marryin' me"
 "You don't want to git married" s 2 said.
 .Waal," he replied musingly, T do
 know as I do."
 This made Mary furious. I'm go when my months up," she said. "Goin'?"
 "Yes. You'd better git another gil
 This knocked the bottom out Eben's theory that Mary had been
 
 it up entirely till he learned iron % neighboring farmer that she had asl . him if he wanted help. Neverthel
 he was puzzled He thought that if
 could do something to convince M that he loved her she would yield.
 finally hit on a plan.
 The Weekly Eagle came out Sat
 day morning. One Saturday aftern
 when Mary, dressed for half holid
 started to go out she saw all the oC K. pants of the farm gathered about employer shaking him enthusiastic
 by the hand Several were read q the Eagle over the holders shoulde " La sakes," exclaimed Mary, ''wh
 the matter?"
 A faint terror seized her that so
 thing important had occurred to
 ciDo1Ior I0vnr that might affect hpl