The daily Alaskan., 1909-05-10
ABashfuI WOoing

[COpyriGht, lyUS, by T, c. Mcclure
 Mrs. Sarah Wmchell; owner of the
 Wiuchel farm was widow and in
 the matrimonial market
 One day a calamity came. Two hives
 of bees surtcd to swarm at once, Tho
 widow rushed cut and began hammer ing on pan and got the bees to alight for the uoucc, but that was as far. as
 she could go. She stood yelling for hclp when help cnme A traveller on
 the highway stopped and hitchcd his horse and walked up inc path. He snw what should lc done and he went
 ahead and did il. In q quarter of an hour he had the swurms in the new hives. and after u look at the others informed the widow that it would be several days yet before they would
 come out. She had time 10 look at him while hr was at work and she rather liked his looks. So far as she could make out he hardly glanced at her, and hc certainly had but few words to suy. When hr had finished his work he looked over hrr head, said he was glad to have been Of use and took his departure. The widow had saved the bees. but she was piqued. Any widow
 would have been,
 Three or four days later the other
 hives swarmCd and were taken care or
 hv the hired men. Then the stranger apprarcd again 10 ask how the insects were getting along. He seemed cm- burrasscd and in a hurry and refused
 inc Invitation to enter the house. He
 also appeared to look everywhere else but at he widow. Her hair was nicely
 combcd, her apron snow white and her
 checks like roses. but hc paid more attention 10 the pear tree and the soap kettle and tue summer sQuashes than
 to her. Uo jus, wanted to know, you know. and was glad Co ind out ana then was gone.
 Of course widow that had turned
 down dozen offers of matrimony
 could not do otherwise than look after
 the rrtrcatiUg stranger and toss her head and sny that he was a man That did not appreciate a good thing. NeN' svhrIrss snr made sumr cautious in-
 oufrirs of thr hired men and in that way found out that he was a new res idrmr uI E1.Uluu. but no more.
 Then another week passed and the str9nrrr called Ju say that he WAS
 looking around to purchase good farm. aUd he wished to Inquire If the
 widows vas for sale On this occa- sion he entered the house, but evident ly with reluctance. He was certainly a h0slu man. In that Inc was nov ,,ty When Deacon Graham, widow CT. came to buy the farm a year be- 1 fore he bad s!oud n the kitchen door and boldly announced:
 "WidGsr Wuchrll I'm a-looking to . buy d farm. If you go with this, I'll . pay $iO an acrc."
 That meant SaO am acre for the farm and SlD au a.re for her. and, though blrnt way or putting jr, she was not
 SD very indignant. The stranger, Who ! had at last introduced himself as MT Rmgnrm. threw uUr no hint Ct want ing uny,uin- but the farm. Most any widow would have felt the slight Aud then. too. when she hNd replied that The farm vu5 not for sale he at once ros,. r,p lo depart without speaking Of ] bo,y wheat and corn were looking up az cnS.fu. second glance at the bar
 rel of soft soap she had made the day I brrprc and left at the kitchen door to cool. It hurt and it aggravated. MT. ! Rfuglam might bc a hashiul man, put rnprp are times when even baShIu! man should force himself to talk. l TWO weeks passed away and then as the widow sat on the piazza one afternoon looking SD nice that Farmer .IpnDson's mouth wutcrcd as he drove past lr. Bingham called again This 1 lime il was to see if tic widow had a cow to sell. He was invited to sit down. and cows were discussed. He WAS looking away into the garden in- stead uT ut the woman, as he sought to do his share of the discussing. The widow had no cows to sell, but she didn't say SD. She left the impression on the callers mind that if he came again he might possibly buy one. She jumped from cows tO calves and from calves to sheep and lambs in hopes to drtaiu him. but he got away as soon as possible. Others had sat around until fairly driven out of the house with the byOomsticE. Others had bold . ly nuttcrcd but he had said nothing m praise. The widow tossed her head and said she didn't care but We know she did, just the same.
 1 At the end of another ten days the bashfu Mir. Bingham was back to ask if the widow would sell him ] hn,. nr tINn NiLh lhn CnM ShG was