Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-07-15
THE AUBURN
HAIRED GIRL,
A Courtship That Began Under
Peculiar Circumstances.
BY ANITA w. EDGERLEY.
Copyright 1909 by Associated Literary
Press.

aunt ana uncle. was the byroad lead.
ing to what was called the glen. There
was glen with a cascade, and it was
rather a wild and rocky spot
1t was quarter of mile from the
main road and on this byroad lived
Il widow with an auburn haired daugh.
ter sixteen years old.
After Miss Irene had been at the
farmhouse for a week and had become
familiar with the sight Of pigs, chieh
ems, geese and an old rooster blind iu
one eye She was told about the glen
and was anxious to see it. The road
was plain before her Take the first
turn to the right and she was there.
She was told about the byro9d. but
not about the auburn haired girl In
this world there are always some
things left out to make us trouble at
future date.
The young lady of nineteen started
out brayeiy, and her spirits were uu-
rutlled until she turned into the by
road. There she came across the au-
burn haired girl sitting on a log by the
roadside The proper way would have
been for her to stop and ask a ques-
tiJu or two about the glen and thus
open up a pleasant conversation.
Unfortunately she took another way.
She held herself stitily erect and passed
on. The auburn haired girl, who was
almost rs pretty as Miss Irene fol
lowed her. Miss Irene heard her foot
steps, but would not look back Au-
burn hair Coughed and began to hum
a tune but il was no use.
Just how long it takes an auburn
haired girl to get her dander up has
never before been recorded for use of
| the agricultural or any other depart
ment In this case it was four min
uteS. She had heard of Miss Irene as
being from the city and OF being
naughty ana having at least two hats,
and she ached to take her down a peg.
From a distance of ten feet in the
rear She remarked quietly that some
| folk considered other folk as dirt be-
| meath their feet.
| Miss Irene reached the glen with
| flashing eyes and blazing cheeks, and
of course she could not be expected to
| find any grandeur or romance. The
/ moss grown rocks were there, and the
waters caseaded but they were naughr
/ to the humiiiatel and indignant girl.
/ She would 80 home, but she could not
/ go by the same route and pass that
| young mink again and receive nor,
4 sauce" She would 60 by the fields
/ and woods.
/ 1t was in carrying out this deter
minat.on that she soon found herself
| in an old clearing and realized that she
| was lost She had started to weep over
/ it when another female entered the
clearing and advanced toward her
The newcomer was a lady of thirty.
/ and she was also lost She had not
/ been lost in leaving the glen, but in
seeking to find it, She was cool and
calm and d!l not fear that they could
/ not find their way to the hishyoa1
/ after rest.
As the couple sat on a log talking
( events were happening elsewhere.
The auburn haired cir. had gone down
! 10 the main road, and as she reached
/ it a young man came driving along In
I buggy. She recognized him as young
Merrideld. a lawyer in Bcilville five
/ miles away Having all the law there
/ was on his side he was not afraid OF
a pretty girl even when he didn't know
/ her lie checked his horse when near
! her and said:
say, miss. have you heard that one
| Of the female patients in the EoNyile
/ Insane asylum escaped this moruiaE>"
NO" she replied with deep AND ev-
cited interest and prepared to listen
Yes. ana when last seen she was
/ headed this way. ! am goiug over 20
/ Liverpool. and they wanted me to
Don't suppose you have seen anvthia.
Of a stray female around here"
ooh. but have. She passed here
I an hour ago on her way t. the glen
l thought she was queer in her head
Yes; youll find her at the glen"
1t was the pretty girls opportunity
at q rival and she took it. The law
yer decided that If she would ride to
the glen with him. to Soothe and calm
the patient in case she was violent
he would make an effort to return the
patient to the authorities. The girl
chuckled and climbed into the buggy
OF course Miss Irene was not found
at the glen, but the lawyer was
Sherlock Holmes in his way. He
looked about and found fragments of
her wardrobe sticking to the rails of
a fence she had climbed and, leaving
the horse and buggy and enthusiastic
ally followed by Auburn Hair, he clunS
to the trail until the clearing was
reached.
That's her!" exclaimed Auburn
Hair as she pointed to Miss Irene and
smiled wickedly.
If the lawyer hadn't been n lawyer
he would have advanced and seized
the guilty party and thrown her over
his shoulder and started for the bug
gy, but lawyers don't rush in where
angels fear to tread Here were two
females Indeed, with Auburn Hair.
there We're three
He hadn't description of the es-
capped patient He had been told.She
was a ''youngish" female The three
We're ''youngish" 1t might be any
one of them
1t might be the one who had given
him the information Insane people
are cunning and up to all sorts of
tricks