The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-06-03

the play effectively: or the comments
of the middle-aged, who looked upon II
not coldly, but ~curiously: and the ex-
CARNATIONS of the young who philoso-
ph'sed not at all, but specialized with
Thus the chorus droned on In the
interludes
The Bottom church. a great square
block of a building, stands alone, full
10 rods from the store on one side, and
the school house on the other. Along
the road on either side extend for many
rods thick poles spiked to the tops Of
posts, to be used for hitching places.
On a fair Sunday these rails are crowd
ed from end to end with horses and
rigs of every description. some of
them there after a journey of six and
even eight miles. 1t is always a thrill
fng experience to the stranger In the
valley to come suddenly, amid the per
feet silence of a Sabbath, around the
curve of the road upon these two long
rows of motionless horses. with no 9TH
er hint of human life in the vicinity.
Country worshippers come early to
church on fair mornings. and they de-
light to gather in knots. the men about
the horses, and the women in the yes
Thule, to talk until the arrival of the
preacher. On the Goth of April, the
oai'teS etIlti jim lldQa lIiIoWH the plle-
one the group was especially large.
Its nucleus and oracle was Amos Hard
1ng, h was seated sidewise on a
wagon seat, his feet roosting preca-
riously on one of the wheels.
Say, that drove of old hogs there
by the meetin' house looksh ansum, now
don't it?' he vas running on garru-
lously. "Runnin' Wild right in the
street-by Moses, I wonder what they'd
say up to Connecticut? Ever think Of
it, the name of this state is Pen-sylva-
MA and there amt a tarnal pig pen in
the state! Say. do o know a Teller
once told me the rule for findin' lati-
tude in the United States? You multi
ply the number of hogs running loose |
on a mile of road by the average mum
Der of rods of rail fence to the
square mile of land and you'll have the
cut river, countin' north and south. He.
he, hel Better rule tina that, though:
You multiply the average number of
pints Of paint to a house in any region
by the number of uar inches in the
front yard and If you're care |
full of your fractions, you'll get the ex-
act distance in rods to the nearest point
the Gulf of Mexico. Fails in Centre
county, though; all rules 10. wy,
we're miles north of the paint-line and
miles north of the average hog-line,
but in spite of all that, if you apply
AIRY one OF them rules 1T lands US
right off the tip end O. Florida"
Jest o look o. there wunst," spoke
a voice in a low whisper. All turned
instantly. Rose Hartswick was walk
ing up the path with her father and
Karl Keichline.
Looks kinder pale, I take IT.; don't
seem to be as clipper as she was once"
Fishers voice. You folks can't see a
hoss-fiy unless he's lit right onto the
of your nose. I tell you Rose
amt long for this world still. She's
got the oppnehmer if ever seen any
one have 1t yetst. Wasn't that the way
Barndollar looked at first? And
what did l tell the Squire last winter?
What did 1 ask him wunst? Now jest
see what's er h%appenin'."
And what's happening" asked Amos
Yes. I'd ask that If I was you" He
ooked scornfully up at the a you
lain't saw. I 'spose, how Al Farthing's
her to jim? And Karl's
he best match for a girl there is in this
county still. She'd never want to get
'het of a man like Karl If she want
.'pell-bound and hacked. Nosuh."
And who seq she wants to get red
II Karl?" asked Amos sternly.
"oh, pshaw! If 1 was as blind as YOU /
,e I'd get some glass eyes wunst.
she made him wait till the first
! June already before she sayes the
vord? Why's that now? It's Jest be-
she don't dast to run plumb
lgainst her father still, and because
he's spell-bound to Jim. Are you fool
nough to suppose when 1t comes time
he'll give Karl he yes? Not by a
ong shot. She'll outen his light and
i'm IL DE high line. You jest wait and
ee." He squinnied up his left eye and
lodded knowingly at the crowd.
sfp1tf 1rynrt& - III G~L&o ~, -
Jncle Jake in an old mans shrill quav-
r. Karl amt no baby still"
"Oh, no; there won't be no fight. Oh,
lo!" The oracle was nothing IL not
ock-sure. "Therell be jest a little
ow-wowing that nobody III know MOTH
ng about, and pop! over II go poor
Earl with a stroke, or something else,
his eyes bullying out like he'd saw the
levil wunst. Or perhaps he'll have the
or the rundown or some
hing jest as Rose has got it. Oh, I
ell you. Karl's goin' to be out Of it
ONE June still. You-uns see II he
plain 3 the nose on your face
ready" chimed in Ulie.
(Ccntinued Nexs weakl