The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-12-20

Bring you some more gum some
time" said Mr.. Simms as he rose up
and yawned and took his departure.
Gums good" WAS Sally's reply ~
che shut the door after him.
The fourth man came from = village
ten miles away He WAS b lawyer,
about thirty years cid. He WAS talk
alive and up to date. He made an
afternoon call. He decided that Sally
was plain. but that the 100000 WAS
good. He had travelled, and he set
out to arouse the girls interest and
curiosity. He told her OF Niagara
Falls-the great eities-the fine hotels
ocean steamers - London-Paris.
She looked at him IN Amusement, and
he was natterIng himself that he was
making a great impression when she
opened her n outh and asked:
Did you ever see COW fall down
on tho Ice on the mill pond In win
teri"
lie never had. He Acknowledged
that he never had. and Miss Sally
Plum had no further use for him.
She went out into the garden to weed
the onion bed, and there was nothing
for the lawyer to do but take his do
parture.
Then the NTH man came. He was
a clerk from q store IN another vii
lage He was up on dress and eti-
Quette. He was smooth of speech.
He brought = bouquet with him. He
raised his hat to Sally and again
to her mother. He found them on
the veranda. both sewing. He ex-
tracted a scented handkerchief from
his pocket and did Z lot Of small
talk. He also hAttered both women.
He was getting along bravely. whom
the mother withdrew. He began to
talk about the poets. to see II Sally's
approachable spot lay In that direc-
ton, and after Z long hour she In
terrupted him to ask:
! Were you ever bit BY = hyenar
He never had been, and there was
no call for the girl to say more. Then
Deacon Johnson returned. He felt
that he had not been explicit enough.
He returned to say that in case Of
marriage he should buy a giltframed
mirror for the parlor. and that the
bridal tour should include Niagara
falls. He had never been there him.
SELF but had talked with 4 man who
had. and he was going on to tell OF
the awful majesty when Miss Sally
interrupted him to ask:
Deacon, do you believe that later
bugs burrow into cucumbers?"
Then back came Mr.. Simms. With
out any previous warning he drove
up In one-horse wagon, handed
Sally another package Of spruce gun
and said:
I'VE are going over to 6cottsvills
to the circus"
Sally got ready without a word
On the six-mile drive hardly a wore
was spoken. She chewed gum and hi
whistled the air Of a hymn. WheI
they arrived in the town he bough
gingerbread and root beer In thu
menagerie they walked from cage Il
cage. and Mr.. Simms briefly q
planned:
Lion here"
This 10 a Bengal tiger"
Blamed hyena here"
elephants over there"
While witnessing the circus pei
Torrance they had peanuts and len
onade. The clown was funny bu
Mr.. Simms and Sally sat there a
solemn as owls. The riding and tumt
ling were good, but they made n
comments. When the circus was ou
t Mr.. Simms handed over some NOR
t spruce to replace the "cud" throw
t away to eat the peanuts, and the
t logged home. Two weeks passe'
!. and Mr.. Simms called 1t the house
: say:
9 Sally, shall get the preacher ne,
D week"
Q She didn't reply for a minute. an
d then said:
:. william. them hyenas was =,
8 full"
6. Yep"
l. But the peanut was fine."
I. Next week, Sally"
e And Sally plum was wooed ar
t won. Any one could have got h
e and her $4,000 had they studied he
!? She was different, you know"