Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-04-15
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Smith bachelor, was . Long
island farmer. whose sister kept house
for. him. In ! farmhouse almost across
tho highway from the Smith place
lived sarah White. Sarah was an old
haid and lived with her father and
mother. =s.::.s r 81. : : ST..
ae day Zeph lounged over % The
other house and found Sarah. sewing,
rigs for Z new carpet. :ss:..s.iss
Il Sarah, I think me n you had bet1
ter ret married. he said.
It was sudden, and Sarah lost berI
needle. 1t was sudden, and Sarah
blushed. Then she recovered her lost
needle and looked up to reply:
!: '''Well, Zeph, IL you think best" !
When Zeph went home and told his
sister that he was to. be married and
she asked him when he carelessly re-
piled: .. >$s.1I Z
s..'oh, l can't say, as to that, but It
VIII come about some time" =,
After a year or so and after tho
nedghbors had decided that there
would be no match Zeph went over to
spend an evening with his f1ancee. It
was popcorn night, and as they popped
and ate he casually inquired: :
SARAH. me n you are going TO ct
married some day, amt we?' .:
II dunno" - she replied. :s.::~
"But OF course we are. i asked you
4 whole year ago. and you said yes,
and shall hold you to II. By Jimmy,
Sarah, but I think . heap Of your
At the end Of: another year shout
the. same performance was gone
through with. Zeph didn't intend to
be- mean about it. = It was just biz
way. II; Sarah had got right up and
said they must be married within, two
weeks or he could go to Texas they
would have been wed. As long a.
she didn't. why hurry things up1
Three years had almost passed away
when the matter was taken out Of
their hands. Cupid was replaced by .
tin peddler, and the latter proved: that
he could give the little god Of love
spades and cards and then win the
game. :"
At the age of twenty Sarah had
been left five acres of land bordering
on Long Island sound. 1t was rocky
and sandy and sterile.
One day the tin peddler heard Of the
case of Zeph and Sarah from GUS
toner. He criticised Zeph and felt
sorry for Sarah, and he determined to
right things. Perhaps, he thought,
that one good deed toward the end Of
bis career would offset al the little
tricks he FAD worked. he heard Of
the land at the same time be heard OF
the long and lingering engag6@snt,l
and be wasn't half an. hour laying
plans. A week later he put up at a
farmhouse a mile away, but near the
five acres. Under the pretense Of not
feeling vel he made / say Of two
days. Then he drove to the house ofl
Zeph Smith and was told by the sister,
in what field to find him. Zeph loved
and admired tin peddlers. They were
never in a hurry, and they had rav-
eled and seen the world. He stopped
his blowing to greet this one, and they
were soon seated in the shade Of
tree. The peddler was looking mystic.
tious.. He was looking around to see
II anybody but the pillow horses was
present.
i. "Do you want money!" he finally
whispered.
: Zeph replied that he did.
:"Have you ever heard Of Captain
Kidd?"
;:fZeph acknowledged his guilt
J:r'eDo you know that he buried thou
sands Of dollars within two miles Of
your -:
=. Zeph's mouth opened wide, and his
eyes hung out.
I. ".."And I've got some of the coins!
Look at these!'
He stretched out his hand, and on
the palm rested three or four ancient
coins.
"And-and what?'' gasped the farm
er after long look.
.."We'n dig them up together and
divide even up. might have done it
alone, but you see must have the con-
sent of the owner Of the land. I un-
<derstand that you know her-Miss sa-
rah White?'
"Why, I'm going to marry herr
"Gee, but that's fine! When is it to
come OFF,
:"Oh, some time or other! No hurry
about it,
"There isn't, eh? No hurry when
picked up these coins beside big rock
just above high water aud feel sure
there are boxes Of them under the
rock No hurry when the next man
may: grab the whole thing! Why, I'll
6 6v96r and buy the land from the wo-
man emyselfv' ~-+.*as<s5;z .-!L G: :ses .e
:':"say, say, you hold onv' put in :
Zeph: IT won't let you buy it Of her.
/ say I'm going to marry herv'
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