The new era., 1910-11-03

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tme,~ said Mr.. simms ~ he rose Up
snA yavRea and teeh his departure.
GUMS seea," vas sally's reply -
abe shut the aeer after him.
The fourth man came ffera = village
tsn miles away. He was b lawyer.
About thirty years cid. He was talk
ativs and up ts date. He made aH
afternoon cali. He deaided that Sally
WAS plain. but that the $4,000 was
good. He had travelled, and he set
out to arouse the girls interest and
ouriosity. He told hsr Of Niagara
Talls-ths great eitiss-the f,ne hotels
OCEAN steamers London-Paris.
shs looked At him In amasement, and
he was nattsrins himself that he was
making . great Impression when she
opened her mouth and asked:
Did you ever see . COW fall down
ON the ios on the mill pond In win
terri
He 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 70 do but take his de-
parturs.
| Thon the nfth man came. He was
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 mothor. He found them on
the veranda. both sewing. He ex-
tracted a scented handkerchief from
his pocket and did q lot Of small
talk. He also nattered 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 q long hour she In
terrupted him to ask:
Were you ever bit BY . hyena?"
He mover 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 q 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 = 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 q one-horse wagon. handed
Sally another package Of spruce gum
and said:
We arc going over to scottsville
to the circus"
Sally got ready without a word.
On the six-mile drive hardly a word
was spoken. She chewed gum and he
whistled the air of hymn. When
they arrived in the town he bought
gingerbread and root beer. In the
cage. and Mr.. Simms briefly ex-
| planned:
Lion here"
This is Bengal tiger"
Blamed hyena here"
Elephants over there
While witnessing the circus per-
formance they had peanuts and lem
onade. The clown was funny. but
Mr.. Simms and Sally sat there as
solemn as owls. The riding and tumb-
ling were good. but they made no
| comments. When the circus was out,
Mr.. Simms handed over some more
spruce to replace the "cud" thrown
/ away to eat the peanuts, and they
logged home. Two weeks passed.
and Mr.. SHINING called at the house to
say:
Sally shall get the preacher NEXT
week"
She didn't reply for a minute. and
then said:
William. them hyenas was aw-
full"
Yep"
But the peanut was fne."
Next week. Sally"
And Sally plum was wooed ana
won. Any one could have got her
and her $4,000 had they studied her.
She was different. you know"