Putnam patriot., 1910-07-22
Apple Trees
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 Farm Life
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q s1al couple nf days later that her father eame oot here she was feeding fhe chickens one morning T 2, koh iis nf,9a, time for you to be going Gaek to school. isn't itf-' he said quietly ~i guess ] can get along all FiEbt with poiber now
 Gladgz locked up quickly .I'm not going back she said
 Nor going back he cried bis eyes lighting np with sudden hope
 NO" rhe answered with q brave at. tempt fo smile live had my good lime. ard row I'm going to stay here aaa make things easy for you and nommie" :"
 The happiness that shone in her fa- ther's face was worth all the sacrifice, slbelt fl was guilty happiness as he thought Of what fl meant 10 her. But She fut short his objections by telling him it WIS time 10 go and feed the pigs and then ran Into the house with il merry song on her lips.
 4 few days later Jefr came over one evening after supper. He found Gladys out ia the orchard with her arms full of the fragrant apple bios sons
 They're 50 thick the tree would Kill iself tf9 Ing 10 raise so many apples. niIe saia And then mommie likes the flowers % we'll
 s1l6W d. yau ike farmlngt" sbe went an "ls II as much fun as going ie school r
 Almost" he acknowledged. "Yon must come over aad see tile pjaee. There lsnt w"ed on Il, and Eve get the e6en8eld= h tAe best shape far planting of any I've seen any where
 "rm nfrald youre getting vain" said Gladys. smiling at his enthusiasm. .1sm going to be farmer, too she added
 ..You don't mean you're not going bnei.1e
 She nodded.
 "Thcn maybe you do underestimate"
 "Yes. think l do. It's hardin q way-bni fl will be fun too. You'll have to work if you make good your boast of having the best farm in the county Just walt till you see what fn going te de with this"
 He stood looking Tt her in silence for moment That stray lock was out If plaee again. aud In the dim moonlight. dimmer for sitting through the millions of apple blossoms. she looked like some woodland fairy come to tnueh inc blossoms with her magic wand and turn them Into tiny apples.
 T don't like competition. Gladys. said Jef taking 2 step neatef el wonder can't Nc he partuersf :.
 Perhaps she nodded CT perhaps it was only the tlickefing shadows that made hlm think So, but the next mos ment he hnd caught her h his arms. apple blossoms and all. aud was tell, Ing her that he had loved ter ever since that time she nearly scared him out of tho apple tree. And for once she didn't accuse him of talking feol- ishly.
 The apple blossoms faded and fell, and summer came to fulill the prom. ises ef spring Mabel came home from college again. protesting against al. lowing Gladys to stay home while she finished her course But Gladys was nrm and had her way. as usual One evening nearly threo weeks aft CT she came home Mabel was sitting on the porch Idly lingering the strings of her mandolin and trying not to feel lonely Gladys had gone riding with Iea. and the sight ef their happiness somehow made Mabel feel lonesome aud left out. though she tried Co drive l the feeling away by playing and hum 0sinR some of the dear eld melodies saaae.tls she was aroused fram her reeerie hy tae souna ot an automobile coming ap the driveway. it stopped Ht tie gate aaa Harold teaped out aud hurried over Ia whore she was ,t.tlns
 sWout yon come for en auto ride, :" he nleaslesl. iusi for ola times sake far the sake If those old songs you we're plaa leg
 Il was thinking of oid times said Mahel as sue rase and followed him down to the gate "De you remember 1 the time ynu maneaNersd to get me in l the back scat with Beth. she went on l n,ischiesously as he helped her to the 1 drivers seat
 That was dsffereat Harold" he said Those old days seem like a dream more than they do like part of my real life"
 You have changed" said Mabel. 1 eying him approvingly. l And have you to thank for It. be | said "Yon have made man of me. 1 Mabel used te think of nothing but 1 my own good times, but nov-well. .ausve taught me te look at things diff. .erenily. Did you bear about-about what's been going on al Iowa Cityr
 "i read in the paper something About big mass meeting where liar old pu Val made speech the Ike of which had never been heard at the university before and where the stu dents agreed unanimously Co put a stop to betting on athletic events. she replied. Why didn't you ever
 write and tel me what you were do ingy~
 Il thought you'd and out anyway II 1 l oid anything worth while.- he said and if didn't you had better not know"
 Il think it was glorious" said Mabel
 sno you thlak I've squared things