Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-01-07
CUPID 4 AND ( GHOSTS !
Vacation ii. the Country That 1t
/; n. Didn't Effect a Cure. u;
9y DONALD, ALLEN. /

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copyright. 1903. by Associated Literary
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4G 1t had been decided In family con;
clave to send iHilda to the country
for the summer. @@ss, 3 Se5s3 si2s
:. Hilda was not In a decline. Her ape
petite was good. What troubled! q her
father and mother was to find that
Hilda was In love, ,7s''= .: ( ~. = 4 3s*
John Wayne her father, was a law
yer of note. and when the case was
put into his bands by, the mother be
handled it like lawyer. In this in
stance he constituted himself counsel.
judge and jury, and the verdict was
that NJ ISIS Hilda was to be packed OF
to the home Of Il maiden aunt in the
country. for three months. L.. <s'' q
/, The. mother doubted. but the father
was confident. Hilda had only rea,b;
ed the childish 2nge Of nineteen Ellis
affair was only&a tribe. In Aunt J,llith
was. an Old maid and had no sympathy
with. sucn nonsense and would give
the girl sage advice. That conclave.
consistinga@mOstlye OF the father. set
tied thiuss&il, halt an hour. There is
popular complain, about the iaw,s+de-
lay. butsthere are times w ben 1t moves
very swiftly AZ I'.%%4 iS@,.g :ffs +
|. ! Hiada was not told in so many words
why she was packed Off to, summer
with the geese and S$bumbiebees and
milk weeds but she had lpr suspicious.
She knew nothing whatever Of law.
but she Ut once set to wurki7 to beat
the lawyer Aunt Judith was grim
and watchfuI and nus sympathetic and
held Cupid; in contempt. and that was
where her ease was weak. 5 Within "a
week of HI!da'sS arrival: by'sineans Of
the. towheaded boy on the next farm.
the girl was. receiving and sending let
tiers. s'.2 2.:%& ;: s I'm -E&SsS j
The aunt had figured it.$out to her
self that her niece would snik for
about four weeksEa that She would
have to read her at least a dozen leg
lures. She was. thus jagreeably dis
appointed when Hilda did not sulk.s :
Out IN the orr hard. under an apple
tree. rested an aid soap box. Twice a
week the .t'whended, boy came skuik.
Ing across the fields to leave letters
under that box and take away those
he found there he was receiving 1C
cents d letter. and he had career be.
fore him. The soap box was not quite
as romantic as q silver chest would
have been, but It was fairly safe
| postoffice. VII " :'7;s .},,e2.ss 49,
BY and by a letter told that Walter
Allen would have his two weeks vaca
ton beginning at "a certain date and
| that ID certain event might be expected
TO happen. This letter was worth, an
extra dime to Hilda. and she conscien;
tiously left the same under the boz
| when she replied. She also sang $50
often and was so cheerful In and Out
Of the house that Aunt judith held 8
conclave with herself and amusingly
announced to the audience that WASH,
there: &"SE tessS: &:sS=, m, = l. 1
81 have delivered only three lectures
| on the foolishness of calf love and the
duty or children to their parents. but
they have been sufficient to open tht
dear girls eyes and make aadifEeren1
being Of her. sfS$i3 5 !sss:5 As. AZ l$:5
An hour before dark one summer even
/ ing Hilda was asked II she wanted tt
carry berry pie. TO q poor old woman
living in a cottage half q mile down thu
road, Hiida did. and she: was hum
ming to herself as she set out. IT wal
BY this very road that within q day ,ol
two she might expect But shs
had to carry that berry pie very care
fully and not expect TOO much. w; :;
Between her aunt's. home and the Ole
woman's was a deserted farmhouse
standing close to- the highway. Win
dows and doors were gone. the roo
falling in: and the yard grown up Il
weeds. The towheaded boy could hav,
told Hilda that it was haunted hous,
and that ghosts had been seen troop
ing In and; out . IS Ss ~ - is:.
One can't simply hand ID berry PHI
to q. poor old woman and then rusI
away. She must be questioned abou
her rheumatism and other. ailmeEti
i and 4cheered up to 1--we another twent.
/: years. BY the time the good Samaritan
was ready 40 say goodby it was dark
4 She hadn't paid any. attention to ID,
snr1set and the gathering clouds. ant
4 she Ind hardly gone ten rods when !,
big ratndrop tru,.k her cheek. N She be
gan 70 run but the drops came taste
and fagter. and by the time she hal
REACHED the deserted house she wa
Ef1rancfnII ind Ill nrItr .Eonlr 6,f fnflini