Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1910-09-23

t ~OuiuH ulL ON nnp
Pc OF 'em as had ever appeared =
ke any interest into me. Then
&embered the barn dance a wool ~
pre- and all the gals I'd danced wI,hN
lt couldn't think o. any one ON -.
had looked lOngin' al me. Nars-
PANS bad always been frien'ly y.
ard me. and Onct she'd invited me :.
IA l wondered If 1t could be Mara.
Fhere was big cornhuskin' -
dys after my meetin' with SaiFv IN
cps, and was there. So was Mar4hs (
Sic was sittiD' on a pile of corn. -
jhed her. both huskin' hard. Whor =
suck a red ear tried to kiss ~.
al d she Ht.
But later on, when i was hnsk,,,
18th Hepd Jenkins, 1 got another -
and kissed her without her mat,., :
b fuss at all. So I CONCLUDED I. I.
Rane Hepzi for my first guess.
when l went to see Sairy Hiex1n.
qF Sunday night found her with :
nSw dress on and lookin' spick ga
hn. When tole her I'd thort fntst
c'e namfn' Marthy Beams, but had ~.
G*i on Hepzi Jenkins and vby "a
cHnged from one to the other sho
aged hard and said: Il heard Won
VS. q fool about gals. but l didn't
thfnk you was as big a fool as that
Yfrd orter known that Marthy want
ed y to kiss her, and Hepzi dnn,t
cal e whether you kissed her or not"
Faal, Salry and set together TIN 10
Or, Jck; then l went away. keo' NV
cyl skinned durin' the week for some
other gal as looked as II she'd taken
Kin to me, but could see nothtn'
patticular In airy one of 'em. Sunday
cope, and i hadn't a guess. Then a
student thort struck me. Sairy had ad.
mifed that Marthy Beams had wanted
me- to kiss her. she is the gal, after
any shouted. and when went to see
SaFy that night guessed Marthy,
Sh1 said I'd struck It dead wrong.
IHidn't git away from the Higginses
tai II O'Clock that Sunday night. I
stated to go several times. but Sairy
always called me back to tell me some
thiT. When did git away and walk.
cd eiong the road under the starlight II
Oec9red to me that I'd had a ban1-up
hnqevenin'. And 1t struck me with q
o force that / wouldn't mind
hav n' Sairy herself to hum, SOS I
wouldn't have to go out anywhere
nig4s for company. But I'd made Nd
a pftur' in my mind Of the gal that
waved me. and KEEP a-dressin' II M
fines and finer from week to week tin
whS 1 called on Sairy for the third
gueS tole her didn't want none o.
the gals 1 knOwed-I wanted the pic
tur'd
Safy looked kind o. miffed at this
andSfo!e me couldn't guess an i'm
agin ry pusson. So the guess was LOST.
IhiaCisit was longer than the last one.
ADO II O'Clock ! was gOin' home, but
Sair said l needed somepin to walk
on she brought out q snack and
jug cider. and it was II before we
nnisAed 'em. Somehow when we
shooF hands at partin' our fingers kind
q so stuck together, and it was some
timed before We let 90.
W I'm l was a-walkin' along home
II wfs moonlight this time-I looked
up az the moon. and Sairy seemed to
be lo1!kfn' outen 1t, smilIn' at me. And
tho9f that l only had'One more guess
rs td the gal as wanted me. And I
thortfToo. b'gosh. didn't keer whether
guessed right or not. Ef did guess
righttt would end my visits to Sairy.
ThenfI thort 1t would be a good idea
10 81 Sairy TO give me four more
HuessNs. SOS could go and see her
Tour bore Sunday nights.
WaAl. when the mex Sunday come
round it was hard waitin' all day-not
having the regular work to do-for time
70 coISe when could 90 and see Sairy.
As II Tas. got there airlier than usu-
H. n soon as we was set on the sofy
Sairy 3aid. says she:
"HOk got to guess right this time.
caus% told you ef you didn't I'd tell
'ou ANYWAY. And I wouldn't do that
or Re best milkin' COW on your
arm.a
"Wl9t makes you object so strongY'
Ell ou was a gal you'd object to
ellin' thing like that too"
Veg" says l. you needn't worrit
bout st. for l don't keer q tinker's
uSs afOut that gal as wants me. for |
ont NSant her. l jist want TO come
ere fg'lar Sunday nights guessin'
bout Ter"
Sairyfgive little smoker ut this and
ilded Up closer to me. though we was
bout Is cIOSt as we could cit before.
md Sd says. kind O. sorrowfuI. I'm
feereE that can't be-"
Why mott" says l.
"Wah. people would begin to talk"
Talk about what?'
They'd be sayin' we was engaged"
ThiSEsOt me a-thiDkin' 1t mOusht
e gtpd idee to set 'em a-talkin', and
airy EOuld have to marry me TO stop
IN. Iothin' stupid about that.
Besides" she went on. pop mought
bject 10 young man comm here ey-
~ Sugday night sittin' with me-"
Why says 1.
Wall 1t wears out the scfy."
"Suptpse It does. got one at home
III give him when this Is
sed uSr'
She lort awhile; then she said:
"HoRi vOuId u DO e. IL. -. - -.