The Holbrook news., 1910-11-04

1 to get that sweet corn III or the note
 won't have any for August. Hello
 you-want job at good pay?"
 I'm ready for work if you'll shoy
 me how" was the reply.
 Hain't used to it, eh? You don
 look up to much. but most anybod,
 can plant corn. Five kernels to
 hill. and cover 'em up well. Hop,
 you ain't a gambler or anything o
 that kind. and that the police won be after you"
 He was assured on that point. anC
 within an hour the stranger wa.
 working in the cornfield beside tn,
 farmer. He chopped his feet with the
 hoe several times, but soon got the
 hang of it, and at noon, when he sal
 down to the table with the farmer and his wife he felt that he had made start.
 Both the farmer and his wife were curious about him, but they learned
 little. They came to the decision that he was no tramp. and that neither was he a horse-thief. When corn planting was over, Barnes. as the stranger called himself, was taken on as a hired man. He learned to split wood, milk cows, hold the blow and do other farm work. His back ached and he got over it. His hands blis- tered and became calloused. And the farmer said to him:
 Never had hired man who asked so many questions. He wants tc know all about everything. Shouldn't wonder if he'd make pretty good farmer in time. Mebbe he used to be what they call confidence man, but I'm not holdin' it up agin him. He's seen the error of his ways
 And when August came.Judge Gris comb and his daughter went up to the Falls house for a month, as they haE done for five or six seasons. Newport and it's stupidities for July-the Falls house and quiet and rest for August.
 Well, Barnes" said the farmer to the hired man one day, "the Falls folks are just itchin' for some sweet green corn. I've been down in the field, and I guess we can pick about six dozen ears. You may hitch up the old mare in the mornin' and drive over there with 'em. Tell 'em more will be ready in about four days"
 Miss Mabel Griscomb sat on a bench under the shade of a tree at the corner of the Falls house. She looked up from the book that was not interesting her much to see a horse and wagon coming and aiming to drive around to the rear of the house. The driver had on a straw hat, was without coat, and had four or five days growth of beard. She glanced at him and gave start of surprise. He glanced at her. and his sunburned lace took on deeper color. No nod of recognition-no word. He drove put of the grounds by another way.
 Four days later. Miss Griscomb was along the main highway. stopping to cull a flower here and watch a squirrel there, when the same wagon and driver appeared. More green corn for the hotel She stood iside as the vehicle came up and bowed to the man with the lines. He fitted his hat. but did not halt. Oh, fSSS SHe was sure OI HIS lQeQIlLy, ana le of hers.
 Every three or four days during the month he appeared. He brought | 'reen corn. new potatoes, squashes, | ,nions, radishes and other good | hings to eat Always there was a | lod. but no word between the two.
 The judge and his daughter returned | o the city at the end of the month, nd society came to life. It asked | fter Phillip Barton, but no one re- lied. September and October came nd went, and one evening the father nd daughter sat down for one of heir talks.
 Father" said Mabel. after bit Phillip Barton is to call here to- morrow afternoon. He is finished 1ith his farm work for the season. Ie has no longer the wings of a so- iety butterfly but the sunburn and of the man who has armed his living. What shall nswer him?"
 T guess he's the son-in-law I've od in mind h4 ha