The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-04
SARAH'S FIVE ACRES.
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the highway from the Smith place
lived sarah White. Sarah was an old
maid and lived with her father and
mother.
One day Zeph lounged over to the
other house and found Sarah sewing
rags for a new carpet
Sarah, / think me n you had bet
Ter get married. be said.
II was sudden, and Sarah lost her
needle Il was sudden, and Sarah
FLUSHED. Then she recovered her lost
needle and looked up to reply:
"Well. zeph, IL you think best"
When Zeph went home and told his
sister that he was to be married and
she asked him when he carelessly re-
plied
"Oh, can't say as to that but It
will come about some time"
After year or 50 and after the
neighbors had decided that there
would be no match zeph went over 70
spend an evening with his fancee 1t
was popcorn night, and as they popped
and ate he casually inquired:
Sarah, me n you are going to get
married some day, amt weY'
Il Dunno she replied
s'But Of course we are. / asked you
a whole year ago, and you said yes,
and / shall hold you 70 t. BY Jimmy,
Sarah, but / think a heap Of you"
At the end Of another year about
the same performance was gone
through with. Zeph didn't intend to
be mean about It. Il was just bis
way. Ii Sarah had got right up and
said they must be married within two
weeks or be could 20 to Texas they
would have been wed. As long as
she didn't why hurry things upl
Three years had almost passed away
when the matter was taken out Of
their hands. Cupid was replaced hy
tin peddler, and the latter proved that
he could give the little god Of love
spades and cards and then win the
game.
At the age Of twenty Sarah had
been left Eve acres Of land bordering
ON Long Island sound. II was rocky
and sandy and sterile.
one day the tin peddler heard Of the
case Of Zeph and Sarah from Gus
toner. He criticised Zeph and felt
sorry FOR Sarah. and be determined to
right things. Perhaps, be thought
that one good deed toward the end Of
bis career would Offset all the little
tricks be bad worked He heard Of
the land at the same time be heard Of
the long and lingering engagement, |
and he wasn't half an hour laying /
plans. A week later he put up at a
farmhouse a mile away, but near the 1
FIVE acres. Under the pretense Of not /
feeling well be made a stay OF two /
days. Then he drove to the house Of I
Zeph Smith and was told by the sister
ii what field TO and him. zeph loved I
and admired tin peddlers. They were (
never ii d hurry, and they bad tray
eled and seen the world. tie stopped T
his blowing to greet this one. aud they +
were soon seated IN the shade Of a \
tree. The peddier was looking mystic
ri0us He was looking around to see
II anybody but the plow horses was
present
40 you want money! he finally
whispered
Zeph replied that be did
Have you ever heard Of Captain
KiddT
Zeph acknowledged hts guilt
"Do sou know that be buried thou
sands of dollars within two miles Of
your
Zeph's mouth opened wide. and his
eyes hung out
aAnd rye got some OF the coinsl
Look az thesef'
He stretched out his hand. and on
che palm rested three or four ancient
coins.
eAnd-and what3" gasped the farm,
er after d long look,
wen dig them up together and
divide even up. / might have done 1t
alone. but you see | must have the con
sent OF the owner Of the land I'M
that you know her Miss Sa.
rah Winter
'why, I'm going to marry herr
Gee, but that's anel When Is 1t to
come offY'
"oh, some time Or otherl No hurry
about It"
There isn't. chr No hurry when I
picked up these coins beside a big rock
Just above high water and feel sure
there are boxes Of them under the
rockl No hurry when the next man
may grab the whole thing Why, III
30 over and buy the land from the wo-
man myselfr'
say, say, you hold orr put III
zeph, Il WON'T let you buy It Of her
say I'm going to marry herm
sIut you can't wait year or a
month You can't wait another day
Parties may land BY that big rock any
hour. and If they do
But zeph was taking the horses from
Ihe plow lie mounted one and rode
.or the barn, by the time the peddler
cached the house one had been hitch
d to a buggy and the farmer was ID
he house DOMINIC bis Sunday suit As
le came out he said;
9Th get Sarah and drive to the
preachers and have the knot tied
lou wait here"
Sarah was sklmming milk, but she
rot q hustle on her, and horse, buggy
md the two loving hearts disappeared
a the direction Of the village ia
loud Of dust Then the peddler
mounted his wagon and drove ID the