Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-08-10

DON'T VOC FRET, TIL" SAID ALLEN.
she had acquaintance she said to each
of them modestly. as one whose merit
needed no bolStering:
"A gentleman insulted me today in
the restaurant. He put his arm around
my waist and kissed me-"
The diners accepted the revelation
in various ways. some incredulously
some with congratulations. Others
turned upon her the stream OF badi-
mage that had hitherto been directed
at Aieen alone. And Iildy's heart
swelled in her bosom. for she saw at
last the towers of romance rise above
the horizon OF the gray plain in which
she had for so long travelled.
For two days Mr.. Seeders came not
again. During that time Tidy estab.
lished herself firmly as woman tc
be wooed. She bought ribbons and ar,
ranged her hair like Aileen's and tight.
ened her waist two inches She had
a thrilling but delightful fear that
Mr.. Seeders would rush in suddenly
and shoot her with pistol. He mus,
have loved her desperately. and i'm.
pulsive lovers are always blindly jeai.
GUS.
Even Aileen had not been shot at
With a pistol. And then Tidy rather
hoped that he would not shoot at her,
for she was always loyal to Aileen.
and she did not want to overshadow
her friend.
At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the
third day Mr. Seeders came in. There
we're no customers at the tables At
the back end OF the restaurant Tidy
was retilling the mustard pots and
Aileen was Quartering pies. Mr. Seed
ers walked back to where they stood.
Tidy looked up and saw him, gasp
ed and pressed the mustard spoon
against her heart. red hair bow was
in her hair. She wore Venus Eighth
avenue badge. the blue bead necklace
with the swinging silver symbolic
heart.
Mr.. Seeders was flushed and embar-
raised. He plunged one hand into his
hip pocket and the other into fresh
pumpkin pie.
Miss Tidy" said be. II want to
apologize for what | done the other
evenin'. Tell you the truth. was
pretty we'll tanked up or wouldn't
of done it. wouldn't do no lady
that away when was sober. So |
hope. Miss Tidy. you'll accept my
biology and believe that wouIdn'
of done it if Id known what / was
dom and hadn't OF been drunk"
With this handsome plea Mr. Seed.
ers backed away and departed. feel
ing that PREPARATION had been made.
But behind the convenient screen
Tidy had thrown herself Hat upon q
table among the butter chips and the
coffeecups and was sobbtng her heart
out-out and back again to the gray
plain wherein travel they with blunt
noses and hay colored hair From her
knot she had torn the red hair bow
and cast it upon the floor Seeders
she despised utterly. She had but tax
en- his kiss as that of pioneer and
prophetic prince who might have SET
the clocks going and the pages tc
running in fairyland. But the kiss
had been maudlin and unmeant; the
court had not stirred at the false
alarm: she must forevermore remain
the "sleeping beauty"
Yet not all was lost. Aileen's arm
was around her. and Tildy's red hanC
CROPPED among the butter chips till II
found the warm clasp Of her friends
Don't you fret. ill., said Aileen
who did not understand entirely
THAT turnip faced little clothespi1
Of a SeederS amt worth it. He ain't
anything Of \ gentleman or he wouldn'
ever of apologiZed.'