Sharp County record., 1910-03-18
A MODERN
JACOB
ny A. ROB7r. CROH

years as ulICu man IOI I'dbtA W dlANl' =
Anthony Is good worker and has
money Ia the bank Why does he not
buy q farm Of his own?' people asked.
Anthony knew why 50, also, did
pretty Rachel Walker 1t was fol her
smiles and presence that Anthony con.
Jinued TO toll for Laban Walker,
Rachel knew that Anthony was IN
love with her a month after he came
to work for her father. In her heart
she rejoiced in his alteration, But,
like many good women, she was some.
Thing Of a croquetie, and 50 when, as
they were driving home from church
one day, Anthony asked her to marry
him, she smiled roguishly and said:
"Fathcr wants me to marry La.
fayette Fraser"
Anthony bit his lip and struck the
horse such cut with the whip that
The animal jumped forward with a
3uddennoss that threatened to upset
the buggy
Fraser was q wldower, but he
owned more land than any one else
in the county Rachel had smiled on
him when he called, especially when
anthony could see her. Fraser had
tried 10 vain to find out whether Walk.
or's farm was mortgaged, and had de.
cidod in the end that Rachel was Il
good bargain" even without money,
Anthony drove along in silence after
Rachel had given him her answer,
FINALLY, when he could trust his voice,
he said;
do you think you love him
Rachcl?"
"Woll, why shouldn't I?".shc asked,
tossing her pretty head.
Anthony was not skilled in the ma.
nouyers Of such situations, and as he
was not a woman he did not get by
intuition the gltt Of acting we'll under
such circumstances, SO he said no
more His heart was too fun for ut
teranCe.
They soon reached home, and he
helped her out Of the buggy. Then
without word he drove to the barn
and put away the horse, He changed
his clothes mechanically and did the
chores, barely knowing what he was
doing
That evening, after Rachel had re-.
tired and when her father was doing
over the Farm Journal, Anthony ap.
preached him,
MY years up next week, and then
must leave" he said
"What-whats that?" exclaimed
Walker, Didn't yo tell me just last
week that ye would stay another
year?'
"Ycs," admitted Anthony "but cir
cumgtances have changed since then"
Nothing Walker could say would
change his purpose, and he went of
to bed, whore he passed sleeplo8s
night. What matlorod now the money
he had saved during the years Of toll?
She, for whom he had worked and
saved and planned great things for
the future was go0g TO be another's,
lie orRht never to have hoped for her,
he told himself, lIo might have
known he was q fool to aspire to the
hand Of such glrl
Rachel had been little worried
during the night about her treatment
Of Anthony "Io took me so owrully
seriously" she reflected, And then
she took'a little tIntype out of a box
aud looked at It before she went down
stairs to got breakfast
Her father was there, and he told
her Of Anthony's determination, She
was frightened She hurried back TO
her room, 80 her father would not see
the tears that wolled up IN her eyes,
She had never dreamed that this
could come from her bit Of coquet.
tlHhnoss,
That evening when Anthony cOmo
In from doing the chores he heard his
n0mo called IN q low voice, It was
Rachel
"You-you didn't think ! meant
what | said about Lafayette Fraser,
did you, Anthony" she said, her voice
trembling
Anthony's heart gave a great leap
Of Joy,
"Oh, Rachel do you-can you mean
you care for me2'
Her eyes were cast down and sho
was picking TO pieces flower, She
looked up tImIdly at him. and IN the
half darkness he saw her slender
form sway The next moment he held
her tight In hls arms and her smiling
eyes were uplurncd happily TO HIS
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