Milford chronicle., 1911-11-24

the farm house.
"And why not?" she asked, as she
almost came to a pause.
We'll, according to my idea, it's 60
ing to rain and snow and blow and
hail, and when the storm does break,
she's going to be a buster"
Il wanted to go to the postofice to
mail a letter"
Its three miles there and back,
and if I was you I'd put it off. Mebbe
somebodyTl be passing that you can
send by. Tomorror's Thanksgiving
you know, and we are going to have
the awfulest, biggest, incest dinner
anybody ever sat down to. It's in
your honor, you know. ThereIl be 3
turkey, a duck and a chicken; thereU
be cranberry sass, pumpkin pies. cur
rant jell, sweet cider and apple dump
Inns; there1l be"
Il think I'll just walk little ways
anyhow" said the girl, as she opened
the gate and passed down the high
way toward the village and the rail
road depot
And if you come home as wet as
hen don't say l didn't warn ye. It's
going to come, and it's going to be
q buster"
Half an hour later a middle-age6
woman with a motherly face ant
voice came out on the steps an6
asked:
PA. do you reckon it's goin' tc
Storm"
Sure as ducks"
Where's Minnie?"
90, she's gone for a santer. I give
her warning. What's she wantin' tc
mail a letter for? I hain't mailed
letter nor got one in twenty years
and I guess Pm about as well off as
must folks. I was going to ask her
but forgot it,"
Don't you ask her a word about
it." cautioned the wife as she came
down to him. 81 guess Minnie's got
something on her mind, but it hainr
none O. your business"
Something on her mind, Ell? That's |
funny Didn't know that girls ever |
had anything on their minds except /
new clothes. Is that why she come !
NAE4LAn6 u6 oil VI a nuuuGns
None O. your business! I guess
my own sisters daughter can come
and see me any time she takes no.
tion, and that without writing ahead
What's on her mind, as nigh as l can
make out, is about a young man
They are engaged, and they've had
falling out, and she's sorter run away
from him to find out if he really cares
for her"
"And she's got scared about It and
has written him letter to tell where
she is?" queried the husband
"Go on! It's probably a letter tc
her ma, though I didn't see it nor ask.
l hope she didn't start for town. It's
going to storm for sure, and there
hain't but one house on The road
where she could find shelter. Look
down the road and see If you can see
her"
Cant see hide nor hair Of any girl"
Uncle Robert after going out
10 the highway and taking a long look.
An hour later, with both uncle and
aunt fidgeting about their girl visitor,
ne gray afternoon had become tWt- I
ght. In Is minutes there was cold Z
IN and lively hail, and Uncle Rob- {
ei was blown into the kitchen.
ass Minnie had reached town and q
maiSN her letter and started back ?
agails Yhen the storm broke. Before
1t can she thought she could make 4
out q pan figure on the road ahead
OF her, 1T wasn't sure. 4
The w first gust picked her up 4
and turn. her around and deposited a
her under roadside tree. She re- :
mained the \until the gale began to !
whip the br Shes of, and then let go : :
her hold andc. n for it. =
She hadn't \e a quarter of a mile
when, as she Ouched and covered 3
her face, she NS\struck by a falling :
limb and knew I wore. e