The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
lontsy shaped man than BIZ oppo !,

monkey shipped man than bis oppa,
nent.
Not long after this Miss Meredith.
concluded 10 waik To ,lle Village. Her
mother told her she had better 80 ia
I her pony cart since she might meet
mi. Nudge, and N would be easier for
her 70 drive away from hin tlfans to
walk away. 10 this the girl replied
TINT she was not afraid sof Mr. Nudge
and would mot permit him 10 restrict
her movements IN The least Down. i'd
/ the bottom Of her heart she had ; d
curiosity t.: talk whit llis singular be.
Ing, who was suffering and daring for.
her and hoped That he might Join her.
Jabez. constantly On the lookout for,
such an opportunity saw her leave
the; place on the;hili nnl sailed forth
to meet her. AS she approached be
stood still with. bis bat In. lis hand
and his head bowed,
May !; have fewtwosds With your
he said IN d sad voice; !! Z; Il
No. y -ss:i y; ~.
Nevertheless De walked On beside
her. Z. VI t', - IS
DO you want another dueking r she
asked. 81 i,ii 4
"a thousand Il they viii bring me
nearer to you" y
yhatiini the world put 1T into your
head to want me; r. she nsked. !.
First, you nre the most beautiful.
woman ~ the world. !. he replied.
Second ~ 4! \ /. I, Y z
Second is all the rest oft. I:mnsi
hayei you, and ] ,eilt hive lyou.'', n
3 And Istcill not have you,.'''
"Then l shall. love you from dls,l
stance. as long us l, live" ,s.5
And 4 wish yon 10 Understand that
In case any man pays me Intention III
future you are to 'letllim alone.
Wont you at least give me q he sat-
isfaction Of dying by his hand? l
would irather do that than live To- see
him possess YOU (. y Il Il
you're too silly; for. anything. . q
! By this time they had reached a
fork in the road, aud she, slgniled; TINT
he must leave her. Jabez did so, aud
walked away to. his, home, feeling thar;
he. Ind gained one point, but 1t was a
very small point. and there was a
whole picket fence OF points bristling
ahead Of him. =
Not long after this Mr.. Meredith In
troduced a young man named Long to
his daughter and intlmated that he
would be pleased Il she and Long
would make u match. The young man
fell in readily with the plan nndsafter
devotins himself to the girl for some
time proposed to her. /, n
sim sorry" she said, but ! can't
marry any one! &94- z! ~,
"Why not!" be asked. surprised.
'.Fbere Is a man: !lIylng down there
who has taken It Into his silly hend
that he wants inc 80 much that I'm
afraid he'll Kill any one who marrtes
me-" 81:
"He will. eh? Then It is5time some
one kills him." 4
you had better not try IT, Il
"Nviiat. makes ydti think so 2" 4
why. heslovcs me so well that he
permitted papa SandsT on. the garden.
err. to- throw himinto the poud. ali on
my account. but he Waylaid a gentle
man WHO was calling on me and near.
~ broke Ills Jaw !, Y "a y 81.
I'll sec him and { fInd out whether
he's going to put another Of your ad-
mlrers, out, Of the race"
Don't" isg
When Miss Meredith said don't
SHE meant 40" sheswlshed to know
what her red headed lover would do In
the matter. though she! did not intend
that anything serious should happeu.
Long went straightto. Nudge and shid:
" have. asked Miss Meredith to mar.
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