The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-02-02
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A Widows Hero
BY JOHN P. ORTIZ
Copyright, 1911, by Associated Literary Press

huckleberry girl, as an angel up above
would be only too glad TO see him get
ting along in this world below. He
therefore called on the widow. He had
meant to call years before, but that
vow had kept him from It. Would
she be his?
"Mr. Matthews are you hero?"
was calmly asked in reply.
mo, wouldn't go to say was"
Then II is useless to talk further
on the subject. If | marry It must
be a hero.
"But I'm selling more machines
than any other man on the road"
mo sewing machine man can be a
hero. This is my ironing day, and |
am very busy"
Next day there came Mr.. Griggs,
the village grocer. He was red.faced,
red-haired and fat. and he was n
widower He was man Of business.
With that FIVE thousand dollars he
could enlarge his grocery and buy for
cash. The widow Collville looked
good to him as she opened the front
door In response TO his knock. He
had left the grocery in charge Of a
clerk and must hasten back. lie there
fore led off almost at once with:
. Widow Collville? | am wild
over"
"Yes?"
81 either want to get married again
or ! don't"
81 see"
You are a widow, and you either
want to get married again or don't"
Exactly, Mr.. Griggs"
AS for me, / want a wife. | am
here to ask you to marry me. You
know who | am. You know what my
grocery Is. You can realize the hap
plness Of being able to send to the
grocery for anything wanted In the
house without having to pay cash
down. Is II yes or no?"
Mr.. Griggs, you arc an abrupt
man. was the reply.
i am, widow. When n farmer drives
up to my grocery with potatoes to
sell call out the price / will pay
That settles It. lie takes me or he
leaves me. ..
j undersell all other grocers in the
county I've got Goldfish down a cent
a box below them all and kerosene is
TO take another drop next week"
Have you ever fought a duel with
villaln?"
NO, ma'am, and never shall
Groceries are my line, and stick to
EN-. Is It hero you want?"
1T u.s."
Then our little deal is of, and |
bid you goodday. Remember the
cash-down grocery when you have an
order to give"
The next caller was wire fence
man, who had job of fencing for a
farmer two miles outside the village
He heard the widow Collvillo and her
$4,000 talked about. and It occurred
to him that Providence was at last
backing him for a good thing lie
attended church Of a Sunday to get a
good look at her. No fault could be
found with her looks. In the after
noon he called TO see her. She OWNED
his errand, and when he began TO
preface his remarks with words OF
praise for the way she joined in the
morning hymn Of The Sweet Bye and
Bye she interrupted him with:
You probably have matrimony In
yiew?"
Yves. / am a man who"
But are you hero?"
Il hardly know what you mean"
'IIave you done anything brave
gallant-great?"
Why, | licked an autoist who al
most ran me down"
THAT is mere nothing, sir Have
you handled sword and lancer"
Not that know Of"
Have you rescued any one? Have
you taken motto and upheld II with
battle-aX? Have you, sir--have
you-"
But the wire fence man had faded
away, He wasn't the last by five or
six. A fair.looking widow with $4,000
in the bank can't sink out of sight
like stone thrown into a pond. But
there came slack at last, and the
widow was asked If she didn't despair
OF finding her hero.
But | have found him." she re.
piled. ut is Mr.. Graham, the shoe.
maker We shall be married in two
But what great thing has he ever
done2"
Made me pair Of shoes that took