Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-29

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sense she'll scatter those cows and
give me a clear road. II she does
Ill marry her: II she does not"
Here you cows. get out OF this!"
cried the girl al she picked up a stick
and ran forward and belabored them.
The surprised cows moved. They
didn't hustle. but they didn't have to
go far to clear the road. A long
blast and a rumble. and the girl
caught sight Of a white but deter.
mined face through the haze Of dust.
That was simply one peril avoided.
Further up the road others must be
encountered. She threw aside her
%sketching and mounted her pony and
set on In chase. Half q mile away
the auto had plowed It's way into q
bank and wa at rest.
Young INLAY had been thrown out
by the collision and suffered q broken
leg. He was unconscious until some
time after q doctor had looked him
over at the manor house. No ono
knew who ne was until HE pockets
had been searched, and then the
father was telephoned to. BY the
time he arrived the son had gathered
up the threads Of the case and wal
ready to say to the Jury:
mo use talking, governor. I've got
II bad!"
Anything beside the leg2"
my heart"
"Why-why. I don't understand
that the fall had affected your heart"
But 1t has. It's a case Of love at
first sight. and the FIRST sight didn't
last more'n half a second"
And where Is the grill"
Right here in the house. 1t was
she who found me in the road and
bossed the Job Of getting me here.
Say. governor. she's a girl OF sense!
haven't had a fair look at her face
yet, but ! know from her voice that
she's g~ood-looking. I'd have smashed
up five cows as we'll as myself, and
the machine II II hadn't been for the
girl"
I'VE must nov get you home" said
the father In very sober tones.
Cant be done, governor. Here
stay TIL the leg mends and I've got
the promise Of that girl to be my
wife"
Young man. this seems to have AZ
fected your brain"
1T has affected me all over. Bay.
governor. I'm a lawyer, am l not?"
"A very young and tender one"
But ! know what a breach-of-prom.
ise suit Is. and I don't propose to
stand in the dock"
Harold INLAY. what can you
meanY"
Governor. when I saw those cows
blocking the narrow highway and
realized what a butcher shop It would
be II the girl didn't move them on, I
vowed to marry her II she did the
right thing. She did It. and III keep
my word"
"Um! I'm! l think I can arrange
for you to be cared for here for a few
days. but my boy. don't get any fool
notions In your head. Remember that
you are Just entering upon your
career as q lawyer"
II was three days later before the
patient caught sight OF Miss Irene.
The doctor had said that 1t would be
better II the young man could remain
there for a few days. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Galbraith had readily consented.
A professional nurse had taken charge
and the family was not to be put out
to any extent. When the young man
expressed his thanks In appropriate
words he asked OF the girl:
How many cows were there3"
Five"
And how fast was I goingf"
1T looked like two or three hundred
miles a minute to me-"
And II I'd struck that bunch Of
beef at that gaitf"
"Why-why-"
my father would have had q dead
son to bury. wouldn't her Just
want him to look at the case on it,
merits. you know. As q lawyer, he 10
naturally biased. II there had been
only n COW. now. and she in poor
condition. but there we're Ave, and all
At for beef. Father must see that
that"
Miss Irene thought the young mans
mind was wandering and called the
nurse. His mind was all there, how
ever. though II was six long weeks
and he was crutching around before
he finished the sentence by saying:
Yes. you must see that having
saved my Me-and having been both.
cred with me here &C long-and a.
this leg will be weak for some time to
come-and as l have fallen in love
with you-and as your father II In the