The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-17


 Sunday-school doesn't count for much
 Then when you came to look at her, she was pretty enough lawful round and Xltte of course, but nice enough), and do think she has the prettiest eyes, Only of course, she hasn't so much hair. And she wears good shoes, too; and she has cunning voice. l think; only it too much like baby's (When came to think it over, decided that liked people to have nice voice. None of the fellows had ever thought of that before But did, and so I stick to 1t You forget to look for it because you're so used to hear everybody cali all day. upstairs and down stairs, like, Get upp or Come to dinneri" or Aren't you in bed yet?" And it spells it. But Lefty has very nice voice for little girl and I liked it when she spoke her piece at the Strawberry Festival When she did that, and they all clapped, made up my mind then that I'd better marry her.. And I was ever glad, later, when saw her looking at the map of the Holy Land that they have on inc wall m the cloak-room went straight over where she was looking at it, and said to her. "Say do you like geography" And she says, Wees Don't you?' And says. It's the only thing like in the whole match-the jaguars m the islands n the exports n all the rest of it!"
 "Ohf says she, "Do you? So do II" Well, did you ever? Just ike her aunt. came as near as ever to telling her right then that I'd take her for my Wife but saw that I'd better wait and decide first how everything was going to be- It was great fun plan ming the good times we were going to have when we grew lip.
 got out my school geography next day and began spotting places for to live, on the map There's pink island Up of Scotland for one-tha always like And then Siberia looks so empty thought it would be tun to live there It's large and empty and de- serted, they'd be glad have people settle there should think And when we wanted to be charitable, we could feed the Exiles. And then it's SO near Japan ought to be interesting (You could 10 home whenever you liked, that side. without stopping to 20 all around the other way). Summer would be best for Siberia for while. Then when the cold grew hercer and drove us southward with the other wan dering tribes, could leave all our children (per fectly warm and safe with nurse of course) and we could go to Africa to explore Lefty would be old enough by that time not to mind spiders and beacon strctors and things; and we would take barrels of beads to please the natives and trade them for e, powder or postage stamps; and bring home lots of ger-skins and elephants tusks and gold dust T was going to discover unknown tribes in the Interior don't see why not There must be some there. And after we had discovered them, they might want me to come and govern them; for a while anyway til they were able to do it themselves. And hadn't planned much more than that hT
 But tell you what was really glad about ,Letty was curious that I'd never thought of her before though was near it It's funny how my Wife seemed to run in that familyl Just wait, though
 One Sunday, after Sunday-school was through, I walked home with Lefty; and it seemed a good time to tell her. because Benny Davenport was waiting to take her home too and thought shed better know
 
 books for her. and her leaflets and her mite-box ts one of those. you take home and fiji up and fiji up snd ha mn up m you ye can't t,J jingle t but yos don't get and empty out the whole thing for the heather; and tas t.h home me, and go through all oft again ad they get). Well as was saying, started off when Lefty did and said to her, Come along with me and I'll tell you something"
 So she came along; and will say she's always ready to listen to whatever know And we went trotting along tip the road, and said to her, Do you want n O0a mad c0nnAf ai.
 aTo Siberia and Japan-and Africa with mel"
 Ye-es! she says, and her eyes began to get biz and could just feel mine goggling when I thought of the journeys we'd travel
 Well" said to her, 'You just look out and keep quiet; and I'll marry you when you're grown-up And we'll go around the world three times without stop ping, first of all. And we won't stay home, forever And she says, "Ye-esp And says, Say, you'll marry me then, for sure won't you?
 (Now hear this)
 Says she; "Why, yes! was going to, anyway"
 Says l. "Going to what?
 Says ], What, when hadn't asked you to?"
 Says she: Why. . yes was always going tol" your You planning to marry me, anyway, witk- out me knowing thing about it?'
 =, And she says Why, yes. l don't see why not I just said Didn't you know Girls can't do that?" No says she. (You can't make her understand anything She's exactly like the Tylers Maltese kit ssWel," says I, They can't They wait until some body marries them But they can't marry anybody un. less he wants to"
 But didn't" says she.
 'I guess you didn't" says l. ''But you were going to, fast enough. Said so yourself You were going to, anyway!- Now you've gone and spoiled it all"
 Why have F' she asked me, if you'll believe iti I said to her Because now it isn't any Surprise. had it all planned, and going to surprise yon and everybody. Nobody wants to be married without asking his leave. And tell you, you can't do it. Ies all gone up." AX Then went on and told her. q was planning where I'd take you and where we'd live picked out that farthest of the pink islands up Scotland for part of the time; and Siberia, too And when it was cold we'd have left there and gone to Africa to Ex plore." And then, if you please she began to giggle. : "Oh, Nick,-hee-hee-hee eel" Well said l. for sick and tired of Wives,- ''Well, Hee-hee, what?" And she says to me, We couldn't do that anyway, every summer Because isn't really near It just looks so, the map You have to find out from the scale, down in the corner'
 "Oh my how smartw said (rd forgotten all about it; but didn't need any Wife to tel that). Al '