The Glenwood post., 1912-04-27
rouble

1t was evident that the young man
was worried. Indeed, it was SO evi-
dent that Loretta could not well ig-
more the fact. So after few COM
monplaces she asked him what was
the matter.
1T isn't often that my friends are
SO evidently thinking of something
else when l try my best to be enter
tanning" she said. You have some
thing on your mind and it might be
good idea to tell me about it,
Il don't see how you guessed it."
returned the young man. But the
truth is that I am just about as wor-
ried as anybody can be. l don't see
how the thing can come out right"
1T may not be as bad as it seems"
Loretta told him, comfortingly. Girls
overlook good deal Besides, a girl
who takes the trouble to get angry
at you is not often perfectly indiffer-
ent"
You're right again-it is girl"
the young man said, sheepishly. III
you had told me few weeks ago that
I'd ever be SO silly as to worry over
such a thing I'd have said you were
away off the track"
"One never can tell" declared Lo
retta sagely. go on"
You see," the young man began,
I'VE live in a neighborhood that is half
city and half country and not quite Sc
lect enough to be fashionable. It's
just as nice as 1t can be and we Ger.
tainly enjoy our garden and our porch
to beat the band. My mother almost
lives out Of doors. Well. there was q
house built next door with a fins
chicken yard and by and by the peo
pie moved in
ITS way people have Of doing"
murmured Loretta.
There was a man and his wife and
after while girl came home from
college, having been graduated with
honors. Gee, she's as smart as a whip!
And, honest, 1t doesn't keep her from
being pretty, either"
Il am really surprised" said Loret.
"a.
We'll, somehow we got to be good
friends the young man went on, dole
fully. Too good friends for my com.
fort, it seems. Anyhow, l got inter
ested in her chickens-which are real
ly fine ones, you know, not the com.
mon kind at all. | could understand
how proud she was of them. She was
fond of any kind Of pets and she had
a cat that was dream. 1t had
long, plumed tail and had taken q
prize at every cat show for several
years. She positively worshipped that
cat.
after a while mothers vegetables
came up and lot of flowers, for she's
master hand at growing things.
Then, just as i'll luck would have It
something came and dug up her grow.
ing things. 1t certainly was the limit
Mother got so discouraged that she al
most cried. / declared that I'd kill
the creature that did it on sight. what
ever 1t was"
Reckless"
We'll, never thought of the chick
sns," he proceeded, till 1 found Ida
Flanders kind Of chilly toward me.
asked her over the fence one morning
NhoI liS 90 anu DIV
said very pointedly that her most
valuable chickens were disappear
ing at the rate of one night"
why didn't you tell her that you
didn't know anything about her chick,
ens?"
Tell her!" repeated the young man,
LAS if l didn't tell her! II / said II
T SpjI n fhnnaonH INF
do you think she would believe me
with that chickens head lying at my
feet? Not much! And you wouldn't
have either. not after my silly threat
to kill watever it was that tore up
mothers garden"
"What did you do about 1t after
that?"
eat first l didn't think there was q
thing l could do," he sighed. 'LIda
wouldn't let me come near enough to
speak to her. 1t made me wild to see
her smiling at everybody else"
81 wouldn't have given her Sec
ond thought since she was SO unjust"
"Oh, yes, you would" the young man
assured her. ut would have been all
very well to talk like that in the
spring, but 1t was too late for me to
quit thinking of her then. Why, lay
awake nigSts trying to fix 1t up and
it was not until last week that had
an idea.
at was the very day she bowed to
me as she was going out with young
Saunders. You know, he sQuints or
something. Well, bowing to me was
more than she had done for SO long