The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-06-13

one uibO TtCoNtItu utE bpftSH uuu Dt-
gan to tell how happy she was As a
matter of fact, she had no business TO
be either astonished or disappointed.
| II brother Bob and the rest OF the
world were suited she had no obiec.
| tiCn.
The young man laid himself out to
be nice and succeeded After three or
four days his sawed-offness didn't look
so sawed. By thinking OF a man sew.
en- feet high all the time the girl
managed to make herself believe that
Bob was at least Ave feet six. Love
him. Marry him? Never while water
flowed . ID clocks licked! Nice Bob.
what there was OF him. but there was
only about half enough.
On the fifth day of her visit. and
while Miss Molly was taking her mu.
sic lescon. the visitor strolled down
the highway. Brother Bob would have
strolled with her. but she lodged him.
The first he knew Of her absence was
when he heard her scream and ran in
TO the road 10 see u husky tramp
| noiulnB neT Dy the arm.
The sawed-off man made about four
teen jumps and sent that Weary WI.
lie into dreamland by blow on the
chin; knocked him out as neatly as
Jeffries could have done, and didn't
brag about II, either. He explained
that It was little way he had. and let
II go at that
AS soon az Miss Addie got over her
scare she looked long at brother Bob
and finally made up her mind that he
must be at least five feet eight. She
also found herself almost believing
that sawed-off had u right to live as
well as giant.
Three more days passed and then
the trio went fishing IN the lake. Three
| persons are not too many to fish from
the same skin If one of them does not
catch little sunfsh weighing about
an ounce ard Jump around and upset
the craft. That's what happened.
Miss Molly could swim, and she head
ed away for shore, but Miss Addie
went down like r bag OF sand, and 1t
was the sawed-off hero who dived and
brought her up and chung TO the boat
until his sister brought another 10 the
rescue.
"Oh. don't know" replied Bob an
hour later when thanked. 81 Just hap
pened to be on the spot, you see Hav-
ing such long legs, I'm n natural swim.
mer!"
Long legs! Miss Addle smiled Then
she became serious. Was she near
| sighted? Was Bob Harmon entitled TO
be called long legs" instead OF duck
legs?" II might be. At any rate, she
measured him with her eye and de
cided that he had grown an inch in
the last "a hours.
II was In the middle OF the third
week that the climax came. The three
were out In the auto when they en-
countered an automobile with two
! young men riding in It. They were
| heard from some distance singing n
ribald song. AS they drew nearer
they became more boisterous. and see
ing two girls ana n small boy In the
other machine they halted theirs in a
narrow spot and blocked the way.
What is it," asked Bob Harmon as
he stood up.
Don't be scared. Bub--no one is
going to bite you" was answered.
But you are obstructing the road"
Yes, Bubby, yes. but We want to
sing you a song VIII the young ladies'
kindly join In the chorus, please?"
My soul. but don't raise row
here!" exclaimed Bob's sister rs he
dropped out Of the auto.
MIR, Observation-Disclosures don'tl"
added Miss Addie
The men roared with laughter as
Bob advanced upon them. and when he
| had quite reached their auto they
jumped down thinking to play ball
with him. The girls couldn't see II at
all on account of the dust that was
kicked up, but when the air cleared
one OF the men was running away and
the other lying prone. They were a
| licked pair. Their automobile was
backed away and left in the ditch, and
all the sawed.off man had to say about
| Il was.
There are times when you simply
| have to do IT,"
That night Miss Addie did lot OF
! thinking. II was mostly about short
men and heroes and Napoleons. She
had come to conclusion about the
time the ROSTERS began growing.
When she had reached home after her
visit and told her mother all, the
mother musingly queried:
80 you are engaged TO n sawed-off
man after all you've had to say about
| them"
"Yes. mother. Bob isn't 80 very tall.
but I'm going to learn to bend over 20
that when we walk out we win be the
very same height"
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