The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-09-06

vlted the stranger to have q game. of
pool on the dusty old table, and the
landlords daughter introduced him
to several girls, and within q week
the young man was surprised him
self. It seemed that he had never
moved among real people before.
There was no polish-no formality.
The boys laughed loudly. and the
girls chewed gum. Franklin Graham
was learning something new every
day, and he was rather glad Of It
He had been in Harpersville ten
days when he went fishing. A freckle
faced boy guided him TO q spot be.
hind the old sawmill. and before
running away whispered to him that
the girl sitting there with the pole
and line was Miss Greenleaf. Mr..
Graham's bashfuIness returned with
a rush. he realized that the girl was
superior to any one he had yet seen
or met in the village She didn't call
out to him that fishing was good. In
fact, she didn't even appear to notice
his presence. Was there q certain
etiquette about fishing? What was
itf Was young man supposed to
advance. hat in hand, and ask q girl
II please might he fish In that riverf
He had been standing undecided
for two or three minutes when the
girl looked up and Queried:
Come to flshf"
Yes"
well, why don't you fish, thonf"
Thereupon. in his excitement, Mr..
Graham stepped on his own feet and
fell down and rolled over on the
planlEs.
"oueer way to nsh." said the girl
as she hauled up her hook to rebait
Il.
Mr.. Graham got up and straight
ened out his tackle and baited his
hook and threw 1t In. He wasn't
fishing. He was thinking what an
idiot he was not to have gone for a
long walk Suddenly the girl felt q
bite and rapidly hauled in her line.
There was a 1sh on the hook. but
Mr.. Graham's line had hoated down
and became entangIed with the other.
You are a very thoughtless young
man. SIR" said the girl, a. the flsh
Hoped around and finally fell back
into the water.
IL beg ten thousand pardonsi"
stammered the young man. and then
he did something worse.
The girl bent far over the water "a
dlsentangle the lines from a log, and
he thought her on the point Of falling
and made a grab and tore her shirt
waist and pulled of her hat. She
didn't fall. She simply looked up and
quietly said
Il think you are the most careless
young man ever nett"
"Yesm-yes'ml" he replied, az he
left his fishing outfit and walked hur
riedly away; and he did not regain
his composure for the next two hours
WELL" remarked Miss Ida Green
leaf, as she arrived at the house oi
her aunt. which had also been heI
home for years. II have met thai
young man from the city. Ho wal
down fishing"
"And you spoke to him without al
introduction"
Il felt obliged to. had to ask hin
If he had come TO fsh, why he didn'
fish and tell him he was the mos
careless young man ever met. l ad
mired him, though. Came from the
city-about twenty-two-traveled.
should say. and yet he was as greatly
embarrassed and blushed as hard a
girl. / think"
What, Ida7"
"That we shall have . thundel
shower before night"
Two days later, as he was cominI
out Of the postofice, Mr.. Graham raj
full tilt against Miss Ida and banGo'
her up against the building. /.
"A-a thousand pardOnsi" he halt
ed to say.
Truly. the most awkward younl
man ever saw!" she replied as sh
recovered her equilibrium and paSSs'
on.
"Well, auntie, I've met the younI
I man again." said Miss Ida on reach
/ ing home. HE slammed me .
against the postonice."
! you don't sayi And you spoke I
! himf"
/. Told him he was the most awI