Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-17

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|ly into the glowing young face.
"Oh, girls! have had such
lovely time. The scenery was beau
|tiful--oh, the woods in autumn"
did you paint anything?" asked
Helen.
aN-o," she hesitated. Margaret
she resumed, turning to the most
sympathetic of the three. II did Just
what you prophesied. lost my heart
--or found it--and in q cornheld!
And l am going to be married. He
says l may have studio In our house
and paint all like"
Brushes and palettes were excit-
eddy laid aside.
"Tell MS all about It! Is he farm
or? Was It love at first sight7"
"For two weeks I revealed. Mling
out OF doors, and the farm was IN
imemnse one-not neighbor within
four miles. In all these weeks OF
doing nothing saw no one but
Farmer Locke, his wife and their son.
a lad OF ten, and the help"
Then" exclaimed Constance" I'M
less your swain is the hired help
you have known him only week!
zone beautiful day. continued
We're, ignoring the comment II went
out with Tommy Locke to have
luncheon in the woods. Mrs. Locke
put us up basket of good things.
but Tommy proposed building flre
and roasting corn. went forth to
forage in the fields and left Tommy
collecting brushwood.
IT went through fertile acres un.
til came to a field Of waving corn.
The symmetrical rows OF sturdy
stalks made shaded little avenues.
and In the fun OF walking down them
I forgot what I had come for until !
heard rustling and the sound OF the
stripping OF the husks.
''1n the fourth row from me saw
another invader man-standing.
tall and straight. turned and fed"
What from man." cried Con-
stance, fncredulous.
"He might have been the owner Of
the field. and would have been
caught red-handed. hurried back 70
Tommy. who scoffed at my fears, and
we traded jobs. I wasn't much OF
success as a flre-builder. While
was poking away. heard q deep
voice behind me say, That is q mans
province, you know. Give me the
stick
81 turned and saw the big, broad
shouldered man Of the cornfield. He
was clad roughly, but his voice and
manners were gentlemanly. He ex
planned that he had caught Tommy
foraging in his field. and the lad had
told him he was getting the corn for
his pal who Vas back in the woods.
He came in search Of me, suppostnE
I must be Tommy's boy companion.
He had sent Tommy up to his house
| Che has a housekeeper or q tenant
or something) for some salt and but
ter
"He built a roaring fire, and we
sat the table in the woods, and when
Tommy returned we roasted the corn
and had Jolly luncheon. Then We
all went home, and them
well, what then-did he propose
on the way home in spite OF Tom.
my's presenoe?"
mo; there followed week Of
beautiful walks through the woods.
! moonlight rides on the river, and
oh, we'll l told him last night
would marry him; came home to-
day to tell you all"
We're" demonstrated Margaret
"you can't tell about q man in .
week."
"wait until you see him before you
pass Judgment" replied We're. He 10
coming to meet you all in few min
utes."
So the girls suspended sentence.
Presently there was ring at the
studio door, which Constance opened
to Cary Marlborough.
"How will she ever break the news
to him." gasped Helen.
Instead Of breaking the news, We're
few to his arms.
"vere," demonstrated Constance
presently, "you said you met him In
q corn field"
80 did. Until saw him there
SO unexpectedly didn't know loved
him. And that was why fed"
"But," persisted Constance. you
said he was a farmer, and that he
had q farmhouse and housekeeper.
80 he has! He owns the farm and
rents 1t to Farmer Locke. He came
down for bit Of shooting"
"Tll wager" thought Margaret.
that Nora Lynn told him We're was
there"