Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-12-20

k9SeSkQ any further. And some
9TNk& day 1t is the intention
SPoV<. of the Greater Wide
NJ, ocsociation to have real trees
,aviDg in their thriving little city.
S,t inst at present they are so busy
rttpg the town established that the
trees must walt
George freeman was one of the
r,,t energetic young men in Wide
U,iD He was one of the pioneers.
.. was almost the Oldest Inhabitant.
,rAOugh he was but twenty-five years
a as You see, George located in
wide Plain when it was practically
mining but width and plain. He fore
sv future for the town, and be-
came its leading dealer in agricultural
nLements and groceries and hard
ve and so on. He became the lead
tg dealer, because he was the only
Ma
Ina few months Wide Plain had a
pylation of $500. And so social life
hame a feature of existence there.
Social life requires two factors. One
them is women. The other is men.
You may have thought that one fea-
lure would be sociability and the other
7rli be life, but that would be draw
hgf a bit fine.
Lucy Cleveland was the belle of
Vide Plain. She was not the belle be-
cause she was the only young woman
here, for there we're others. Others
-IOulg and beautiful, but while some
dhe others were as young none of
hen we're as beautiful as Lucy.
lmSeQuently Lucy had suitors a.
plenty in fact, she had eight suitors,
ai being the available unmarried
Gu0n Of the population that she
'0lld consider. And she managed to
S'e the eight the impression that she
VS. not considering them very much.
george Freeman endeavored to in
aa her to consider him. Georges
'ucy IN life was to get what he
'Aled by one Of two methods. One
@N go where it was and take pos
VISION the other was to ask for it.
.'SIuch as Lucy was not a building
Wy aoF quarter section, he could not
vim hsr by right of discovery. So
Hlaa asked her. And she had as
4'a MIN that while she esteemed
~ lgAly she did not see her way to
u.s. George had not asked her if
~ was some one else to whom she
/. Reaged her affection or plighted
uu.a' de did not care. He went
:, ~llng agricultural implements
!, = Sulped overalls and brooms and
~, ~ una putty and canned goods and
A. ~ SIocerles, whistling little melo-
\. HIalSelt and wondering how
y, would want their house painted
'sl they got married.
NJ ,''! now and then he would pro-
+; s ss1'a TO Lucy. By every now
N. .eu mean that he would pro-
~ Ny once week. Some weeks
., aogCSed twice. He saw that it
so,,s ~ Lucy to be proposed to and
ns NJ was gentleman who believed
os ing himself agreeable to a
Il. 'auy when he was fond of her.
II Oalle along toward Christmas.
an, suS' nave Christmas tree for
Is ~laFen'" Lucy said.
n Wa Was teacher in the Wide
S,,s sunday School. Her nunils
h., " ~. aef' George and the other
u Sr ~'oIS had tried to join her
d , W. she had insisted that they
eaaeots N-G tne Bible class for older
d gs. which was presided over by
Srss u !: Gillup, most capable
sSsss a .auy' who had brought one
y: Tis saQ Six children to help up
i laet that Lucy had demanded .
ea ss, tfee occasioned many
NJ eeciaIly from Georce,s riyals
ssd5naslna tree!" laughed VIII
Satpss e There isn't a tree for
sgs y. niles in any direction"
" sp STs one shipped in by freight,
N t sseS'ed Luke Morton.
Ssi chi now now Wesley Perkins
sqaso Its only two days to
"a sbo ham rivals n were not so par
= bat ~ S the tree, Each of them
but Lucy lucy would be disappointed
Ahsd soS Of them felt that the
as'cons Siected for her would help
eresst G .s disappointment. For,
sers n.,. there was to be a Christ.
as ptrty at the church
q csnss uihg of December 90
~ On Lucy. She was still