The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-11-23
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And a girl there, She must know
I'm in trouble II she's got good
sense she'll scatter those COWS and
give me a clear road If she does
III marry her; if she does not
Here you cows, get out of this.'
cried the girl as she picked up a stick
and ran forward and belabored them.
The surprised cows moved. They
didn't hustle, but they didn't have to
go far to clear the road. A long
blast and rumble. and the girl
caught sight Of a white but ceter-
mined face through the haze of Gust.
That was simply one peril avoided.
Further up the road others must be
encountered She threw aside her
sketching and mounted her pony and
set off in chase. Half mile away
the auto had plowed its way into
bank and was at rest
Young Inlay had been thrown out
by the collision and suffered broken
leg. He was unconscious until some
time after doctor had looked him
over at the manor house. No one
knew who he was until his pockets
had been searched, and then the
father was telephoned to. By the
time he arrived the son had gathered
| up the threads Of the case and was
ready to say to the jury:
NO use talking, governor, I've got
it bad."
Anything beside the leg?"
"Mv heart"
"Why-why, don't understand
that the fall had affected your heart. y
| But 1t has. It's a case Of love at
| first sight. and the first sight didn't
| last more'n half a second"
| And where is the girl?"
Right here in the house. 1t was
she who found me In the road and
bossed the job of getting me here.
| Say, governor. she's a girl OF sense!
| | haven't had a fair look at her face
yet, but | know from her voice that
she's good-looking. Id have smashed
up five COWS as we'll as myself, and
the machine If it hadn't been for the
girl"
We must now get you home said
! the father in very sober tones.
Cant be done, governor Here
stay till the leg mends and I've got
the promise of that girl to be my
! wife"
Young man, this seems to have af-
fected your brain"
ut has affected me all over. Say,
| governor, I'm lawyer, am l not?
"A very young and tender one.
"Rut l know what a breach-of prom
Use suit is, and l don't propose to
stand in the dock"
Harold Inlay, what can you
mean?'
Governor. when l saw those cows
blocking the narrow highway and
realized what a butcher shop 1t would
be If the girl didn't move them on, |
vowed to marry her If she did the
right thing She did 1t, and III keep
my word
uni I'm. | think I can arrange
for you to be cared for here for few
days. but my boy, don't get any fool
notions In your head. Remember that
you are just entering upon your
career as lawyer"
1t was three days later before the
patient caught sight of Miss Irene.
The doctor had said that it would be
better If the young man could remain
there for few days, and Mr. and
Mrs. Galbraith had readily consented.
| A professional nurse had taken charge
to any extent. When the young man
expressed his thanks In appropriate
words he asked Of the girl:
How many cows were there?"
Five"
And how fast was I going?'
1T looked like two or three hundred
miles a minute to me-"
And If III struck that bunch Of
beef at that gait?"
"Why-why-"
My father would have had a dead
son to bury, wouldn't he? l just
want him to look at the case on its
merits. you know. AS lawyer, he is
naturally biased II there had been
only one cow. now, and she in poor
condition, but there were five, and all
fit for beef. Father must see that
that"
Miss Irene thought the young mans
mind was wandering and called the
nurse His mind was all there. how
ever, though 1t was six long weeks
and he was crutching around before
he finished the sentence by saying:
Yes, you must see that having
tsaved my life--and having been both
cred with me here SO long-and as