The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-05-24
When Things
Hunnled
After the Ball Was Started
II Rolled Rapidly.
y ANY HAaals.

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Now. then, Hannah. things are 60
ing to hum.
1t was Aunt Judith Wellman who
spoke. She had arrived from Indians
| for q visit with her sister In Michigan
and the pair had been talking for the
last hour on tho veranda, while Farmer
Henderson was doing up the chores al
the barn.
"what do you mean. Judithr' war
asked.
II mean several things. ! mean that
l have never heard Of case like It.
Your Minnie has been old enough to
marry for these last three Year,, and
you've let Teller dawdle around here
and make sleeps eyes at her and keep
all other fellers away and yet hasn't
asked her to be his. and may be three
more years doing it. call 1t a mean
shame. When I say that things are
going to hum l mean that somebody
has got to toe the mark mighty oon OF
get out You and Elisha ought 70 have
put your foot down long ago."
"You wouldn't do anything to embar
rass Minnie?" pleaded the mother.
That's according. guess the en-
barrassment will all be on the other
side. however. Embarrassment h all
right IN g1ri' Hannah, Out IL snouldhi
be carried too far. Both Of Us were EN-.
barrassed when We were girls, but we
weren't 10 much 70 as to kill our pros
poets OF getting married. we Knew
when our beans mad hung around long
enough. has minnie ever gwen tnis
CHAP II JogF
mercy no.
have you OF Iisna ever gwen NM
jog
never
Iheh II remains ior 1uoitn Wenmau
10 10 u. ana snes rien' on oecn, w'n
week before wen Know "netne. .oe'
Da'is means BUSINESS or 70 J.s' si.''ns
arouha IKE pump On 'os
But you "ont-"on-
dont know wnat IN do' except 70
oecoe tue case one way VI one1, anu
YOU heeont ask ques'i'ns. uvn
heSe IN ioks set.ns .aas1ieu VIM.
week. anu . aon oeiess ~ c"u..ns
tor mar q nietime. a tenow e'.nel
wants e'rl OF ne doh t. ne oces
'et hi"l take ner' II nc w" YET l"iu s.s
on ana ove some one eIse cnance.
minnie fiehoelson wss tweny yeaIs
o'd anu recosni]eo De''e ior Ten n.ae.
around. EVERYBODY was agreea tnat
sne woo'o make someoooy = eooa Wis.
Que nso Deeu Aepshn wiu
soei Davis sor nearly tnlee years. sas'
was a oacneior OF twenty -"eveu' u,lns
on the next ialm west. ne was stcau1'
SOBER ana INDUSTRIOUS ana everyooay
saia tnat ne "ou'o make sosne eal' q
sood nusoana nu. 1eei was .'so nusn-
iui ana retirine' ne was IN 'ove VAN
Minnie. 10 De sure Dot tnat very iact
maze MN tremp'e IN ner presence. a
hundred u'nes over In tine last Two
years ne nad resolved 10 propose. out
on each ana every occasion MS courase
nad oozed out OF MS myers ends' ne
'Ieit that tue ume must ana wouio
come. pat whetnef II wouid take an
eartnquaKe OF cyclone 10 otln4 II
ABOUT ne WASH sure.
IL was three Gays oeiore Aunt Ju-
attn saw joel. sne hked MS looks ana
that changed her plans somewhat Sne
hadn't been going I" say WORD to
Minnie. but now she changed about
and opened fire with:
swell, am astOnfshed! 30 that's
the Teller that has been hanging
around here for half his lifetime and
will probably die Of old age on your
fathers doorstep"
II don't know what you mean by
hanging around" retorted Minnie,
with blush and toss of her head.
"Why. coming over here two or three
times week to talk about grasshop-
pers and tater bugs. am surprised
at You. What can you see in such \
Teller to encourage him? 1 suppose he
knows pumpkins from souashes. but