The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-12-04

making q donkey OF himself. He must
be two or three Of them. Instead q
going back to the girl and "fssstA0
~" and having Il ell over With n hnR
IN hour, he must 90 round Win u
air Of Q martyr and keep ~ vhoeS
United States upsst for vesks. -
Knows that tAs dri cant cd weav
visit his gents fssnishing store to ash
about Q dollar shirt for her father and
make Il an excuse for looking at him
In a heart broken way and limiting that
she has consumption and not long
to tarry. No. she cant and won't
come, and that's another crouch to
add to his stock. She ought to send
little nots-shs ought TO do this and
that. and he Keeps night on the don
key job till Destiny gets mad and
slam. bangs him.
The cousin from the west married .
girl In a village i've miles away and
went home TO his steers and his al
kali, and OF course young Aikens got
the news. That was another crouch.
Why didn't Misc Fanny deny the sos-
sip more vigorously Why didn't she
roll up her eyes, raise her right hand
and say In . loud nrm voice:
Randolph. I swear to high heaven
can never love anybody but theei
Had she 80 swornl Not by jug
full! Very we'll: Vet her suffer for the
omission.
Mr.. Aikens' furnishing store closed
at eight O'Clock In the evening lie,
always went home by paruc
route Miss Fanny was aware Of t.
but had she thrown herself In his
way and given him good evening and
show7 Not q blamed throw. and
when he thought II over he fairly
gritted his teeth
Weeks passed. Then he got the
habit OF taking evening walks along
the riverside. He would wander out
on an old dock and sit on an old bar
rel and sigh and cuss . couple Of
hours and then head for home saying
ever wore . hobbls skirt
On this night-on this particular
night-the moon rode high. to be high
er than the cost Of living. The little
waves OF the river tapped At the old
| dock. as they had been trained to do
from infancy. From various quarters
came plaintive walls Of the bullfrogs
and now and thss . dog barhed or an
owl booted.
II Was a night for reflection. II Vas
q night for a young man Who had made
a donkey OF himself to sit and thinh
whether the best dollar shirt could not
be sold for 30 cents and then make 20
per cent profiti Also to wonder how
he came to do iti Also. to wonder
why some mutual friend didn't Taxa
hold OF the matter and make II his
or her business to bring about . 10
Cancellation! Also. lots Of other
things.
A step on the doch!
II was too late In the season for
town were given to walking In their
| sleep. II Was . hight step-a human
step-not that OF . COW. IL came on.
II halted besids him One-two.
three minutes the owner OF that step
waited before whispering the name.
Randolph"
The young man looked up and gave
a start. II Was Fanny!
Never In this world will Il b. admit
ted that she knew of his presence and
had come to make up. II Is . thou
sand chances to one that she thought
he was up at Troy buying his fall
stock OF collars and cuffs. ANYHOW.
she was there.
II has been stated that tho dock
was old and rickety. II was strong
enough to Withstand q fair start. when
he heard his name lovingly whispere
That dock sighed and grosned and
staggered and went down under the
! strain.
Two feet Of water and two Of mud.
but II was enough. After the lovers
had topped around for awhile the
girls life was saved and the young
man climbed out beside her. They
were very vet and very muddy. but
they were very happy. Each had for
given the other. and the collar market
was firm At one for IL cents. or two
for quarter.
| Copyright 1919. By the Mcclure HSns-
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