The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-16
The Man
That Watched
G. lei Csc BHAY7oN

farm his f;tasr h..ti bought sun,e
time afore iie Sled Mabel she ttsj,,,
want hi;n II, -, right oil, jest hel:,'
married. -.s:t he's pot one u tL,in
kind to tis.0 !nings away. and BE
wanted to ,e;s>e the farm for the nes!
seasua Ii be didn't Dc aothiD 70 su4 ~
il 'ud .itye, to remain vaeana. 'eanse r.
va.s january, and there was s0mep'n 10
de afnrp piowin' time &c Mabel sbe
Giint Object
Gy. havin go, Il .iice liftte wife felt
as IL he'd bought q thOreughbred eek
that lnOught be inistreatpd III some
body p,o,,ght get a'Nay With while lac
wasn't around He had spe.is.i
friend. Juul+ link ms, thai he kHowea
he could re.y OH. and be says to Tora.
says he: Tom. I'm goiE' west H. see
about leasin' my farm I'm goi1, ~
stay till find party To take II. "a, .
may not be back for several weeks.
It's kind q hard Oh me TO leave BpG
wife right after Margin. ana it's
nard on Mabel too. whsb you'd ~ IN
aud see her oncet I'D awhile tnkE bes
to Sunday eveniD' Ineetln ana
bang up good show comes along take
ner to see it. That way she went lie
&c lonesome y
''Aii right. Cy Anything etse2"
no" saId Cy thoughtfnlly. "n0this'
partireer You mought keep m eye
IN Pete Owsley while I'm gone Pete
and Mabel We're mighty thick oDset
| didn't know bnt she'd mavry han
stead a. me Canrsc hare. periset
confidence in Mabel. but ! Cont Size
no Use ieavin' stable door open With,
vii s,,ni reason.
Reckon catch on.> Cy. IN i,est
keep my eye skinned. ~
Course il wouldn't DO. 90 let Mabel
know about it She might not like It "
II understand NUNS the word"
The first Saturday night after. ~
went away Tom siicked up aad w-n,
to see the bride. He thOrt she'd uB
derstand his comm better il he Told
her Cy wns afeared she'd be lonesome
aud =knowed he was eomiD 81 Ee
told her SO That was ali right She
allowed ty was mighty ihoPifHI They
passed pleasant eveIin' together.
and Tom said he'd drop in encvt. IN
awhile agin.
The next time he did w.,o Sinnti he
And there hut Pete OwSley Pete and
Mabel had been jist friendly like. - d
Cy's thnkin there was anything n,nre
between 'ein was notliin b.ii Ba;era
| Jealousy Mabel she done ibt trst.
she could te eiltertain two e:,isefs 10
| oncet. bni Tom he nlade 1t kline, . hard
| for her. seein her htisfap had teta
him he didn't want Pete habgin
around. Fact is Tom fried to set Pete
out Soon as Pete got Oh to that be
fist allowed he'd set there ALI night
afore. he'd be driy ont that way.
The end Of it was that Mabel had 10
both went out AT the same time.
"Yon seemed kind Il huffy fnnigbt.Y
said Pete to- Tom as they went aiming
the rad together NIder the starlight.
".Taal. Cy Mawkins is A mighty coed
friend o. aiHe. aud he asked PIE 10
keep his wife frems .t'eir,s lo,HsoiDe
while ne. wNssawas. 4 didhs Expect
to see Won, there ~
why not?'
WAL. heered yon and Mabel WAS
kind o: thick Oncet. and allowed 3
man that had been thick With apofher
mans wife hefore she was nlarr"d
al Il had lost her wouldn't think II Jrst
right as soon as the man that heat buD
went away to go snoonin around
"0h. We didn't: Waai, all ! gei to
say Is that when L call Oh anybody
amt goin' to ask your nersnlssiaBS
Jist then the road forked, end sLes
took different forks, Pete told siaises
all ;i,sesst Toia's interference aEc she
sent right off Cor Ton and wanted to
know; what II nleant Ton. tried 10
take the ,sponsibility or his own s,,avs-.
ders. but II want no use Mabel know
ed e. had alters been jealousa i-ete.
! and that t'y aud Tom was lose.
friends Takin these twas With the.
! fact that Cy had asked Tom to, i0Ok
out tor, her. abe suspected Gr b.ai fSi0'
Tom. to look out for Pete tee.,. -.
~ titiuttu IL httsu v ctUtFaf} -. ma
bel Ma,liged the matter in. her own
WHY, She played soft to Tom assd
| Tom knuwed that Pete come to scs
Der ofts'" SHE GOT Tom all mixed iips
SO nj rihn't tn.As whether he was IN
his ne;,d ~ MS ir.tise Ss,e w.s a,sd
| at her hiisimn f,,r S,.ft,n x wst.sis on
her. as Sue eaii.4I IT, and mae. 81 Pom
for btdHs the watch set. hiif She allow
ed she'd shove all the punishment on
ter. Tonf
Cy got home in the eveuip. as.iess
knowed he was coniin aud man;:gssi 10
git Tom and Ise,e there Mt the same.
time. When Cy come up. the. IaiK 10,
his homie " heered Two men IA jawin
,, ut eaci, OTTER. He hpered his bssuiin
friend TOM Jinkins eaili for Pete. toll,
IN him that If he erer totne there ag'in.
he'd ehaw him MP
Cy went IN. and there was his wife
setfiDs by the lamp SEWN, as uI.cUf,
sarned rs eossii,ic. isotii the men ioOh:
ed at hin. surprised. aud Tom, sudden.
y comm 10 himself. looked as IL he'd,
like to git out througA knothnse.
"Cy." said his wife. 'dont be s,ceef
ed Y0u told Tom r. take keer ~ me.
and he's hefn dim or II. Nex1 sl,tae1