The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-01-16
The Man
hat " atcf,ed
G, Ei Csc GRAFTON

q farm his f;statf hi bought san,e
time afore he Gi...l Mabel she didn't
want hia IL - right aff, jest helm
married. .i.st he's Daf one u them
kind to tinpN snings away and ie s
| wanted TO sessse the farm for the nest
season. Il he didn't dc aothips 70 ap. ~;
/ it i,d hava TO remain yaeans. ems. r
vas January. and there was somep u In
dc aiore plowin' time 80 Mabel she
!, didn't object
| Gy. havin' got a nice little wifes felt
as II he'd bought a thoroughbred ecit
that tilought be inistreatpd af some
body n,oi,gnt get away with while be
wasn't around. He had q spe.-i.,
| friend, Js,ars .linisins, thai ne knowea
he could rely on. and be says to fo,A,
says he: Tom. fmF goiE west to see
about leasin nv farm I'm gofi1 ~
stay till lind party 10 take II. IA
| may not be back for seSerai weeks
It's kind q hard on me TO, leave new
+! wife right after marryiB and MS
nard ON Mabel too. | wish yo,t'd ~ in
aud see her oncet IN awhile, nike Der
to sunday eveniB' ineetln ana
i,ang up good show comes along rake
aer To see it. That way she weD'i lie 1
sc lonesome -
"Ail right. Cy Anything else r
NO" SAID t.y thoughtfullg, "nofhis
particeier You mought keep mn eye
IN Pete Owsiey while I'm gone pfte
and Mabel were mighty thick onsei
didn't know bnt she'd nlarry hssA
stead a. me Course D have perifri
confidence in Mabel, but D 60Da nee
no t,se ieayin' stable door open With, Z
| out i,u su.d reaspn.
| s"ReckOn catch oas Cy I'll jest
| keep my eye skinned. =
| Course il wouldn't do 30 Jet Mabel
| know about It She might not like u
II understand. NUNS The woFst
The first Saturday night affer ~
went away Tom slicked up aAd vert
Ito see the bride. He thort she'd M
derstaiid his comm better II ne tola
| her Cy was afearpd she'd be lonesome
and 4knpwed he was eomiN 80 he
| told her SO That was all right. She
L dlb"t'u NY 9Dtf
passed a pleasant eyei,ia iogeibtr
and Tom said he'd drop In oneti IN
| awhile agin.
The next time he did who sisoHill ne
f1nd there hut Pete Owsiey Pete and
Mabel had been jist friendly like. y d
/ Cy's thinkin there was anything Isore
between 'ein was nothin. bni material
Jealousy. Mabel she done ihe iJrst.
she could IT, tiltertaia; I'VE e:allers e,
oneot bui Tom he nEde II kind hard
| for her. seein Der iliisban had field
him he didn't want Pete hangin
4 arDnnd. Fact Is Tom tried TO sci Pete
out. Soen as Pete got on to that be
fist allowed he'd SET there an night
afore he'd be driv ont that way
The end of 1t was that Mabel had TO
give tm a broad hint to 20. and they
! both went out al The same time.
"Yon seemed kind q iiuffy tonlgbtg
said Rete tt, Tom as they went aiming
/ the rrsad together tnder the stasIigbi
@sEaaI. Cy Mawkfns is 4 mighty good
friend o. miHe. and he asked ME To
Keep his wife from bein ioirseme
| while ne. Wsissa vi, 4 didns expect
to see .yeiL there's IS.
why not r
| WAL. | heered yon and Mabel Was
kind so' thick oneet. and i/ailowed 3
man that had been thick WITH. ;spofher
mans wife hef6re she was nlarr.,'d
al i bad lost her wouldn't think II Jt't
right N soon as the man tfaf beat bin
went away to. go snooliB around
es.0h. We dian'ta Waai, all. ! got TO
: say Is that when | call on nybotlF
Amt goin. to ask your nermissiaBS
Jist then the road forked. and shes
took different forks. Rete told slaIs.
Eall ahest Teas interference, aEc she
sent right off for Tom and wunied "a
know what It nlealt EoAp tsiefl 10 {
/ take the sponsibility or his own sisees-.
ders. but II want no use. Mabel kaow
ed e. had alters been jealoussa ietes
and that cy aud Tom was ,.iOsse
friends. Takin these two with the
!! fact THAT Cy had asked ToA To ieDk
out Tor. her. she suspected tir ban tsIds.
/ Torn, 10 look out for Pete toe.- S-ss
~NImntpn is kind O contrary nis,s;
bel Raaged tile matter in, her own
WHY. She played soft TO Tom. asld
i Tom ki,uAved that Pete COME to see
i her often SHE spt Tom All mixed sfl,e
$50 hi. hnt,,'i tueN whether he was On
his he;id III MS il..,'l~ ne as.s sassd !
at hsr iiiisimn fi,r ;S,tt1n S.siS on I
her. as sue eaii.-I ii aud anta Pom
for betH The watel set. bur ~ssesailnw
Led she'd shows all tile punishment on
ter Tom
Cy got home IN the evenip siaieis
knowed he was COMM aud nlan;;gesi To-.
git Tom and I.eie there nj the same
time. When Cy come t,p the: walk 10.
his homie be heered Two men ya.jawin
/, AT each oIhpr He heered his busuir
friend Tom Jinkins guir forsPete. tell
IN linn That II he ecer come there ag'lss.
he'd e-haw him ~
Cy went In. and there was his wife.
setfiI. hy the lamp srwiii as uIs,.uI.
sariaed rs possii,ie. Roth the lneM ioDks
ed at hin. surprised and Tom, snddeBs
~ comm 10 himself looked as .f he'd
ike TO git out through a knotiIase
sCy. said his wife. "don't be STEER
ed You told Tom IT, take keer ~ nle.
md he's been dim of ii Sexf hing