Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-06-21

.l.sn imprisonment. defamation uf
character. and so on and so on. Tho
i3 different ailments OF fruit trees
were all mixed up in one big scare as
the warrant was read
What made the matter dozen
times worse was that the two farmers
were suddenly seized with loss OF
memory. They might possibly have
witnessed two cases OF trespass by
two Graces. two Susans or two Pollys,
but they wouldn't want to swear to it.
And then. to cap the climax, Mis-
Grace Halaey came upon him as hn
was making a diagnosis OF a deal
plum tree and said;
you can have your old bushe
back II you want 'em. They are dead
as punk"
Then II was you that took them7"
Nobody else"
But ! have had Miss Haskell az
rested!"
More fool you! She has also hNd
you arrested. and you may bet the
will make II hot fop you'll"
I'll think l will call and have
talk with her" said Mr., Renfew as
he gave the old plum tree kick and
felt that he didn't care what diseas2
Il died Of
Better keep away. young man. Her
old man is just aching to get his paws
on you, and they keep bad bulldog
and boss hired man that once
chased, John L. Sullivan three miles"
"But--but-"
"Oh. don't be a squeaier! You are
stung and you might as we'll begin Il
count on the twenty-five Thousand,
You ought to have known that took
the bushes and had me arrested.
Guess you'll have to take soothing
syrup to sleep o. nights after this!"
Mr.. Renfew consulted two different
lawyers In the city, They said he was
up against It, He care back nad
drove by the Haskell house Tho
bulldog growled and showed his tee'h,
and the bad hired man spat on his
hands and removed his coat
Commit suicide? Flee the count
Ambush the girl as she rode out 'a'l
assassinate her?
The situation might not have n:
fected n poet so hard but II unset
the horticulturist until II man hal
come along and asked him at what
age sour apple tree begins TO grow
sugar plums he could not have told
him within ten years
When all hope deserts one Fate
jumps In. One day when he had
worried and stewed and fretted until
he could hardly see straight Mr.. Rem.
few borrowed boat and went row.
ing down. the river It was not
To- 4. lt,f
one just big enough to give Fate n
fair show. At certain stretch
there were high bluffs and deep wa
ter. It was on one OF these bluffs
that Miss Grace Haskell sat fishing
as Mrfi Renfew came gliding down.
They could not see each other for the
bushes lining the bank. but an old
COW ashore saw the girl and without
rhyme or reason made for her. Cows
have various emotions. and human
beings can't tell what particular one
will come uppermost at a particular
time
There were screams and shrieks.
There was a charging COW. There
was a lodging girl. Then space of
blur some forty feet long and TWEEN
ty feet wide gave way and went
down into the river. The girl and
the COW with 1t. Mr. Renfew wasn't
fifty feet away. He did not hesitate
a moment between the price of cows
and girls. He got the girl. but in a
halfdrowned condition. He got her
to the house by means OF passing
auto. He got doctor by means CT
another.
Miss Grace is wearing an engage.
ment ring, and the suits we're settled
out OF court.
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicatel