Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-06-27

quired Only : NV iaors porapss. wan
delayed her effand TO the river until
half-past owl hoot, or %. 6uddeKily
she felt q tug 1t one of the long
strands Of her black hair, aiid when
she recovered her balance she saw her
frowning father pointing to the biE
jar.
She was the last to make the trip
that evening, and 1t was the last time
she ever made It. ss
Ar heard her coming. for she was
whistllng. Some doubt II women
whistled then, but Wan must have,
since Ar heard her. He drew himself
together ana waited till Wan had Just
passed below.
Then the writ OF ejectment became
a proposal Of marriage-though 1t was
SO sudden that Wan didn't become
conscious Of that or OF anything else
for q fairly long time. Indeed, 1t was
during their wedding Journey that she
came to her senses Gas has happened
to more than one BRIDE sinceD to md
herself supported by man whose
sphere OF life lay far from the scenes
of her girlhood.
Ar made good time, considering that
Wan was q nice rounded specimen Ut
her race; and he had begun to wonder
how they would furnish their living
room when pesky yellow dog began
to publish this latest scandal In high
life.
Ar lowered his fair burden and
sought to issue an Injunction by means
of the familiar war club. But the cur
refused to accept service, and utterins
had yet been invented, Ar took up the
whittsh mans burden and also ran.
followed by the faithful hound.
The dog was the property Of Vans
brother, and luckily for Ar, the owner
was the only one who had faith
enough in the animal to tear himself
from the delicious rare bear-steak
supper, in the belief. that the dog
might be baying at something besides
the moon-which was new and small
Vans brother dropped his chunk
having his sister to support, the pur-
suer rapidly overcame the lead se-
cured by the young couple, and was
soon in a position to enter his objec-
tions to the proposed alliance. The
first objection took the shape OF a
rock that was not fatal to Ar only
because 1t didn't hit him full on.
So Ar once more dropped Wan and
turned his attention to the impending
action for damages.
There were no preliminaries, but
both at once proceeded to settle who
should be best man. Ar preferred
hearth for his suit, but the other in
sisted on making 1t clubs, and led out
strongly. The brother had the best
of 1t from the start, and soon by q
lucky stroke sent Ar to the ground.
And as he went down, Ar lost hold OF
his club.
With cry Of triumph the victor
dropped upon the fallen Ar, club
raised In air and grin Of unholy Joy.
But then came an unexpected finale.
Suddenly there was (permit 1t once
more) a dull thud, and the form Of
the threatening brother toppled for
ward to reveal an angry Amazon who
had seized the weapon that her lover
had dropped and used 1t to answer her
brothers objection to her making q
new start in life.
Ar gazed a moment in bewildernnent
and then as it dawned on his really
stone-age mind that the lady was not
quite Indifferent to his attentions, ne
tumbled the limp brother aside and
gathered the lady into his arms.
They did not wait to lend first aid
to the third party but hand in hand
threaded their way through the
mazes Of the wood to that new world
which is the old.
And they lived happily ever after
for aught know.