The Meeker herald., 1914-06-06
An
Interference
By JOHN Y. LARED

ton one morning when was o1t1nG
On the porch joking dreamily on The
buds that were opening ON tho trees.
.Nothing." replied
Eyes; there y.
Deth and were great chums. There
was not much more than = year BE-
tw,en u, and was used to giving her
my confidence about everything. re-
solved to throw my burden upon her In
this case.
"You know Alice Woodson"-
'Oh. = case Of lovesickness."
made no reply to this. was sorry
! had begun q confession.
'tGo on, Billy Beth added.
II won't You'll only poke fun at
me-"
.Not bit Of it Ill help you. Don't
you know that I. being q girl. know
Just how 4 girl should be treated t0 b
won7''
.You can't tell me how to win Alice.
In the nrSt place, she's in love with
Fred Perkins; In the second. she seems
to have some sort Of grudse against
me. and In the third"-
THAT'S enough. You needn't tell me
any more. Now. listen to mo. knew
all about this before l asked what was
the matter with you. I've been watch
ing you and watching Alice. and I'm
convinced she's playing you"
"whatr'
playing you-a sort Of cat and mouse
buslneAs.''
.oh. boshl For week past she has
treated me abominabiy and all the
while has been looking up with her
syss At Fred like a.
alike chick in q thunderstorm.
viii you do Whist tell you to dor
THAT depends upon what you tell
me-"
..The next time you meet Alice pre-
tend to be thinking about something
else and don't $50 her"
That will make matters worse"
Every we'll; II you won't take tho
medicine prescribe. 60 your own
road"
concluded to try Bsth's prsscrip-
ing pretended to be absorbed in some
thing else. and Just before We were to
come together ] turned on In another
direction. That was In the morning.
In the aftesnooo Of ths same day ws
INST again. / couldn't play the sams
game twies IN ths same day. 20 l
looked at her. me looked 1t ma too.
q, rathsf, she STARED at No with ce3d,
blank, wt1Asg4As stAxe that fEpse ths
nafsew L. ~ heosss ! Hoak 70 Dosh
md abussd hsri for sstftns - ists
sch pickle.
You're ~ weak ~ watsred milk. Tn
sorry tried 70 Do anything Tor you.
! couldn't love q man could bluff
Ike that"
"what would you want him to DOR
Crush me Ike . worm"
slow crush your
"Wili you simply do nothing 10 far
- Alice ID concerned and leave tho rest
10 mer'
Since felt entirely incapable Of
carrying ON such q contest myself I
agreed to this Fabian policy. During
the next few days l kept out Of Alice
Woodson's way 20 far % I could.
When saw her coming toward me
changed my coufss. tried not to look
troubled or angry or anything in par
tdcular. did my best to show NO esps-
cial emotion while waiting for Beth to
Do something.
One day I mst Alice face to face.
Bhe babe mo good morning in a rather
hu6y tone. replied to her salutation.
II can understand now" she said.
your recent unff1endllness to. mo
since have learned the cause"
"What causer'
''oh, don't pretend ignorance! used
10 think that you had Z mind Of your
own"
"And you don't think 20 now.'
you're the nrst man I ever knew
who would permit his sister to run
him"
I began to catch on to what was at
tho bottom Of this. Beth had evidently
been at work.
What do you mean BY my Sister
running mer'
"rm not supposed to tell. but made
NO promise. Beth has told me all about
It"
About whatr'
about your new fancy. Mr.. 1gno-
rance, or. rather. her fancy. Any one
can see that she Il trying to bring
It about herself. and with such q Pill
able brother dare say she WILL"
plucked up lot OF courage at this.
Beth had evidently produced . rsyolu-
ton.
do you mean to say that my sister
has been betraying my conndencer'
ssYour confidence! why. she told
ma hernelf that ahA w~a henf IN ,nak
ing = match TOR you. She said she
wanted you to marry 4 giri that was
her friend.~
was pretty stupid. but not 70 stu
pd - not 10 see Beth's device and
what It had accomplished. I cut the
matter short BY saying that when I
married would consult no one but the
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