The Detroit times., 1914-06-10

saying things TO neI dark ones. and
his voice, when he read German TO
her, out Of books, wasn't FAR behind
hers, And when he sung TO her, with
the guitar. German songs, like Biau
list Elm Blumelein. | just didn't Know
my son no more, IL was a kind OF
language without words
Jon, be was entirely different from
the rest OF the freundschatt, anyhow
|, never could understand him myself
which was his daddy Now, you
could read Dave like a book through
and through Il was wonderful, the
difference between those TWO brothers
And. handsome jon With long
careless yellow haid that he use TO
shake out Of his eyes, and couple,
or So OF little whlskers hiding out
on his face,
The first | knew what was actu.
ally up was one day Evelyn brought
the dinner to the field We were
reaping with sickles in the New
Bought-Field. me and Jon and the
hireland. because the rye was too
much lodged 70 take the machine in.
Yet the rye was good, and We needed
IT for roasting 10 make coffee. Real
coffee had gone up 10 a dollar a
pound
didn't know Evelyn was about at
all till Jon dropped his sickle and
run way cross the field and got her
OF the fence where she was sticking
fact. with the jug and the basket TO
manage, and scared couple OF
harmless COWS a-watching what she
was going TO do about H.
Jonathan carried the jug and the
basket 10 the old shellbark tree and
looked like he was crazy to carry her,
too She had no umbrell and he held
his big straw nat over her head TO
keep the sun off She looked like a
glowing red flower But / expect old
JOINTLY had no idea how fine he look
ed in his shining bare head, with the
sun on IL.
NOW. that's strange" thinks /. TO
myself, that Jon should notice once
that woman had a fence TO climb.
He used 10 laugh at them when cows
got after them And il has TO De
mighty funny when Jon laughs.
JOINTLY says |. how did you
know? Was you expecting herr"
II must have been, daddy" laughs
Jonathan back at me-
was you expecting him-to rescue
you from the fearful cows?" | also
asked OF Evelyn
Il must have been. daddy" says
She exactly like Jon, and smiles that
smile ! have been telling you about
white teeth, red lips and love by the
bushel,
And neither didn't know the other
was coming?'
They both said no.
"One OF those"
Condolences" says they both at
once.
Evelyn was leaning up against the
old shell-bark tree and swinging
Betsy's Sunday sunbonnet, which
she's borrowed OF the cook, by the
strings, right into ions face and
both was laughing Now. what DO
you think OF that for two such sol.
ennis, But II looked nice--very nice.
Behind Evelyn was the big black
tree. and behind that. yet, the yellow
wheat pitching about. under the wind
like the waves OF the ocean-at least
| expect So though ! have never seen
the ocean-and I don't suppose it's
yellow--and for a background, the
blue old sky with little sugar.loaf
clouds like they might fall on us II
looked like that picture in the old
red Bible, Of Ruth reaping-if Evelyn
had just had a sickle yet. and shorter
clother But handsomer than Ruth
enough sight One OF Ruth's eyes
wasn't printed right. And. anyhow
Evelyn's eyes couldn't be printed
hair and whiskers Just fitting into
the color plan OF the wheat wasn't
so very far out OF the picture, neither.
And expect. n some one else was
telling this he might say that me and
the hireland was somewhere near the
frame
Daddy" saws EVELYN, 81 can get
work here--lii work I"
Just in fun She couldn't work
Such hands as she had on the ends
OF her arms are for ornament, not
work
Eyes" said I. you can We're Just
one hand short You can take Dawes
place. Get his old rusty sickle and
sharpen II up. and wen throw him
out OF the family In exchange for you
and let him Join the rebels II he's so
crazy to- To all intents and purposes.
as aforesaid as SQUIRE Schwartz says,
you are, my son Dave, and my son
Dave. IS dtsdwuea iust IA fun, as
you can see Dave never worked
We all laughed a little not hard,
and Jon. he says with look at Eve
lyn.
she can easy take Dawes sickle.
He was never much Of hand with
the sickle-but-"
but not his place in your hearts! :"