The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-06

By EMERSON BURRls

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To get the whole benefit Of the stu
alton set UP tent. built q floor
with my own hands and did what I
could to make my habtation attrac-
tive. In this failed signany 10 is
not 10 a man to bcautify homes At
any rate, Il was not in me The en-.
/ terror furnishings of mine consisted Of
cat and trunk As for food. ] was
encamped on the bank Of stream Ia
which there were plenty Of fish, and
I when wanted meat could shoot
game, but not near where I, was ]
had to so quite a distance for that
and usually made an all day trip Of il
In the region near about me there
were scattered houses, some Of them
farmhouses, some summer cottages for
city persons, for the country was very
beautiful and the air salubrious. The
greater part OF these houses were now
vacant, but there were a number Of
them occupied. None Of them were
very near me, or rather, in selecting
a camping ground cot as far as pos.
sibIe away from all Of them.
One day, on returning from q hunt
ing trip, on entering my tent I met
with a surprise. A dainty little wash
stand, with bowl and pitcher, stood in
one corner while above 1t hung a
small mirror. Several colored litho-
graphs were pinned to the tent walls,
On the floor was a wicker armchair
such as is used in summer on piazzas.
In the center Of the tent was a tiny
table, with a lamp on it. Ishad used
a candle
That some woman had done all this
was my first thought; that she had
seen me and taken an interest In me
was my second; that she was young,
comedy and otherwise attractive was
my third
These preliminaries having flashed
through my mind, looked about me
to observe the cottages nearest nae
with a view to locating the lady who
had made me comfortable, The sur
rounding dwellings were all on higher
ground and my view Of most OF them
unObstTucted by trees There they
were, bathed in the light OF the setting
sun, but not one OF them had word
Of information for me. And yet | fan
cied that concealed in one Of them
girl had a pair OF glasses fixed on me.
watching to see how | acted at the
moment of my discovery of her handi-
work. So / stood In front Of the tent
with my face toward the landscape.
took of my hat and threw a kiss.
No response came to me- The cot
tages were as mute as before But in
fancy / heard a musical laugh ring
Ing out on the quiet air.
Building my fire ir my irnproyised
range, a number of dat stones, / pro
ceeded to cook my supper, a brace OF
quails | had shot during the day.
was thinking the while that my bene.
factress was watching me. And the
next day had proof that she was. for.
going to the spring from which l OBJ
tanned my water supply, on my return
found sticking i'm the ground few
yards from my tent an arrow and
wrapped about it bit Of paper bear
ing the words:
Leave anything you wish cooked at the
store and It win be attended to.
was not slow In availing myself OF
the invitation-no that needed much
culinary work done. but because hoped
thereby to get clew' Of, the cook. But
In this I.Was disappointed. The store
keeper was an old woman, who was
very deaf. or pretended to be; at least
she turned deaf ear to. my inquiries
The only reply got was Tomorrow"
| inferred that I was to come tomor
row for the bird left, and when
did so I received Il deIiciously cooked
win not specify the devices ! EN-. 1
plOyed TO find out who was my bene
factress. made excuses to chat win
several OF the ladies' OF the neighbor-
hood. or one l begged the loan Of
needle and thread, of another little
baking powder, OF another some qui-
nine. Each and every one Of these
persons granted my request willingly,
but ! gained no information from any
one OF them.
discovered my girl, however, and
by accident, or, rather. by taking ad-
vantage OF seeing something that gave
a clew. Having occasion to visit the
express Office at the railway station. ]
saw box bearing the label Of vend-
en- OF sporting goods addressed to a
Miss Clara Farnsworth. The size and
shape OF the box led me to believe that
1t contained archery goods. stralght-
way inquired which was the Farms
worth cottage. and my informant d..
rected me to one no nearer and no far
Their than the rest, but especially well
situated to get view OF my camp.
Tagging a bullet with a note OF
thanks to Miss Farnsworth for her
kindness to me, fred the bullet Into
\ large tree In the front yard OF the
FarnswOrth place The next day a
note came TO me through the post from
Mrs. FarnswOrth acknowledging that
the family had seen my camp and
could not resist temptation TO make
it more comfortable The lady also ex-
tended an invitation for me to CALL
| found Mr. and Mrs. Farhsworth's-
family to consist Of one daughter nine
teen years old Now that the secret