The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-09-25

~Adl mat guAuS sCuSNAc0a 81 At
come back in the sneaking hope O
seeing that young imbecile again this
year? Aud don't you see that tina,
young inb1cile has come back In the
hopes Of meeting that young fool OF a
female person.?
No, Marian. I don't see as I do I
answered. Because, you see, each Of
EN- told me he and she wanted to be
in a nice. lonely place, where there
wasn't any Of the opposite sects
around
well, 81, when I said you was a
fool was speaking only from nine
and thirty years experience, she says.
But now I'm speaking out of the ex.
peTience Of Just about a hundred mil
lions of women. l guess you won't un-
derstand that, 81 But anyhow, this
is what you're agoing to do
she told me what l was agoing tc
90, and, having had experience OF
what comes from not doing it, l went
and did it. I stopped young Mr.. Evers-
leigh the next morning, as he was
walking up and down in front Of Ned
Changers cow-shed, thinking over {
poem.
Why, Mr.. Eversleigh,' said, II
didn't go and forget about Old Mans
Head. There's a nice lonely place ii
you like. And there's a camp there,
too. Only, you see, once you're there,
you can't get of unless you send me a
signal to come over with the boat.
The very place says he, jumping
at the idea When can you take me
over there?'
This afternoon. I suppose, I an.
swers.
And If l should have reasons to
want to run ashore, you'll come over
the minute l put up the signal?' he
asks me. And thinks to myself that
he means to keep his eyes peeled for
Miss Sadie after all.
Surely I answers. Just hoist a
white rag or something on the flag.
pole. I'll be over in about half an
hour
Its a bargain says young Mr..
Eversleigh. And with that he didn't
1--WE me no peace till I'd got out the
boat and filed It with stuff from Jim
L~ittlefeld's store. and started 10 row
him across to Old Mans Head.
Il knew Miss Sadie would be sketch
ing on the south rocks that time OF
the day, so l rcwed him round to the
north end on pretense Of the tide be-
ing strong, and l showed him where
the camp was in the distance. Then I
pulled back as hard as l could and
waited.
The day wore on toward afternoon,
and I reckoned that them Two ought
20 have found each other. and I was
looking to see the signal hoisted II a
frantic soF OF way. But there didn't
come no signal / asked my missis
bout it, but she didn't seem 10 en-
courage ne, and so / started out about
O'Clock rather IN q panic and won
isrizg what I ought TO do.
Frs, man I met was the Rev. stod-
srs-y0u remember him don't you
arr ot humorous chap with 2 gray
beard and a twinkle vixen he looked a.
III He'd cone down b. the after
Ooh rain
The very nan 7 wanted 70 see
ne says catching holt q ne Can
.0u tell NE
OF a nice lonely place where you
an write a few sermons without be
az l--lrhed I says
Sow how IN thunder ID you
now he inquired, letting % o. ne
md Gaping at me.
Never mind Z answers him. What
You want .s Old Mans Head over
eouder ] can get you a box Of pro
isious and row you over afore sun
down. Only there ain't no way Of
getting back unless you hoist the sig
nal-which the same is a white rag
IN a pole.
Take ne there says the rever-
nd I want to breathe the baimy sea
cir Tits night, after being cooped up
H.
Not a word, 7 answers. 7 know
Just how you feel But III be watch
ug m Il grows dark, an II you've
J forgot anything. or want me, Just hoist
the signal and III be over In a Jny'
r Wen. SIR. I calculated that by that
Inc young Mr. Eversleigh and Miss
sadie would have decided that It was
t-laling tine, aaG I didn't want to
=, 80 the fay Just then. So I got the
D Nav and the provision box into the
e boat and pulled round 10 the north
cnd. I showed him where the camp
as, and I pulled for the shore again.
-caching It Just about sundown. And
here l sat and waited.
I 1T was nearly too dark TO see when
The signal went up.
"Oi ! goes, and the three OF them
was or the beach, waiting for me.
hadn't hardly got out Of the boat than
young Mr.. Eyersleigh catches holt OF
2 ne like a madman.
"'What do you mean by this in.
n fernal trick you've played me? he
shouted.
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