Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-11-21

approval or not he couldn't exactly
make out He found her to be a brisk
little woman of less than forty, and
he did some pleasant thinking as he
walked home. Moses was hoeing corn
most furiously, and the father sus
picioned something, but waited till eve
ming to ask:
Moses. did you go over to the
widows?"
Why, l jest ran over to see If she
got here safe"
But told you to keep away from
there"
Look here, dad, I'm not a kid. I'm
twenty years old. I'm working for
you as hired man, but you mustn't
try to boss me about outside things.
II | can marry nice wilder with a
nice farm I'm goin' to do it."
But this one is ten or fifteen years
older than you are"
i have read that true love takes no
account of years"
I'm a-tellin' you agin, young man,
to keep away from the widders!"
almost shouted the father. I'm not
goin' to see a son of mine make a
tool of himself if l can help it."
Thanks, dad, but what about them
whiskers of yourn"
Moses, can't a father spill ink on
his whiskers without bein insulted
about it! l he can't then you had
better draw your wages and dig out
O. herel"
That was the beginning of thing
that lasted three months and caused
much rancor. Moses refused to be
convinced that young man of his age
shouldn't have matrimonial designs
against widow even ninety years
old, and the father kept his whiskers
colored a jet black and put his best
foot foremost. There was hardly an
evening but that one or the other
called, and by tacit consent they di-
vided the evenings. One sat sulking
at nome while the other was absent,
and when the absent ono walked
into the house he was greeted with:
so you hung on until the widow
had to kick you out!"
On the contrary, she wanted to
know what my great hurry was to
get home"
I'll bet she hoped you'd never come
again!"
why, she asked why l didn't come
oftener!"
Their habit had been to work to-
gether in the field-to sit and smoke
and talk together-to take turns about
cooking and to eat together, but all
this was changed. Both went to Farm
er Oxford at different times to ask
favor. When 1t was the father he
said:
Il want you to talk to Moses That
boy Is making a perfect dunn fool of
hisself. He is In love with the Wilder
barrow, and he thiaks she is idiot
huff to take up with boy of his
age. Talk to him and make him I'M
derstand what a ninny he Is.
And when it was Moses he would
say:
You have noticed dads whiskers,
Of course?"
wall, yes, I've kinda noticed EN-"
And smelt em?"
Jest Whit or two now and then"
What dye 'spose he dyed 'em fur?"
Il don't know"
ITO make the Wilder Darrow think
he is ten years younger'n what he is!
Talk to him and tell him what a fool
he is. By George, but when an old
man gets giddy what circus he
makes of himself! Talk to dad. Tell
him to wash off that dye and go to
reading his Bible and prepare for the
gravel"
This state of affairs continued for
weeks, and after a bit the widow
barrow had knowledge Of 1t. She
had vein of deviltry, and she helped
1t along in way. She kept both
father and son from talking love, but
was charmingly friendly and time
went on until the father said to him
self one day:
81 am goin' right over there to-
night and pop the question"
And, curious coincidence, Moses
thought and said the same thing.
They lodged each other at the house
and met at the widows gate.
They glared at each other. Tbey
breathed hard. They breathed harder.
They were about to clinch in deadly
conflict when the widow came trip
ping down to say:
When / left Kansas l was engaged
to nice man. He will be here to-
morrow, and we are to be married
the day after You are both invited
to the wedding"