Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-01-02

with my, knife. Why don't you wear
overshoes ?" 8
Il never have coldl" she retorted.
why, Minnie, Is that your"
Quick" I painted. "Thoburn and
Mr. Won invalid coming -basket-lan-
tern-warn the shelter-house!"
Great Scott!" Mr.. Pierce said.
Here, you girls crawl over the fence;
you'll be hidden there. I'll run back
and warn them"
The lantern was swinging again. Mr..
Thoburn's grumbling came to US
through the snow.
Il can't climb the fence!" Miss Pat
ty said pitifully. But Mr.. Pierce had
gone.
1 reached my basket through the
bars and climbed the fence in a hurry.
Miss Patty had got almost to the top
and was standing there on one snow
covered rail, staring across at me
through the darkness.
Il can't, Minnie" she whispered
hopelessly. Il never could climb a
fence, and in this skirt"
Quick" said in low tone. The
lantern was very close. @Put your leg
over"
| She did, and sat there looking down
at me like scared baby.
Now the other"
! I'll can't" she whispered. 'If ]
put them both over I'll fall"
| |Hurry!!"
With little grunt she put the 9th
er foot over, sat a minute with agony
in her face and her arms out, then she
slid of with squeal and brought uI
In a sitting position inside the fence
corner dropped beside her.
What was that noise?" said Tho
burn, almost upon us. "Something's
moving inside that fence corner"
cts them deers," Mikes voice this
time. We could make out the three
! figures. 'sDarned nuisance, them deers
is They'd have been shot long agt
| If the springhouse girl hadn't object
ed. She thinks she's the whole cheese
around here"
Set it down again." Mr.. Won In
wald painted. We heard the rattle d
bottles as they put down the basket
and the next instant Thoburn's ia
hand was resting on the rail of thu
fence over our heads / could fee
Miss Patty trembling beside me.
But he didn't look over. He stoot
there resting, breathing hard, ant
swearing at the weather, while Mix,
waited. in surly silence, and the vol
| invalid cursed in German
After my heart had been beating il
| my ears for about three years the ia
| hand moved, and heard the rattle o
glass again and Thoburn's groans a
he bent over his half OF the load.
Come on" he said, and the other
grunted and started on
/ When they had disappeared In tn
snow we got out of our cramped posi-
4 ton and prepared to scurry home. q
climbed the fence and looked afte
| them. "Humph!" said, 81 guess tina
basket isn't for the hungry poor. +,
give good bit to know" Then
turned and looked for Miss Patty. Sh
was fiat on the snow, crawling be
tween the two lower rails Of the fence
Have you no shame?" demanded
/ She looked up at me with her hea
and half her long sealskin Goa
through the fence.
None, ,''sshe said pitifully. "Minnit
I'm stuck perfectly Tight"
4 "You ought to be left as you are"
said, jerking at her, for people t
a come" jerk tomorrow to look at''-
jerk. She came through at that, an
we lay together in the snow and lik
to burst rib laughing.
You'll never be a princess, Mis-
Patty" declared. You're too lowl
minded"
i She sat up suddenly and straigh
ened her sealskin cap on her head
II WISH" she said unpleasantly.
wish you wouldn't always drag in di
agreeable things, Minnie!'
And she was sulky all the way
the house.
81 Miss Summers came to my rool
that night as was putting my hot-w
ter bottle to bed, in baby-blue sill
wrapper with band Of fur aroun
the low neck-Miss Summers,
course, not the hot-water bottle.
WE'LL" she said, Sitting down c
the foot Of the bed and staring at m
well, young woman, for person WI
has never been farther away than Fl
leyville you do pretty well!"
do what?" asked, with the cove
up to my chin.
do what, Miss Innocence!" she sa
mockingly. You're the only red-haire
woman / ever saw who didn't look
: sophisticated as the devil. I'll tell yt
: one thing, though" She reached dow
into the pocket of her dressing gov
It and brought up cigarette and
a match. "You never had me fooled f
r a minute!" She looked at me over Il
) match
l lay and stared back
t. "And another thing" she said
n never had any real intention of MARI
d ing Dicky Carter and raising a bal
it sanatorium wouldn't have the ia
r to ask Arabella to live here"
it I'm glad you feel that way, Mi
Summers l said 1--WE gone throu,
s a lot; I'm an old woman in the la
two weeks. My hairs falling from !
II having to stand up on end half t
time"
fl She leaned over and put her Gig;
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n throne decrepit old woman, in who