The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-22
The Euel,i5,s Story
A Bucollc Courtship.

you, ED! asked MrA EOWa1uos "AAo
was busying herself, endeavorins to
coax a stubborn vine to grow over an
unsfEhtly porch pillar.
Ebenezer Edwards grinned sheep
ishly and turned redder than the red
chimney adjoining the new courthouse. /
"Hflda wouldn't look At me-" he num- +
bled. IT guess the winter she spent
down in Washington must have turned
her head and
Nothing of the SORT" interrupted |
Mrs. Edwards, sharply. "Htlda Han.
If the truth was known. I'd wager my
gold thimble to darnin' needle tnat
she wouldn't give you for all the spin
die leg dudes that parade the aspnait |
streets of our national capital.
Ebenexer scratched his auburn |
head. You don't know girls" he ven,
tured to remark. ''Hilda has changed
and I hardly know what to make OF
her.
"guess the gal il tired Of wattin Tor
you to pop the question an is bit
idisconsolate. Here you are pressn
twenty-five, will inherit the richest
| farm in Clay county. and your ram
nifty long before George Washington
cross the Delaware an took 2OO.OOo
| Hussars pris'ners-at least that's what
1 got from your great Ed
wards before he died.
mot Hussars, mother but Hes
s.ans," corrected Ebenezer. land the
number of men captured by the I'm,
mortal George was not two nunoreo
Thousand but bare ten"
"Shucks!'' said Mrs. Edwards.
don't think SO much of that. but
whether 1t was ten or two hundred the
fact remains that the Edwards
Have been rubes from time I'M
memorial" interposed the son: SON., ana ana
g ovakf IN vnyfvn n Yi
an inkling that I'll have to get hump
on %ysslf srs vo,, dr,v,n. at: Eb?. in
lquired the fond parent.
I'll tell you in due time, replied
Ebenezer as he stuffed wad OF to.
bacco into a corncob pipe and strolled
into the garden.
The golden leaves of autumn had
carpeted the broad lawn surrounding
the Edwards mansion. and DISK
September wind seemed to whisper the
death of summer when Ebenezer Ed
, wards hied himself across fields OF rip
, ened corn to the Hanson's attractive
abode. nestled in a nearby hill. to say
. eoodby Eb's mind was made up. He
, must become polished and refined be-
, fore hoping to capture Hilda. I'll win
.. her." he had grated, 'if I'm forced to
i wear a dress suit huskin' time!
!. Something that might have Sug-
gested pain fingered for a moment on
lHilda Hanson's fair features when the
! big farmer took her hand In his ana
, said gently, Pm, going away next
week. little girl. and thought I'd drop
around and tell you"
"Away?' repeated Hilda. Where!
cornell. I've studied hard and
want to take a year or so in the agri-
. cultural school. Up there they make
a modern farmer of you and gen.
: tleman swell, so they tell me-.
1.-THE ideal" pouted Rilda, why
you're acknowledged to be the best
. farmer in Clay county. and
''Nonsense.2 grinaed .Ebene<er Ed
wards. Anyhow. tbeyTubes UP our way
are antiquated in their methods"
The fact was. however. that Farmer
: Edwards sole idea In going north was
to acquire the suavity and refinement
must be worn off and then. perhaps
the fountain of love in Hilda's heart
: would be lcosened. Ebenezer longec
: to convey the ambition of lifetime
:. to the little girl of the hills. but some
= thing deferred him-the knowledge
+ that he was. as yet, a clodhopper.
Something like a mist spread ovcl
: the farmers big, blue eyes when IN
q hour later he pressed his lips to Hill
da's hand. and. looking quickly away
: and strobe down the tanbark oath.
j. golden harvest moon was riding cvel
. the tranquil heavens, and somewhere
a nightbird was singing a sonata tt
!. was far too full to appreciate thu
!. glories of the autumn evening. TX
% him the earth was dead, the birds hat
: flown, for he had buried the Joys O.
y life in the little hamlet he was lea7in,
behind, and Hilda alone could rcsur
- rect them.
>.l A heavy winter set in and Jacl
:, Frost's relentless hand gripped Ga!
:. | county for six weary months. fstl
q early in April the kindly sun shon
" forth. the frozen ground soItenea "a a
l. if by magic. and farmers near and Ia
commenced their spring piowlng
i, Ebenezer Edwards reached horne
- and when he appeared at the 1arn
d motherly instinct told Mrs. Edward
- that this was her boy, for he was ar
- rayed in so extraordinary a garb tina
a the fond parent, almost doubling tn
evidence of her senses, forgot Tor tn
j. moment to embrace him, and OK
2, claimed in amazement, Land s'axes
g Ebenezer Edwards, what is the -gorl
II comm to when husky farmer ar
:. ravs himself in sech hideous duda: :
This is the very latest coueg
70 STYLE" replied Ebenezer. proudly. a
ID he fondled his mother to his near
A. .An the swell dressers are sportin
al them
e 6 "Well!' calculated Mrs. Edward.
w while you was about it why didn
e-i you get the right size? The suit
st three sizes too small.
. 1T is a bit uncomfortable" admit
q ted Ed, with a sQuirm, but youS
r. got to keep up with the fashions, es
i'd pecially If you want to capture a girl
sy heart. Women are suckers &c
smart Clothes
ct And what brought you home:
eri Ebenezer grinned. do you SUI
ly pose that could have looked into al
other book after that hot sun cam
at out? I'm through with coisege' ar
AZ to be candid, mother dear, I'm dca
in anxious to get out of these cloths