Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-17

arms around your neck and told you
how extremely fond i am OF you
ou may throw your arms around
the room, for all \ care. If you'll keep
quiet while telephone s Il, $5 \.
! q; It was Mrs Spotswood whom he
called upon the wire, and gladly. nay,
deligntedly, she promised to take
charge Of the engrossing task of get
ting the Jones homestead ready for its
future master. .$l s* ". } MI
when shall i be able to move int"
he asked. Id i..i 55s ). IL; HI 1:
4 6" If Mrs. Robinson's as good a house
keeper as she has always been. you
could move in today si.;5$ I Nj
Within an hour she called him up
and told him that Mrs. Robinson was
Just as good housekeepers as ever,
that the rooms had all been aired. that
he had been expected hourly. ss
Can we have dinner there tonight"
why not o. #I s.,s .s4s RI I
You mean, it II 4. M III s q! !;
i""Of course" ..i s5z55 i:s +,
+ ..''vill you. the Judge and Clara dine
with me = $S IA. H; 4 fs;: .f
.sWell, I should say so."" J. IL W. 4. &
$ssTell Mrs. Robinson that I'll be early
enough to tell her how extremely fond
i am OF her before we start to eat.
And I'll bring Bob and Miss
Richards .j5. I, " .s 5$ .z5 (.
Mrs. spotswood laughed. "And
who o. Z 81 ~: 4; VI d Z; d 4, 8
."'You mean JOSEF" {. % !. & u % 5S
Eyes" (. ,lz I'll, IN b 4 4 x ;5 { l5s3E
'Well, say SO, then. She'll be mad
If you don't stop calling her Miss Rich
ards" x sja t . 5:., IL =; 51,l .,
Broadway turned from the telephone
and faced the maiden of whom they
had spoken. MRS spotswood says
you'll come to dinner and that you
will be angry II I don't stop calling
you Miss Richards Is she right?"
"She's always right" I: "a
"'Then, Josie, will you come to. din
ner? I'll have all the boys and girls,
including Judge and Mrs. Spotswood.".
It'll be glad to come" said Josie.
And she blushed. 355.st ;aS (. I. {&i AZ
That was not strange, but that
Broadway felt himself confused and
also blushing was thing which had
not happened Of late years. Sammy
came in at the moment with tele-
gram for Wallace. Broadway, who
was very happy. as he looked At Josie's
cheek (half view, from the back)
promptly invited him. Il; 45lii. /. 1: !
<S5f'I'll -, be - there" said the mighty
child. And - 49, shall - bring -.
my 49, banjo. = 4 II \, 5s 5.s5. I. d y
Broadway; did not notice how his
sweet young Office manager involun-,
tarily shuddered. b. 5 !. 5.1s3.
It was q pretty. evening. The sun
was setting in the midst OF an extreme
ly gorgeous Turner sky, even II it was
on Jonesville that the wondrous color
fell in almost painful beauty. s!}3
Broadway. tired out, but rather
happy when he came to think of it
went along the old, familiar street witt
a light heart. It might not be SO very
terrible to live in Jonesville. There
were trains that ran to Broadway
when the longing became irresistible,
and very possibly this might be better
as a steady diet. He was surprised to
find himself admitting this. &
Sammy was hard at it as the con-
vert turned In between the two white
gate posts. each eight feet tall and
capped by great wooden ball which
he had used as target when the snow
had been upon the ground and "packy"
in his boyhood days. Sammy did not
even look up as he entered.
"'Say. Sammy" he inquired, after a
moment of attentive listening to the
production. II don't want to interrupt
you, but did you write that yourself?"
Eyes sir" t,-a .....fs,E r,
/ 4 Well" said the happy Broadway
very gravely, II don't think it's at all
bad" ... ri. s,@S. y.
q Wallace, who had strolled along be-
hind him, arrived in time to hear this.
mo. indeed. 1t was very good"
Very - good!" exclaimed the mod
est Sam. II - should = say - it II
was ~ good!" az FF'
Mrs. Spotswood and the Judge, hay
ing heard the voices, came out Of the
house, where they had been awaiting