Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-13
By LOUISE B. CUMMINGS


concerning the girl. Abel had been
making love to her for some time. and
Elizabeth was responding so far as
she thought best Abel reported to her
what his father had said and supposed
that she would be pleased to know
that the way was made easy for them
But to his surprise she received the
announcement with knitted brows.
Abel" she said, you're fool"
It's not a pleasant thing to be called
a fool by the woman one loves even
If one is a fool, and the statement
made a temporary estrangement. Abel
sought to know why he was fool, and
the reply was:
''Why didn't he encourage you to
propose to me beforeT'
II don't know" said Abel.
"And why does he do 1t now?"
~ don't know" Abel repeated
II know. In telling you to bring me
home to do his homework he's grind
ing his own ak"
"Of course he wants you to help Us
out, but wouldn't we all be happyT"
I'm the first place he doesn't want
me to come to his house at all. and i'll
the second we wouldn't be happy to-
gether. II l marry you III marry you
alone and not with him thrown In"
'Well, what shall we do?"
wait"
In this one word wait" Abel receiv-
ed his orders. He was not taken into
his betrothed's plans at all. He had
been told by her that he was a fool.
and as to the matter in question he
was. Abel was a very smart fellow
in some respects. but In seeing through
this change in his fathers designs for
him he was stepped to his ears in stu
pidity. Nothing is so irritating to one
who sees a thing with absolute clever
ness as TO be confronted by one who
cannot see 1t at all. In other words,
If see plainly before me a horse nip
ping the grass in a pasture, just as l
have seen hundreds of horses doing
the same thing hundreds of times be-
fore, and one comes along who tells
ME the horse Is camel and sticks to
it, 1t makes me mad
One morning Farmer jenkins awoke
at daylight. as was his custom. to find
a number Of the widow Parks pigs
roofing about among his spring vege-
tables that were of a very tender age.
He found that a loose bar in the fence
separating the two places had been
removed during the night. Such a
4ktr.. hud navor hopnauad hafora ond
he couldn't account for it. He drove
the pigs back. and, while angry at the
loss of dollars worth OF peas, string
beans, radishes and other similar
green things, he happened on the
widow.
Mrs. Parks" he said. yer pigs cost
me a hundred dollars wo'th O. garden
truck last night"
1t was the tone that was offensive.
''Weu, If you wont keep your fence
In condition. Mr.. jenkins, you have
only yourself to blame"
IT'S your fence"
"It's no such thing. The fence on
that side o. my farm don't belong to
me. and 1t isn't party fence neither;
it's yours"
That was a mere starter-the begin
ming OF a war. The widows sharp
tongue cut gashes all over the farm
er's feelings and dashed him to a fury.
When there was a lun on the firing
line ADal went to see Elizabeth.
What a pity" he said, that my
pop and your nom have got to fight
ing"
''Oh, Abel, you make me tiredP'
~HOw have l Numbered nowY
II let the pigs into your farm; did
1t a purpose"
ibid it a purpose1 What did you
do 1t forT'
ITO make a break between your pop
and my nom. | could see before your
mother was buried that your pop would
go for MON as soon as he dared do so
He knew he would tind an enemy In
me, and he thought he'd Fix me by
Withdrawing his opposition to youI
marrying me. II was plain as the
nose on your face"
Elizabeth" said Abel. after giving
himself time to digest this astonishing
information, II wonder how you knew
all this"
II wonder how you didn't know It"
Maybe you're wrong, after ALL"
TRY and see"
"HowT"
'4Tell your father you and ! are go
ing to be married, and I'm going tC
keep house for you and him"
That night when Abel went home he
acted on Elizabeth suggestion.
abel" said his father. bringing bis
fist down on the table. you let them
critters alone. They're turrabIel"
Abel and Elizabeth were married
but they went TO live ON a small farm
Of their own