Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-29

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paSed himself exclusively 10 q Veehout
ssasnpsins 10 eany oa aay eoavsrss.
ton while Il lasted
AZ the end q HE task the giri ~
Hasked: -Yos nay - vel bring Il up
70 the house Thers ID Q dipper there
And yoa can have Q d,pperful for your
labor. Dobsoa dstifuliy picked up
the bucket and the stool and followed
on 10 the lodge Arriving there be vas
ushered In and the milkmaid d.sap-
peAred. In fev minutes she returned
and brought With her tuo pereons.
One vas . man. Who grabbed Dot son
By the hand With . Hello. Frank. old
man. didn't expect to see ne here, did
yoc' II Vas his friend. Meredith
Bond His wife. vho had teen q chuu
OF Dobeons sister. was the she" Of
whom the milkmaie had spoken . few
minutes oei-.e. The niikmAid hers~,f
vas Miss Mildred Wyatt. quite the
most fetching dream OF fenininity that
the young man had ever seen
Bond Immediately insisted on Dob
sons changing his quarters from
Pierres TO tho lodge. and Dobsou
tramped back to the canoe and fixed IL
up with the guide He astonished tha,
part! with . most liberal tip and
brought the bass back TO the lodge.
The guide went back for his traps and
IN another day he vas safely housed at
Merediths.
Blu, the fishing languished. Bond.
who vas 6. keen fisherman, complained
TO his wife that Frank was neglectins
the sport His wife. aware OF the at
traction. simply smiled and shrugged
her shoulders. Dobson and the milk.
maid took long walks together and at
night she sat at the piano and played
to his singing. H had q very rich
baritone voice and II was pleasant
there in the twilight to listen 10 their
music. At times he took her on the
river and taught her to cast" for bass,
and amused her by naming the birds
and trees for her and teaching her
some o: the wonderful lore II nature.
II was getting TO be . VET serious
matter. Mrs. Bond took Mildred tc
task about 1t one morning.
Look here. Mildred" said her
friend. "this must not 30 on any long.
er. The man 10 desperately in love
with you. It was always said that
Frank Dobson would never fall In love,
but I know what he means. and II
isn't fair to let him 30 on In this way.
really Am sorry for him. He doesn't
know that you are engaged and every
day only makes matters worse" The
milkmaid smiled encouragingly. III II
10 ~ bad - that I will tell him some
day about my engagement" vas her
reply. Resides. he may only be anus.
ing himself with . backwoods idyl"
"Yon ought no. to say that Mildred" :"
was Mi Bond -eply. He 10 . good
fellow. and Bob's friend % well -
mine"
Tho next day the sun shone down
sloriously on the glitterins Flambeau.
A kinsfisher scalloped along the river
with his harsh. challenging cry. and
overhead. far up. an eagle sailed. The
plash Of leaping ash here and there
scattered q spray Of silver beads on the
surface OF the water, and q few faint
clouds swung low on the far-off hori.
zon.
Dobson and the milkmaid were seat.
ed on the bank Of the stream and en-
gagged In earnes: conversation. He had
told her that she was the one woman
in the world and she had informed him
that she was already the wife-to-be Of
another man. The deep scar on his
right cheek turned white.
We'll. In that case" he said. "of
course the other fellow isn't here to
make his talk. and haven't got a word
to say" But, why don't you reproach
me for not telling you OF this before?"
the girl said. "Reproach you" was the
mans reply. why. wouldn't have
missed the privilege OF loving you for
twenty years out OF my life"
She put her hand tenderly on his
SCARED face. Il love you" she STAN.
mered. Il am going to break my
engagement. lie is old enough to be
my father II was an idea OF loyalty
TO my father. ! am going to be loyal
to YOU to myself"
And that is how II came to be her
aided abroad that Dobson, the gay. the
debonair. the handsome. the cultured
and fastidious. had married a milk
maid.
Copyright 1914. by Daily Story Pub. Coz