Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-19
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BY JOHN DARLING.


Whenever Coline Ascot took a run
down tdst"The Naples" which was her
widowed. sisters country place, she
: @asFe privileged to do anything she
wanted to. !. She romped with the
dogs, chased the chickens, milked the
+ COW and sho1eled snow, if it happened
toEbe wI4iter, and ran the lawn-mower
II It were summer
In addition to that, she occasionally
dnyeths cook: out of the kitchen and
prepared meal according to the
schedule of the cooking school she at
f.stended III; the city.
On this particular day, at four
I O'Clock in the afternoon, the cook was
out, and the sister had gone to the
village Miss Coline was left all alone,
| andoone of the things she contemplat-
ed for supper-falsely and deceptively
called dinner by share of the popula-
] tfon-was an old-fashioned custard-
/ First get the eggs. They could be
| found In, the henhouse. Miss Coline
walked down the path to the gate to
get view up and down the highway
before going after the eggs.
:. Ard what she saw as she leaned
I oyer the: gate was an automobile ap-
/ proacRtng- Its sole occupant was the
! young man at. the steering, wheel.
/ Something was wrong. 1t hobbled. 1t
limped.. It halted.
/ Opposite the gate and the girl the
machine came to a halt.
| The girl and the young man stared
at each other
Anybody homer" finally asked
Hugh Faruham.l
! f. 81 think you are looking at some
f body "sneplied Miss Coline.
l 4"Prettys smart for a maid" he
smiled, e,a.
The ,ceok, thank you!" was retort-
q ed. ~ Atf.sf
IL We'll, my trouble is that this auto
i, has'gene lame on me, and l can't find
r out whyn5i5 -
| : Miss C6line opened the gate and
passed out to the machine, and after
1 a minute said:
H.: Il. believe they feed these things
gasoline to make them go. No gaso-
line, ne co.
The deuce!" whispered the young
mapyas he=inspected the empty tanks
.afAnd lpow you can fetch tin of
III gasoline from the garage to last you
| a few miles. though you will probably
start :out without the tires next time"
E4. Anda with that the girl started OF
forathe hennery and gave him no more
/ attentions & -.
h.: Me- FaFnham had FIVE miles to go to
| his fathers. home. and he reached it
| without further adventure.
| Mother" he said when he reached
| :homey why don't you fire our fat and
| 1sfrowsylelaaeoo and get something diff
/ feren4Y' at ets..s
i + Il t'Butsafoss1 what reason p"
ts~ 'Becatsea she, isn't dandy. Back
If-heres@s Miles 1 saw a handsome
III young Fad y. wlfoaw was a cook-intelli-
n GENT educated and classy! I almost
peTfnitt dSa1yself to admire her.
g s4sssayS sfaart SON. said the mother.
Fl "HH a-tets a. s@doHar to a shilling that
yonsash has@ssbeensfooled. Is she rather
short grip
| "Yes.'
4 -ss"rlT1es esv6s and curly hair?"
1It's saIihaf' ss1tt.''as.s It:
f-ais&sSefl infy son. that girl was and is
+ MlsSs NasoTfs sister Her home was
tf.*@d IS II the city, brit she comes down
.Ifhare every few Weeks How does il
'IFfee1sto be taken for hayseed?"
II 'f1l get even with her for that
ftswas the YfsoroGs reply. and the sub
feet was dropped.
III Every DAY for the next two weeks
fE young Farhham was out on the road
'ff learning to run his auto. but he never
went so far as the white house on the
/ hill. Il. was only when he thought he
had absorbed all there was to learn
| INCLUDING elf-confidence. that he spet
t.fih1t direction. When within half {
IfafiIso4 the house he saw an auto coms
out @fof the drive. It contained two
ladies only l.;
| "That must be the widow and he
sister,. he unused. 'tThe one VIII
| made a fool Of me will be at the wheel
Good! Now to shatter her egotisn
a Bit"
/. He put on sspeed and shot ahead
His coming was not noticed until h
was passing One glance told hi
that the girl who had posed as tn
Heook was driving the machine. Wit
Exaggerated politeness he bowed ar
tffsmffed, and he saw her straighten u
and her eyes. flash. The road SOC
narrowed, and there was no chanc
to pass him. but as he exalted some
thing went wrong with his machine
1T sMerved into the ditch, knocke
r doJWtshMS three or four rods of rail fence
II andsthen stopped dead still after vair
| ly trying to climb over an old stum1
Ntfss Coline had to turn her hea
llzand. hook It wasn't the thing to d.
ri but. most any driver would have don
Smash! Crash! Her auto W.
i EakiRg the fence on the opposite side
I "This comes of hired man drivin
IF aff@aatoi" she said.
sE i5a0E,a cookie he retorted.
"Sir!" =
! ."Misstas. Z
y What is all this talk about?" d
| manded Widow Mason. as she at
/ vanced.
The other two looked at each othe
for a. few seconds and then began t
laugh. +
81 have learned since the other dav
Hi sanfzaTiss Co1fne, that you are not
I hired man. f therefore beg pardon
Granted; and have also learle
since the other day that you are ne
the family cook l therefn~n-"
III Mr. FaraHam and Miss ----ott ar
/ frequently Seen riding out togetla'.
Y ard their attitude is exactly that
III twn vounc nerson. III love