West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-11-11
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81 the beautiful meadow which lies Just
rsilrOsd station. The propsTty IN question
was inhsritsd by Sarah Pressed. very
nssa : :o.; ;' 10 her su, "a snS be
:ndsavorsd to purchase Il from sarsh ns
Sscsm. R know, ms: mat bs sa. pr1Rss5y
ys e: norc AZ tn: vicin.ss E.th.rinG. on
was. d.s:r.s tS. e'a IN.
would sor-- day be his. At length Baum
sa ar.nS .s cms realize that hi. only
. sS: q sTG Il: ssn T ssps. 3.
SER y .s a. ,s:Rh;r,j.h p; B.Smsarsnsi:
bis father to Sarah for 81. ~
CHAPTER IL psfYy' IN q meek. slov-
rsce To- yo sna,n Ths l. never mrs, in the
Gle. si~aya lad Sy II: fs,S s:ir bsised DO DO,
hind yeuth who seems to not Hndar.,sn ana
Thus he appears utterly incspsc.tssed to
YIN In any contest of love or life Sarah
ss;r /: s !: Sp,'. the epDc.it; q s.y Her
nation and can jump fences like n wild
eot snd she - grace and color itself. Her
ship. some lessons IN court
CHAPTER III.-Sery dons his STOVE
sp,e nat and prepares TO 20 ait up with
70 Do appointed guardian OF Sally.
CHAPTER Iv.-sefry shows his nrst
spark OF animation He Is unable to re-
sS the fascinating witeheries OF Sally
ne had ever known. But seffy was not
the nrst man TO know the pleasures Of
ever. that she Will never again ks. " AN,
man but him.
CHAPTER v.-Sam Fritz. n drunken
grocery elerk.-oid Baumsartner calls
the psrior and begin i sittin nsy ups 90 a ioSo
the place and the time, the one who is
oefeated In such q contest is unworthy
an. sna hs saa,1 OF the girl ssfry goes to sleep
room In hun saying: Good night. gem
CHAPTER vI.-ssffy tells his father OF
as nH1m u, OF how Sam, Fritz had
pa.tebosrd tombstons bearing the in
scri2tion; "Sephsnijah p. Baumgartner.
sOth year OF his age. Gone not Bur IN F tas
tot Read backwards"
Say" he began ominously, you
didn't git sot out?"
Uhu," answered Seffy.
WHAT Why, you durn-"
But then he laughed.
Shiny hat no goodT
Nor the diamond, nor the hair
grease. nor messing? gosh.a.
mighty! Gee-wo-way!"
But before they mot again, his
gaiety had given way to an immense
disappointment The tragedy of the
situation had prevailed with him, too.
seny sullenly kicked a cIod to pieces.
His father looked on toward the GOV.
eted pasture and sighed. 1t was a
superb piece OF land. And 1t had
never looked fairer. The sun was on
It's velvet green-the sun OF the morn.
Ing. A few thick.girthed, wholesome
oak trees punctuated 1t. A stream
laughed through Il. Goodly COWS stood
chewing In the water and swishinR
amiably at the files. The fences were
intact. II would have been a delight
70 the eyes OF any farmer on earth.
The old man sat on the handles OF his
piow until IL all got in his head once
more.
It's q nice field, Sef-Seffy." he
sighed. Il meier seen no such clofer.
And she's nice gal. 1 nefer seen no
such gal, bose nice. Zach! they be-
long together. Well, gee-wo-way!
They belong to u.s."
They always stopped for a word
when they met. The next time the
old man said. quite caressingly:
Come yere, Sell"
He patted one plow-handle. which
Seny took. while he took the other.
He thoughtfully pulled the boys shirt
into place.
"Sef," he said, "tell me about Il.
I'm sorry I laughedi But I lofe that
pasture and you lofe Sally. Let's not
be fools. but git 'em. / expect you feel
little bad. But mebby you'll feel
better IL you talk about Il. That is the
way viss me. know; when anyslng
occurs like to gable about it-and
go and do It again-better." He let
his hand rest kindly on Seffy's shout
der. To this his son responded.
i fell asleep" said Seffy. smiling
ominousiy.
"of course" said his father, with a
comforting movement OF his hand.
That's right"
seffy was amazed--and comforted.
4 expect i snored-
"Er-yas-you do snore, SET Fiery.
body does. It's the Lords fault, / e1-
epsct."
IL a nice cheer"
"Yas-you oughtp't "a set ia no
nice cheer, SET; somesing uneasy ls
better"
Didn't wake up TIL daylight"