The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-11-03

ever, an Newt tried ter cheer her by
tellin' her whut a nice Teller Zeb was,
but that only made it wuss.
"One mornin' when Newt was out In
his wood lot a-gittin' ready ter cut
some timber, he saw Jack come a.
snoopin' round. Newt hid behind
some bushes an watched ter see what
he was up to- Had a hard time 10
keep from jumpin' out an kickin him.
in his eye peeled in the direction o
the house. He knelt down an rolled
a stun over an took lettle pink en-
yelope from under it. He kissed II, |
put another envelope under the SUM-
an skunk away.
"'Ahem! Guess I'll take part In this
leetle game O. postoffice m'self. bgosh,
Newt chuckled, When in Greece 90
as the Greasers do, so the poet sings.
He moseyed over to the darnick an
tore open the letter. 1t read like TINS:
| Dearest: I'll come for you tomorrow
, night at IL. You'll find me waiting at tne
big oak by the road. I'll disguise myseH
so none of your pas friends VIII inter-
! fere. You'll know me by a white rose
/ | on my coat From your own
JACK
".The miserable scamp! Comm like
thief in the night ter steal my dar-
. ter! Well. I'll try ter give him cor
n dial reception Newt went an got
n pink envelope an writ note Ter
d Jack. 1t said:
Dear Jack: I'll be ready for you
, DOLLY
q 1T went kinder agin' Nevis grain
n ter put Dear Jack, but he dld. an
" thought it a very neat stroke. Patleo
@ hisself on the back agin, an thouenl
: they wouldn't be so many runaways II
H. paps was smarter men, He put the
H. note under the stun an saw JacR
Vt come prowlin' round fer it in the after
rs noon. Smiled ter hisself as he reac
id it. kissed it, an tiptoed away 'SWai
st Tered my bait. hook an line. he
find that note talks gospel truth 100
RI only it won't be Dolly thatll NEE
in. him An Newt laughed way dow
he in his throat.
n, The next day passed an evenir
came. an at II O'Clock Newt an Ze
a. Perkins hid themselves in the bushe
PC near the big oak. Now, Zebidee ye'
ice I'll run out an grab the boss. an yo
We pint the muskit at i'm, but let me d
,er all the tawkin At five minutes u
,ey 70 they heered mufIled hoof beats, al
did a leetle later they saw man conf
He on boss back. He wore whlskers a
had a SLOUGH hat pulled down over
eyes. Had an oil relic of pillien sa
die on his boss. 'Thets him. See u
. rose?' in a hoarse whisper from New
now stan ready
Hu THE boss came direckly betwiXt Il
SaH two men in the bushes an Ne
IN grabbed the bride Don't say woi
/ ii dern We, or we'll blow yer head O
r The man started ter say somethl
but Zeb p'inted the muskit at I'm,
- he shet up They took I'm on
boss an marched i'm away ter
ri stream hard by where they threw
in. an watched i'm kick an sputt
. Then they told i'm that Dolly had
81 ceived his note, an showed 1t to
paw. an it was at her request u
they acted as receivin' committee
had agreed ter marry Zeb next we
Their prisoner chuckled when u
said this. but they mistook II lei
groan.
when they got tired O this u
locked i'm in corn crib an went
the house. They went In the kltc
. an Newt struck a light. I'd IKE
ter try taste O. Dolly's cookin,
idee.' Zeb lowed he'd be pow'ful 4
'oiiy' TO They ate an drank cider
Dung tawked about Dolly as the future \
~ III Perkins fer an hour er more
Newt showed Zeb room an prepa
Dusty ter roll in hsself
story a.. nos,ad Dolly's room he
'o'u ticed a light burnin' inside. he tap
larry On the door an said Dolly dea
wish ye'd git little extry Ter DR.
law fas, cause Zebidee'll be here in
m in mornin'' No answer Dolly he ca
cher eittin' leetle nervous. Still no
agin' swer % Dolly. he yelled an blu
Dolly r,oht inter the room. Dolly "
went there. but there was note on
dresser. 1t said:
Dear papa: The wedding breakfast
1yself lays please come and /
N ter Zebidee with you, Don't disappoiht
8 an Your dutiful
Ike
ine,st "Newt ran to Zeb's room an
i, sna r,ered ON the door Come on.
ms is Dollv's skipped out an left not'
a. ter hind we must go an tote er
and, she don't seem ter know we've go
prime bird Gagged IN the corn ,''p.
,unnin' putin on his clothes, an
both made a bee line fer the crib.
= -, ,ock was broke an the crib
man | empty.
Newt was furious. He indulge
savo a few well chosen impromptu rem
- as he ran ter the barn fer boss
:, yon both got on his back. an were
-, coin like the wind an didn't sto
,hina m they hove to in front
al, =, 'eouire's They dashed In at the
inst as the squire. standin IN
-, night gown an cap, said: i prone
"i' Won man an wife Newt stood
minute lookin' like he could |
'en kag o. nails in two, but as Ms
,eeh wandered round the room his
nav gradually melted inter sheepisn
y o'" ON a chair hard by lay a pair O
whiskers. an Lem Henshaw $40
IN ne host man, Lem was drippin
an he ossl maj - - bir IA