Cheyenne record., 1915-03-04

e08eo, cF8CKly 0illot'0Oux Win D START
and dropped the envelope to the door.
For the moment, % deep in reminis-
eence was she. shes thought Captain
Darby himself had surprised her;
then, recognising, Abe and recalling
that samuel's winter viadtSF were inva-
riably paid in the afternoon, she broke
into shamefaced laugh.
z "Oh. il that you. Brother Abe7
Don't tell the others what you found
me doing. These" with wave Of
her delicate. blue-yeinsd hands over
the trunk and its contents. "are all
old, love letters Of mine. Do you think
I'm = silly old goose to keep them
cluttering around s6slong?"
4 "Wa'aF-rAbe with AN equally dep
recatory /, gesture, indicated Angys
horsehair trunk in the far corner of
the 'Ioft-"yew amt no more foohsher.
! guess. over yer old trash n me an
Angy be, a.keepin' that air minin'
stock OF mine. One lot Is wuth bout
as much as St'other::" -: 90.
I Recovering the envelope that she had
dropped, he equinted 1.-THE superscrip-
ton nssr"Net meanin' ter4:be inquisitive
or personal. Sister, .Blossy." a teasing
twinkle appearing in his eye, but this
docks dretful familiarity. this here
handwfitin& does, ,'EMhen. L: rum the
heard me tell i.of the
time, J. was on the life-sayin' crew
over ter Bleak Hin fer sspell-my
tSap.n,, he had fist Jest like that
eUsetsr make out,ithei spickest. span
nest reports. Lemme see."" the twinkle
.,deepening, didn't the gals. say yew
was spectin' somebody terday? Law,
faint saw ,Cap'n Sami fer ten year
Fpr tuora.t L:guesss on. these here. pop,
pin:stGips %, his'n he hainY wastin.
time, on no. men.folks. But, .Blossy,
rev Better give me a chance ter talk
70 him this .arternoot, AN mebbe FIJI
speek.la good word fer YER" = -
Rlossy.. not always, keen to. see. a
tpke. and With her vanity now in the
ascendant ,i;felt the',color rise into her
TitheEaa, cheek y -. -as =" <; ~
"Oh, you, needn't take the trouble
p speak. good word for me. Any
Anf1' ts4fo couId'eyer write letter f1ke
ehis Doesn't need to be coaxed. Just
listen: --.-.. =,
ssThs man. you- take for. "a s,nater 1, ibe
Jnckiest dog in. the whole round world I'd
.fatiier be- him than king of all the coun,
tries .-on earth I'd rather be; him than
strike a'Sold mine reaching from here to
China. I'D rather be him than frastsn Of
ene finest vessel that ever sailed blue wa
ter. That's what would. Why. the man
who couldn't be happy with YOU would
snill tears all over heaven,
q Blossy's cheek was still flushed, but
nD lpnEer with piQue, Her voice qua.
xered apd broke: and finally there fell
upon the faded page of the letter two
SPARKLING tears. :.:;T;.s::i& =,
cAbraham shufled uncomfortably
fom'one foot. to the other: then. NUT
tering something about the ."pesky
apple hook. went scuffing across the
Apor'in the direction Of Che chimney.
y Bloasy, however, called him back.
~ was crying. Brother Abe, because
the man l did take for mate once
was not happy. and-and neither was
/. !. was utterly. wretched; so that
I've. always. felt never cared to
marry again. And-Samuel's wig is
always slipping down over one eye.
and 4 simply cannot endure that trick
he has Of carrying his head to one
side, as II he had a left-handed spell
OF the mumps. 1t nearly drives me
frantic.
s"Brother Abe, now tell me honestly: