Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-16
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THURSDAY. Mar. 70, 1916.
ALMOST A
LOVE STORY
BY M. QUAD
Copyright, 1910 by tho Mcclure
.owspnpcr Syndicate.

., boy VI about tho same 0gc. IN
" two children had been plnying togeti
or half an hour or 40 when the mothe
st or the boy calcd out:
. Susan Fletcher. see there, viii you
Your girl lis trying to dirt with M,
[. boy"
Ihnt was the beginning or Miss May,
career. by the time she was ten OF
Is l"e'fe years old and going 10 gchoo
sue was brcnking tho bonrts OF the bo,
pupils. She was n hnndsome girl, and
shc Ind cute. coy ways about her.
h When sbo was approaching her TWEEN.
tieth year her solemn faced father soI.
. emDly asked OF her:
May. do you know that tbis whole
town OF Tiptonville is talking about
youT
mo. father" was the reply. "waat
are they saying about meY'
lhat you arc confirmed dirt and
n coquctte."
why. father. how you shock me!'
Don't pretend such Innocence"
chided tho fnther. Lets 20 over your
ensc a little. when Pnrson Brown
came here, an unmarried man. two
years ago. he seemed to take quite a
shine 10 you"
Yes, father"
have nm idea that he. asked you
10 be his wife"
"ile did. father. but how was IL? |
We were coming home from prayer
meeting when he sald that he loved me /
una wanted me 10 become his darling
VIE. Just as ] got my mouth open
70 say Yes big hog. chased by little
dog. came running up on the sidewalk
ochind us. The hog struck parson
hrowh In the legs. and lie went spra wi.
Ing. ] Uttered. I gigglcd. / snIckered.
now could help It? Mr.. Brown went
on In bun and In six mouths was
married TO Amanda Jones"
"But there was Charles Renfew."
continued the father. with a smile
around his mouth. :
Yes. ] remember him, but IL was {
not my fauit that he quit coming here. i
was expecting TO be Mrs. Renfew !,
some day. but he had not proposed yet. !,
nc came one night. and Just as he =
''arted In to propose he gave an awful
'hceze. and the false plate I'm his
MOUTH. which | never suspected was
hcfc. hcw out and under the toble &
Ind the cat scrambled for Il. Father 1
had TO snicker or blow right our Of :
no window: Poor Charles dove Under ,
DC table for his plate. gave me one :
Wiul look aud went through the front
oor." N
Ihere was silence for two minutes.
nd then the fnther asked:
But what about George Fox. who
nv been coming here quite often of
te?"
= don't know" WAS the reply. II
INK he VIII nsk me TO marry him" J..
And youll litter and spoil 1t NIL" -,
NOT " can help II. fifher. George
ullts with both eyes every TWO or ''s
rec minutes. IL IL n dreadfully fun. 3r'
squlnt." ste
George Fox was young bachelor M
twenty-five. who lived with his wild. -,
'eu mother. He was farmer He
q admired and loved Miss May and so'
'aht to make her his wife. suuint or Me
squint IN
Fhrce or four days after Mr.. rlptcb. H.,
ma had the talk with his daughter :
recorded above. young Mr. Fox oe"
ight sight OF the girl picking rasp. SOL
'ries In his Held The sight gave day
nm iden. He waited to sec II she e
nld appear again next day. She did,
ut the far end OF the field he lot =
vn the fence and turned In his old Her
and ram and gave them whack Jam
they passed through the gap. They Jam
g gentle creatures. but Mt the
lex the bull emitted n below. and
ram shook his head IN defiance. and 2-9
freak OF fortune both trotted
ing the bushes.
40 girl who had broken so many NC
rus saw them approaching and aft
me scream started for tree. Up
went until she was seated on n ohlt
that she deemed was safe
L, and 1t was only then that she Nc
Mr.. Fox and called out to him to
Q TO her rescue. Mr. Fox came "'ih
g at lazy pace, as IL there was Rich
pecial reason for hurry. and when II A
approached within thirty feet he STAT
a seat on the fence. with his back
er and asked: W p
'ell, what's wanted?" NF4
want to get down. of course" re- Soutl
the girl UP tho tree. Mer;,
am not hindering you"
It the bull and the ram?" uHue'
!. they haven't killed anybody June
y" know
'orge, you won't leave me here. at en-
you? may fall at any minute.
t will be awful the way shall "Pp'
such
here. girl. love you and want thereo
be my wife," said George with the Il
lck still to her.
. you squirting now, George?"
8, by thunder! | am squinting CTS
old bull and ram!" that
ep it up, George, dear, until you proof
Q critters out of this field. This a,d :.
ig you can come over and we
ecide whether to go to Boston vi Ms
lgara Falls on our tour. Hurry Count
'ar, for this limb is a.cracking ANY
me and will soon break" tb,s n,