The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-24
BY PAULINE D. EDWARDS

only one uv1n' at the farm, ana tnat
60 to the boy. went to the spring
house and got Cynthia the milk, ant
as handed 1t to her she said.
You're very comfortable here. Mr.
Crabb. amt your
well, yes" answered. "rm com
Portable enough"
Don't you ever git lonesome Twin
oil aloneT
mo I don't git lonesome at all
You see, by the time git the dishes
washed It's perty nigh bedtime"
do you like dishwashin'i Most
men don't"
II hate It."
"why don't you git a woman to do
It for your"
II don't know anybody that would
like to hire out for that purpose"
you might marry some one. She
could do all the womans work-the
sweepin', the cookin', the milkin' and
all"
II don't know any one that would
marry me-"
You don't mean 1t! Why, there's
lots O. nice girls would be glad of the
position. know a girl that would mar
~ you and make you good wife"
who's that?'
why, Mr.. Crabb, you wouldn't have
me tell you! She wouldn't thank me
for dom so. If she did 1t would be
immodest Of her"
els it Susan Park"
"No."
at amt Melis Billings, is it?'
mo; I don't refer to Melis. But I
won't give you any more guesses."
Seems to me that's kind o. mean"
"I'll tell you what I'll do. Come In
to our house Sunday night and I'll give
you the first letter of her first name"
made the call on Sunday evenin'
and found all the family except Gym
thia gone to church. There was a fire
burnin' on the hearth, and the brass
andirons shone beautiful. Cynthia had
some apples and cider on the table |
waitin', and altogether everything look !
ed mighty fine. Somehow / could new
er make my liyin' room look like that, |
and told her so. She said men
couldn't do such things; only women |
could.
Cynthia made me feel at home and |
] forgot all about askin' her the letter
she was goin' to tell me, and ! went
away without 1t. I met her on the
road the next day, and said:
What was the letter you was goin'
to tell me? clean forgot IT."
you'll have to come for it next SUM-
day." she said as she hurried on.
I went the next Sunday night, and
the first thing did was to ask for
that letter before forgot it. Cynthia
said she'd tell me just before / went
home, only I was to remind her Of It,
The family was mostly at home this
time, and Cynthia took me into a little
s by room. off the dinin' room. There
was only one easy chair In 1t. Gym
thia set herself down In that and left
me 4 chair with a wooden seat. To-
ward 10 o'clock got SO tired I couldn't
stand 1t any longer. goVup and walk
ed about to rest myself, and Cynthia
moved aside, and, SEEM she didn't in
tend to be mean about 1t, l sat down
beside her.
Would you believe It? l went away
without thinkin' to remind her of the
first letter of the girls name who
would like to marry mel met her in
a few days In the store and asked her {
for it, but she said I'd have to try 1t /
again and IL i didn't remember this I
time she wouldn't tell me at all. I
/ went round the third time to get a
that letter and found not only the fam t
Ily at home, but lot o. friends there. a
So Cynthia had to take me to q closet a
where they kept old books and maya a
zines, and we set on the pile with our :
egs stickin' out into the hall. The
closet was narrower than the easy
chair we'd set in the second night I
was there, and there want no room
Tor my arm. so had to put it around
1er. We set there that away from Z
i'll 10 o'clock.
by cracky," i said jest as I was
l-goin' away. -if I didn't pretty nigh
'orgit ag'in to ask for that letter.
Cynthia larfed and said that the first
etter / had missed by not askin' for
{ at my first call and the second I'd
missed on my second call. So was
My entitled to the third letter, which
vas en-" | didn't like that way o.
'uttin' me of and went back and set
own ag'in to persuade her to tell me
he whole thing. She wouldn't, but
Fe had our heads perty nigh together,
nd a lock OF her hair brushed my
heck. kissed her. Then / said /
idn't care a rap for all the letters of
be other girls name. i wanted her
0 come In and do the woman's work
q my farm for me.
And. laws. how we did kick up our
cells st the weddini