Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-10-11
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cy SUSAN {. cLAeETT.

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-You have heard Of the place paved
with good intentions. Pauline. dear. J
A. frald many bricks are laid to my
crr.t. for nay intcnunrs ore Away,
god hut fail OF accump' lNhment.
man to write. hut somehow never do
III. time you must forgive me- for !
nu most unhappy. And my unhapp
ne>~ came from uut a clear sky. since
th.lt / have sounded the depths. IA
fh.l is obdurate. Mother sides Will
hiru.
1T is uothin. hut pig-hpaded ohSh'
may IN father. Anyone looking ri
Howard would know he Is gentle
nam. lie certainty is good TO look al d
AMI. of course. | think the sun rises
AMI sets In him But fnther will moi
listen when tell him we are engaged
He merely says: when you care far "
man. lane. you can marry him as soon
as he asks you. but So long as ! I'VE
n make-belleve one shall never have
you
".Hlly 10th thought my letter had
reached you but have just found 1t In
my portfolio. When wrote month
ago thought myself eacOmpasSed by
misery, but my feelings were as moth
Ing to what they have been the past
few days.
FEATHER told me l must break off
my engagement; that | should moi see
Howard again. ! stormcd. He mere
ly said, Jane, put on your hat and take
o drive with your mother and me-
That was all.
~ told myself | wouldn't. But
had never d:sobcyed father IN my life
and we started on that drive. 1t was
O lang one. 1t took us three days to
reach this place; n little farm at the
end Of nowhere, thirty miles from the
nearest railroad statiOnl There is no
post office, no telephone, no car!
"July 20th-PHuline, dear 1t is
comfort to chat with you, even If my
letter has to wait forever and forever
to reach the office. do get 80 hungry
for home news. Mother has written
once but not word from dad, which
shows plainly that am still In dis
grace. Today Peter told me he might
60 to the station for mail. If he didn't
he thought Dan Isham would take my
letters. Whoever is Dan 1sham? l
haven't seen a man, except Peter, since
father left me here. I wonder If lie
Is as old and wrinkled as Peter"
"Jnly 21st-He came before | had
finished my letter Just an ordinary,
farmer sort of person. He has nice
eyes I saw that although he turned
them nway at once. wonder what he
Thought of me?
AUGUST 10TH am seeing good
deaI OF Dan Ishah. He lives on the
next place, wherever that is.
"Tln isn't a bit Ike Howard, but he
knows where to find the lovelicst wood
flowers. and this morning showed me
the cutest little open-mouthcd baby
birds; mocking birds, he said they
were.
August 24th-Dan came this morn
ing and asked me TO walk to Kings |
Creek with him. don't know what |
got into me, but felt must talk Of |
Howard. / told Of our engagement |
and how determined father is that it |
css...:. BE broken off, but that was de-
terminCd to marry him when I came OF
age.
"'And WREN viii that be-? he asked.
Your appearance this morning su8-
gestS nothing so much as that of n
pretty spoiled child of twelve
"'Spoiled childr | gasped. | could
not control my voice, so | turned my
back on him. AS | did so caught
sight of something that turned me cold
with fright. Coming toward us With
lowered head was great black bull
with a shuddering sob | caught
hold Of Dan and hid my face against
bis shoulder.
"'Why. chiIdv Then the low NUT
ter of that awful animal made him
turn suddenly. WIN you believe me-
Pauline, Dan Isham laughed, but be
didn't let me go. He put his hand un-
der my chin and made me look at him.
What he saw in my eyes I do not
know. What | saw In his made me
again hide nay face against that old,
faded blue shirt. Even through my
tear | was glad father had told How
ard Chandler / should not marry him.
81 did not mind Dams laughing,
there was such comfort in feeling his
arms about me, but for propriety's
sake tried to slip from them, when
he said
"Jane, that steer is one of Peters
Ok team. and is MS gentle as lamb.
Truly am thankful he put in an APP
peurance just now, for l have been
wondering ever since you began talk
ng of Chandler, how long would have
70 wait before you found out you loved
me instead For you do love me. There
IS no question about my feeling for
rou. | surrendered the first time |
saw you
when we Mt last reached the house
whom should we find but father, and
le shook Dams hand as If he had
;nown him all his rfe II seems Dan
,o1 studip1 law I'm The Office and had