Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-03-22
:DIsPoslke Of the CROP:
BY JOAN RUGBY.

"'"t w" ."u WANT. ne fFlei.
"Piease, Mr.. L~andreih, the telephone
rings"
Howard !jerked open .he door. Well
might the little JaIanese tremble for
his masters scow! was terrible TO be-
hold. Gone was the elusive Idea he
had Just managed to grasp after days
OF futile effort. His mind WAS Just
beginning TO yield To the quiet soOth-
Ing peace of the country after days Of
irritation and unrest following a quar-
rel with Sylvia. and now his chance
of writing for the day was gone.
He strobe to the phone and jerked
down the receiver. "Hello!" he
snarled.
A feminine voice came Oyer the
wire. Have you any potatoes TO
sell:'
NO" roared Howard.
oh" came the voice. "WelI, have
you any corn or onions!"
NO" answered the master of
ianasnnl. Il have no corn or onions -
We'll, have you anything at all to
sell! Tomatoes or cabbage or apples
or eggs Or %anylhing:" e.
Nothing, madam, but ideas, but
lately the crop has been small"
He hung up and turned away. What
are you fussing about, Yamasani!
We're not running a market garden
just because we're in the country"
"Wtll master III and see? There
is so much potatoes. Men dig all day
yesterday. Outside there is like a
house Of potatoes. And the corn
f.ItuuSll for all America. And cabbage,
So" Spreading his arms high and
wide. And onions, so! And beets and
turhips. Everything there is SO much
And the eggs! The chickens make
SO many | fill the basket every night.
One day, two days. q week, two weeks
Some baskets I throw over the hill
when they go. old. Mister eat only
one. | bake cake. Throw out. |
make everything. Throw out. Yama.
SAM tell mister many days before and
mister say only, Shut up"
Howard laughed. "AlI right, Yama.
SAM. l guess you did say sometllin.
about 1t and l told You not to bother
me. Well, If the lady calls up agai!
or If you can find out who she is, give
her all she wants for nothing"
Howard put OF his hat and went out
1t was a beautiful day in early autumn
and the country vas exquisite with
bronzes and reds. Although he had
taken the same walk many times be
fore he had never been able to see any
thing but Sylvia. After all, perhaps
she was right to 60 away. If some OF
those English chaps in Bermuda dom
carry her off and marry her before she
gets back.
He felt better after his walk in tn.
cool hracing mir and called the Jap
'Yamasani. have you found out who
the neiglbor is who wants thu
%onions?"
Eyes, l think, Mr.. Lanlreth. A maj
drive by and stop. He say there is /
big house over there with many chill
dren and they eat, cat, eat everything
"Oh, l see. An orphan asylum ol
children's home. Well, get those meI
that were here yesterday and lau
Yer I'LL the stuff YOU can find. After
this I'm going to write, and if the tele
phone rings smash it. Do anything
but don't you cull me-
The days sped on and Howard los
track Of them. One afternoon as h.
reached for his pipe he found some let
ters he had forgotten to open. III
tore them open without interest n
first. hut an itenized bill puzzled him
aud he unfoidcd the inclosed chccl
with considerable interest. 1t wa
made out to cash for $45, and 1t wa
signed Sylvia Farnsworth. Sylvi,
Farnsworth. his Sylvia-what could i
mean? 1t announced that Miss Syl
via Farnsworth was debtor to "a kline
n%eighhor" for the following items
20 bushels potatoes at SO cents.
bushels tomatoes ut 81, and so on.
But what had Sylvia to do with nj
this! Without waiting to wonder an!
longer he went back t o the road tina
led to his neighbours farm. AZ h,
came near to tho house he heard tn,
shouts of children. There were hun
dreds of them, it seemed, all sorts q
s%unhurned, healthy-looking little boy!
and girls.
us Miss Fnrnsworth here?" he nsket
one Of them.
"Yes, she's in the house. Just so OF
up," advised the small informant.
Then Sylvia came In, not the Sylvi:
ne had known, the languid society 81:
he had accused Of being useless il
the heat of the quarrel. Tits on
was brisk and alert nnd with an MI
Of one who enjoys responsibility. "S'
Mr.. Kind Neighbor has called ut last!
II thought you were in Bermuda =
"Thc others went but--weIl. I dc
cIded that TO bring these Riddles nwa!
where epidcmics couldn't reach then
would be more useful" She hal
closed her eyes and looked ut him, tn
color flooding her face.
Howard looked very guilty. "DeaI
girl, can you forgive me? I've beer
punished enough by reinorse."
She hcsitated only an instant. "Yes
dear. I've got the habit Of being use
full and l think you need reforming.
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