The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-05-23
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"Tills is July the twenty-fifth, Mr..
Roaring Bill Wagstaff," she announced.
"We'Fe been married exactly one
month"
"a whole month";" he echoed, in
mock astouishment. "You don't say
so? Seems like it was only day before
yesterday, little person."
II wonder" she snuggled up little
closer to him, 'if any two people were
ever as happy as we've been?"
Bill put his arm across her shoulders
and tilted her head back so that he
could smile down into her face.
"They have been bunch of golden
days, haven't they?" he whispered.
"You won't forget this joy time if we
ever DO hit real hard going, will you,
Hazelf"
"The bird Of Ill omen croaks again."
she reproved. "Why should we come
TO hard going, as you call it?"
eve shouldn't" he declared. "But
most people do. And we might. One
never can tell what's ahead. BY and
by when the novelty wears off-maybe
you'll get sick Of seeing the same old
Bill around and nobody else. You see,
I've always been on my good behavior
with you. Do you like me LOTT"
His arm frightened with quick and
powerful pressure, then suddenly re-
Taxed to let her lean back and stare
up at him tenderly.
81 ought to punish you for saying
things like that" she pouted. "Only
can't think of any effective method.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof-and there is no evil in our
days."
"Amen," he whispered softly-and
they fell to silent contemplation of
the rose and gold that spread in a
wonderful blazon over all the western
sky.
"Twenty-ffth Of July, eh?" he unused
presently. Summers half gone al
ready. / didn't realize it. We ought
to be stirring pretty soon, lady. These
northern seasons are so blessed short.
We ought to try and do a little good
for ourselves-make hay while the sun
shines. Well media da mon"
"Needa f1ddlesticks," she laughed
"What do w0 need money for? 1t
costs practically nothing to live up
here. Why this sudden desire to pur-
sue the dollarl Besides, how are you
going to purstle it?"
"Go prospecting" he replied prompt
~. 'IIit the trail for a place l know
where there's bodies of coarse gold, II
you can get to 1t at low water. How'd
you like to % into the Upper Mas
country this fs1l, trap all winter, work
the sandbars I'm the spring, and come
out next fall with sack of gold II
would take horse to packT"
Hazel cIapped her hands.
ooh, Bill, wouldn't that be flne2" she
cried. "Td love to-"
at won't be all smooth sailing" he
warned. "It's q long trip and a hard
one, and thu winter will be longer and
harder than the trip. Still, there's o
chance for good big stake, right In
that one trip"
"But why the necessity for making
q stake?" she inquired thoughtfully
after lapse of five minutes.
thought you didn't care anything about
money so long as you had enough &c
get along on? And we surely have
that. We've over two thousand dollars
In real money-and no place to spenc
it--so we're compelled to save"
Bill blew a smoke ring over his heac
and watched IT vanish up toward the
d1sky roof beams before he answered
"Well, little person." said he, ''that''
very true. and we can't truthfully say
that stern necessity Is treading on oul
heels. The possession of money hai
never been a crying need with me
But hadn't many wants when / wal
playing a lone hand, and generally lie
the future take care Of itself. II wa
always easy TO dig up money enough &
buy books and grub or anything
wanted. Now that I've assumed a Ger
tain responsibility, II has begun (
6awn on me that we'd enjoy life BET
ter II we were assured of a compt
tence. We won't stay here always
I'm pretty much contented just nov
So are you. But know from past e1
per,ence that the outside will gro
more alluring as time passes. You
vnx Ioussorne for civilization. It's IN