The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-11
TIE DAILY 4
y.
Rack Home with ABE,
: NJ G. 3. LEWIS.

IN FfTE country, watn q young nan
aida young woman are ooutttnt, y
! ijsfefeFTed to as "Settin dD SogetA'
o."
AZ Wright ana Polly Andrews sea
set ~" 4 hundred niGhtb IN her nth
ePs tSfuihouA kitchen before they ~
eanto engaged. The Sen Of daughter
a. 8 fAfHaer IL not apt 10 rush into
lcVe ana matrilnony ~ young man
dWSllihk ID & town. There may not
Be much tornality between them
6ut tAty 16ok upon nlatttmony more
BsFt6ably.
There are 4 score Of object LESSONS
dAilS beforS their 6yes. 4 farmer, to
sut must be ever rising early ana
totIiA late, His horses or his oxen get
NOT rest than he does. He can know
very little OF the comforts ana pleas
arg q life and see to Ai' acres a.
md If Ne works long hours his wife
wotEB longer ones. Her work must
be done on tiTie as we'll as his. She
uA3 live within FIVE miles OF village
Ana yet not enter it once a year. He
u4ay 30 4 subscriber to a county paper
Snd YET she cannot spare the time
70 1ehd It's contents.
The two young folks saw and sTber.
itneed all this and much more, and
set the instincts and sentiments Of
huranity brought them together. They
would marry, as thousands of others
u their situation had done, and hope
that their future might work out bet
ter.
Misses Polly said yes to the ptopos.
u 81 marriage, but the very next day
SAe admitted to her mother that some
times she thought she loved Abe and
sometimes she thought she didn't. she
hadneyer been ten miles from home.
fhe only men she had ever come in
contact with had been OF her class or
agents or peddlets. She knew there
vas q big world outside Of hers, but
IhA had never peepeI at it. She had
! BIT Of romance about her, and some.
times she longed to see the brave men
ana fair women that the books told
hst about.
ABB Wright was going 10 marry and
acquire q farm Of his own. Therefore
he Ehistled as he went about his work.
He had that girl sometimes went
back on her pledge, but he was as
sure Of Polly Andrews as he was Of the
sun.
one day the girl ran over to Farmer
WGldton's On an errand. She found .
stFaug4 young man there, who was In.
troaueed to her as Brian Montgomery
E4ea # he hadn't been good looking
ana had taking ways about him, his
name would have won her favor,
How aid the name OF Ape Wright
Sound. with that Of Brian Montgomery!
The one belonged to drudser OF the
Soil4+the other to a gentleman OF the
world, who had gold filing III his
hteeth, who wore creases in his trous.
en- who ditdained paper collars and
tooks at ten cents pair were not for
hin. Mr.. Brian Montgomery, from
New York, Chicago and Boston as ne
Nnnolnced, must surely be one Of the
brave and gallant men she had read
ana dreamed of.
when Miss Polly had departed for
hbiae, MRS. Taldron said to the tous'
"a;
"Sow Brian you must not set out to
turn that girls head, She is engaged
10 Sste&dy young farmer and you must
not. beSthe cause Of quarrel between
them"
,"oh, 1t will be a mild-a very mild
Airtation,' he laughed in reply. How
can + put 4 month in here and not Atrt
With me only kirl for mile around"
AID "a day or tHo later the young
uAal, came over to the house OF Farm
IL Andrews and introduced himtelf
aud made, himself very much at home.
90 You like him mother" some
what anxtously duerried Susie. after
their caller had departed.
tIsA't he what they call tresh?' vas
asked in reply.
s;Ehy, how can you say that? It Is
tinplS that be has selt.tonhdence."
zone would think that he had known
us Tor b year"
"fut, he vas trying to put US at our
ease. r
"Esll, dunno how Abe will take
it." y
"Sut,i don't see where he can find
any fault? He might talk with dozen
girls ana shouldn't raise row over
it."
Abe heard that there was young
man visiting the Waldron's but he
hadn't seen him. Neither had he learn
"a mat the said young man was max.
Ing himself very much at home at the
Anift%'s farmhouse. The mother had
sAidl,t6 Polly
''f'dCn t'believe that Abe knows that
Mr.. MONTGOMERY is hanging around
here, and You'd better mention it"
Why do you call 1t han sinE around
waSsie1nanded.
Because it looks like to me-, Mrs.
WtldJon must have told him you were
eheeeed TO Abe"
mt. Montgomery comes here to
hep paab the time away. He is an
interesting thlkAf. and has frarAlAd all