The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-16

tive come TO ask advice" he began
You see I'm pretty ignorant about a
/ good many things. 1t didn't occur to
me at first that oughtn't to keep those
girls. They want to stay and they have
worked like trojans all morning. and
they cooked the dinner and are wash
ing up the dishes now. They are a
great help. l can do the heavy work
and I'll give them short hours and Til
put away something from the proceeds
Of the garden for them every week.
They are nice girls-stupid rather and
perhaps little dull-but splendid out
door workers. They take to u like
peasants. 1t occurred to me. however.
that one conventional doesn't do
that sort Of thing. That is, wouldn't
there be something out Of the way
about my keeping these girls there.
without some one to chaperone themf
That's the idea, isn't It? 1t occurred
to me that maybe you could help ~
out It's all war work and I know
you are Just cultivating your garden
for patriotism. Couldn't you como
over to my place and liver I'd do all
the heavy mans work and you could
sort of keep your eye on the girls"
Barbara laughed at the professor
and suggested that so far as conven-
ton went there would be no advantage
In the way he had outlined.
Several other plans were suggested.
There wasn't room In Barbara's cot
tcge for the orphans. and Barbara
didn't like the idea OF staying In Pro-
fessOr OsgoOd's house with the orphans
while he stayed In her shack. So Il
was decided that for the time being he
would sleep In the hayloft. while the |
orphans stayed alone In the house.
Perhaps within a week or 80 the Or |
phans would be tired of the experiment |
or would have proved themselves poor |
farmers.
But as a matter Of fact Just the OBJ
posite thing took place. They became |
expert agriculturists, and when Bar
bara. at Professor Osgoods suggestion, |
asked them whether they weren't |
ready to go back, they both burst into
tears, the only sign of vivid emotioc
that they had expressed since their ari.
rival. So the professor continued to1
sleep In the hayloft without any seri- /
Gus discomfort. After all there was /
no one In the neighborhood to criticiuo |
the arrangement and the plan might /
have worked out all summer were q
not for the expected visit Of the -
spector. AZ
ibid the people at the asylum know"
'aid Professor Osgood feeling carefully
)ne day as the girls were about to 20
'orth to hoe the first showing OF beans,
did they know was living here alone
when they sent you?" i
mo, sir" said one emphatically. i
They said there was Mr.. and N
)sgood. they did. and the matron saf1 -
Mind you do what Mrs. Osgood sayNt 9
The professor suddenly became
i've. u was not the first time he
bought in a rather concrete wa
ate Of the possibility of a Mrs. OsG b.
after all II was not such an emf
,reposterous Idea. Other men,
oned the professor, had manaa D IL
win the love of women completes
'ntirely their superiors In ever
low foolish II would he not to take 11
nance. Not to ask Barbara 10 IT,
I'm would not make the intensi1U q
lis love any less poignant. And ~
APPS. The professor left ~
rphans abruptly and sauntere6 oV>9
Barbara's shack. He had p4SnAed
everal ways of beginning the CONVEX.
ption. but Barbara was busy planting
orn and he felt that quick action was
lost suitable. IL
Barbara will you marry mel" he
MD. looking very hard Mt the corn In 4
er curved palm. =
"Bless your heart" said Barbara, lla
ropplng the grain and laughing q IN
tile. II was almost afraid you
ouldn't ask me In time. I thought 4
aybe you would sometime. but /,
nnted to have II all fixed and settled r
efore that orphan inspector got d
round. It's part OF our war duty, n
MT III"