Emmons County record., 1921-12-29

street. BIN wns then little over
twenty y-fyes. years old. A letter from
John Wentworth says that she was
ian exquisite BIT Of womanhood
learned in the fine arts Of speech and
dress and manner"
The store had doubled In size under
her management and with the help of
the capital of Samson and Sarah Tray
lor. The epidemic had seized her
! toward the last Of her nursing and left
the marks Of its scourge upon her. 1t
had marred her beauty, but Samson
writes, ''the girl was still very hand
some. She was kind Of scared to meet
Harry for fear Of what he'd think of
those little marks on her face, but !
told her not to worry"
You are the smartest and loveliest
looking creature that ever saw in
my life,'' said Harry after he had held
her in his arms moment
But see what happened Nto me-
look at my face" she answered
ut is more beautiful than ever" he
L
love for you. They are medals OF
honor better than this one that ]
wear. l want to marry you as soon
as possible. I've been looking for
ward to that since I was sixteen.
sDhen l think Ill take you and
marry you before you have chance
to fight another duel"
II don't hear anything but love and
marriage" said Samson. We've been
rassling down at our house to keep
Josiah from running OF and getting
married. He's engaged already.
Engaged! To whom :" Harry asked
"To. Annabel Brimstead. She's q
little older than he is. She laughed
at him and promised to marry him
as soon as he was nominated for Pres
ident by all his friends. She would
now vote for him herself. He has
become a good athlete and the best
scholar In school. He has every
boy and girl .in the village working
for him evenings and Saturdays"
.What are they doing?" Harry
asked. a,
Making those newfangled things
they call lucifers. You can build q
fire in q second with em. They cut
splinters out of soft wood, dip their
ends in birthstone (which Joe learned
how to make-and put them In a hot
oven until the birthstone Is baked.
Then scratch will bring flame
Joe puts them up in bundles and sells
them to the merchants and calls them
lucifer matches. He has invented a
machine that will cut and dip thou
sand splinters an hour. I tell you,
Annabel Is in danger"
He took q lucifer out Of his pocket
and scratched 1t on the bottom Of his
boot. The party looked with wonder
at its flame which quickly consumed
the slender thread Of pine In his fin
gers. 5{ M !. Il ~ &
II have always thought that Joe
would make whale Of man. said
Harry. 3a' b !. &
1--WE all seem to be threatened with
Immediate and overwhelming happi-
ness, Bim exclaimed.
1.-THE only thing in the way Of mine
is the national debt that I have accu.
mulated, Harry remarked.
II knew he'd think Of something, y
said BIN ruefully. .''If wanted to
abolish the noble institution Of mar.
riage I'd make HIN chairman Of the
ways and means committee"
Harry, your credit Is stin good
with me, and I'm prosperous" Samson
began. II want You to know that
Bins energy and skill are mostly re.
sponsible for my success. Iguess we
owe more to your sickness than you're
aware Of. II 1t hadn't been for that
we would be plodding along ut the
same old pace. We would not have
felt the need Of speeding up. It wac
your misfortune that brought BIN into
the store, II she wants to retire and
marry you, : Izrather think; she is en-
titled to do It. i don't want any more
fooling around about this matter
Sarah and / couldn't stand It. She's
kept me awake nights talking abou,
II. The thing has worried us plenty
We rebel and demand action before
anything else happens. We feel as Il
we had some rights in tais case"
II concede them and second youl
demand" Harry answered. BIN mus
name a near day. / only need . weel
70, get some clothes and 30 up to Mil
waukee on q little matter Of, business Z
Fl don't know whether wen give HIN
i wesk;aof M. ''s said BIN playfally
q great many things may haDpenSt,
him 10 Z week. : Ss.
c..ApTER XIV. /. 3.
Which Describes 1 Plsasant Holiday
and q Pretty stratassn. S}
u j. =, S.l-.f