The Jasper news., 1921-09-22

I'm 4 30 WIN youN
Gould you stand IL b be tarhsi "
and scolded by couple Of girls Till
you didn't care what happened to
your
YES; I've got to be awful careless"
"We'll be all dressed up and ready
at quarter of eight. Come to the tav-
ern. I'm going to have supper with
Ann. She is Just terribly happy. John
Mcneil has told her that he loves her.
It's secret. Don't you tell"
II won't. Does she love himT
"Devotedly; but she wouldn't let
him know it-not yet. l reckon he'll
be plumb anxious before she owns up.
But she truly loves him. She'd die for
him."
Girls are awful curious-nobody
can tell what they mean," said Harry.
Sometimes they don't know what
they mean themselves. Often l say
something or do something and won
der and wonder what It means. Did you
ever ride horse sitting backwards
when you're going one way and look
ing another and you don't know
what's coming?" she asked.
whats behind you Is before you
and the faster you go the more danger
you're int" Harry laughed.
isn't that the way we have to
travel In this world, whether we're
going to love or to mill2" the girl ask
ed, with sigh. 1--WE cannot tell what
is ahead. We see only what is behind
us. 1t is very sad"
Harry looked at BIN. He saw the
tragic truth Of the words and suddenly
her face was like them. Unconscious
ly In the midst of her playful talk this
thing had fallen. He did not know
what to make Of 1t.
II feel sad when I think of Abe"
said Harry. "He don't know what Is
ahead of him, l guess. | heard Mrs.
Traylor say that he was In love with
Ann"
II reckon he is, but he don't know
how to show 1t. He's never told her.
l reckon he's mighty good, but he don't
know how to love a girl. Did you ever
see an elephant talking with a crick.
etf"
"Not as / remember" said Harry.
II never did myself, but II l did. I'm
sure they'd both look very tired. 1t
would be still harder for an elephant
to be engaged to a cricket. don't
reckon the elephants love would fit the
cricket or that they'd ever be able to
agree on what they'd talk about. It's
some that way with Abe and Ann. She
Is small and spry; he Is slow and high.
Shed need ladder TO get up to his
face, and just tell you 1t amt purity
when ye get there. She amt got O
chance to love him."
II love him." said Harry. II think
he's wonderful man. I'd fight for
him till I died. John Mcneil is moth.
Ing but q grasshopper compared to
him."
That's about what my father says"
BIN answered. II love Abe, too and
so does Ann, but 1t amt the hope
to die, marryin' love. It's like a mans
love for a man or a womans love for
woman. John Mcneil is handsome
he's just plumb handsome, and smart,
too. He's bought a big farm and In
going into the grocery business. Mr.,
Rutledge says he'll be a rich man."
II shouldn't wonder. Is he going
to the spelling schoolT
"No, he went of to Richland today
with my father to join the company.
They're going to fight the Injuns
too"
The shell sounded for dinner. BIN
started for the road at a gallop, wav-
ing her hand. He unhitched his team
and followed 1t slowly across the black
burrows toward the barn.
He did not go to the spelling school.
Abe came at seven and said that he
and Harry would have to walk to
Springfield that night and get their
equipment and take the stage In the
morning. Abe said II they started
right away they could get to the Globe
tavern by midnight. In the hurry and
excitement Harry forgot the spelling
school. To BIN 1t was a tragic thing.
Before he went to bed that night he
wrote a letter to her.