Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-09-16

one statement n that platform
couldn't be improved" said KelsO.
What ls thatf' Abe asked.
Its the one that says you wish to
win the regard Of your fellows by
serving them"
Early In April an Indian scare
spread from the capital to the remot.
est corners OF the state. Black Hawk,
with many warriors, had crossed the
Mississippi and was moving toward
the Rock River country. Governor
Reynolds called for volunteers to
check the invasion.
Abe, whose address to the voters
had been printed in the Sangamon
Journal, Joined a volunteer company
and soon became its captain. On the
tenth Of April he and Harry Needles
lett for Richland to go into training.
eamson was eager to 60. but could not
leave his family.
BIN Kelso rode out into the fields
where Harry was ct work the day be-
fore he went away.
'Tm going away" the boy said, In
a rather mournful tone.
Il hate to have yon go. ! just love
to know you're here. II / don't see you.
Only I wish you was older and knew
more"
There was half a moment of silence
She ended 1t by saying:
ANN and are going to the spelling
school tonight"
Can go<with your"
Gould you stand It to be talked to
and scolded by a couple Of girls till
you didn't care what happened to
youT'
"Yes; I've got to be awful Careless
wen be all dressed up and ready
at quarter OF eight. Come to the tay-
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 q secret. Don't you tell"
II won't. Does she love him2"
"Deyotedly; but she wouldn't let
him know it--not yet. reckon he'll
be plumb anxious before she owns up.
But she truly loves him. Shed 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 say
something Or do something and won
der and wonder what it means. Did you
ever ride a horse sitting backwards
when you're going one way and look
Ing another and you don't know
what's coming?" she asked.
What's 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 mill?" the girl ask
ed, with d 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 it.
II feel sad when I think Of Abe"
said Harry. HE don't know what is
ahead Of him, guess. / heard Mrs.
Traylor say that he was in love with
Ann"
II reckon he is. but ne don't know
how to show It. He's never told her.
reckon he's mighty good, but he don't
know how to love girl. Did you ever
see an elephant talking with crick-
eff"
"Not as remember" said Harry.
Il never did myself, but IL 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. I 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 ls slow and high.
Shed need ladder to get up to his
race and just tell you 1t amt purity
when We get there. She amt rot q
chance to love him."
81 love him." said Harry. 'T think
he's a wonderful man. I'd fight for
him till died. John Mcneil is moth
Ing but q grasshopp0r compared to
him."
That's about what my father SAYS"
BIN answered II love Abe, too and
80 does Ann, but 1t amt the hope
to die, marryin' love. It's like mans
love for man or a woman's love for.
a woman. John Mcneil is handsome
he's just plumb handsome, and smart.
too. He's bought big farm and Is
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"
mo, he went of to Richland today
with my father to Join the company
They're going to fight the Injuns
toe"
The shell sounded for dinner. BIN
started for the road at gallop. wav-
ing her hand. he unhitched his team
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