Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-11-10

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"Why?" Harry asked.
Because l have to get used to being
miserable, and just as begin to be
resigned to 1t, you come along and
make me happy, and have 1t all to
do over again"
The young man stopped his horse.
II hadn't thought Of that" he said,
with sad face. 1T isn't fair to you,
is it? It's rather-selfish."
"Why don't you so to Brimstead's,"
BIN suggested. "a beautiful girl over
there is in love with you. Honestly,
/! Harry, there isn't a sweeter girl in
| all the world"
II ought not to go there, ether"
| said the young man.
/; "Wky?"
because l mustn't let her think
that care for her"
So 1t happened that Harry went on
] with BIN End Abe to the little house
+, in Hopedaie
They put out the horses. The girl
came and sat on her fathers knee.
i Harry sat down by the side OF Abe on
the grass in the oaks shadow.
ITS JOY to have the little girl
i back again." said KeIso. as he touched
her hair with his hand. ut is still as
! yellow us corn tassel. I wonder. it
isn't gray"
Her eyes look as bright as ever
today" said Harry.
| mo compliments, please. l want
! you to be downright mean," BIN pro-
(, tested.
Kelso looked up with a smile: "My
boy, 1t was Leonardo da Vinci who
i said that a man could have neither
greater nor less dominion than that
! over himself. l hold that If our
| young man are to be trained to tyr
amy in lot of little niger king
doms, our democracy will die"
Abe made no answer. He was al
ways slow to commit himself.
1.-The North is partly to blame for
what has come," said Samson. II
| guess our Yankee captains brought
| over most of the niggers and sold them
to the planters of the South.'
"There was demand for them. or
those Yankee pirates wouldn't have
brought the niggers.' Harry answered.
/! Both seller and buyer were commit
ting crime"
"They established great wrong
! and now the South Is pushing to ex-
tend and give it the sanction of law"
said Abe. ''There is the point of irri-
! tation and danger"
II hear that in the next legislature
an effort will he made to endorse slav-
ery," said Kelso.
| 1T is a dangerous subject" Abe
answered. whatever happens.
shall not fail to express my opinion
| Of slavery If go back"
| take the bull by the horns," said
Kelso. There's no fence that will
keep him ut home"
II hope that isn't true" Abe an
swered
Soon Mrs. Kelso called BIN to set
the table. She and Harry brought it
out under the tree, where, in the cool
|
| When the dishes were put away,
Percy Brimstead arrived with his SIS
ter Annabel in their buggy. BIN went
/ out to meet them and came into the
dooryard with her arm around Anna
bells waist.
"Did any one ever. see lovelier girl
than this?' BIN asked, as they stood
up before the dinner party.
"Her cheeks are like wild roses, her
eyes like the dew on them when the
sun is rising" said Kelso.
Abe rose and said. 1.-THE day is
passing. I'll start on with Parsons
and the pony and read my stint afoot.
You come along in few minutes. BY
the time you overtake me I'll be ready
to get into the saddle"
! Half an hour or SO after Abe had
gone. Harry's horse, which had been
whinnying for his mate, bounded out
Of the stable and went galloping down
the road, having slipped his halter.
"He will not stop until he overtakes
the other horse" said Harry.
"YOu can ride with u.s. Annabel
] suggested.
So the young man brought his sad
die and bride and put it under the
seat Of the buggy and got in with
Annabel and her small brother.
Some two miles down the road Har-
ry found Abe standing between the
horses, holding the runaway by his
forelock The latter was saddled and
br.dled, while, the buggy went on
1 ahead.
'sThat Is wonderful GIRL" said
Harry, as he and Abe were riding
along together. "She is, very modest
and gentle hearted"
Sand as pleasant to look at as the
fowery meadows" Abe answered.
Il have promised to stop there a
few minutes on our way back"
at is possible BIN could get d.
vorce." said Abe, looking down
thoughtfulIy at the name of his horse
"I'll ask Stuart what he thinks about
II when 600 him again - q, & y 81