Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-02
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used a knifo and folk, and al for my
sake
/" WASN'T you IN love with himT I
asks, all injudtcious Wasn't there q
deal on for you to become Mrs. Curios-
IAN Of Us do Il sometimes All Of rs
get jostled out OF the line Of profitable
talk cow ana then. Name put on that
little lemon glace smile that runs be-
pleasant: You're short on credentials for
asking that question, Mr.. Peters. Sup
rose you DO q forty~nine~day fast, just
to give you ground to stand on, and
then maybe III answer st.
80. even after Collier was Kidnapped
out OF the way by the revolt Of his aD-
petite, my own prospects with Name
didn't seem to be improved. And then
business played out in Guthrie.
u bad stayed too long there. The
BraziHsns I had sold commenced to show
signs Of wear, and the Kinder refused to
light up right frequent on wet mornings.
There is always a time IN my business,
when the star Of success SAYS, Move on to
the next town was travelling By
wagon az that time SO IS not to miss any
Of the small towns; so I hitched up q
few days later and went down 70 tell
Name goodbye wasn't abandoning
Oklahoma City and work 1t for a week
or two Then I was coming back to In
; stttuta fresh proceedings against Name.
What do I find at the Dugans' but
Name all conspicuous IN a blue travel
ing dress, with her little trunk at the
door. II seems that sister Lottie Bell,
who IS a typewriter in Terra Haute, is
going to be married next Thursday, and
Name Is of for weeks visit to be an
accomplish at the ceremony. Name IS
waiting for freight wagon that IS go
ing TO take her TO Oklahoma. but I con-
demns the freight wagon with prompt
ness and scorn, and offers to deliver the
goods my self. Ma Dugan sees no rea-
son why not, as Mr. Freighter wants pay
for the Job; so, thirty minutes later
Name and I pull out In ny Eight spring
wagon with white canvas cover, and head
due south.
That morning was OF a praiseworthy
sorc- The breeze was lively, and smeled
excellent Of flowers and grass, and the
little cOttOutaQ rabbits entertained them
selves VITA skylsrking across the road
Ny Two Kentucky bays went Tor the
horizon until it come sailing N so FAST
YOU wanted 10 dodge It ike a clothes
line. Name was full Of talk and ratified
on Ike kid about her old home and
her school pr2nks and the things she
liked AMI the hateful ways Of those
johnson girls Just across the street. way
up IN Indiana Not s word was said
about FL Collier or victuals or such
solemn subjects. About noon Name looks
and finds that the lunch she had put
up IN basket had been left behind. ]
could have managed quite collation. but
Name didn't seem to be grieving over
nothing to eat, 50 I made 70 lamenta-
lions. It was sore subject with me,
and ] ruled provender In all It's branches
out Of my conversation.
Il am minded to touch light on ex-
plantations how ] came to lose the way.
The road was dim and we'll groNa with
grass: and there was Name by MY side
conf sea ting my tnteleCts and 2tten-
ton. The excuses are good or they ara
not, = they may appear to YOU But
lost f. and 1T dusk that afternoon, when
We should have been IN Oklahoma City,
We were seesa wing along the edge OF no
where IN some undiscovered river bottom,
and the rain was falling in large, wet
punches. Down there in the swamps we
saw little log house on small knoll
Of high ground The bottom grass and
the chaparraI and the lonesome timber
crowded all around It It seemed TO be
a melancholy little house, and you felt
sorry for it Twas that house for the
night. the way I reasoned It. ! explained
10 Name and she leaves Il 20 me TO
prosecuting. as most women would, but
she says It's all right; she knows l
didn't mean TO do it
I'VE found the house was deserted.
1t had two empty rooms. There was :
little shed in the yard where bea SITS
had once been kept In a loft Of 1t was
a lot Of old hay. I put my horses in
there and gave them some Of 1t, for
which they looked 1t me sorrowful- ex-
pecting apologies. The rest Of the hay
I carried into the house by armfuls. with
a view to accommodations. also brought
in the patent kinder and the BrlZilians.
neither of which are guaranteed against
the action Of water.
Name and ] sat on the wagon seats
on the door. and I lit lot of the kinder
hO hoe ~fh mr. ha nj wa
If I was any judge, that girl enjoyed
it, 1t was a change for her. Il gave
her a different point Of view. She
laughed and talked and the kinder made
a dim light, compared to her eyes. L
had a pocket full Of cigars, and as far
been any fall of man. We we're at the
same old stand in the Garden of Eden.
Out there somewhere in the rain and
the dark was the river of Zion, and the
angel with the flaming sword had not
yet put up the keep-on-the- grass sign.
opened up a gross or two of the Bra
zilians and made Name put them on
rings, brooches, necklaces, eardrops,
bracelets, girdles and lockets. She flashed
and sparkled like q million dollar prin-
cess until she had pink spots in her
cheeks and almost cried for a looking
glass
when It got late I made n fine bunk
on the floor for Name with the hay and
my lap robes and blankets out Of the
wagon and persuaded her to lie down.
set in She other room burning tobacco
snd listening to the pouring rain and
meditating on the many vicissitudes that
come to a man during the seventy years
or so Immediately preceding his funeral
II must have dOzed a little before morn
ing for my eyes were shut and when l
opened them it was daylight, and there
stood Name with her hair all done up
neat and correct, and her eyes bright
with admiration of existence.