The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-03-29
A STORY OF THREE
BY MARTHA N. WILLIAMS,

had or dime:
wish ! had er new n cents ter give
dat gal er mine"
"Why 50 Sinrully lavish. FrcttyT
Benton called to her from the blanket ,
he luungCd on twenty yards away.
'Why not ofler something possible 20
mere men ana mortals? 4 red apple,
for instance. | might be equal to
that"
Frctty was light 1.-THE, a seventeen.
yearold tumhoy. filed with the beau
ty of the devil" found only nj such
age. Eruron her fathers chum,
found her vastly dycrting, lie was
at Tip Top for the hot weather, md
! glad of anything that made his exile
more bCurahlr.
"Nou Thought was dads liitl" Girl, l
wearing finger in her mouth utd ex- .
| recting to be- kissed when her face
and her rrork were clean" Fretty
burst out from the height Of wide
swOOp. "Bul-Ivc forgiven You for
disappointing me So-bcing a Chris
tian.u,lndrd person." Benton coun-
tered. Thercat Fretty Giggled, WANT
me to tell you something's" she asked.
IL wili--vhrthrr or no, | bet Babe
Ackien pig against poppy. before ]
ever saw you. that you'd fall dead In
love with me.-in about three days"
"WhO won the betT" Benton inter
ruptcd. trctty stopped the swing
dead "WC--mve to ask you that"
she said, nushnS the least bit. Babe
says the puppy'S mlue-wHntS :" bring
| il right over to me--but | say not
though amt quite ready 10 let him
have the pig"--caSting down eyrlihs
that showed durk-fringcd lashes
against the soft color Of her checks.
LET me SEQ. Pretty much Of u
draw, think" Ecntrn sOid, muSingly.
II hate ~ say II, hut you lose. II
anybody does. by being too old, l:
Ne had met earlier, say when you
we're ten "r lhrrcubOut, never could
have resisted you"
YES, you could. | was uglier then
thnn homemade sin-all snuggly-
toOthcd and rrccklrd as Il turkey egg
. aud right down stringing in arms and
well, everywhere, because ! ran
and played 81 hard. There's q lot in
feeding ynuryrlf, let me tell you.
found that ont when snapped green
! apples and candy for meat aud bread
4 and things"
81 have been mcrclfulIy spared thai
: is plain. But tell me how did Bah'
n live through the snaggly-tooih ant
{ green.npple -epochT" Benton asket
4 80 a rot
;. ~ shook her fist AT him, crying
Babel Lawsy me! Why he's case
hnrdcned--was that sort his own sci
i do reckon we were the TOUCHES
lOOkm', raggedest pair of colts tina
: ever rUmpcd IN any pasture.
~ always tie him at any sort o
l. mark" she said. "But not when we'r
e hunting birds or squirrels or rabbits
5 ! always shut my eyes as | pull tn
u trigger"
?; 81 see! You have mercy on liv
IS targets of sorts" Benton sid re
Ie hecrhcIy: "But--how about mem"
d Frctty laughed laugh Of sparklin
u malice, saying: "Oh! let them tax
" what's coming to. them--if the
" haven't got gppptlon enough to ste
10 out of range
. "IIm /. Anything personal In that's
Benton. asked. Instantly FREELY wa
y. all wide.eyed innocence. "How cOul
nj there bcr she asked. you're SAN
III as vnccinatedAtlads. best. friend" !.
I'd "Bdt--thatI doesn't make me in
IN; nUne." Benton. answered, bis vote
J." suddenly Strained. He got up jerkn
& stretched, ran bark OF Fretfy:Rhd sci
"a, the swing. sai,ing- the ;futt length !
sa IFS ropes. 1t was a foolish -expeI
ne ment he wanted 20 starth: her: ff6
h. her supreme -po!se. Also haZaraosS'
ropes, like affections, wear tln'Oul
under. too. great tension. To his he
6u ror, Ne heard ALLOW cracking sQunh
he sawHone ihe:strandpf the huge hemp'
m cable give, part, and suddenly II
II wind. THE motion was stlil outwa
at -whiuSt ttEha$ Tor the down.swc
ny there would be further breaking.
IN ,.Eyen II the whole cable did n
10 part deep list sldewlse Would me
DIV a fall deadly fall, FOR. this 6
child whom he knew suddenly he
Ip his heart in her two hands, Du
he he Spicd the blnnket-spied also a L
youth running on winged feet,
u. Benton had. already seized
Dis blauEct--but lie would never hH
mi Known where TO hold 1t efTectual
BnSe moved instinctivcly TO the rll
49,, spn! Changing now aud then at
-, lgu.y IN air. F'rettg sensed the dr
Ma gcr-with boSh dimp!ad hands S
wv chung to the sound side Of the cal
But the power % weight and mi
m tore loose her grlp--she catapul
forward, downwurd--tO certain deu
lit II seemed. But rn'rh was Not to $
and her Babe ami Benton held
,ul- blanket taut,. hut II was Babe v
cascd il at the exact instant to 81
aid. Fre''S from dangerous re""u,