Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-08-25
And she'd put down the right words

And she'd put down the right words
with 'em SOS I'd know.
''YOre mother was the last to come
to see me, Bill. so this she says to
Pat, is the barbarian princessr l
didn't know what that meant, but l
'spect it's sOmethin' bad. l went into
the house, because l didn't want to
say. anything, and her yore own moth
er. But l listened, and l heard her
say the rest. and this is it:
"'What will you do when the ia-in-
innovation wears off, PatriciaY she
says. She'll be a burden to you.
Patricia you'll have a half-savage
person tagging after you, like a lady
bearr
That's what it was she said. Bill
Dale. i. I'm shore they do need
me here, and l ak We this, Bill Dale !:
Are you sorry to see me come back?'
Perhaps they do need you" Dale
slowly stripped the tiny leaves from a
fern. But that is not sufficient rea-
son to warrant your staying here. OF
course, I'm not sorry to see you, Babe.
But you must go back to Patricia very
soon. If you had been a burden TO
Patricia, she would have told you"
Babe put out foot and idly rolled
an acorn across the path with one
bare big toe.
But II don't think I want to go
back" she protested. I'D rather stay
here, heap rather"
But you must go back" declared
Dale, you really must"
Ben Littleford's daughter was ST.
lent. For a moment she absently
watched the playful antics of a little
boomer squirrel on the side of a near
by hickory. Then she arose
Look" she urged-it was one of
the charming wiles of her-"Look at
my new dress. Me and Pat made it.
every stitch of it. Don't you think it's
nicer"
"Sure, it's nice" Dale agreed. "But
any dress looks nice on you, Babe. If
only you'd stick with Mrs McLaurin
and let her educate you'll You
shouldn't have cared anything about
what my mother said; my mother
doesn't always see things in the true
light. You'll go back, won't you"
She bent toward him and asked
pointedly:
"Bill Dale, what makes you so anx-
ious fo' me to go?"
Because" readily, 81 want you to
have an education"
what makes you want me to have
education, Bill Dale?"
Because you'd be such a splendid
woman, if you had an education"
Babe Littleford pursued with child
like eagerness: "And what makes
you want me to be such s-splendid
woman?
Dale lifted his gray eyes and an
swered her frankly:
Because l expect to marry you
some day."
Babe Littleford blushed deeply. HeI
eyes were glad, filed with rejoicing
If he didn't love her now, at least just
weeny-teeny bit, he wouldn't be
thinking of marrying her some day
certainly, and this conclusion made
her happier than she had ever been il
all her life before. She wished wildly
that she could hug him with all hel
might-and she had big notion to dc
it. But what would he think of her?
Well, there would come a day wher
she would surely hug him with all hel
might. She would simply break hi.
blessed bones, almost.
"Will you go to Patricia tomorrow p
he asked.
She really believed that she ough
to go. But the thought of leaving hin
was more hateful than ever, now tha
she knew he meant to marry her. She
strove to change the subject
"See that little, teeny flower ovel
there-that little, teeny, blue one?'
she asked, pointing. "That's a day
flower. It's the purest blue Of any