The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-12-08

| cordial greeting to two gentlemen
driving by. They waved their. hats to
her gnyly, then leaned back comforta-
bly, against the cushions--and IL ever
! two men were obviously and incontest-
ably on the best Of terms with each
other, these two were. They were
| David Beasley and Mr.. Dowden.
II do WISH" said my cousin, resum-
Ing her rocking--'T do wish dear Da-
| vId Beasley would get new car OF
some kind; that old model Of his IL
a disgracel suppose you haven't
met him7 OF course, living at Mrs.
Apperthwaite's, you wouldn't be apt
! to-"
"But what 's he doing with Mr..
| Dowden?" / asked.
She lifted her eyebrows. "Why--
taking him for drive, suppose"
'No. mean--how do they happen
| to be togetherf"
"why shouldn't they be? They're
old friends"
'1They arer And, In answer to her
look Of surprise. explained that I
had begun to speak Of Beasley ut Mrs.
Apperthwaite's and described the alb
ruptness with which Dowden had
changed the subject.
"I see," my cousin nodded, compre-
hendIngly. "That's simple enough.
George Dowden didn't want you to
Ink OF BeasIey there. I suppose l.
may have been little embarrassing
for everybody-especially If Ann APP
perthwaite heard you"
"Ann2 That's Miss Apperthwaitef
Yes; 1 was speaking directly to her.
Why shouldn't she have heard mef
She talked of him herself little later
and at some length, too"
"She didw My cousin stopped rock
ing, and fixed me with her glittering
eye. well, of all!
as 1t so surprising?"
The lady gave her boat to the waves
again. "Ann Apperthwaite thinks
about him still ~ she said, with some
thing like vindictiveness. "Tve always
suspected 1t. She thought you were
new to the place and didn't know any
thing about 1t all, or anybody to mem
ton it to. That's itp'
"I'm still new TO the place" i urged,
"ord stul don,t know ANYTHING about
Il oIIn
mrbav usnd IN bn ongoqcd" was her
succinct and emphatic answer.
found it but too illuminating. on
ohm cried 9" was an innocent.
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hoo,, on5 che doesn,t deserve him"
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o arhey cot engaged iust
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90 an ~ idio,io,1I, rn,,ontic cirIs-'
"prt sbc,s a toochcrr jnferrunted
uof ,,otho,notics A."
"yns" She nodded wisely, 81 al
why's fhoraht tbht cxpInined it: III,
rou,,nco is q reaction from tle nj
cobro mover l,now n. norson con
nncted with mathematics or astronomy
NJ statistics or ory Of those exart
l,in,s who di,In't have n crazy streak
In ,o,, somau.bore THEY'VE got TO blow
off steom and he foolish to make III
for puttiug in so much of their time
ot hard sense. But don't YOU thinl
: thot dislike Ann Apperthwaite. She,
always been one of my best friends
that's wbv 7 feel at liberty to abuse
her-and I always will abuse hei
when I think how she treated poo
David Beasley."
. GLOW did she treat him?"
! "Tbrew him over out OF q clear SIX,
> one night that's all. Just sent hin
|, home and broke his heart: that is; |
9 wou,d have been broken IL he'd ha,
anv Kind of DISPOSITION except the on
the Lord blessed him with-just al
, optImism md cheerfnlness and make