American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-01-27

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doesn't always see things In the true
light. You'll go-back, won't your"
She bent toward him and asked
pointedly:
"BiIl Dale, what makes you so anx-
ious fo' me to go9'
Because" readily, II want you to
have an education"
"What makes you want me to have
a education, Bill DaleP"
Because you'd be such a splendid
womsn, If you had an education"
Babe Littleford pursued with child
like eagerness: "And what maaes
you wan me to be such a s-splendid
woman?"
Dale lifted his gray eyes and an
swered her frankly:
Because | expect to marry you
some day"
Babe Littleford blushed deeply. Her
eyes were glad, filed with rejoicing.
II he didn't love her now, at least just
a w~eeny-teeny bit, he wouldn't be
thinking of marrying her some day,
certainly, and this conclusion made
her happier than she had ever been IN
all her life before. She wished wildly
that she could hug him with all her
might-and she had a big notion(to do
It, But what would he think of her?
Well, there would come a day when
she would surely hug him with all her
might. She would simply break his
blessed bones, almost.
"Will you go to Patricia tomOrrowf"
he asked.
She really believed thai she ought
to go. But the thought of leaving him
was more hateful than ever, now that
she knew he meant TO marry her, She
Strove to change the subject
"See that little, teeny flower over
there-that little, teeny, blue oneT'
she asked, pointing. That's a day
flower. It's the purest blue of any.
They call 1t a day1ower because 1t
don't last but jest n single day"
And again, pointing: "See that little,
teeny, purple flower over there at them
twisted laurels? That's called Jobs
tears, and they don't last but one.day,
neither. That little red, spidery thing
is bee balm. Over yander at the
hick'ry Is m~onkshood. l Earned the
names out o. a book Major Bradley
loant me. Hadn't we better be a-goin'
toward home? it'll be a-comln'
dark purity soon, won't it?"
Said Dale, "Wm you go back to
Patricia tomorrow"
"I-I've been a-wonderin'," muir
INJURED Babe. (which is proper, Bill,
bust or burst?"
Dale spoke quickly. Burst for you,
bust for me. VIII you go back to
Patricia"
Beaten, Babe L~ittleford drew a long
breath and smiled.
Eyes, Mister Dale" she answered
resignedly. II will. I'll go whar-
where you want me to go, eff it's
to Torment. Now tell me how 1t comes
that l find my people and their inc
mics as thick as mlasses In a jug,
while we walk on"
.
When Dale returned to John More
lands cabin from having seen Babe
Littleford safely to her fathers door,
he found Major Bradley and BY Heck
waiting at the gate. Heck had some
important, bad news, he said.
Better not tell me about 1t until
after supper" replied Dale. "Pm as
hungry as you ever were, BY"
They went in to sit down to one of
the best meals Addie Moreland had
ever prepared. When they had fin
ished eating, John Moreland led the
way into the best room, where they
took chairs. The major produced
cigars. BY Heck, swollen with a feel
ing of greatness, lighted the wrong
end Of his weed, faced Dale, and be-
gan to unburden his mind of It's weight
of information.
well, Bill, old boy" he began-and
then stopped to wonder why his cigar
wouldn't smoke as well as the majors.
well, Bill, old boy" he went on, final.
ly. Henderson Goff, he's shore been
as busy as a One-armed man in a bum
blebee's nest. | CANT see, igod, what's
wrong with this here seegyar. He's
went and brung about twenty-five Tor
reys from two places knowed as Jer-
uslem cove and Hatton's hell, to help
work his mine when he gifts 1t. They're
all a.puttin' up with them Balls. The
Forreys is part Injun, Cherokee In
jun, and I've heered it said at they
was as bad or wuss'n rattlesnake
BROTH
Major Bradley blew a little cloud OF
smoke upward. "More of the game OF
bluff, perhaps" he suggested.
"Tm inclined to think So" thought
fully said Dale. swell, wen avoid
trouble as long as we decently can
and when we can no longer get around
it, we'll call In as much Of the law
as we can get, and meet 1t halfway,
Eth. Hayes3"
Sure" nodded the mining expert.
Dale raj on his way to the new
siding the following morning, when he
met Henderson Goff. Again Dale was
foreibly reminded of stories he had
heard and read of Mississippi river
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