The Glenwood post., 1922-03-02

ter Annabel In their buggy. BIN went
out to meet them and came Into the
dooryard with her arm around Anna
bells waist.
"Did any one ever see lovelier girl
than this7" BIN asked, as they stood
up before the dinner party.
"Her cheeks are like wild roses. her
ewes like the dew on them when the
sun is rising" said KelsO.
Abe rose and said. 1.-The day is
passing. I'll start on with Parsons
and the pony and read my stint afoot.
You come along In few minutes. BY
the time you overtake me I'll be reaoy
TO get into the saddle"
Half nm hour or so after Abe had
gone, Harrys horse, which had been
whinpying for his mate, bounded out
of the stable and went galloping down
the road, having slipped his halter.
"He will not stop until he overtakes
the other horse" said Harry.
"You can ride with u.s." Annabel
suggested.
So the young man brought his sad
die and bride and put 1t under the
seat of the buggy and got in with
Annabel and her small brother. u
Some two miles down the road Har-
ry found Abe standing between the
horses, holding the runaway by his
forelock. The latter was saddled and
bridled, while the buggy went on
ahead.
..That is a wonderful girl" said
Harry as he and Abe were riding
along together. "She is very modest
and gentle hearted"
"And as pleasant to look at as the
fowery meadows" Abe answered.
.I have promised to stop there
few minutes on our way back"
'It is possible BIN could get d.
vorce," said Abe, looking down
houghtfully at the name Of his horse.
''Pll ask Stuart what he thinks about
t when see him again."
81 hope you'll rec him soon."
"As soon as I car get to Spring
held.~
Next day n letter came from Doctor
Allen. telling him that Ann was far
gone with dangerous fever. Both
Abe and Harry dropped their work
and went home. Ann was too sick to
see her lover.
The little village was very quiet
those hot summer days The sorrow
Of the pretty maiden had touched the
hearts of the simple kindly folk who
lived there. For year or more there
had been a tender note in their voices
when they spoke of Ann. They had
learned with great gladness Of her en-
gagement to marry Abe. The whole
community were as one family with
It's .favorite daughter about to be
crowned with good fortune. greater
than she knew. Now that she was
stricken down, their feeling was more
than sympathy. The love of justice
the desire to see great wrong
righted, In a measure, was in their
hearts when they sought news of the
little sufferer at the tavern.
There was no shouting in the street.
no storytelling in the dooryards, no
jesting in the stores and houses, no
merry parties, gladdened by the notes
of the violin, in the days and nights
Of AIMS long Illness.
Samson writes in his diary that Abe
went about like man in q dream.
with no heart for work or study. He
spent much time at the doctors office,
feeling for some straw of hope.
One day late in August, as he stood
talking with Samson Traylor In the
street, Doctor Allen called him from
his doorstep. Abe turned very pale
az he obeyed the summons.
"I've just come from her bedside"
said Doctor Allen. "She wants to see
you. I've talked 1t over with her par
ents, and we've decided to let you and
her have little visit together. You
must be prepared for a great change
in Ann. There's not much left of the
poor girl. A breath would blow her
away. But she wants to see you. 1t
may be better than medicine. Who
kn0ws?
The two men went across to the
tavern. Mrs. Rutledge and Abe tip
toed up the stairway. The latter en-
tered the room of the sick girl. The
woman closed the door. Ann Rut-
ledge was alone with her lover There
were hone who knew what happened