Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-09-02

Eyes, they are always reminding
me Of the celors In her hair and eyes
and cheeks. think that the sun and
the moon and the stars shine only to
show her face TO me-"
my child Are you in lover
"Yes, but ] am not child
"Wbem do you love7"
"Yeur daughter"
Mrs. Blake took the boys hand and
laughed.
I'm Lowell and getting one hundred
and 6fty dollars . yearl" she e.
claimed with good-natured Amusement
Il suppose that you and your wife
could get along on bread and water"
I'm mot always going to be DOOR,"
your school days have scarcely b.
gun"
u learn fast. ! shall get along"
'"The time to fall In love 10 after
you have got along. not before"
ut comes when it comes. Nobody
can tell when he win fall In love"
Il wouldn't take this 20 seriously.
You'll get over It."
''Neveri You don't know how bad
It is. / would rather die than give It
up. / want to be engaged to Ruth"
Tt iS impossible You are beth far
toe :'oung."
"But you were only seventeen when
you fell In love"
'True, but those days things were
different and was not engaged for q
year after that. The colonel was then
three years older than I-old enough
to be sure Of himself. Now, Shad, /
must ask you to promise me on your
word Of honor as q gentleman that
you will say nothing to Ruth of this
until ! give you permission to do 1t.
Wen see how you get along and we
shall do everything that we can do to
help you. If you keep your love for
her and II she should be fond Of you
we will have another talk about 1t By
and by"
Il viii make the promise and keep
IL, but If l see that some other fellow
IL trying to get her 1t would be hard
for me to keep myself from jump
ing In"
Don't worry. You have the inside
track. We are all fond Of you. Let's
see what happens"
Shad returned to his task In Amity
Dam q bit depressed. Soon after that
an unexpected trouble came upon him.
One Of the gold rings had been miss
ing from Its showcase for q week.
Since the loss had been discovered
Shad had observed q difference
slight but unmistakable-in the man-
ner Of Mr.. and Mrs. SmitherA In
deed, he thought that other people had
begun to treat him coolly.
The next Sunday afternoon Ehad
and Bony went down to Browns cove.
Shad told Bumpy Of his trouble.
''Folks are just naturally eussed
mean" said Bunny. They're made
that way. By Jeedixl They can't
help 1t no Dore'n q toad can help
havin' warts. l heard t'other day in q
house where l was tinkerin' that you
an iBony was wild. l says: Them
boys are all right Till they've learnt
their lesson be easy on EN-. They'll
come ont as straight az q looms leg"
Boys are quick to detect the note
Of dnsincerity. They knew that
Bumpy spoke from his heart in spite
Of his own bitterness.
Suddenly he came to Ehad. boy,
I forgot yer trouble" he said. Tell
me about that ring. When did you
see It lastT,,
when I was showing it and some
other trinkeSs to girl the other day"
what grip
Il don't know her name. She was
about eighteen years old-light-col-
ored hair an blue eyes. She had
pretty teeth an q turned-up nose.
There was a scar on her left cheek.
Wore q blue dness"
"Tm afraid she's rather light-fn.
gered," said Bumpy. II know her, an
what folks say in her neighborhood.-a
few miles south O. here. I'm a-goin'
mp there In q dag or two. III see
what I can do. Don't worry"
As they were leaving Bumpy said:
"Come down next Sunday. / may
have some news"
The next Sunday, to avoid criticism,
they went to meeting and promptly
set out for Browns cove.
Bumpy was standing by the door.
He waved his hat as they came up
and called out:
BY Jeedix, boysl I'm happyi See
that7"
He held up the gold ring between
his thumb and forefnger. Shad trem-
bled with excitement "How did you
get itf' he asked
"Oh, I went an see that gal an
jus scared It out o. her. Told her
she'd have to give II back or go to
jail She broke down and handed 1t
over. 1t was kind O. pitlful. l told
her nobody would even know her
name an they won't-not from me.
I'm a-goin' to take It to Smithers and
tell him how ! come by IT,"
Tia Eat down to their dinner Of
roasted partridges and baked pota-