The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-27

them mueh. She had embroid.
sEed % many other letters before.
win you give me my wedding ~
She ratified on. "Can I be married
hsro3 ! want . home wedding.
Just . slmpls. sweet, home wedding.
A few friends, and the family"
Her nose Wa pink with excite.
msnt. Her eyeglasses glistensd.
May sat up On her couch. She
was Impressed at last. Her voice
was dreamy. -. I'VE could have II
In the parlors By putting q bell in
the baywindow. And ! suppose We
could havo . supper creamed
chicken would b easy, and I could
get the cake uaado !. /. how many
guests do you think, Irens3"
Lily Lou Joined n The eongratu.
lations, admired ths ring, listened
Ill over again 70 the story of the
meeting the eou1tships Irsns's
plans.
So Il wasn't imaginatioo. Some.
one really loved Ifsne. Somsono
had asked her 70 marry him. Irene
with the collar bones, and The sniff
des. and the pop-out pale blue
LILY Lou went baek 10 her ding
ing. Worked, - she had never
worked before.
By the first Of May even Ray
mond was insisting that shs 60
home to the lake for . rest, take
her two weeks vacation early.
For there was no longer any mis-
taking it. Lily Lou was . sick girl.
They were glad to have her home.
The old dog. Shep. looked ut her
for . moment, his dim eyes wor-
ried. Then his tail thumped on the
porch floor. He gave . sharp, an
guished bark, and hurled himself on
her, barking, making funny noises
In his throat, trying to lick her facs,
to make up for not knowing hen
right away. .. II had been 20 long.
And now he followed her every
where. Silent. Adoring.
Her mother cried . little because
Lily Lou was 30 thin and pale. She
had . good strong chicken broth
simmering on back Of the stove,
and Lily Lou was to have . cup Of
it every two hours, unless she'd
rather have milk, with . nice fresh
egg beaten in.
She got up earlier than ever, "a
cook things for the invalid before
she went OF to teach school. She
taught in the little gray primary
school on the fiat. In two more
years she would have her pension
Dad was clerling IN Rufe fetch.
er's store. There weren't many sum.
mer people yet, but Rufs took Dad
on early this year. "Kind of wish
I WAS around home, eos ! could
look after the girl" he said, . little
wistfully.
Uncle Eph came down from tn
mountain 70 go her. Uncle Epl
was Dads brother. Lily Lou lovsl
him, though she knsw her moths,
shuddsrsd 70 - him. Unele Epl
never amounted 70 much. ID
worked - . shsep sheaxer, some
times, borrowed from Dad . lot
and sometimes got drunk On moon
shine whisky.
Lily Lou thought 10 WAS . -
mantle figure, though she Wa I
little ashamod of him too +. ID
was % stroug and sunbuSnt, . n
dependent of what tho pooplo B
the town thought about him. ID
had The HE b lovsd, IN bio uttll
shack with his woolly dog. and III
sheep, and bic phonegraph en-
radio, and 10 didn't care whether h
was respected Or not.
| Some ef the girls Nly Iou hAl
gone % school with dropped 81 q
~ hee. Dsss put ~ hor childrol
| In TIE baek eeat q her Old Aivvol
/ and drovs n from Lakepozt. Bring
Ing With her oranges, and 6
bebyis food 10 . eunny sack ale,
with nsw1papsrs and melting ice
| She asked quick, direct questions
| LILY Lou had 10 tel her about ,he,
progress with her music, and n
shout Raymond and May. an
| whether they were really Swing 70,
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