Year: 1873

que was expecting MN SUNDAY


night; the parler curtains wer,


down, the old folks notified that il


was healthy to go to bed at eight


O'Clock, and Johnny bribed with q


cent to permit himself to be tucked


away at sundown He sneaked up


the path, one eye on the dog and


the other watching for the sold


man" who didn't like him any too


we'll. gave faint knock at the door,


and it was opened and he was escort.


ed into the parlor He said he


couldn't stay but a minute, though


he didn't mean to go homo for


hours. She wanted to know how


his mother was 1T his father


had returned from York State; if


his brother Bits rheumatism was


any better; and he went over and


sat on the sofa so as not to STRAIN


his voice, Then conversation tagged,


and he played with his hat, and she


nibbled at the sofa-tidy. He finally
said it was a beautiful evening, and
she replied that her grand father
predicted a snow-storm. He said
he guessed it wouldn't snow, as the
moon wasn't crooked enough to
hang powder horn on the end; she
said she didn't believe it would,
either. This mutual understanding
seemed to give each other courage.
and he wanted to know if she had
seen Bill Jones lately She hadn't,
she said, and she didn't want to
Then she went TO talking about the
donation visit which was TO be given
Elder Berry, and he carelessly drop
ped his hand on hers his right
hand, while his left sneaked along
the sofa to get behind her shoulders.
She pretended not to notice it, and
he looked down at his boots and
wanted to know if she thought NUT
ton tallow r0ttod out boots faster
than lard or lampblack. She
couldn't say, but she had an idea
that it did. He had just commenced |.
to lock fingers with her. when she
discovered something allied the lamp |
She rose up and turned the light
down half. making the room look |
dim. 1t took him five minutes to /
get hold of her fingers again; she
pretended to want to draw her hand
away all the time After a long
pause he lowered his voice to whis-
per, and he said he didn't geo what
made folks love each other. She
bit her handkerchief aud admitted
her Ignorance. lie said that he
J0uld name II dozen young men who
were going To get married right
away. and his left arm fell down and
gave her u hug. Then he went
over and looked out of tho window
10 make sure that il was or WIS not
SoIHS =" rrrJw, und, coming back,
no turned the light down IL little
more, and then sat down and wanted
10 know if she didn't want to rest
herself by leaning her head on his
shoulder.


All. me! we have all been there,
md who of us cared cent when
he old clock struck twelve, and we
i've miles from homo? The old
nan was fast asleep, the watch dog
gone a visiting, and the handsOmest
girl in the country didn't see why
We need be in a hurry.


Perhaps | shouldn't have written
d tins, but as was going by Saun
lers the other day thinking of the
night | heard him whisper in her
Ear at spelling school, that he'd love
Ter very shadow as long as he lived,
he raised the window and called to
Ter as she was picking up chips in
he road:


Sue Saunders, come in here and
ind the bars grease for my sore
loel, or I'll break every bone in
your body"