evious one. When greetings with his brother, and the family at Pebbly Pit were over, Jim explained: "The Bo

that Kenneth's uncle was the Montresor who first discovered the vein of ore, but also because Polly and Eleanor were such good pals, and they deserved som

Latimer fell to her lot. As she had been carefully trained to make the most of any opportunity offered, especially with a rich and desirable young man for the prize, she

om in the city, and poor Tom thought that, perhaps, she had some loathsome irruption on her face that necessitated this covering o

ithout feeling her powers of beauty and attraction; so she posed and minced her

nt oak-tree. And Mr. Brewster, as affable as if he had not been tried by a family-co

and when we go out on a section the wor

dered more as kids who are to be teased and imposed upon, eh?" as

h are tenderfeet and years younger than they are. Ken and I are tr

thers do. Just because Jim has a rich father and because I have to work for a living, makes no difference to them. Caste and wealth counts as

new line, as you thought

o there. Then we move on to the next section which will be near Buffalo Par

n there, and I promised Nolla I'd ride

all ride up while we camped there? You could make up

men in our crowd are gentlemen from different parts of

ter, for all of us. John and I would joi

eally, Tom?" crie

Mr. and Mrs. B

"It will be dandy, Mother,

, if Tom and you will escort th

chaperoned us among so many men!" exclaimed Barbara. Then when

eaded vain creatures it ever was my m

ere to act as hostess. Mrs. Carew always spends Sundays at camp-unless the Boss rides down to town to visit her. Sometimes she bri

Can't we say yes?" s

of you boys be here?

New York, and about the financing of Choko's Find. Perhaps Dad and Dr. Evans might even

rrange to go next Sunda

be home for a mo

faintly, because she could not control her own pleasure in hearing him say so. Mrs.

ung folks would form a party to ride up to Buffalo Park on Saturday. With this pleasure in view, the two boys went back to c

eir sports were limited to a quiet time. So they decided to visit the corrals and see Noddy and Choko,

. Both girls listened and distinctly heard a man speaking in dramatic tones. The voice

Ah never would be h'ar askin' fur yor h

lowed, and then th

anch agin. But folkses kin see we-all w'ar made fer each other. Ev

are in love with each other?" wondered

harness loft and see who it is. There isn't another woman on the farm

cross the floor until she reached the wide loft-window. This she opened quie

pamphlet in his hands. He was memorizing t

up, strike a pose, and declaim in an unnatural voice, to the

uth and rocked back and forth. Instantly

te education on how to propose gracefully to a woman that man ever could find. I just bet Jeb sent for it, one da

h some one was too funny for words. He seemed terribly in earnest, however, as he stoo

widdout love? Oh, beuchus maiden-' no, no, Ah musen't call her 'maiden' e

he began again with one hand over his heart and the other tearing at the thin covering of hair on his head, "'Ef you-all refuse me Ah shall

to himself and said: "Thar now, Jeb! T

in consternation. Who was the widow-and

swill and ran over to feed the pigs. His audience, up in the loft, heard him still reciting various love-thrilling lines to

CING LOVE-MAKI

Eleanor.

free from guile as any babe. So after the table was cleared, she went up

s eyes twink

d lines he had learned in a paper book. We heard him say that that

to be on guard to-night, lest Jeb commit some folly.

nights. He sits on the terrace b

his church clothes, let me know and I'll see that he comes to no harm.

ver know what to do without him. Perhaps we'd best tell f

of Jeb. You just see that he keeps quiet, t

Sary. Polly found her giving a plaid ribbon and a corsage nosegay to Sary. B

ook in yur room, one day. No one never wears it, an' Ah wuz

packed by mistake. It happens to be one of hers, so

nd much ef she lent it to me

last year's style, anyway. I'll take the risk of giving it to

l you-all Ah'll be the happiest gal in the West, to-ni

ss over her arm, then she turned to Eleanor.

wards the "Second-best" hammock that always swung behind the lilac bushes. It was a nice little retreat for any

ust love to follow after Sary and see what she is up to," sai

dressed up in his church clothes. He turne

s pipe?" asked

ery step as if to make sure

keep my eye on him!" cried P

show you where he went," s

girls walked over the soft sod that gave forth no sound, and quite suddenly came upon a scene that caus

her rubicund form, that it cracked ominously every time the wearer took a deep breath. But the short-coming of the two fronts over her amp

dreadfully white Sary seemed to be, and her lips were

Bob's powder and ro

s, like a hen does when it hears a strange sound. She quickly frizzed up her hair by ruffing it backwards, an

from behind the lilac bushes, some ten feet away from the swinger. He seemed ill at ease,

der'!" whispered Eleanor, burying her face i

nd Jeb soon was heard to say: "Sary, Ah cum '

ll sit in th' hammick beside

But Ah ain't shore it'll hol' enny more'n you." Howe

y, as seriously as if the weather was the

ify Sary's statement, then admitted,

nor whispered to Polly that she must have had a mouthful of honey), "A

it was too close to Sary for Jeb's peace of mind. He reached out very warily and caught hol

f a captive that night, or waste al

ech the ground easy when Ah'm sittin' ba

of the hammock. He pulled it back and forth a few times, while Sary sm

t woul' arth be widdout de flowers of

t never heard before, and she sighed heavily as her visitor coughed

other line. Sary had to catch hold of the edges

ez a sweet bride waitin' t' welcome a man after a hard day's labor? Wha

?sus, so it mattered not how Jeb said it. But Polly and Eleanor were clasping eac

eep sea. Sary uttered no complaint, however, even though her neck almost snapped at each sudden jerk. She was wise en

d lines, and as he progressed with the "love sonnet"

de fur each other Ah wooden be ha'

most landed Sary out in the grass, but s

tly as he remembered he was two paragraphs ahead in his speech. Now he couldn't remember what went just before th

strangling as he realized he should have said "widder" and now utterly confounded, he said): "Oh, Sary!

ly that the mended strands suddenly sundered and S

ut Jeb's slender form and smacked him heartily on the lips. The dramatic lover then trembled and gasped for breath. How to get away

dreamed a man could talk so wonderful!" Sary si

ave ended so abruptly, but manlike, he wanted to hear added words of flattery about himsel

s his lines came back to him. "Oh, Ah must tell you-all what j

ent both lovers from ecstasy down to earth. As Sary and Jeb managed to get upon their feet, they thought they heard sounds of smothered laughter and scampering fe