| Show I II I Their Twin Tips Farm FarmBy By DOROTHY DOUGLAS z U bt BONNIE ONNiE CONNE pulled on her sensible littie littie lit lit- tie hat and glanced down to to see see that her low heeled walking shoes shoes shoes' were clean and tidy put her check checkbook checkbook checkbook book into her bag with a little flutter flutter flut Out ter of her heart and started off oiT to Inspect Inspect Inspect In In- a small farm In New Jersey that had been advertised In n the morning mornIng morn morn- Ing paper In a tiny flat Oat at the opposite te side of the city a n sturdy well up set-up man cast a swift look at b himself in the I mirror to see th that t his tie was straight He lIe was going to New Jersey to inspect Inspect inspect in In- a small chicken farm that had been advertised And these two from the opposite ends of ot the city caught the same sameI I ferryboat across the Hudson boarded the same train for the suburban village village vil- vil I lage Inge on the outskirts of which lay laythe laythe laythe the farm and arrived at the local ocal station station sta sta- tion at the same ame time As a matter of fact there was only one snorting taxi beside the wooden platform and both Connie and John McGuIre l went swiftly toward itI ItI ItI It I want to go to Orchard farm said Connie and looked up and Into the steady e eyes es of the man mau whose words almost echoed her own The taxi driver scratched his head It was McGuire who sensibly settled settled set set- tied the question Ill sit outside with the driver If it you dont don't mind mind- since our destination Is the same So the taxi with Its curious burden grumbled n a hit bit but was soon speeding through lovely scenery to a spot of considerable isolation Connie was a waitress In a first first- class restaurant She had saved a decent sum sura because of f the he tips she had been given over a period of years Each hoped the check book so Joyously Joyous joyous- ly brought on this trip would he be sufficiently sufficiently suf suf- fi Indicative of wealth to allow of ot pur purchasing Orchard farm should farm should it prove the ideal spot Oh exclaimed Connie to herself herselt as the taxi taxi stopped what a 3 hea heavenly heaven heaven- enly en- en ly place Ideal was McGuires McGuire's inward comment but a bit far from the sta sta- tion Id I'd have to motor everything in And by everything McGuire referred to the hundreds hundreds' of dozens of t tegg eggs egg and c chickens Ickens he he hoped to be producing g for the city restaurant I suppose you want me to wait said the taxi driver Connies Connie's face fell and so did McGuIres McGuIre's McGuire's McGuires McGuires McGuire's Mc- Mc Guires Guire's when they heard the price Five thousand dollars was more than either had bargained for Each had sa saved saed ed I wante wanted to raise poultry and make male butter and Jams to sell to the theten ten tearoom room where I work lamented Connie I have it all fixed up with the own owner she owner she r-she she will buy all I can sup sup- ply And 1 I had fixed up with my boss confided McGuire and tried not to show his keen disappointment Im so fed up with carrying trays of food to people that I dont don't see how I can go on with It it moaned Connie ConnI and this farm I Is simply the place Ive I've had in my dreams for years Some one else will surely get It before I save enough to make up the differ ence Youve said It groaned McGuire McGure Ive gone to bed nights Just planning a place like this and thinking of getting getting fet fet- get get- ting up at dawn while the dews dew's on everything and the sun coming up behInd behind behind be be- hind that hill hm and feeding the chickens chick ens and the cows and lighting the kitchen fire Instead of ot that it means carrying dinners to business men for another year ear or two They both sighed heavily as s they emerged from the house after giving Iving the caretaker a tip Up for showing them all over the small farm If uIt you dont don't object Ill I'll sit Inside on the way back said McGuire perhaps perhaps perhaps per haps we can cheer each other up a 0 abit abit bit And inside the taxi there was a tremendous tremendous tre tre- amount of conversation going goIng goIng go- go Ing on The The two farm se seekers kers had become very Intimate regarding their financial status I If we could couIll Just have pooled it It I laughed Connie it would have been easy and wed we'd still have hn 2000 to huy buy stock and carry us along until I things get going properly McGuire turned and anel looked very steadily into Connies Connie's honest eyes How would you like to pool In with me Ill I'll buy the farm start It going and get everything In fine shape I In a month or two and maybe maybe maybe may may- he he- be McGuire floundered d Just a wee bit hit and Connies Connie's eyes fluttered downward downward down down- w ward we m might ht sort of get het et better hetter acquainted and and well well you never can cnn cantell cantell tell we might might- might might-It Connie laughed softly because he the was getting so mixed up with a n i hem lera that was as plain as os the nose on Connies Connie's face Dont be silly she said laughing laughing- ly Iy I II dont don't think theres there's any mIght about It I liked you ou the very ery minute minute minute min min- ute you were so thoughtful about sitting sit ting outside on this taxi And I liked you the minute you yon let me come along along It It almost looks loos like what folks call love at nt first firsts s sight ht My names name's John McGuire he I j added yours I Connie tonne Connie Connie Weldon I II II I shall say say Connie shall we tell this Ihs driver to take talc us hack back so sove we ve can cnn put PUI putdown down down- downa a for our for our farm and what do dJ you ou say to calling It t Twin Tips rips fl en farm rm 1 Fine ll said Connie and McGuire McGure I willed called ld out out to the driver I r d |
