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Show tiii: uir. n:uH unuu. i Huw ill. uot I (I0U1I 1M,I lll MIAI. II A HT. IAIUIS Itl.lAtllANT. 1 lu tlooit nl Iho open door of llio res. launnt tool lug at hi big watih till lit ban 1 both polntd b twelve, then enlt reil wllh a weary yit deurmliied I ok on hla aauburnt fi t "Tlmotllii. ucr as rrtlji" thoubij b. tilting tlownat the nearest table "Harcn't you got uollilu' to eat here lit .eppcr a?" he asked of tho wulu r who ban led lilm a pi per an I uuktly nw nit-ej nit-ej hlaordirt "V.s.slr) wo can give joti Ju.tnt , goo 1 m au) oilier plaie In the city, Just nad our billot fare,alr," 'Whatd'yoa'poso I cire alaml the fair? 1 didn't come here to loaf nrouu I ' jour filr ground.', Our county fair Is gold tu oittt.i itettt week, an I'll bet I yon nboaallist Nodaway county enh !it tin 00010111111 that'll lay over any-thin1 any-thin1 tit. lioult can do ovvry tlme." M ip'J Wry llkclr,sli."it )'m lua hurry; plcaso rend that "paper and giro uio your order." Well, I'llbotwllcllitll I thought 'tun mo that wot In a hurry. I till you I didn't come hiroto read, I want touifthln' to oat.'1 All right, tlr, joti shall ham It," tald the wain r, n new lls.ht laglnnlug to dawn on lilt mind, anl In a few mlnulit n good dlnutr Wat oil the tabk. "Hee here," growlnl tlio old man, (milling the lltlln laitter iilatu auay from blm "havin't jougot any luttir tut km In'.?" 'That Is good, clean butter, sir, cut ixn.etsly foryou." A tJiuewhat larger nud neatir looking look-ing rleco wot brought to him, lut he thuvuJ tint nal le. " Willi's the matti r with I rlngln' mo a uu I or to?" nsktd lie Hiigrlly; Mary I.liy tuner Ibltika of pultlu leas'ii that on the lab'o." Iho frentlril waller imbed nnay nnd rilurueil with n three ikiiii I roll of Uilter, w hlcli ho put down mllur sjille-full;. sjille-full;. There! that lookt ntnro like II," paid thu cuuutrjninu. "I guiss joti imnu will e.i'iugh, jotnig man, but you don't know nny belli r. If some of you t lly ihai. would come up to ol Nodaway one we'd l.arn ) m n beapinore'iijou'lleiir llnd out htrt. I don't r. ally k'ite. nr.w, ) on Her run n self binder In )our life " No," ml I the miM"iilh.ii wnllir, "I don't known I evir did, they ban n't Introduced Hum )tt Into our HI. iKiula nsUurauts" "Will, I 'lowed Hie) 'd litur liennl of'inidnun hire but sa), line' u btanluui) soup" "C. ri ilnly elr; It I Unu toun, tlr," Oh, ho! that It la It; I thought ma)lwllmliiugotdropd lu, torto' ntvllelllal llkl. (luces I hlu Hlllll niat lx er nowj that llttlo dr) tlali on llm late won't do inn nny good; I ring Hie w hole nnt lu an I I'll tut to suit in) -elf Hou't sutnd lack, jouuotir, I'm ublu to pay for what lltlh.il at." I The wnllir, w ho now teemed lo Hie I nnl) to wall on blm, guru n sigh of nlkfiiN bo taw the oil man' fito n lax Into titmlle OMrlho huge roast that ha I Jut I i n placed U fuinhlni. "Ilhlt roam InlliUdoll'aiilti hoi?" nkol Imnftern while xnmlulnu tlm thin, bluish while llnuld lifc.ro ijlni; "I'd lie itfrall lo ito It, If there was ritoujh of It In hurl it bud) ; but, I tt II mi ) uiing man, ) ou'il betti r look nut f r thai row o' ) ours, ortlu 'II bo on tho lia lritforo ) on know It. I woul In 'I be n'prbodlf tlm had Hie milk tick rUht now , fur the milk don't look nal'rnl for thUtlmo'.ijinr V. I'lllaken i e, Ifllin'. Utile ileie) on brought int. Is it ilo of It, but I wnntngood I Ig one, It Hi it llm bttt you ran do? Well, that ain't nny blggir than Mary l.lxi'a aimir ilia, I ill nulhln' down here looks like It oiightlo, Wlsli)oiicoull lonurrhi ut lioino big nt n w In-e I and I lump nt ntliiiutlilou; maknn man laltenun Just tu think of 'im. I'm goin' lock tomorrow; I'd atone to ilintli hen, besl le tl) In' w lib homesickness " 1'rom niuouij; the kt)s, tlsh books nnl Imttonaln Ills pot kit lu. )ulleil out a lliedolhrgollllecennd Imu led It lo llio waller, a)lugl "Pn) sour folks out o' Unit fir my illnui r nud In i n Iho rest ror jourstlf, youiigster, nu' If ecr)ou hapiKMitipour wn), como an' sru in., nu' we'll show ) on how mlks llii'tipliioll Nodaway." rtxatSjt. iii'it. |
