Show THE END OF HER FARMING dy EVA RORE 31 copyright I 1 when wayne dowers died and left his young wife betty two little boys to care tor or great was the discussion among the sympathetic but curious neighbors as to how bettys future was to be arranged they were not left lont long in doubr and after a year or two of successful management on bettys part thelt their ule died a natural death oa tho the whole betty first three years might be called an emphatic success and she began to feel comparatively easy as to the question of a livelihood for herself and her boys hans the big german whom she had hired to run the tarm farm was so sober honest and industrious dust rious that she unconsciously depended upon him in many ways and left certain affairs more and more to hla management imagine then how the solid ground seemed to sink front from under her feet when hans informed her that he must leave her as he had decided to get married poor betty ilow how alone she felt once more she felt sure it would be impossible to find a roan man to fill liana hans place for help was scarce and she would have to be satisfied with some come stranger or tramp 11 as bett expressed it in another house halt half a mile to the north kathrina Kathr loa was trying to explain the state oz 0 affairs she stood beside the table looking bashfully at the floor her master had pushed back from his meal and sat in a brown study looking at katrina but seeing far beyond her and so BO said he be rousing himself suddenly you and hans hana think you will try your fortunes out west if you please sir air answered katrina demurely but what it if I 1 dont please then I 1 think you must talk to hans hang put in kastrinas Kat rinaa mother laughingly im going past thero there this afternoon and perhaps id better r neak meak to him about it with a twinkle in his eye toward katrina but what will betty bowers do without hansi and as aa the thought and other attend attendant amt nt ones came to john meade he paused with one sleeve of his hia coat on and one oft off till katrina came to his aid even thern then he seemed strangely absent mind ed and said in return for her bell oh yes thank you I 1 believe 1 will I 1 betty hailed his appearance with dolight and hastened to ask him bim it he would help her shut the black colt in the barn it had gotten loo loose seand and she was so afraid of its heels of course john would help and the refractory animal was soon stabled side by side they walked to the house talking naturally enough about abolt liana hans and katrina and their prospective marriage it will leave us in rather bad shape wont it said john yes yea indeed and id like your help john in finding someone to toko hans place I 1 do so dread having a stranger come here and betty held the door hospitably tor for john to antei lie he could nt not resist regist this chance of freeing his hia mind ile he took bettys hand from the door looking in her wondering eyes and said try me in hans ieans place 1 you exclaimed betty in astonish aston leh ment yea ayes sald said john feeling that he had gone too far for retreat and must now explain himself hana takes my house housekeeper Leeper and you lose your mainstay dont you see it if you marry me it will straighten the whole matter hans and katrina could live here a and d but he got no further betty jerked her hand band from his and sn n angry flush overspread her face his H proposal was a great shock to her for the thought of finding a lover in her old friend john had never crossed her mind but aside from her surprise there was another reason for her displeasure pie asure ile he had tried to put tho matter in a practical light anc 0 o betty it amounted to this hla john wanted her marry him because vie e wa in need of a housekeeper all her pride rose in rebellion against the idea no john she said decidedly lets leta not talk about it any more for it wont do any good if we doot dont speak of it agala again we shall soon torget forget it and be as good friends as ever hans bustled into the house that night with news ile ho had headd of a chance to hire a man and proposed pio posed that betty ride over to corner next morning to see the roan man the ride was taken and tho the man came for two weeks on an trial ile he proved to bo be quite ignorant of farm work but was wag quick and willing to learn betty though not without certain misgivings bad nearly decided to h wp as the season ahen hen sumet Burneth bIng ln ua bf on n to lo change her fiad tnt liely ly the two weeks of trial v ag as acal hoail I 1 over ilan hans had gone with tho the bugg bug to a neighboring town and had taun the bos with him the man irias alei herman man had bad baw IP sent with a load ot of g atu to the pocket a station near by and in an opposite direction to tho the town liana was visiting betty let left t alone had plenty of time to thinie As she sat busily sewing lie her r eyes would turn at times toward johno house and oho eho caught herself wishing that john would come and aad g go 0 again as he used to lie he ha not baft base rm since that eventful day and youngish he had a trick of stoop ing and he wore very comfortable clothes ile he seems to me to have been dreamer one might eatch catch him peering at the stare ot of nights gaan when glimpses glIm pRes of honesty were vere reflected in his mirror he ha would look up from his bia books and lay isly aside hta his pipe and she 1 I have ben so ao concerned with th the a wan I 1 apologized 1 I must really try to explain honesty nesty she bhe weis we is orderly and neat and her house wag waa juiet as a young analda heart heam she se sc ned aed to do without wUn oitt any trouble iler her roses rosa grew clean cleanly lyald aad frohly as though she had been a crack gardener there never were such roses as Hone Honest ya A young follow fellow used to PUBS pass by each morning ind at length taking hla his courage in 11 both hands handa he asked for it a rose she gave him one the man in the haven saw it t fill all circling in hla his mirror of coursel course I 1 ile he went into another room where there was an ordinary glass find and he ha looked at himself critically the saru tiny ended he came back to hip hi pipe and his books and like you murmured of course but strange to relate he be P presently that he be readi nir hla his b ook book upside down and that his pipe had gone out sa sot the castle in the clou clous clouds s had bad vanished suddenly said I 1 he see it any more it had become only a semidetached gemi detached ugly cottage la a I 1 and roses ROM have hearts andall untidy would be country lane ile he fancied he could hear bear the strident tones tonea of an organ sounding in the very suburban village at the end of tho the street certainly there sas as tha whistling and puffing of a train beai by the day had become chill and overcast of course repeated the man to himself ot of course Is that the end asked kitty rest ay iy 1 I dont know said 1 I taking her tand hand again tell roe me kit Is it the tha end adt did honesty love him as he tha man so learnedly ignorant and un worthy loved her was the castle ever built up again I 1 if he loved her commenced kitty uncertainly if with all his strength ho he truly loved her I 1 think the castle never fell down I 1 think that the apan man 1 in the haven went out of it and walked in Hone garden that after a while oh ob a very very lon lonn while he be began to understand inder stand that when two people see alike they sometimes view the happy country where in there are castles and rose gardens for everyone I 1 think and her dear voice trembled that perhaps he had never seemed sincere how could she tell she understood roses I 1 protested and roses rosea have hearts kitty gave that dear little sh shrug rug 0 her shoulders which I 1 knew so well but this thia time I 1 had her fingers fast and she could not get away perhaps it viba N as rrean mean of me to permit her no chance of escape but some good fairy whispered that this was the great hour of my life I 1 spoke as bravely as I 1 might though I 1 felt that the tha words were awkward not such as a one would have chosen you are the tha world to roe me kit dont doat you know it dear you must know lt it love la Is not fifty cunil W I 1 pe w teak IZA si 0 w i ity N mija 14 heart beart efti she lifted hor her glana glance io M mi neah V c ma a erinest gaze in her deai eat oyer I 1 saw myself plainly and triumph wept swept through my soul vf |