Show el his lucky penny pah ea ay T heads I 1 ask her tails I 1 dont luther flipped bis his old penny in the all ah and caught it deftly in ltd iti down ward night flight he ile gazed at his clofed flat in some trepidation then opened it cautiously gosh I 1 its heads he cried 1 I was hoping it might bo be talla tails but tho the die was cast it was luthers habit thus to leae matters of moment decision of his lucky penny he ile thrust the coin in his pocket and went on brushing hia his hair heads he whispered gloomily heads tho the prospects of luther chubb financial hot liot matrimonial matri marrial were good had not uncle deidad considerately it unexpectedly died and left him the farm wh so 0 o bildad chubb bad had lived and luther lived with him in the rather ambiguous relation of favorite nephew and hardest worked hired man the charms of myrtle gillet had hati seemed an all sufficient desidera desideratum turn for future hoped in luthera luthers view of eventful matrimony miss gillett was plump and possessed of some facial beauty together with characteristics of independence and nd hustling bustling ability and she fay ored luther but with the accession of worldly resources camo came hesitation on the part of luther and from myrtle a letter of most sympathetic an aul I 1 11 in L 1 mistakable mista hable personal pers perso onil interest nt crest luther had involved himself by no proposition undoubtedly he could do still people expected it his ills attentions had bad been regular it if not serious and after all it would pain him to lose myrtle she had admirers re luthers ideas which had soared temporarily above the gillett connic camo came down with rapidity he lie guessed there was no other way his ills clucky penny had settled it ile his hair viciously and 1 prepared pre to set out for Olli lelletta etts A it mile down the road the aun sun was behind the hills when lie be tramped up tip the grass grown path and beheld myrtle seated in tha tho wide porch fair picture in her white idress with the fading light softening her strang features why luther chubb have thought of you coming over tonight to night she greeted in feli nied astonishment kind of 0 felt like it responded luther with mendacity knew you i hect me hows your father 0 pretty fair for him aint getting along very well irtely I 1 hear bear too bad well the old place what it was you know luther we 1 az 7 1 I I 1 marry you if you were the last man on cis barthl wont have to pick up tip and move over to fernaldo ilea lies talking of it 1 I do that why not myrtle edged a little nearer that leno le ie no u of ybur going I 1 guess ml gillett sighed softly and looked down thinks anks im easy reflected luter 1 I guess III make her feel its some obligation Al myrtle yrtle he began after a moment momen t ot of silence lenco Bl do you think yes luther think that marr marciala marria iala bj la is a lottery lotery misa miss gillett faced about in the rath gath ering dusk 1 I dont kenoly know in a queer tone chubb laughed neither do I 1 he said dont know what to think mabe MB be I 1 I 1 mind taking a chance I 1 suppose III op luther plunged wildly about como wine to it some time not specially anxious though 11 la in the dark he could not see tho the girls eyes im fixed to do about as I 1 please now went on luther dut but you and I 1 are old friends and people sort of expect it you know folks don t want you to move away say myrtle suppose I 1 flip up my lucky penny heads we get married tails we dont eb all right said the girl BO go ahead luther r chuckled guess ill end her misery he thought beehn feeling a sudden sense of ot shame and he lie adjusted the coin in his hand head up with a it cautions cautious fanger A quick pretense f tossing a caching cai ching slap ill have to strike a match observed chubb coolly bowl holding the light in his left band hand ho he roared in apparent anxiety into his right palm heads he whispered merrily dont say aou ou aint lucky myrtle turning to draw tier er to hica him ho he met a fierce push and fell back in amazement lucket Luc kyt I 1 marry you it if you yau were the last man inan on earth lucky yes I 1 am to have found you out take our hat bat luther chubb and go home and dont you dare to ever sp sask ak to me again gol goll why gasped the discomfited lover I 1 thought but the woman was past him and inside angrily slamming the door and locking it luther rose dazed and overwhelmed slowly he walked across the road climbed the fence ana ann trod on through the high wet gra graj a j oblivious ab to the fact mat he was aa wearing bis his new now shoes the of wealth nad departed from him he lie was as no longer the prosperous envied heir of at uncle bildad the man upon whom fortune had so richly smiled he ile was aunly the country hoy boy who bad had thought every night for two years of myrtle gillett every night until that fateful one when his died und his bead head had been myr why of course baero ucro could be no arher never has beo s without her het luther groaned and tumbled stumbled on hating himself and cursing surely there was visa no reason for breaking out like that not even flying 11 hm a chanco to ex explain plair ehe she tell him to g ahead who ever supposed good humored ht lu mored fun loving laying mrtle bal artle gillett i 1 take a joke no he had lost her lost her how dark it was in the woods what was he stepping in water yes and mud mud he lie must have strayed into dyers swamp if he should gel get into one of those miree mires luther plunged wildly about feeling for firmer ground and becoming more re and more confused that as the way no this I 1 helal the frightened cry pealed out in the elbom going down down now hu he screamed knowing what it meant Gil galletta lettis cow had gone the same way almost unconscious with borror and weakness his breath nearly gone he walled feebly myrtle myrtle 0 n h Myrt myrtle lel there he la Is father hurry for heavens sake hurry whore where girl where yonder just ila his head the rupe rope quick around my waist alst so throw in some brush tor for footing now hold this lantern mo mother therl an oozy pushing slide a gleam of white arms in the flickering light ive got him pull both of you youl halt half the girls face waa was in the slime but she never let go slowly the for lorn objects were dragged to the little lind lina of turf then up the bank batik to safety sa fety come comel said old olda gillett huskily gathering up the rope apil lanterns lets get out 0 this can you walk boy boj it lean on myrtle good thing she heard you holler and routed us out As they turned luther thrust a cl ammy hand in his pocket extracted his hat fist with difficulty and threw something from him with wilh a gesture ol 01 disgust it struck with a spat in tho the very place which had so nearly terminated hia 1113 earthly career that asked mrs gilleff Gil left I 1 my lucky penny replied luther with some strength in his tone 1 I wonder monder if it fell fall h beads eads or taia tails lauga laughed d myrtle squeezing his arm elliott walker in utica globe |