| Show M a squab q u a and 9 matrimony t ily y CRL L JENKINS AL lopa rig i 1 0 if j I 1 ry retz mix dencle ellams ll lam kne knew that prank frank king it 1 v would call on her that ut at eight 0 clock and spent a good 1 part of the atter i c P bc hf arning Larsing a wilt ehe she wae was to tr 0 ti ali lr l r miss figs jennie wae ss a fatherless moth erie girl arl ho bad hall been teen brought up tip toy y an older r liter and people eald said 0 her in addition to being good looking and arenart tint thit ehe she wae was a girl of great relf elf reliance had been engaged to young mr ir kingsley nley Kl the archil I 1 I 1 for ore 1 and that evenin he bould surely demand that the v w d ding day I 1 e set chere would h chiv hiv been rame blud blushing hing over it on the part ot of the mang ing woman but no gre t but for or the receipt of a let letter in the he non mall that chan I 1 rig firlit 0 clock came and with it the I 1 loer li lie also had bon been rehe rehearsing rehear arping fing a ch he ile di fl in t wait ten minute minutes wore taking the platform and delv ring 1 it lit had loved the girl before him for or agoo and agea ages he coull no longor live without her he might po MM 4 sibly manage o 0 to exist another fu ir but that would witness lile tits had ad end 4 it wt weiding Iding took place then find jennie took the plat onn orin she did not deny th on oved ell him ahe he tilt not deny the th enga ment phe trusted and collided in it it n but die she had aride sho wae 0 ly und and he wa was juet just getting a elart start ahe coul could not come to him and nd bu be a lurden I 1 in ri two or three spars ebe she hoped rind trusted tha that boull be different they muni wa wait 1 I t and be true to enta othir there wire protestations eions eja ions and epars and thun J the letter that had arrived in the noon mail was brought out it was from miss jennie j cousin in n illinois a widow who had a little farm ale wae was willing to give lion jennie a chance to get ach quick and to get married quicker after the richea riches cane came she fould could cone come out th e and ralee raise squabs tor for the chic chango igo market it waa was not rot the lightest slightest trouble to chise them and avery squab bould be worth iti its weight in silver the Cb calago lago i 1 ar ket wae wait howing for squabs come by the first train hooted the lover aa as the read reading ing of the letter waa as finished sir 1011 loll ou in the lie squab huab bustnes busl nes don dont I 1 forget Yo urmel PL alt think of it jenn t e you out in illinois raising aquitha tor for market ionly hy why I 1 wont hear of III it I 1 wont non t eland stand for tit it it a a fad a bur les le rquel quel there are plenty of girls getten rich at it ax as I 1 see oy he the piper pipers fihe nhe a angered ana va e red ered I 1 all fall to pee ec aher her the burlesque bur leque coves coir in it I 1 can make two r three thousand thoi thou wind gand balars in the blixt yar or cr tf I 1 arall atall be willing to khe gie it up p A by hy wt cant make two to or three cinta uns ae hurled at her 1 I dont don t loel leio you kno know what hat a squib ib let la aben I 1 shall learn its it no use of talking frank I 1 have energy ambi bior and rell rella anre nef I 1 nm am going tc to money before I 1 marry I 1 BIH AM willing to lei the engagement stand but bet but think of hy dont don t you ion balot 1 tb the r rutt sult child haft have bel bein n j rely predl td bairt in there wn rr and toe the oung man who aho could emid not live without the girl out of the boulte of auf IM be wae was back after sulking for or four day days nd ind he was wed ath from the squab batou ht ut W to enow show th h it t silly young jadv cro enild ild in n ke ike more ter moey in 10 on one month at trapping than in ap p anding a benr ear at baiting equal squab li but tt it wae voso too late jennie and anti her pride had eriken jimr deparis depar ir tr r illinois Illi nole it Is but lee doole young mr kimg to 0 o tate that be did not rot loe a UK all turning pale MW the world go round with hlin hion bird rd that in 10 on brief week te le it I t live ponnie of 0 weight wight ye rb said miss jennie a cousin jtb 0 ih girt girl had arrived at the farm to in tb lb ewt thele lb 1 he greatest grea teet if he me world to make money on Y you can have the uee use of the ilat they tak care eare of themselves an yen TOM hat ae 1 ft 40 is 1 to ftp ship them to the chacate market by the hund hundred refi and nd back conee your check I 1 knew kneit ou d come and so I 1 ve bad a carpenter fix up ests in the barn you ve got a p money ind put some more with it to buy a hundred dove doves as a starter I 1 know a chicken buyer who il 1 iet get them for ua us at a very reasonable reano price lies rather struck 0 on n me hut but of course I 1 wouldn t anink of marrying a man in that bus I 1 ties on ott the money will just roll in after a bit hut but it iti it tt i so profitable why isn ant t everyone around here in it naked asked miss jennie lack of energy ind ambition dear they are the slackest elac keet people around here you ever heard of they haven t the energy to pick up a dollar in the road they might be millionaires now no w if they had lind gone into the squab buel busl ness five beir ago the farm was isolated nd seemed to be run down doan but the girl from the east aro around hirselj to action and in the course of three or four days duys the chicken buyer came along and ar nr ganv omenta were made with him for the first doves to get squabs you must first get our doves the chicken nian inan wae was a conservative man hen alks ml lennie aai asked ked for hie his hon eat opinion about the squab as he reflected reflect ettI td for several minutes be tore fore replying well I 1 will be honest with yo i and sa ahr t you can cant t expect to make over 3 the first year you hat got to get a n mart start you yott know kno after the doves como come to kr w what Is required of them aou a can t keep track of the that will come tumbling in from ahat nettled settled any doubt I 1 he le was paid ir cents tit apiece more than the market price for hia his hundred doves and anti they arrived and were caged in thi the burn they arrived juet just at dusk ore evening and at daylight misa migs jennie was out at the barn and climbing around in search of eggs the dos dona had slept instead of hying nul not an egg was laid in the next three da aaa a and then the birds were al at lowed to soar about the farm they were a as SS at the soaring hut but when incani it came a to eggs they took not the slightest interest after a week mis miss jennie and her courin drove seven even miles to the village and con tilted the drug druggist glat he ile nan wa a man not easily at led but on his this occa ion slon he enid arild that something must be done without loss of time ho ile therefore rushed behind his counter and put up it n or tw to le be mingko with a hot arnn laih as soon as they reach tI hop hov s and charged one dollar for the awne it was aas duly mingled and but still no eggs in n the n of the iii the chicken chick e 11 b buier we r came caine that th lit way again he ile wae was given all particulars and aft er weighing elg hing them for halt hall an hour and going out to look at the barn and the dovea doves and the landscape he gave it na an his opinion the doves were pining for the CO 60 he be hid nt at his bis farm and nit with whom they were formerly associated the 50 were ere purchased und and delivered but a week went by and not an egg appeared then mis was jennie Ull Il llanis sat bat down on an old wagon wheel heel in the barnyard and wept she wept because of the ob durate doves because of her disappointed plans because of her quarrel with frank because because and then some one patted her on ane head and she looked up to find the young architect smiling into her eye eyes oh prank frank the doves won t layl she he ei claimed as an she roe rove to her feet ard you aren t going to make a i million dollar dollars out of squab lye ive lve lost all I 1 had and your little head la Is not biec lie enough to figure out why dove jj laid an egg ct and neve will ill oh ON frank they are male birds and not used to it come into the house and well ea talk about netting getting married to mo ro row and starting back home the da after squats squabs m dear squat ale sie a snare and a delusion compared nth with matrimony |
