Show FR TORY T mid A ROMANCE C OF A PEI pennsylvania AIA FARM by JOHN LUTHER LONG NG illustrations by don ivinson loper abt 1905 b by bobbs murr err ice 1 co SYNOPSIS the crowning desire in the I 1 fe of old baumgartner a pennsylvania german is to oata n possession of the beautiful meadow which les 1 es just between baum gartner s property and tl e ral rat road st sto aton the property in queston quest on was in her ted by sarah pressel very pretty and athlete young arl g ri and belonged solely to I 1 er but old ba ra egartner mg artner had longed for it so many years and en deavo red reo to burcl ase it f from rom sarah s father so many times that tl e property became known as baumgartner s I 1 ear at the Nic inage gati gait brings on the porch of tl ti e store old baugartner Bau martner alwaes declared that tl e property would borne some day be I 1 is at lengal baumgartner cane can e to realize that I 1 is only I 1 ope of obtaining the property would be tie tl e marrage marr age of his son Sephe nijah to sarah pressel in a 9 mock auction hefty as Sephe nijah P baumgartner jr Is popularly known Is crafted off by Is catl er to sarah tor for 1 CHAPTER I 1 cont aued in short by the magic of brill ant color and natural grace she narrowly Y escaped being extremely handsome in tl ti e way ol 01 a sun burned peach or a maiden maidens s blush apple and even if you should think she were not hand some you would admit that there was an indescribable rustic charm about her she was as like the aroma of the hay fields or the woods or a field of daisies or dandelions the girl laughing surrendered th the e money and the old man taking an arm of each marched them dortly away come to the house and git his cl clothes othis Efery sing go s in stovepipe hat lutter butterfly fly necktie diamond pin toothbrush tooth brush hair oil razor and soap they had got far enough around the corner to be out of sight of the store during this gaiety and the old man shoved heffy and the girl in front of him linked their arms and retreated to the rear what Sephe nijah P baumgartner senior hath 3 ined together let no body put begos hens he be an un bounced aft the proceeding appeared lipp eared to be pain ful to heffy but not to sally she frankly accepted the situation and promptly put into action ite its op ties tie for coquetry she begged him first with consummate aplomb to aid her in adjusting her parcels more se aurely insisting upon carrying them herself an and it would be impossible to describe adequately her allures the halt half caress half haltie de fiance the confidential whisperings so that the wily old man in the rear might not hear heat the surges up against him the recoveries only to surge again these require a leal contrivance which reports not only speech but action and even this might easily fail so subtle was it all set sef setty I 1 thought it was bis his old watch he was auctioning off I 1 wanted it tor for fur for a nest egg aha ha ha I 1 you must excuse me you wouldn t a bid at all it if i ou on d knowel it was toe me I 1 reckon said affy yes I 1 would declared the co quette I 1 d rather have you than any nest egg in the whole world any two of em and when he did not take his chance it if they were made of gold goldt but then she spoiled it its worse fellows than you heffy the touch of coquetry was but too ap parent and better said heffy y with a lump in his throat I 1 know I 1 ain t no good with girls and I 1 don t care yes she assented wickedly there are better ones sam pritz sally looked away smiled and was silent sulky heffy she finally said it if he does stink of salt mackerel and most always drunk deify went on bitterly he s nothing but a mo lasses sally began to drift further away and to sing calling pritz names was of no consequence except it kept heffy from making love to her while he was doing it which seemed foolish to sally the old man came up and brought them together again go long and make lofe some more t like to see it I 1 expect I 1 am an old fool but I 1 like to see it it its s like ol 01 times yas and it if you dont dent look out there heffy III I 1 II 11 take a hand nassir go long he ile drew them very close together each looking the other way indeed he held them there for a moment roughly heffy stole a glance at sally he wanted to see how she was taking his father fathers s odiously intimate suggestion but it happened that sally wanted to see how he was taking it she laughed with the frankest of joy as their eyes met heffy I 1 do like you said the ca quette and you ought to know il it you imp now this was immensely sti ing to the bashful I 1 like you he said ever since we was babies sef arifi 1 don t bel be ee e e you or 3 ou noi adit waste air time so abo t sam pi itz er sally you go ng to to bigi t 9 heffy y meant to prove hm h in self and sally answered with a I 1 me fright at the sudden aggressiveness she had procured no cheres that I 1 I 1 now of well may I 1 set up with youa the pea pe green agreen si sunbonnet sin bonnet could not conceal the amazement and then the radiance which shot into sally s face set up alth ith me yes said heffy almost savagely that s what I 1 said oh I 1 I 1 guess so yes of course she answered variously anous ly and rushed oft off home you I 1 now I 1 own yo i she laughed back as it if she had not been sufficient ly explicit I 1 paid for you your s got the money I 1 II 11 expect my property tonight to night yas shouted the happy old man and begos hens its a reg ter bargain aint it yo yoi i her property pio perty real estate hereditaments and tene ments and even heffy nas drawn into the joyous laughing conceit of it had he not just done the bravest thing of his small life les es he cried after the fascinating sally for sure and certain to night its it s a bargain she cried for better or richer or poorer up an down in an out chassee right and left aha ha ha aha ha ha but heffy and the happy father turned to the happy son and hugged him don t you eter efer forgit that she ashes s a feather head and got a bright red temper like her daddy and they both work mighty bad to gether sometimes when you get her 0 1 I T AW amr N GT zvy at the right place well nail mall her down hand and teet feet so s she can car t git away when mad hep her lit it tie bra n evaporates aw it if oe had a knife shed she d go round stabbing her best friends s the only sing that safes her yas and us no knife if she had a knife it would be funerals following her all the time 11 II what have feelings got to do with cow pasture thy advanced together now heffy y s father whistling some tune that was never heard before on earth and with his arm in that of his son on they watch ed sails bounding away once more as she leaped a fence she looked laughingly back the old man whistled wildly out of tune heffy waved a hand now you shouting shout agin I 1 didn t say a word well it ain t too late go goon ont now heffy understood and laughed with his father nice gal set sef heffy yes admitted heffy with reserve healthy S fly agreed to this also I 1 do doctor bills his father aepli fled sely said nothing entire orphen she s got a granny yas chuckled the old man at the way his son was drifting into the situa ion thinking about granny but sally owns the farm ahu said heffy whatever that might mean and add sally s the boss silence and granny won t object to any one sail sall marries anyhow she das sent shed she d git licked who nho said anything about marry ing heffy was speciously now as any successful wooer might be nobody but me sank you said the old man with equally specious meekness look how she ken jump a six rail fence like a three year filly she s a nice gal heffy y and the farms jine j me together her lier pasture field and our corn cornfield field and ashes she s kissing her hand backwards at me or you heffy self heffy y said he didn dian t know and he dd d d not return the kiss though he apa ned to well I 1 bet a dollar that the first initial of his last name is Sepha nijah P baumgarten junior IN well ell said with a great flourish I 1 in going to set up with her to night git out set though he lie knew it you 11 see no I 1 won wont t said his father I 1 t be so durn mean nassir heffy grinned at this subtle foolery and his courage continued to grow 1 I in gong go ng to wear my high hat he announced with his nose in the air no set sef said the old man with a wonderful inflection facing him about that he might look into his de te i inea I 1 rf rr to O 0 ii it u be e ex ila 11 ned thai thal a stove pe at it in that day and tl at country was dedicated only to the at A i omen tous social oc cas ons and that consequently gen tiemen N a ore it to go co arting yes declared affy again bring forth I 1 e the stovepipe the pd chanted heffy s faitolo is father in the way of the anvil chor cher is I 1 and m tied tie with wiss tl tie e di dimond biond ona whispered his father they la gl ed in confidence of their secret heffy the s wooer was tha ving out again the diamond 1 waa not a d amo arno id at all the hebrew wl 0 sold it to heffy had eon con fessel as much bit it he also swore that it if it were vere kept in perfect polish no one b t a d amond amend merel ant could tell the difference therefore There fole foie alere tl ere being no diamond merchant anaw anywhere her se near and the jewel being alway always ird maculate presented it as a dia mond and had risen perceptibly in the opinion of the vicinage and and and set sef heffy what you goin to doa do heffy had been absorbed in what hat be he was going to wear yas as that s the most imbor tant ant he encircled beff beefy y s s waist and gently squeezed it oh of course hah but what yita I 1 regret to say that heffy did not understand heffy he said impressively yoa you ha hat tol me what you goin to wear it ain aln t much the weather s yit booty col nights but I 1 ken stand it it 1 ken god knows about sally now what you goin to do that s the trum I 1 ast you still it was not clear to setty why what I 1 in a going to do hahe why whatever occurs gosh and nefer say a word or do a sing to help the occur bences along boshens what a set ting up why sai sal heffy what you set up tor for heffy did not exactly know he ile had never hoped to practise the thing la 12 that sublimely militant pi pl ase age what do you think well set sef plow straight to her heart I 1 wisht w ight I 1 had your chance I 1 id d show you a other guess kind a setting up 3 assir make your mouth warter and your head swim begos hens why that sally s just like a young stubblefield goth to be worked constant and plowed deep and heafy and bebby drained wiss blind ditches and crops changed constant and kep a going th ataway constant constant i so s the weeds can t git in bar then you ken put her in wheat after a while and git your money back this drastic metaphor metaphor had its ef feet setty began to he hei said so now look here heffy 1 I Us Is e er went on more softly when joh a git to this and ad this and this he went through his pantomime again an ana it t included a progressive caressing to the kissing point well chust when you bosa bose comfortable hah bebby on one cheer what I 1 know it s so go long sence I 1 done it aselt when 0 ou bose comfortable ast her chust ast her aham what the II 11 take tor for the 1 pasture field fieldy she bens you bose and she cant can t use bose you and the pas ture A bird in the hand is worth in another teller fetter s not soa but heffy only stopped and stared at his father this again he did not understand you know well enough I 1 got ao no money to buy no said he gosh a might said the ld ad man boyf joyfully making as it if I 1 ie e v wo 0 id strike heffy with his huge fist a thing he often did and aint ain t got to trade nothing except the mare said the boy say ain t you got no feelings you oh heffy and then but what s eerlings got to do with cow pasture 9 no wonder nonder he wants N ants to be an anchel and wiss the anchela stand holding sings in his bands lands and on his head he s too good tor for this wile worl I 1 hed linger shi feling on the brink and fear to launch away all he durn lite it if some one didn dian t push him I 1 ii i so I 1 ere goes T 1 his was spoken to the sl 0 leg fes ap at parent ly but now he t arned to hi son agai look a yere ayere you young d immer ux feelings feell is the same to gals like sally as money Is to 3 ou on and me you kei keu bev potatoes wiss em do DG you understand 9 heffy v said that he did now well then I 1 ife fe tried to buy that pasture field a housand times heffy started yes that s a little bit a lie ile bebby a dozen times and at last sally s daddy said he d lick me it I 1 eter efer said pasture field agin and I 1 said it agin and he licked met me he was a big man and red headed yit like sally now look a yere you I 1 en git that castlo neld field bissout money and w issott price except you dam feelings which ain t no other use sally won t lick you it if she is bigger don t be a you got tons of feeling s you ain aln t got no other use for don t R waste aste em they re good green money and we 11 git eten efen wisa wiss sail s daddy tor for licking me yit and so mesing on the side huha TO BG BE CONTINUED |