Show I A FARMER R BOY I I HIS HI cold November downpour I drove d oo 1 S Tom rom Blake to lo an over Oel overcrowded crowded at street reel car There remained remal ned one Ohio ile unoccupied strap to toI I I which he lie attached him himself himself self selfS S Ho Hi il looked grimly over the tho dripping anxious C ious passengers to lo the tle S wept vistas Islas of the avenue and alit his big heart hoalt was filled filer I with il ii longing tot for 01 tho green Molds and tire tho meadow lands of his home What a n miserable grind city life lat ISI he lie thought How anyone can choose it IB is beyond me mire utah and how much Worse for fOl a II a working wool wom woman an anoon oven than thuu It H roan man He looked loo at tit the tue skirt of oC ofa a n young girl lit ill the cal opposite at lit ather ather her hat mit anti and her hor cheap c eap little imitations of prevailing Gt leH By force of contrast camo to his iris memory the tho vision of a slender slip slur of a girl In a dress of o II ring life liCe here I thought you oU erO entirely weaned away from CI III green greenfields Melds fields Ho He stared at her hor wonderingly Will you yell tell lei I me rile hen heti you came rune liCto wh your OUI position IK you Oll live anti and wiry why wh you vou ou did not let me inc know you Oll were cre here heie S I came cam here lucre three days s ago I do o typewriting in the law lass office of de Livingston I board at t 1227 Morton ave ae That ThaL Is In 1 tire the snore samo block whore where I my lrI boarding It but my m last Insl question stion Bessie Besie BesieI B I suppose you Ot care to know II I dust lust then tilOn a n woman WO lan weary w al and gird old olit into the tint nol nail Tool rati Instantly gin gave ao hOI hor his hI Peat lipat alit huhg on un to a II 11 one omle of or thin the th two molt moil seated scaled III In tout toU t of ot Bc left len the ear car Ho lb slipped into tills this scat s at looking keenly at lit Ills his hi Is it ion your tinnie 11 a 1110 George Weidon 1 letter I 1 loft left for 01 youl you I INo No not nol even a n message m Then rhon your note noto from fuorn tho the college and anti well 1 I write again evelY l J saw naw Julia Tulla she Bho said Mite hio had heard from flom you nod and hat bat you on having IHling such stich a it l gay time that I YOU Vou U in a big boarding b house and were going to theaters and an Tom lonii laugh faush rang out ant lust lustI lustily I I 1 am at It a 11 lug big boarding house hut but butas as yet yot only know kilos one man irma to speak to been lo to a 5 theater wo will go So to one oue tonight I Her laugh was mirthful but tit a little apologetic S SI I ought aught to have seen seon the method mot hod hodin In Julias madness Toll Poll mo me why w ly you rou came hero here Des Bes Bessie Desale ale sie aleS lo S I was wm so lonesome I stay sta there thelo My uncle got mo 1110 this position i Josi Si tion And you like It no IJO O much you never want to t go SO back I lIe ite said with a sigh high And HAnd you oti are aro making so much money o o o iii ii i ii i OO S SI SS I S p k Po JESSIE HAD HAJJ GONEI GON TO 10 lI I CITY TO 10 ACCEPT A POSITION standing lolee deep boil In iii a Meld field of dais daisies daisi tea ies i s With a Il shudder he ire tried to Lo rea roh realize lize lizo her environed by b ribbon counter or office desk Then ho ire fell to wondering as he hc had bad eo so many man tIthes times of late hate what bad had come between him him anti and this same slip sill of a girl since he Ire had hind left leCt the farm She had hac been uway l Wil from home on a visit Isit when he lie came Caine to the city and hud had trot not replied to the long letter ho lie had left lert for fOI her To tho the letter he ho had liati written here hero had como come In reply rell only a n formal little note and an then lr unbroken silence f Theres a scat II growled tho the con conductor conI I ductor brushing past him and Tom noted that thal during his reverie there had hat been many exits When ho was seated he lIe recalled the still unopened letter in his pocket rind and he ho ed to open It I L LIt It was from his Ills cousin and house housekeeper hoUsekeeper housekeeper keeper Julia At the tho close claBo he lie road read Have you OU soon seen Bessie essle yet et 7 Sho She lois has taken a line flue position lion In iii till ati office In itt tho city Gets Gels a big bl alary anti and never wants to conic come back baek to the thc country again agatO It seems she learned typo type typewriting t po writing while she he was wa at al her het aUnt Lauras Tom lom looked dejectedly out of o the Window His world seemed upside doHi doii He Hc was vaguely conscious con clous of ot occupying the thO seat Icat and anel then thon the voice olce of his Iris dreams YOu Y u cn t forgotten old ohl friends ao so soon boon Ho Un tUrned arid looked into blue eyes 0 18 I 1 just Juat learned from a letter that thal you Olt were WOle here Why Wh did Id you come conie comeI I lied had a ft t longing for city life name as os you jou ou hail had BO so 1 I got ot n a position hero lier Ills His face fuce darkened You Yott dout dont to be I she said Bald flushing No 00 Bessle I am nun not lIot I dont like to think of ot you as anywhere but bul back l In Ili the green fields 1 I wish we w were both hath there this minute She SIre looked incredulous give up your active stir stirS S 5 S Yes said the thi th man nian extending ext ills bis I hand I WIts was almost surEr sure it was You iou Olt rind amid I was wondering I wiry why wh vou oil Oll adein to be living here hero and how Irow for off your ot I thoughts were i were weme only back to the farm I 1 I dont wonder You are a l born farmer armor Will jou ou toll tell me Inc why you left that flue farm your father tather bequeathed you rou l I should think oU 1 ask asic nothing bettor better I dont donl I am aID here hero to lo fit L myself to run It that Is scientifically 11 I came camo hero bero a n couple of or months ago ogo to attend att nd the Agricultural college cOllego and take a n course Good Idea Live Lle at t tIle tHo col college I logo lege No XO they t ha Moio Ol omO crowded when whan 1 Camo Caine so 80 1 board out oli horn horo In lii tub au su U I I bit Enjoying the city life lito out of ot school l hoUrs hoU No 1 I l I abt to Crowd Its na much In these le e six months nd nil I can Cillo I 0 no one and I t dont rJ cart card to t It make mako any an acquaintances 8 for tOl no so o short a n time i t toll t ll you 01 Wel Vel Weld Veltide tide ddn d n the tIto fields will mil look pretty Inett good coull to lo trio inc next spring s looked as If IC ho lie had Imad hn heard enough of or hI old time acquaintances affairs but bitt ToOt In continued I L had always wanted to take loke this course l and one da lit September harvesting was vas well under way I 1 Just packed Pricked my UI grip and fint Iamo on a n mo moments momen ments monts men VB notice S Morton bawled hawl tI thin tho tor tar Tom lom helped Bell BesHle off tho the car and they thc wont went down tho the avenue a nue Under tho the thosa snub same sa Tom Pam she said shyly sh IJ i hearth heard all you OU lid to that maui b 1 r raised my m voie so 60 o your ou should III It was to you I was talking I think I bored When 1 I came canic home hOlne from Crom Aunt Lauras I hoard you OU had como come here hero I went to your 01 o and anti your Y dI r cousin couI Julia told me you Oll had hiatt gone because you OU were tired of at farm life lite But she sire surely gave gae you Ou the long I Silo looked at him ruefully Iu tull I I 0 Tom Toni after I pay par my I bOard I washing and arid car faro fare I will have it j jI cents a week Weel I 1 work until 6 G at night I and ane go to bed bee at 9 and I 1 dont know a soul to speak to Its ury gay I Tile The little break in her hOI voice was wan sweet music to Tom TomI 1 I Tomorrow will bo be o Saturday Bessie S Will you ou resign and let me take you Jon JonI home borne tomorrow night nl ht Id like e to lo tomake i make maHe Julia deliver that letter is IB much In it Il to lo answer I Tom I did resign I stand sLant it any longer And may maJ I Lake you ou home Yes Tom Toni TomAnO And AnO will you stay star there until I home In lii n Maich Yen Tom low And Will you OU say sa I yes OS to What J asked In the loiter the ono oiro Julia Julin i did lIt not nol deliver I II I lutow What you ou asked foul rohl 7 You tou do tie tl know Yos Tom Tomi |