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Show THE: WOOING OV ANGELA av. II I.AS'i'ASTKH, fTopirlfht. ta!. Dv OSILV Rtoiiv leni-iaMISO Oi.ai.T I "V"t hear how T inphllo couic to mtrrv AnKnla? No? Has one ''! story tn." Old Inn l.lrana look a loim pull at Ui. An.,. ne. leaned hack tin the 1"C. elupc. his knotted hands nhout hia knee Bd amllcd inclitatlvcly at the aiM tktt roae and lell In Hut hollow. MorHo (ronert. II" did not wiint In .car ihe .lory. Not that he doiiht-ad doiiht-ad H i bcinn "Komi." I.Unna wua a Krcsi basu Krcni Ii to the It, 'an. lie could Uil a story, even a had story, snd not In, k (or Mil rs Poniwi ? I doit kuow. Rut. yes; It Is this way. Your Frenrhnian enn he a hou; say IhltiM lo thlnmi. even wrltn llilnr,. quit. Iiottish and alloccllier drcadlul. And 'at icoile smile, foiniiienl? Th. hj Is only a curl lulled iilx after all. a Hk Ms Impudent imw hi the nlr, and 111. roitiilali y sa,illlil. All. hut It I. dltvient with our KimllKlitiuin. WhSD ht !'! Illo hoi; ha Itltlal 11 Is eat cnrnnii and roll In the nntd the very vital mud. A huit Is a filthy brut.. 4m t you know? And whnlnver he ale. a to (f , n ,rav.-ry or hrul-Ishnsss, hrul-Ishnsss, John KhkIImIi kcs the whole tblng. Tour American looks on and lauiritsHf he Is uut too hu.y altb hi. money sol Ins. Hut Sis was not a had .lory; any girl conk) Iikvu hcatd It. Why should Morton bold back (rota the tonintlng Ueatt Well, there were several reasons. The stiry waa hard on hi. host. TUI. wa. Tlimphlto l.eaneir. choiiping, and It I. baldly fnlr to luuith at a man behind be-hind hi hack while you drtuk bl. Ailin Itntlicr, ' on. should ctioif Iocs uto coal kiln length., a. one I. expected to do, aa those younir fellow, down there In the hollow acre doliiR. Running races and guying one another on to exertions truly atrcmiou.. Giving Giv-ing promise of a successful chopping, j 'T'sophlle Kit hoes wood all cot dl. Uni., .ho." grinned old man 1.1-tana 1.1-tana He slnppcd his Ice,, guffawed, tipped the Anltictte Juit, and roimniod his ilnry. Morton laid down In the grant. He wanted to henr and be did not want (o uinko the old niati mad? OiU Mrlalnuicnt. Hu aa In love with the old mini's daughter, the pretty Camilla. Old men with pretty danfbtors are gctmrully popular wltn youuf men at Iciiht, 11 In .u on Itayou IJc Accaillcn. "Et waa dls way," Ihe old man began, be-gan, "T'oophllo, he been comiu' see Alicia long time. Ion, time, yas. Evva .Inc. dey was clilllun." Morton nodded, lie knew well the eufltoms of the people he had elected to live with. Their long woolngs; their early marriages ami hard working, work-ing, patient lives. Dumb, unrespon sive, pathetic, Willi a struuitn note of poetic joyousness running throtigb the whole. Fistllng and foiling alike to psych-ologwt psych-ologwt and pollilcliin. "Sir." .aid tb. 'lycholoKst, "jour C'ajan will give Isiy ha ha, ' here any other while nan woulr' .c ,ir then, sir, turn ariiund and fly Into a perfect fremy of rat--e at nothliiK." "Sir," responded the politician, who mmk "Da. one good story, yas." bid once paid a f'ujiin'a poll fax In 4cr to get hia vole, and had not retter It. "Sir, If one of those pin-hrada.1, pin-hrada.1, iiiimha kulla t,i. an Idea Into b' Mild, iiothini; miiirt of dviitiiniiu will iiet II mil. Von may lull, your-Heli your-Heli as liourM' ns a dry wciiImt fr,,,-' iwDe he Kit then- rolllne . l-.it-i-it ard savlny Hhb-m... d.n so. na.' Ily He ureal Uud llnrrv. air. wlie- yuu lve him he la exactly .. li re you I ' -id bira." .Meanwhile, old man l.lrana telling Ihe story of Tlnnphllc a long wwilng. A prelty tnlp, all fliikcd over with nioonltenma and wild rlownrs. A story too, of long, lonely rides throitith the sum!) hours when Ihe hoy, having sat half the nlitht 011 the steps with hi. fawn eyed sweetheart, nittdc his way tn the illalntlt Inciting camp. Killing hard Unit his team might ho the Aral to role out at ctack of dnwn. old tnati I.I71111B sketched It all In graphically, and Morion lay In the Ktaaa. giving as much heed to the song of the axes In tha hollow as lo the slow, drawling voice at his elhow. When the old fellow leaned forward and r.prcnd out his toll-twlstcit flngera. It would he time enoiiKh to listen. Presently that time came. A knotty at:, . ;- ( " Jfl far"-'- iD) "A I "Ooln marry dat glrlf Ooln' dler forefinger slipped It. Interlacing follow., fol-low., and pointed southward. "Angela', papu love down yondan. He fe.b for rie fact'ry. Mebbe he be gone week, niehhe moni'. Neva know. IJet he Dud plaiutn shrimp de first day " the benvy. stooped shoulder, came Into piny. "Teas whllo he was gone da. Aiiki'Iu and T'eophlle fall out. 1 newa hear what he do but Angela git m-a d. Call heeni polecat Den Teophile ho Kit mad, too. Hut hcea mad was ill n 'rent from Angola, Girl git nind more quick dun boy, but hoy slay mad, tins so, yni. T'eopliilo, he go down to de storo and mek beeg hi an bay he want cevva goln' marry des lay low. Hy em hy here come TcnpMIe, wull. In' m!i; ily beeg and is h I h 1 1 u. Shake out hues sail and slide ofT from de. wharf, slow and nulut. Dey v. nut tnoch breeze. ICct wa. Jes' before be-fore day and mos' always eot's mights steel Jes befo' day. Hut T'eophlle keep sleepln' away, aleepln' away, till ho get good piece out and old man ain't showed op y It. Dere wa. bl. boat all tied up and dere was Teophile. Teo-phile. Where was the old man? Je. den a leotle skeef poke eeta nose out from undor de wharf. I see a man', hack an' den d. old man's cap and Angela. No. He goln' sell bee. horst and buy boat. Den be goln' way. Long way, yaa. Over to Louisiana. And ha did. 'Cajan don' talk for nothln' He .ell bees horse and buy bee. boat and jo. 'bout dat time Angela', papa come home. "Down to the store d.y tell him 'bout beeg brag T'eophlle mek. How he nay he ain't newa goln' marry Angela, An-gela, and how he goln' start early next mornln' for Ixiulslana. "Old man dldn' say moch. No, daa Ta tun's way when som'ln' goln' happen. hap-pen. Hut me. I know. Early next mornln' I go down on de wharf and hi, 111 pin black on the las' .eat, and den I kuow what's goln' happen. "8I10, but dat skeef move, yas. Run like .cured deer. And T'eophlle'. hunt goln' slow, more slow. De wind almost dyliiK oul. Den T oophlle, be catch on. lie kit mil hecs oar. and begin to pull. I'ull h a r d. 'Twa foiini,, yas. Ileetn tn dat beeg boat, and das skeef runnln' like scared deer. KonneT Yas. Hut II didn't las' long. 'Hutu free minutes old man pull In bees onrs and ataiiil op. Dey want no mote hliw k t'lhk' 011 de las' .eat, but dere wan xom'ptn attains! de old man', shoulder and som'pin close to bee. cheek. And T'eoplille's salt .0 steel It 1 en, In' scare a My. I.ectls while I ev't'lng mlshty quiet, den de old map'. .oil . eouie over lie III'- - " ' mm tv ilitt Kir I T (lulu' die?' T , ci'lnl, l o l,ii,U at de old man i v ,'ui Lun lo.d. in do sail, look all ' ,-,,i: -.il. I ion lie pick up id. line and '11 : 1 ,'i-in 1,1 A'iki'Iii'm iiii:i. And ,1 ' in day ho mnrry Aliucln! , 'Dim 11 lo lie More, iley HilV T t I s.in iw.i.ii ,, , VaL i ! - ; i phila and Aneela mek np. Tint me, I 1 know how ,!. ruin., i.iek op." The old I J fellow giinav. en'miii the atfentlun of i I the jotilii:Jtet a ,.,iiiin lip from the ) L hollow In r. nr, h of the Anlaetlo jug. ' I "What's de rm,. I', 1,- Mr.utia?" they j t ahouted to I1I111 Morion got up aod I salkcd avav lilt, mouth f-it a little j t dry. There might he sotucthltii; very ' plclurcanne nhout thla hr.-a' h of prom- .1 j" Ise suit that sua heard, tried and j I decided all inside of three mtnutee . hv an old tnsn in a boat, while the !.) '1 1 beautiful early IlKftt broke over the dreamy wafers, hut Morton', .ollloqay ' t ., 1 took annl her turn. J "That , lie wa- with these ens.ed 'f'ajans. When their blood', up they , don't enre lhat for Ihe law. nf God or 1 ' I man The women are lie-nut If itl and j X obedient, the men peaceful aa well- ' fed steers If you don't make them f mad If you do " Morton found hta t ' ' hurae, mutinied It and rode awny. He fi . had ilectiled nut fu slay for Ihe dance e ' lhal would wind up the chopping. j I I'amilln would he there? Yes. but I J then. It waa famine', pnpa who had r Just been telling him that "one good , f story." |