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About Morning enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1911-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1911)
ROMANCE AND RATS . By M QUAD CopyTUfhl. mi, kr Amciiitd Lit rary lr. - John HeuJrou, ' whtawer of forty . and farmer, want ovor lo the uxt farm , . on tha aat rljht after breakfast cue ' moraine and said to tha Widow t'lonn, agwi thlttjr-n: "Mr. Uleniv I broka -my hoe Uat night, and If your hired man Isn't so Ing to uat yours today I'd Uka to bor , row It." -You can hara It and welcome" wa . ' tha rplT. "How's tha alck iowT" f- "Mac belt." "Find tbat lost bog yetr "No." 4 "Pw her, widow, Iva bef-n thlnktug tbat you and ma had better get niar-rtfd." The widow was on the bark tew and was about to shake the tablecloth. Sba looked al the man fur half a niln ata and then shook ami folded the cloth, and with it ou her arm aba re plied: "Ob, yon haTa. eh? Well, I badnt thought n word about It." "But I'm asking you to think now." "John HVmlersou, you dou't know beans! Pld yqu erer bear of a woman being naked to marry at thin hour in the morning?" "Tow was, looking ao mighty purr? tbat tbe words slipped ont," expalne1 John. "Juat let it go till next time." One day two or three weeka later the widow started In to make soft aoap. There waa a Are outdoors with a big kettle over It, and she had on an old ' dram and her hair had fallen, down and her fare waa smoked nnd smudged. She waa stirring op the content of the kettle with a broom handle when John " Henderson arrived. He bad a packet la bla hand, and as be laid itjdowu he aald: "Tbat'a horseradish, sunflower seeds ' and dried calves' liver grated up aud mixed together. They aay It's -a sure thing to keep rheumatism away. Mak ing soft aoap, ehT" "Tea." "1 waa noticing yeatrrday tbat tha . .. tater buga waa a-getting quite plenty." "I guess they are." "Widow Glenn, mebbe you rememter what I waa speaking to you about tbe other dayT ' "There you go again: abe exclaimed as she rose front the old chair In which sh waa seated. "Maybe I re . member! Good lands, but do you think - a woman forgets a proposal of mar m riage In two weeks? - "But this la a busy time n' year, you know. "And yon come here and find me in my old duds and making soft soap, and . you talk -about horseradish and ta ter buga and tben bring in matrimony! 4 , Don't you know that a womaa wants a little romance at a time like that?" "But hoWa ah going to get It?" "Not by talklag about tater bnga, i you may be aura," Farmer Henderson bad something to occupy bla mind for the next few days. Ha waa punllng over romance. Tha soft aoap bad been made and stored down cellar, when the Widow Glenn put on ber white dress one day and strolled In the meadow to gather dalaiea. She did look real sweet, and aba knew Jt. and sba knew tbat Fann er Henderson would say so If be was there. I.Ike the wind, abe blew where aha listed. Tbas tb reason sbe blew on to a bumblebees' nest, and the first thing abe knew abe was being stung in three or four places. Sbe made for , the bouse, but got a dozen stings te fore she reached It and fell down twice climbing over the fence. Half i an hour after the hired girl had got ber to bed and was applying poultices Farmer Henderson showed up.' lie bad beard of tha catastrophe and bad come to express his sympathy, also to ask the widow if she had thought things over and come to a decision. The message was taken to ber and ber reply returned. That reply was: "Tell John Henderson not to come here again until he gets over being a fool." The Widow Glenn had an old barn on her place. It had not been In use for several years, and at leneth she de cided to have It torn down. She was a woman who bossed things, and one day she went out to lnsect the old atrncrure and see what use the loard- and beams could be turned to. She was looking' about on tha Inside when she beard squeals and found a score of rats surrounding ber. She could have "gained the door, but in ber sudden fright she made for tb ladder leading up where the hay used to 1h stored. In a minute she waa safe from the rodent, but sbe waa also a prisoner. Fifty big and hungry rata frisked and squealed for her to come down and be a ten alive. There were cries for help, bat they were unheard for a long half hour. Tben Farmer Henderson came sauntering along and looked Into the barn. .. "Oh. John, the rats-the rats!" called Jhe woman. "Ts. I see." be replied. "Wldow I ; have called to say that if you must have romance In this thing we osn't ) never be married. I can't manage the , romance." "But you can, John; you can! Ifa ' right here!" "Where?" . i "Tha rata! They drov me up here. I They ar ready to eat me. Ton club I mem away and rescue ma and and" I "And that's romance, eh? By thnn . der, IU do It! Whoop, ye vlllaina! Tak that, a ad that, and that" And In a few wsaka mora ha alao look tha widow. 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