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The Monroe Journal Tuesday. March 21 1020
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Sissy
By a. a HACKXEY
lCtrwni. IMr. br h XlcOur.
" limine litem PI.im' .!n. Aii'V Km
Hy ! IVr like I see fi'iii'i-in' hint
- mill i rt I'M Sliei.rer's
Ur! i:f J..I11111.V l'.. :t! n liiiiln'l
Ik here a S'inil'iy, 1M 1 niMin' In
Mie:ir hit 'i!H Nnw hain't ill"
Allre Kmily Ti' r' i .m , l!:i l; anil
ni:i!rt'ii'-l.v nft, fulliiv 1 her n. till
er's l :.u fiirvliiicer. ,
"Yi-'lii, it's liim."
M.m rva Huhk a siTi't tilnj sh.i-t over
tlif line.
"Yon Kit In (In lnnie." lie urilereil.
"witl skin t(T them Mi'Kv t li i n?r Ji
pot m. quirk, ninl put mi your new
jxiimiv'. ninl till M.iMie I..UI t kill
two 'f them frylu' s'.ie 'Nm-ker t k
ens," Hie iii:p-st m'$'."
Minerva's Ci'Uiuuini was tene Willi
fx. ;tiiin nt. It whs its though the
klue. h hiiM'i fur (ml iii''M-til truest.
Bpriiu-ln'l, Indii'il. .lol.nny IVuK
queer. lifty-yiHr-oM Jolinny. tin sro
rer, with his reputation fur wealth,
honnli 1 nml Ih'Iiik milled to, was to
her h niiiiinrch. uml the lirllliant hlne
ruit of rlothe he wore, the cunt flit
tering with the puhlen (ImtMe-encIe
that served for hutton, the truiiiln
ot royalty.
1'oor MMiervn, for 30 yenr a tolme-co-prowing
tenant's wife, 'with tin mi
milisfied lontrine for mi til'iinilaiice of
life's jrood things ihysiral, h;ie
thn iiph nolis ln-lnw to 1-rlns rlehes to
the family.
I'or two y:nrs Alice Kmily. now
richleen, had lived In the heart of
lleverly l'ixoii, who dally drove one
of the r.reen Itiver Wholesale (iroeery
rniiiinn.v"s g delivery trueks. !ut
since that unfnrtiiiiate May day whin
Alice Kmily eame Into Heals' store
with her Utile hasket of ec;:. Johnny
had Hpent three Simdays at the Tow
ers' ramshackle nhode a tenant house
on the Isoin Tewniey farm, and each
time he had brought presents for the
family. With two exceptions, the fam
ily was highly elai -d over Alice Kin
liy'8 rich deail. These except inns w ere
Alice Kmily herself and Mattle l.oii,
the elder daughter, wln was twenty
tlRht, Bud lovlnuly sytnpathctlc In the
plans of lleverly and the little sister.
Ten years before Mattle I.011 find
Kills It rooks, a line yniitnr fellow who
cropped for a neighbor. In the tobacco,
wanted to be married, but because of
his poverty Minerva bail raised uhlee.
tlons so vehetnent and strenuous, Kills.
nncered, had izm.e away, and Mattle
I.1.U bad never seen him again.
n the first two Sundays of Johnny's
visits lleverly had not been able to
n.nke his usual Sunday's visits to Alice
Kmily because of his sick sister, but
on the third Sunday afternoon he had
pone Joyfully to the Towers'. Minerva
eating luxuriously from a five-pound
box of chocolates, greeted liim.
"Them's what Alice Kmlly's new fel
ler fetched tne, ltev !" she had exulted,
"Hit's Johnny Heals! lie's been to see
her twlct senr-e you been here, and
now he's tuck her out a-walkln'."
".Johnny's cut ye out shore, Ilev," Al
vnh bad spoken up, "for good and all."
Thi n remarking the whltemvm that
mine over Heverly's brown face, he
had thrown n consoling arm about the
boy's broad shoulders.
"Ther, don't ye feel that n-way about
hit. Bev. (!als Is curl's, and ther's fl
mlnny another puny one In the world
'sides Alice Kin'ly!"
lleverly bad laughed, but his laueh
was queer and forlorn. When the
strollers had returned, Minerva had
slyly but successfully frustrated his
maneuver to speak a word alone to
Alice Kmily. Hurt and miserable, he
bad refused friendly old Alvnh's
pressing Invitation to stay to supper.
On the next afternoon he had re.
reived at the post ollicc a hastily pen'
died note.
"Pear net," It read, "ma and pa
nd the hoys would be mad at me I'
they knowed I written this, but I can't
stand for you to think Alice Kmily Is
carried away with Johnny Reals
and his money, like they are. She
ain't, but they've got hlin to thlnkin'
she Is. You try to come down here
about Wednesday, or any evenln' be
fore Sunday and talk to Sissy.
"MATTIK I.OU."
And now It was Wednesday, and
Johnny hnd come again! Mattie I.ou
went upstairs tit their little bedroom.
Alice Kmily sobbed softly In the folds
of the red pennng.
"Oh, Mattle Lou, he' come again,
and nia and them are tickled to death.
They're n-rushln' me to marry that old
theng. with them pop eyes, acd a
mouth that looks like It wanted to wit
Homebody! I linte him, Mnttlc lout I
never got to say a word to l'.ev Sun
day, and he won't never come hock
any more!" '
Mattle Lou kissed her. "Hev'a a
eomln' tonight, honey. ! wrote to him
to come."
"Rut that old thing's here!" Alice
Kmily wailed.
"I'll watch for Rev. and tell him to
wait out by the pine until Johnny
Penis leaves, then tue and you ran slip
out nnd you can tell Rev how you're
a-feelln to him V
Alice Kmily went down to talk to
Johnny, radiant with her hidden hope.
When he rose to go he told Alvnh
and Minerva that he wanted to marry
Alice Kmily In two weeks' time.
"Rut I ain't aald I'd marry you!"
quavered Alio Kmily.
"Y. nut she will. Mister Reals,"
Miiiorvi assured h!m; "she's Jent sor
tie bin hr ul. Alice Emily, you act
I lamp -n tiie front pr h x.int ,.;;,
! so's Mr. r- .-i' vi.r.'t ke.i ii b: f. t 11
' that r.ckt'j i.l.I t:.ir:
. Aiin- Kinlly -w-.. Johnny f..
h etl h t 1 .lit , li'i.l ;l,e ji'uai l"er.
uniting iu ll.e sh:t;i'w ef the .ig pine,
in t!.e n waling I.V lo r f.-ided
in J. lii.tiv's arms. a!ld In uppnn-iit
willingness rciiiig Jolmni's Li-sr.
lie runted on bis I..-. I, and with bis
h:;rt I'll Tre, uei.t ln k to ton. Miit
t. l. -u liieaut well, but s!ie luis
tai.eu alMU;t Aliee Klilily' ftn-Illigs.
W t II, he was done!
Whin their mother's light was out
the two girls sll.,.el out to the bit;
pine. After an le-ur's writ, hilliil to
he Imlie, tlicy i n pr back to Intl.
"Rev sun- said he'd wait, but I ex-
j ct be com linlcil he'd iM'lter mine
I in k li inorrow. It bein" so late." Mattie
l.i u wliNj.er d. "Ihin't try so. Sissy;
It'll mine en: all right."
Several days pasved 11 ml Reverly did
Hot mine, I ;it J. I.nuy did. Also he
hli'll J;t In w.
"That r.v liin I saw out here is
goiu' l'i marry some lime In July, i:iy
tiiiie. il.iiiimh Si.iitb, oxer ill Ijineas-
ti, be told Muierv.t carelessly on
Sniiilay. 'i'lii afraid she ain't doin
much. And here's the silk I brought
to make my little girl's wedilin' dress.'
After that Alice Kmily protested no
r.iore aga'.nvt marrying Johnny, but on
the day preceding the day that was to
bring the wedding night, she looked at
the silk dress. Matlie I.ou. her eyes
red from surreptitious weeping, was
bent over her.
"I'on't lake too iniich pains with
that dress, Mattle I.ou. I'm never go-
In' to w. ar It while I'm alive."
"What did you say. Sissy?" Mattle
Lou's lips trembled.
Alice Ki lily laughed and went dowsa
the stairs. Next day she laughed and
si-pg all day over the preparations, hut
ii si ii'-e of dread w eighed on Mattle
Lou's heart. At five o'clock YitiervH
bade her quit work.
"Alice Kia'ly's done went ips)alr
to nap fer 1111 hour, so she'll be fresh
IiM.kin' fer the ceremony at eight
o'clock, nnd you ib t'v same," slit
bi de her. "Some feller nt the weddin
might git tuck with you!"
With Iciiilcll feet Malti I.ou climbed
to their room: the red silk dress lay
on the bed. but Alice Kmily was not
there. Nor was she anywhere In the
l.cii'e or yard. Across Mattie's trou
bled mind an awful thought flashed,
Wit limit saying anything to her moth
1 r. she ran down the path that led to
the river. A little way down the path
she ran into a youn j man.
IV threw out his arms to save her
from falling, then they tightened
liroiiuil her.
"oh, Imney!" he cried, "don't you
know in-? I'm Kills Itrooks come back
foi yon! Why' what's the mutter. Mat
lie I.ou?"
She did not look at bliu or answer
him, but pushed him away fiviu her
and ran to the river bank. .
At the water's edge, Alice Kmily
stood, swaying weakly. "I'd better
drownd myse'f," she was saying, "than
to live to see Rev married to another
woman, nnd nie married to 1111 old
thing I despise but the water Is so
deep and cold oh, I'm afraid, afraid !"
Mattle Lou seized her and drew her
unresistingly away from the river.
"Oh, Matlie Lou!" she wulltil, "I'm
so miserable, so mlscrithle !" '
Rrooks took bold of Mattle Lou's
arm. Honey, what's troiihlln' her?'
Holding fnst to him with one arm
and to her slsier with the other. Slut-
tie Lou sobbed out her explanation.
"1'oor ma ain't never Imd no prop.
erty," she concluded. "She thinks It's
a fine thing or Sissy!"
"A young feller named Ilxon. I saw
In town, told me I'd run on a vveddln'
out here tonight," Rrooks said, "and I
was scared blue nt first, thlnkin' It was
you. Mattle Lou, but IMxoii said the
bride was your sister, and his girl. I
said: 'If she's your girl, why In tlnm
der ain't you the man that's ninrryln'
her?' He said he'd give hi head to
be, but the other feller with inoney'd
got abend of him. 1 felt sorry for him
lie looked so down."
Mattle Lou shook the tear from her
lashes.
"Hear that. Sissy? Rev's still a-lovt
In you!"
Alice Knilly raised her forlorn face.
"I've got to marry that old thing!
"Not much, you ain't!" Interposed
Rrooks exultantly. "I've made scads
of money West. I came out here In
my own big fine touring, cni" left It
up on the road and walked across the
f.eld. Now all you got to do I to gi
to the house, gather up a few clothes
nnd slip out, and the three of us'll get
In that car, hit town, hunt up your
young man nnd do some speedln' until
we cros the state line; then we'll
have a double weddin'. What do you
sny. Mattle Lou?"
Mattie Lou, folded In his nrms,
raised a glorified face from his shout
dir.
COUNTRY OF ROLLING HILLS
Freedom ef the Press.
The restitution of the U. 8.. as
originally adopted, contained no pro
vision regarding the freedom of the
press, but the first amendment. Intro
dnced In the first congress, covered
that subject and some other linpor
taut ones. It rends: "Congress shall
iiinke no law respecting religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press, or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble and tn
petition the government for redress
of grievances."
A Proper Excuse.
"There are ant lu the sugar," said
the boarder.
"You're the first to complain,'' re
marks! (he hostess.
"I hoi you'll excuse me. But you
et I ui a vegetarian."
The Orumline, Between Syraui and
Rochester, N. Y Mix Equit
Bit ef Scenery.
Retween Syracuse and RiK-l.ete-
a ivuutry of hills, known as 4mi:
t.n. which I one of the most beautify
.od unique bits i.f scenery In t'
eastern I'nited Slues. j
The term d.-uini.a Is an Irish one
and is applied to low. rolling hllli of ',
glacial origin which exist in that "'.m.
try, and also in parts of New York and !
New Kngland. This section l-twmo :
Syracuse and Rochester Is the ry
heim of the American drumllns. J
Most American mountains and hil!
were formed by lolenl disturbances1
of the earth's surrnce. and their ru.h !
origin is refN-cted in their ruggednevs. ;
Rut the drumllns were built by the
gnat Ice sheet which once covered all (
of North America. The materials of j
which they are made were pushed to- ;
tether slowly by the crawling glaciers ,
molded and tamped and smoothed by j
1 lie great Ice lingers us a child makes
mud pies.
The drumllns look as though they
had been designed hy some great In
telligence with a sense of beauty, for
they rise in smooth, gentle curves, like
tlaise of a perfect human body. They
are remarkably uniform In height,
usually a little less than 200 feet, and
o smooth and lenient are their
slope that many of them are culti
vated to their summit. Some of them
are a round as half an apple, and oth
ers are long welts or rolls.
Scattered among the hill are a num
ber of small lakes and ponds, clear
and pretty, and there la good fishing In
ninny of theui. The drumllns are a
favorite playground of the people in
Syracuse, Rochester and other nearby
towns, but they are little known be
yond the counties in width they lie.
CHARM OF "MERRIE ENGLAND'1
What It Wat In the Day of Old Can
Still Be Discerned ii Spota
Today.
Of our forefather, nine out of ten
lived in the rural parts; and the re
mainder, the busiest nnd the best
tithe of Knglish humanity, In towns
whose dnrkest lane was never a mile
from the orchards round the town, so
that the recreation of the city dweller
was by the heilgerirws and river
banks. . . , The spring and the winter
came unsought into every man' life,
not as they come today, wayfarer be.
wandered among the housetops, feebly
whispering of unknown things In fur
salubrious lands, but fresh with burst.
Ing bough or strong In glowing frost
The thoughts of the "Allegro" and "II
I'enserosa" are Indeed the thoughts of
a rare mind, but the most vulgar slave
of custom enjoyed In the day.i of King
Charles the conditions of dally life
which Milton there described; the
sweet Influeucea of the seasons, had
their effect. . . . Whether they knew
It or not, the Cavaliers drew their
charm from the fields, and the Puri
tans their strength from the earth.
. . . What this old Knglund was can
still be seen and felt In the conibea
and on the round hllltirps of Somerset
anil Devon, In the wooded lands over
which Malvern look to the west, mid
In the broken valley that lend the
lake mountains down toward the stu.
U. M. Trevelyaii.
Prize for Pigmanshlp.
Kvery year a pig race Is held at
Crone-sur-Murne, In the north of
France, a price of 2,0K) francs being
awarded the lucky rider of the win
ning pig. This race la held In accord
ance with the term of the will of a
wealthy tradesman of the village, wlu
died forty-two years ago.
lie ordered that amongst the amuse
ments of the annual fete should bp In
cluded a ruce with pig, to be ritlilcu
either by men or boy. The prize,
however, was not to be handed to t lie
winning Jockey except on comlitlou
that he wore deep mourning for t tie
deceased for two year after the race.
The municipality accepted the eccen
tric bequest, and these singular race
have been held regularly ever aince.
Felicity a NecetaJty.
The presence of a wise population
implies the search for felicity a well
a for food; nor can any population
reach Its maximum but through that
wisdom which "rejoice" In the habi
table parts of the earth. The desert
has It appointed place and work;
the eternal engine, whose beam Is the
earth' axle, whose bent I It year,
and whose breath Is Its ocean will still
divide Imperiously to their desert king
doms bound with unfurrowahle rock,
and swept by unarrested snnd, tlielr
power of frost and fire; but the t ir.e
and lands between, habitable, will be
loveliest In habitation. The desire of
the heart Is also the light of the eyes.
Uuskln.
Question of Opinion.
The late General Rooth of the Sal
vation uriny was conducting a bit
n.oetlnt which lusted unusually long,
and toward the close a newspaper re
porter left his sent and gained the
aisle. General Rooth pointed a linger
at him nnd said :
"Whoever leave this auditorium
will be damned hy God."
The reporter answered: "If I don't
leave this auditorium and hurry buck
to m office I'll be damned by the city
editor."
'God la above the cite editor." re
torted Goreral Rooth.
"Ye, think be I," piously resound
ed the reporter, "but the city editor
doesu't 5"
FIVE bodies in ONE on the Pneumatic Cord
Tire equipped Commerce chouit handles
diversified loads in city and country hauling
Ft tU City Traiupatti
Raw MatenaU
Fiaulxd Products
PlWMfll
Bottles
UplM
Bsflaft
Feed and Grata
Co!. Uood. k
Furniture
Fiord war
TrMMici aad Stontr
Fruits
Packing Ffoua Product
Highway Krpu Material
Gardraer'a Truck
Dairy Product, tc . arc
for Iht Fmnm Haul
Oala is Bag Bulk
Bulky Produc
Farm Ptoduc a Crura
Caruont in Ha a Bui
Barnyard Fertiltnt
Poultry 1 Crote
Farm Mac maty
Dreaaed Meats
Fence Puat
Fruit and Vrtablee in Basket.
Bote or Crate
Baled hay. whean. oat or com etaik
Coal. Dirt. Cial
Hoft, Cattle, bhaes
Coitoa, Nift-ar Cane
Apple. Potato, Melon. Caiba,
A Commerce Track Will Mea$ur Up in Ymmt 5rvtc
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