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I Jlie Way four Young People Played the Game in Kentucky's
0 Blue Grass Country.
A bronzed youth helping n blue-habited
nirl mount her pony Is nrt uncommon sight
on. a bright morning In Kentucky , yet a cer
tain lank farmer stood \yatchlng this par
ticular couple as they started gaily on their
morning ride. Ho even shaded his ejca to
watch them until they wore a mere speck
on the horizon. Then ho walked around
the long , low farm houses till ho came to
the open pantry window wherehis wife was
"cooking. ,
"Mating time is about hero , Sarah , " he
said , with a Jerk of his thumb toward the
load way.
Sarah deftly trimmed a pie before she as
sented.
"Whatido you suppose her folks will say ? "
continued : the man.
The pie cnmo to the pantry shelf \\ilh
u bang and tha woman faced her husband
fiercely ,
"Don't you think our boy Is good enough
for any girl living1' she ( leraanded. "lie-
eldes , Mr. Upton was a struggling lawyer
once himself , I don't think he'll interfere
at all and if my Robert is as good a hus
band as my man has been thcso thirty years
ttey will bo very happy. "
The , old man leaned through the window
and biased his faded Sarah very tenderly.
"Sbo'll have to bp.fi durn good wife Jf she
Is anything llko ynu' , ' , " bo returned as bis wife
pushed lUm laughingly out and said : "What
can you .expect of yo'ung folks If old onca
go on spooning after thirty years of mar
ried life. "
For Robert Allen , John and Sarah had
RVOIP | years of toll towards his education.
lie .had now been graduated from Harvard
college and completed his law school course
and was at home on a lust vacation before
going Into Lawyer Upton's office , to com
mence .practice. Dy his uldo was Lawyer
Upton's youngest daughter , Ruth. She and
au older slater had returned homo with
Robert under the chapcronago of a maiden
aunt , wlio was on her way farther south.
The mothers of these young people hail
been close friends In their school days , and
oven after marriage took ono to the north
to become a .rlcli m nil's wife and loft the
other at homo a poor farmer's wife , the
friendship , utlll kept warm. Mrs. Upton took
Robert .into her family during his school
and college tlnys and so tbo children bad
grown up Intimately.
"Why are you so late every mornlpg ,
Ruth ? " Robert -was saying as they ascended
the hill. "You never used to bo , slow about
dressing , Wo get started twenty minutes
after the others every day. "
" Now , Bob , ilon't scold , " rejoined Ruth ,
"you know-you Hko this smart canter with
me bettor than moping along the road the
way Harry Downs and Mary do. There they
nro now poking as usual , " and she Indi
cated a young couple with her rldlns whip
and ( hen lirojight It down aharply on her
pony'a flank" and tore down the hill at
breakneck speed.
The couple were soon overtaken and as
Ruth passed the young man she touched
his horse elyly apd they galloped off to
gether , leaving Rob to pull up by her sister -
tor ,
Mary Upton was 25 years old ; Ruth w.is
? 2 , They wore unmistakably sisters , yet
Nt-ry different In many ways. Mary'a eyes
were quiet , Htralgbtforward oyca , shaded by
long luuhfs ( but gave them a dreamy look ,
Ruth's very lashes curled and her eyes
danced and twinkled , flatbed anger or
molted with tenderness exactly as her heart
dictated Mary's noBu wna straight and n
trine too sharp ; Ruth's was an unmistakable
pug. Their mouths and chins \\cro alike ,
I small but firm.
The fourth member of the party was
Hurry Downs , a son of a wealthy planter.
Ho was a blond giant , 30 years old and in
love with all women. Just now ho fancied
ho would like to marry one of the Upton
girls ; he didn't mind which , so he gave his
devotion to cither one that seemed most
likely to appreciate it. As he galloped away
with Ruth ho drawled good-naturedly , "Mab
horse seems to bo going rather more rapidly
than pleased him. " to Miss Ruth , "but I
advise him to respect your wishes , as I try
to man-self. "
The whole party now cantered gaily along ,
running llttlo Impromptu races , laughing ,
dinging and enjoying themselves as only
healthy young animals can. They came
after a while to a small wood and turned
off the road at Rob's suggestion to try a
llttlo jumping. They made a convenient
pile of brush and spent a half hour jumping
it in various ways , ten-yard starts , standing
jumps , etc , Rob'a mare was a famous
hunter and it waa play for him. Harry
Down's horse was also ueed to such sport
and Mary's , though a little green at it , was
a thoroughbred and required llttlo urging
to Imitate the better trained animals ,
Ruth's pony was a scrubby little follow
of uncertain breed. She had chosen him
from Mr. Allen's stock because he would
follow her llko a dog and having won his
affection she could usually make him do
just what she wished. Jumping , however ,
was neither in his blood or training and he
gave her trouble every time , though yielding
to whip and voice and scrambling over
somehow.
At last Rob got tired of the brush and
started off for a gate In tbo distance. The
others followed at a swinging lope. Rob's
mare loped quietly up to the gate and ap
parently stepped over It. Harry's horse took
It with a rush , showing a clean six Inches
of daylight between his flying hoofs and
the top rail of the gate , Mary's llttlo mare
quivered and tossed her head and then
leaped over aa lightly as a cat.
Poor Puck , Ruth's pony , refused point
blank. "Don't glvo In to him. Ride back
and make him do It , " shouted Rob ,
Ruth , angry and excited , swung Puck
round and rode with him back to got a new
start. Then she struck him repeatedly with
the whip till ho was running , and so they
came at the gate. Puck quivered and pouted ,
but with n jerky lift and with a wild cut
she made him jump.
The jump was high enough to carry him
over , but his heart was not In It ; his heels
tickled the rail , ho struck the ground badly ,
turning his ankle , and horse and rldot
rolled over on the turf.
Rob Allen and Harry Downs hurried to
the prostrate figure , Ruth lay still and
white and only moaned a llttlo when Rob
picked her up , Harry rushed away to a llt
tlo stream for water and by bathing her face
and chaffing her hands they brought her
back to consciousness , She cat up sobbing.
"Oh , poor Puck , I ought not to have made
you do It , " and then quietly fainted away
again ,
"This won't do , " said Harry , and , jumping
on his horse , ho assured them he would find
a carriage If Rob would carry her out to
the road. So Rob gathered up the forlorn
little figure and Mary followed , leading tbo
three horses ,
Harry wai fortunate In securing a passing
vehicle , a farm wagon with meal bags In It.
Mary got la and received Ruth's uncon
scious form while the
, farmer good-natu
redly agreed to ride Bob's horco and lead
the others.
At last they reached the farm house and
Rob took her carefully down. Her foot
Just touched the wheel and with a sharp
cry she regained consciousness and began
to weep hysterically.
"Oh , darling , don't , " said Rob , helplessly ,
"here's mother. Now you'll bo all right. "
Ruth clung about his neck and they dis
appeared into the kitchen.
Mary clambered down from the wagon as
best she could and stood a moment with
clenched hands. "Rob loves her , " she said ,
under her breath , and then , with shame In
her heart , she went to her sister and did
all that could be done for her.
By the time the doctor bad made his visit
eho had so far conquered herself that she
went to Rob , who was pacing the yard like
a wild thing , and told him in flulto a sis
terly fashion that Ruth was not seriously
hurt. A sprained ankle at\d general shak-
Ing-up was all.
For the next few weeks Ruth was on In
teresting Invalid. Every morning Rob car
ried her cut under the trees In the doorway
and she held her court there. She Insisted
that Mary should ride with ono young man
each day while the other stayed at home and
entertained her. This arrangement kept
Harry Downs/ln a trying state of mind , for
on the day ho rode with Mary he longed
to ask her to be his wife , but the very next
morning he spent with Ruth and the teased
and petted him till he was sure she was the
only woman to make him happy.
The weeks went by swiftly and Ruth
gained stcadly. Ono day Mary came homo
from her ride with Harry Downs and , com
ing round the corner of the house , found
Ruth and Rob walking together , Ruth using
Rob's arm for a crutch. They were so busy
talking they did not notice her and she
hurried into the house , stumbling over a
book on the threshold ,
She opened It mechanically and found the
leaf turned down at Lowell's "Love. " "So
that Is what they are discussing , " she
thought , with a bitter llttlo laugh. Her feet
carried her heavily over the stairs and she
felt worn and old as she entered her room.
The evenings were cool and were usu
ally spent In the big living room , where
a cheerful wood flro burned In the big fire
place. On this evening after supper Ruth
occupied the couch and Mr. and Mrs , Allen
sat by the hearth , she knitting a red stockIng -
Ing that was to delight some pickaninny's
soul and ho with the evening paper spread
before him. Rob and Mary were at tbo.
piano and soon Harry Downs came In , was
welcomed by all and then sat down very
near Ruth.
Rob selected song after song and Mary
sang them In a pure , sweet contralto. She
was so placed that she could sea Ruth
and her mind wandered from the music
to her sister's face. Ruth was looking up
at Harry Downs and blushing brightly. He
was talking low and earnestly and she an
swered him at some length. Then he loaned
forward eagerly and took her hand for a
moment , and then leaned back and ap
parently became absorbed In the music ,
Mary noticed that Rob appeared ab
stracted and she dually told him ho was
i
selecting songs she knew ho particularly 1
disliked. ,
|
"Am I ? " he said , quietly , "well , to tell1
you the truth , my mind Is not on what I
am doing , Mary , " after a pause , "I am
trying to get up courage to ask the dwrcst
little woman in the world to bo my wife.
I'm afraid she don't love me , though , and
I can't glvo her up wholly , so like the
coward that I am I Just hover round her
and healtote , I've had a great many op-
poitunltles In the last few weeks , hut some
thing In her manner repels me when I try
to ask the question. " !
Mary looked down helplessly , answering ,
not a word.
"We have always been good friends , I
think , Mary , " the quiet voice went on.
At this Mary raised her , head and looked
full Into the honest face above her. Rob's
line eyes were full of a _ sott beseeching and
a great love , lurked in their depths. It
seemed bitter hard to , the girl that she
should bo asked to actas , go-between In
this matter. But she loved him enough
for any sacrifice , and her answer waa quite
steady.
"Yes , Rob , and we always will be the
best of friends. I will let you know to
morrow , " and she fled precipitately to n
seat between the placid old people by the
fire.
fire.At
At bedtime Mary faced her task while the
two girls were brushing their hair.
"Ruth , " she'began , "ore you In earnest ? "
"Yes , always , " 'Ruth answered flippantly ,
"what about ? "
Mary put down her hairbrush and took
her sister by the shoulders. "You are
trifling with a good man's affection , " she
began sternly , "In the afternoon you have
a tete-a-tete with Rob and talk over love
poems and lean on his arm. In the even
ing you lounge on the sofa and let Harry
Downs hold your hand. Now tell me what
you mean. "
"Ycs'm , " answered Ruth , with mock weak
ness , "I was going to , anyway , only you hurt
my arm. "
Mary flung her away , laughing In splto
of herself. "I don't mean to be cross. Only
do tell me honestly If you love Rob. Don't
play with him , dear. "
"Yea , " Ruth eald slowly , ' with a wicked
emlle , "I love Robert , and I know ho loves
me. Why , ho told mo so the flrst time he
came to Boston when I was 7 and ho was 10 ,
and my affection has not diminished a hit.
Hut If you'd asked mo If I loved Harry
Downs I should have to say 'Yes,1 too , and
hn told mo tonight what sort of girl ho
would llko for a wife , and eho has a pug
ncso and freckles and ugly hair llko mine.
I did Intimate that I wouldn't mind If he
came to Boston next summer. You sec.
Dob's a good enough follow and all that ,
but he happens to llko a girl with a
stralghter nose than mine better than'ho
does mo. Ho told me so the day we dis
cussed love. "
Ruth had delivered herself of this speech
so rapidly that Mary could only stand wild-
eyed and stare at her. Before she could
frame a suitable reply Ruth was snoring
ostentatiously.
Meanwhile the same subject was being dis
cussed by Mr , and Mrs. Allen. "Durned If
I see what the young ones are up to , " said
the old man as he dressed a chair-back in his
coat , "Seems to bo a game of 'love all , ' as
they say In tcnls. 1 thought cne time it
was a euro thing between Ruth and Robert ,
but they change round EO since the accident
that I don't know what to think. "
"I'm puzzled , too , John , " said his wife ,
"but Rob hinted to me tonight that somebody , -
body was going to answer him a mighty
question tomorrow , so we shall soon know.
I hope It's Mary. "
"I llko the curly headed llttlo baggage
myself. " And having had the last word the
old fanner left the argument.
Next morning Mary was up early and
knowing the habits Rob had contracted at
College , which usually made him late to
breakfast , the felt secure In going out for
a walk to calm herself for the Interview
which she feared and longed for , She had
barely left the farm buildings behind her
when she heaid manly steps and turned ,
surprised , to find Rob ,
"Ive come for my answer , Mary , and my
cowardice is gone. I must know the truth.
I love you , dear , Will you be my wife ? ' "
And she answered him simply "Yea" at
that time , though before they returned to
the house each had explained and blamed
themselves and excused the other to their
entire satisfaction.
IllonilliiiiiiiilM on ( In * I''oror.
James II Hobertron , mayor of Oin'on. O
has purchased by authority of the 'own
council and with money subscribed by thei i
citizens i two bloodhounds to bo used by the
police for the tracking of criminals. The.
animals were bought in Chattanooga , Tenn. ,
and seem to be up to their work , for , "when
to test them , iJIr. Robertson tramped across
the county a mile and climbed a tree by
way of concealment the dogs not only
promptly found him , but they had to bo
called off before he could descend. They
cost $200 and are deemed necessary because
of the lareo number of petty burglaries that
have been a feature In Canton for several
months past.
CHIIIIIAGE FOH A TOWXSITE.
OIICH I'rnlrlc WIIH the Hoard mill tile
Game IViin STIp mill Tnolc.
Shortly before the Northern Pacific Rail
road company sold the old St. Paul , Mlnno-
apolh & Manitoba company ita branch lines
in North Dakota , north of Its main line , there
was a dispute between a number of real es
tate men as to whether the townslto of Good
Hope should bo located on the Geese river
or three miles from that sedgy stream , near
whore Portland now Is. The dispute started
in Casselton , as carried to Arthur , thence
to Newberg and Grand Forks , relates the
Chicago Times-Herald , and one afternoon
resolved Itself Into the proposition that the
disputing factions should settle the matter
by a game of crlbbage. Each side was to
choose- its best player , and whichever eldo
won the victory was to be abided by. It may
be stated that crlbbage Is a game idolized on
the frontier and understood as It Is not in
the effete cast. In this particular party of
real estate speculators no crlbbage board waste
to bo found , BO without ceremony 121 holes
\\oro hollowed out on the prairie , wagon
stakes were selected for pegs and two trusted
men ono from each aide were selected to
move these pegs as the curds were played.
Such n game of cribbage was never played
before.
The titles of the two factions were Rlvor
Site and Prairie Site. The man who played
for the river men was named Sundborg , u
bracing young Norwegian. Hid opponent
was called Ellis , and afterward lost his life
I In a Hood at the Kalama river crossing.
Each man had learned the game In a mining
camp , that place where Imagination never
dwells and cold calculation Is the spirit of
life. The deck of cards was thrown out , the
spectators stood up. The players sat asquat.
Stretching far out on the prairie was the
double row of peg holes , scooped from the
virgin sod. On the cut of the cards Ellis
won tbo deal and crib. The Prairie Site fac
tion cheered , but a threatening gesture
toward his pistol by a deputy sheriff who
favored the River Site-caused demonstra
tions to cease.
Ellis throw out six cards to his opponent ,
took his own hand , tbo two-card dlccaid was
made by each , the crib' formed and Sundborc
led with a trey. Ellis covered this with a
ten spot , leaving his opponent to add a deuce
and make the first fifteen-two. Laboriously
the first peg was moved two holes. Nothing
sensational occurred after this , and when
the first hand and crib was counted Ellis
had twelve points and Sundberg ten.
Now it was Sundberg's crib and deal.
When ho had finished his discard ho held
In his band two sevens and two eights. On
the turnuup of the crib a six appeared. He
therefore held in his hand at least twenty
points. Ellis opened the hand with a lead
of a six spot , a dangerous move sometimes.
Sundberg covered it with an eight. Ellis
slipped in a seven , secured a run of three
and scored three points. Sundberg paired
and scored two , Ellis playe'd a trey , made
thirty-one-two and counted two more
points. At the end of this hand the score
stood : Sundberg , 86 , and Ellis , 30. This
was very high playing In points , and while
a new deal was on various side bets were
made. The wagers ran In horses , pistols ,
acres of land , hunting outfits and cattle.
Tlicie was a man from McCauloyvlllo that
bet six milch cows Sundborg would quit
winner at least ten points ahead of'Ellis.
On the third handling of the cards , and
they were honestly dealt , Ellis held four flva
spots and the turn-up of the crib wna a ten
TIIiHI3 All 13 OTIII3US.
Lord Do Broke Been hunting all winter.
Count De Someway Birds or heiresses ?
spot. Sundberg held three six spots and a
nine. When the cards were played Ellla
was flfty-two and Sundberg forty-two points.
The deputy sheriff's Indian horse drew his
lariat-pin at this juncture 'and made across
tbo prairie. The goino was held until ho
could bo pursued , overtaken and then bo
kicked several times in the filde to teach
him better manners. The deputy also , to
show his possession of tbo animal , shot it
through the left car , and the game went on.
The sun was making tbo western sky look
as If the heavens were nflro when the score
pegs of the two players stood at 112 each ,
and tlicro were but nine points to bo played
for one or the other to bo the winner.
Sundberg held the crib and deal , a situation
not altogether to his liking. Ellis was cer
tain to have the first count. After' the dis
card Sundberg held In his hand n nine spot ,
n deuce , n seven and a ten as nasty a com
bination as nny crlbbage player over cares
to hold. Ellis , singularly enough , held also
a nine , a deuce , a seven and a ten. Such
things happen In crlbbago once every 10-
000,000 years.
The. card turnup was n five spot. Kills
led his deuce and it was paired by Sund
berg , who thus made two points. Ellla then
led his ton , and that was paired by Sund
berg , who made two more points. The next
card of Ellis was a seven , giving him
thirty-one-two , and two points.
Sundberg led with his neven and Ellla
added a nine to It. Sundberg paired tbo ntno
and gained a count for last card , which made
him eight point * in all or a total of 120. Ellis
counted his hand and found that it held In
points Just two. Sundberg counted and hold
In.his band two points , which gave him the
game and located the site of Good Hope on
the banks of the Goose river.
It is Immaterial to the story that In the
end the town of Good Hope was never laid
out. For a long time , though , In the tales
of the territory , this game of crlbbago held
a place. The peg holes wore In sight for
many a day and were often pointed out to
"tondorfeot" from the enst come to see the
banana belt , The man from McCauloyvlllo
lost his milch cows , and another man from
Aborciomble walked to Arthur without his
horse. Some land changed hands and con
siderable money. In all there were Involved
In the outcome of the game about $1,000
worth of wager.
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troubles.
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