. The country boy : the story of his own early life. Horses; Silverton (Or. ). 102 THE COUNTRY BOY had never been to a dance alone, and her mother refused, although the girl was willing, so I called it off and went up home and helped around the barn. I waved my hat to the girls I had asked as they drove by in livery rigs with other fellows, and after they had all gotten out of town I went down to the post-office to get the Silverton Ap- IJeal, w h e n w h o should I meet but the belle of the vil- 1 a ge, as we all called her among ourselves. She smiled and I smiled, and she asked why I wasn't
. The country boy : the story of his own early life. Horses; Silverton (Or. ). 102 THE COUNTRY BOY had never been to a dance alone, and her mother refused, although the girl was willing, so I called it off and went up home and helped around the barn. I waved my hat to the girls I had asked as they drove by in livery rigs with other fellows, and after they had all gotten out of town I went down to the post-office to get the Silverton Ap- IJeal, w h e n w h o should I meet but the belle of the vil- 1 a ge, as we all called her among ourselves. She smiled and I smiled, and she asked why I wasn't at the dance. " W h a t d an c e?" said I. "At Egan's Hop H o u s e," she re- plied. "Everybody. -C^'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davenport, Homer, 1867-1912. New York : G. W. Dillingham Co.
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