108 THE COUNTRY BOY 



know it until it was too late. That oppor- 

 tunity that the late John J. In^'alls wrote of 

 was there, but not to wait ; and when it went it 

 came no more. We got home, but I had hurt 

 her feelings for chickens, and we parted with- 

 out much friction. I stayed up until the other 

 folks got home from the dance. They were 

 all more or less happy, especially those on the 

 back seats. I told them I had been riding 

 around all night with the belle of Silverton, 

 but all they did was to laugh and especially the 

 girls that had given me the mitten. 



