The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-03-24

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Ioot;u" cat that purrcd and winkcd on
ibc ru~ before her. IIctty sat on tho
other side. anG busy thinking now she
would tell her mother that she expect
cd Mr.. Eawlcy to drop im about eight.
But she rccollcctcd with twin@c OF
conscience. how hard she had tried 10
get the old lady to accompany her
husband to Aunt Ruth's ir spite OF her
lforcwarnin"s Of Il spell Of neuralgia =
how she had also pleas headache rs an
exchs- for not going herself. AND
sh, knew that her mother was quite
sharp enough TO draw her own i!slcr-
rncrs from these facts. and from hrr
brin" dressed with unu>ua! care 10
spend IN rvrnin. at homo.
II Shall not dare To tell now. Sh" II
hc sure to think that | wanted 10 Sr'
her ON, OF the way. \" | might have
Josiah al, TO myself. and | sh"uld new
rr l,.,r the last OF it," And 50 like
wis., Iii,lr pu,- she kept silent.
will vcntla'r my word on ii, you
wouId not have wondered ut our young
FARMERS desperate rnihra! mrui 1t You
sraId .l,avr seen llrilr Thomas a' .h'
WAS sewing by the tIrsItsr' "H '1i''
cold November evening.
Kinder. prrt.xt of h"in" ready TO TN
TO her l'nrlr'> u lhin" she hau no lH'''
iol ,join.). she had. just before tea IN
Lu,,,I i. ~ i,>,li~rri:Minstr "h%ih%
up." \ neatly li,lin% dark ratl'"' WIN
~ .trrr look upon it. fresh ilncn coz
lar. and = tasteful black silk apr"n'
.,h,.sr were, the chief items OF ltr'tE
',,iir,. bui she looked ~ sweet anu
dainty in her plain 'lr'>' aN II h"''rr
Ind been .rrni ~ l"mnln" Ia'" ana
irwr>s. Her rich hair Of the 'lIrk'-'
,nuburn tine Iril in shining fold. rl"-"
I, hry warm red checks. anu was
,rau.i, ,lp IN cunning net b"h'nn.
Eth, u'riork and pas: Mrs. nom :
~ wa. ,ln2in. in her chair h"r S'a"-
ow ON the uppuSilr wall bnbbIm% about
in "rn,r-urr mmirrv. and sh" m"'td"d
, 20 and lrn-now crushing tn" vo.u'ni'
mons white satin bows in her >prWr
r,p ,m,jn-, thu back OF her cliair--n"w
,a,rnn>, falling forward. an" h'f III,
, hands li>tlrS>!v in her lap. anh h'r "H''
of warn had rolled out upon the h'ar'H'
anL rr>s was busy converting II mt"
,.rr,tian knots.
.And lust then came d"nh!r RI "'
, the .lDnr, 50 i"uh. sudden ANA s'ti a>'
.urrd thn, llrtty started up WIN Il
. ,ir,,r s,,rirk. and SIT her foo, "n. puts
till, WHO in turn gave voice I" h"'
!. aulllrmrm, and 'li-p!"a-urr.
Tlr combined n";-c ar"u'cd MR.
. !Thrua>. and starting /" Al erect posi-
,ion, -.,r rubbed her eyes. >"ii'rd l''
-, h,u.,yrr uul ScIaIIurtl
".Ir,. my soul. llGIty. what was
that; somebody 4, the door! W Ia"
can hr comm. h"rr 4, taI> il'n''
, n'ui.ht $50,
Its no. la,r. m"'h"r-"mIy y li',I"
u,s, Elm, o'rlnrk. III go and >"c VIII"
. il i>." says llr,ty. drmurrly. taking 'h'
= candle from tn" table. :,
40. Here you wind up my "a9I
, and sweep the hearth. while 20 |"
, III. door," SAYS the o!d lady. whose
fee, were struggling in the mr>hcN o.
the nrravclrd warm. brat that ra'.
.,md aii this time Josiah WAS stand
. in. on one foot out in the ""ld r"rrh
with his hands in his "rrrr"ai pockets.
wondering il lIrtty had fallen asleep
and every now and then giving the
. door u smart rap by way of variety.
I'm her hurry Mrs. lliunr> forgot |"
| iulr the candle. and ~ she stepped
uui into the lilllr front entry. the eit'
tin. room door slammed after hcr'
Sllr had hrr hnnd on the handIr "i inc
, door ~ the innmrn,. and opening" It,
she suddenly found herself ~ IN" en-
brace nin stout pair Of arms; wills
krrc,l face ia close proximity |" her
own: and before she could thinN o.
,hr >,ran"cnr>s Of Der situation. She
| received Il prolonged kis>-a heart!
smack full upon her vlrtu"uS inatfoI'
lips.
. She had by this time dirr-trd her
Srir OF the impression that II WAS her
.u,ua!lv sober spouse who mus, have
come home in an unusually excited
condition thus to indulge in such ai'
umwontrd expression OF affection.
"Grt out. get out! say. Who arc
Won. anyhow! Murder. thieves: ll"t-
". come here. Here's man kissing
nv like mad ;"
But the Intruder had 10y this time
discovered his mi>takr-it dill Not
Nee, the indignant pnmnrlin1 and
scratching of tho old lady's fists to
cause him to rclinqui>h his hold nnd
,hy ~ il pursued b! som" indignant
ghost.
1 lIr,ty. nearly choking with smoth-
cred laughter. in spite OF trrpldatI"n.
now came to the rescue.
IL never was So frightened in all my
life. the mean scamp! VIII" can 1t h"'
lIr,,y:" >,
But that dutirul daughter was. to all
appearances. as innocent as turtle
dove. She souihcd thu old lady by
representing that it might have been
one Of thu ncighbors. who. having
drank too much, had mistaken the
house and the housewife. =
She searched the entry for tho mls'
sing spcctaclcs. dropped in tho scuillc
.rcarran.-d the rumplcd cap border !;
wound up the tangled yarn: stirred
the iire-all in the most amiablc man
ncr possible, and at length hnd the
satisfaction Of seeing her mother sub.
side into her chair and her customary
tranquility.
Mrs. Thomas was now fully awake.
She had a new idea in her head, and
instead of settling herself for another