The Republican journal., 1871-06-01
Agatha's Fortune.
A STORY OF OLD NEWSPAPERS.

| H9dthd ToTtuHe.
A STORY OF OLD NEWSPAPERS.
The yellow November sunshine was do
ing its best to brighten the old farm
house kitchen the yellow leaves, bloich
ed and stained with scarlet, which ha'
eddied down to the touch of many 4 tittu
wind and midnight frost from the biz
maplc-tree by the do0r-stone, lay in pool
of Shaded gold. stirred by every gust, ant
the gnarled winter apple tree by the wei
had long since been ritied of its weigh
of crimsOn-streakcd fruit.
Il do believe the apple crop is the bes
we have had this ten year. said Nose
jefferson, rs he strobe into the kitchen
with n BAG of seed corn over his shoulder
Mrs. Jefferson, a spare, wiry-lookins
woman, rs different As possible from hel
burly, bcamng husband, sat at the white
secured pine table, shelling beans vigor
ously into Il pan. Agatha, the only child
was close TO the window, her pretty pro
file outlined against the blue cameo of the
sky. ntently busted in the unromantic bul
useful occupation of setting thrifty patch
on the elbow of her fathers brown coat
| with quick, agile fingers and needle thai
| glanced in and out like u flying shaft OF
silver.
.'I,,nIant % !. it ,r,,,n 81 h,;r oniloJ mio.
turesquelv around her head, and a com
plpXion which, albeit touched with the
ardelt finger of the sun, was full of deli
cate reds and whites. Moses Jefferson
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can geI along without II juSl rs "eli'
mothef, alia II uoes seem "IonS 70 -
| ''hu 9tli ,ll Pooi Wv" uht'' hiioii.cn ~ , ,
papers when he Is TOO III TO Know X OF 1t. ,
NOW you may luSI is wen nolu YOU
| tongue salu MIS-. 'eliersoii' snoltly' anu
Win u'iliilsVIN'o'c u'i.Pilasls' N1 " .il'u1 !,
up my Ni'''o 10 sen elliIalio sell en-, ~
WILL II YOU anu your ialhcr hecl' Oh lalh- ~
ihS lill me o'ty OF judgment MISS Dar
WIN says 'iiere ; IL hltli comes ro.!nu Wlll
q sort o barrow, ana Il strlnS OF Jlhgllng
bells once IN Z Whlle' ana gives iour cents
a pound 1or Old newspapers. So II any
ol you see nm sop nm; -,
Ahl MIS- Jefferson haVlhS salu hef
say' ho''lceo Vut Vi lnc roo,i, - SCI ~ ncl
pickles were .,: nearly scalaeu. llones n,
Moses, |hlS'ling 4 melanchoiy psalm
l,lhe uhlef ms pfealh' unconsclously y:
thef9oy producing lhe '', eileGt oi Il msl =
WIND Sfoanlns down a iusupflnus e: chlm
hey' Went up 70 'he S'rret . witn :4a ms "a "a
OF seed corn there to deposit 1t with other
asrlGui''ral treasures, ana AsaIha Pul Oh
hcf litlle piue lriilGo sun bonnet ana SIiy
shawi; ana lrlpPeu acroSs 'ne russell ici'.F
10 lell li'9h Darwlh' her swcethe''I'
now very & s'op mLl "'ner !, W's Ta son tun,I,o 20
treat oi'ie nlitliio''. ~ .itutpio,
ceased 10 De l troubles w wnen Asllnt hau M
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NO" si ii"sh i'alMln I''a "a Asl.lll's ,' 'eilel
son ,.a, n,'au ,. nten t''9aeu ioa ln,ee t yuars
,.no Mel' ilhu's % " ~ sns'seu ,lilee liloie
lor l,iey Mere "ctil l1;eIu worhllg young
people' without i've ooil;lrs atieto Ill lh'
woilo' anu not,'hS 10 looN up 10 pu
llieiI oW n, Shil'u, i'shl 'i'lhos' anu chcef-
lui, hoPei'l llt'l';. ,-..--.
foI tN',' 'lio '.e1' , VI .'ue ,' loNe'' o'tn
ahoia 10 nc i'lal lle,' uiliIss lhey nave
roo1 over lhcli lea'S Ilu ''liy pre;'o W