The Republican journal., 1871-05-25


on the kitchen floor, and across then
stepped Mrs. Samantha Pike. wall,n!
brisIly, and talking in default of other
audience TO herself
Pour O'clock Why upon airth don
that crceter git up, She'd lay abed til
noon | s'poSe, il I didn't start her. |
/ does beat all how lazy some folks be
l.aziniss amt one o my faults. bless tn,
| lord I've got my iailins', but that ain'
| one of 'cm. There was my sister CarlinC
now, Carlne she''-
.tLinn Linn Blythe
I "Yesm."
1t was Il drowsy little answer that came
Sliding down dusty sun-bar
sWell, well. Come. Time you was
up'n dressed. Fly round'n be spry now.
Mind
"Yrs' I'm. - again. and a tan@lc of heavy
hair stirred up there among thin pillows
and coarse bed cover Then two hands
long. slender, and much tanned, wcr,
raised to part away the falling locks, two
sleepy eyes looked cut and u little figure
sat upon the bed side.
20 dear. Pm Sleepy moaned the
child bat Il sudden Thought came 10 her
and She sprang up and set busily about
her dressing.
A bare attic room, without plaster ol
paint There WAS about ii, also, in spite
ot open windows, u mtlsty odor born OF
dried herbs, old feathers, and spiders
webs many times multiplied, an I'M
furnished, mllovclv room. And yet many
n child has slept. ald walked, bliglhe and
happy. in rooms more rough than this.
But little Linn Blythe. in spite of her
name, WAS neither happy nor bllthc, be
cause where She was. love was not, and
that was why. rs She looked about, this
summer morning, 50 undcsirablc so I'M
happy place.
swell. You've got along at last, have
yc?n
Mrs. Pike wa frying salt pork over
the stove, and she turned with this greet
ing 10 Linn a the child entered. If Linn
had stood less in fear of this great red
faced woman, She might have called the
old clucl, To witness that it was hut ten
minutes since she had been called. Bat,
in this lonely farmhouse, Mrs. Pike wa
| Ms absolutely monarch a~ the Grand Mognl
IN the midst Of his slaves. She was the
court beyond which there was no appeal,
Iler service. the service from which thcr,
was no discharge And, in the case Of
sncb mrcnt;nm Is Ills tbc utmost stretch
nr r,In..,s+r Which Linn cou]d conceive
VA thr r,plv n,rpEly snoIzen
II tried 10 he u,li,.l>. =
"rriol 70 he unicI5. die! you9 Wen,
vou must learn to put on vour clu'cs in q
| inv. N NOT he all day about it. II ncyci
tlEns me more'n five minutes to oct dress
cd Not 4 GRAIN over five minutes. .
| Mrs. Pike raised her voice to accommo-
date the noisy. qputtprino fat in the fry.
inc pan. But she raised it unnecessarily
hioh rs She snapped out.
swell, come now, Fly round, seeing
vo,l'yc wot here. There's work to bl
dome 10" in hi his housc today | can tell vc
| Them city folks mir a coming on the
AFTERNOON stane. SO. be lively now.
Put a stick of wood int the stove, cant
Won. An mind YOU shet the dampcr'l
not let the heat all 90 up the chimney
Woods worth money. I tell We, an thcl
aint no sort o. use irving to heat up all
| out doors. Well. now. Soriul heart
what have YOU contrivcd to do? Well
| its vcr own concern"
Ii was. huge stick, and Linn was {
small rirl for twelve wears. In her ner
!
w,trhin~ cvcs shc had Given the wood ;
wronr tnrn in tLo stove and crushed hcr
s1nnder t;nenr. anoinst tho red-hnt iron
Sbn ,n,dn 20 o,tc,,v Only ,s tbc m,
,In l1nnI snt,,oI nndo,. thG hrn;snd na;
po, f,o f,oo t,,rnoI ,,n;to ybitn with-whicl
,v,s II , rho mini Of tbn snort;no throh
I';,l. ,,.,,,,,I ~. tl,o er,.,rt o,J st,1oo of tb
,vnr1s WOW '''''''' " ~
..Nn,or mind Won must lca,n to Iool
or,or ,,n,,. n,vn (;nnors dnnno who'
'rt, ;,,, ',o't - ,on, OF ,nn Ian,t
5"ii' 5T.I'o ~ n,ra a'''> y, rorsolf or nohodv,u t,l
carn ',,a of w. Ttai,S nv, ,vnnrnncn nnmnm
I'a,I l'1,',I,,.,, w., 10y
pan,. r,l'.'' 7 INV, ,,ho was IN no d,uao,. /,
torn",,;nn. r''i,' - ..Tol-n carn NJ varsolf =
nni7a1,'n5 ,"' "'l,',i5 ,a,.o ,arnor Tnn IN MS wa
.uDo ,',",,'aJ tI,o ,.-hola ,'l,;l,sonh, nf i;f
rn. EIrs S,1nantb, Pho and the dinnn
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