The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-05-18

-AIlti iNl ING liiH ol YOU, you ltil h'tl-
lam"
Nj Nicp1rmu- Harding, having utter
l mis- caution in Il low, earnest tone OF
.. aliElted from II Concord wagon in
ir-n oi his own farmhouse door, and
-.,tll there few minutes in brown
,4iv. watching the figure of his brother
u atv and lawyer, is he drove back
Maid the village of W-,whence the
$3.50 men had lust come.
pon't tell Betsey Jane"
NOW. Hpt-cv Jane was Mr.. Nicodemus
iadin9'- Wife, 4 stirring, notable soul,
. ha made more butter and cheese, and
f,al more COO, and fowls to the market
u the rallrsc OF the season, than any
.'irr woman tor miles around. Strong,
u,.,thr. and hearty, she made the house
work flv." TO use her own energetic eX
p- ~~iun. AMI il Nicodcmus Harding own
I BIZ farm that day, and was well-to
ll. ln tact, Il llch man to boot, it was ow-
.at Ia ue small measure TO the skill and
,aer-N ana general go-ahcadativcnesS of
I BrI-y1 Jane What WAS it, then, that
.lr u4 grateful nl4n was not about to tell
a..
ll Nouil never do. neycrr' thought
Nicolcmu, to himself, shaking his head.
She'd ic wanting 4 new carpet, or a new
-Ilh Gown. or the house All painted over,
ur some such nonsense No, the woman
j. the weaker vessel; il won't do to 90 too
ltr Their heads won't bear it,
81, Nj Nicodcmus passed through the
hpu-c and ont toward the barn with the
.,rcaeculitd air of hen who has an egg
- lay. and don't know where she can hide
III, ind TO Ia no
vantage, The kitchen was empty and 81
.lt A. he went through it. But oh if he
could see fine buNom, good looking female
Who stole silently out of the pantry, and
l. silently followed him on his way to-
ward the barn.
MIR, Harding came back in about TWEEN
ty minutes or 50, with a face red from sup
pressed laughter.
don't tell Brtsoy Jane" she said, gig
ling into her Bingham apron. You are
FL very smart man, Nicodcmus and my
irlhcr Tim Moves is another, and Il law
avr in the bargain. Don't tell Betsey
Jane, indeed Two wrctchcs. YOU deserve
.,ll worm get pretty soon
Bct>cy Jane said no more, but bided
her time. Awcck passed away. and then
rothcr Tins wagon drove up again to
Tine door, and Nicodcmus STEPPED into it
,aJ MA, of TO the VILLAGE once more
Kelsey had asked in vain to 90.
Nicn,iomll. WAS bound on business
business which a woman could not under
-tand. he lofllly exclaimed. He. lord
and master. well out of sight, Betsev Jane
want about that business a woman could
la1 understand. with a merry twinkle in
h..i eye.
Al four T. NJ Nicodemus returned home
.aisiu. looking quite as important as be-
lore. He tip-tocd along through the kitch-
cll. Kelsey Jane watching him from the
corner of her eye all the while He pass
ed out into the she'd A fragrant smell of
smoke came forwardto greet hm-an odor
ot burning corn cobs gradually curing ham.
Nicodemus turned deathly pale, and ran
flaulically lorwardto large fire shoulder
M in the ash house, and a large ham or
two coycrd over by blankets, hanging
placidly there The yell he gave brought
Ert-cy Jane from the house instanter, to
ind Nicodrmus groyelling before the ash
huu~e door, weeping and walling and tear
mo his hair, and uttcrlng yell after yell
ni despair
WHY, bless me- what $ the matter? are
Nou in a I'll Let me run Tor the camphor !"
lniekcd BctSey Jane.
''t amph"r Brn@ arsenic BRING plson
ed some KIND psoh yeiled Nicodemus