Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-16

the Doctor never felt the loss of Mis- Carryl At
table. Then there was Huldy alters opposite to
him, with her blue eyes and her cheeks like two
fresh peaches She was kind o. pleasant 10 look
at; the more the Doctor looked at her the better
he liked her. And 30 things seemed to be goin'
Ms Pipperidge and Mis- Deakin Blodgett and
about things.
that child that he's got there do towards taking
care Of all the place 1t takes mature woman
she says, To tread in Mis- CsrryI's Shoes
That IL does, says Mis- BIodyett. land when
things once gets to runnin' down hill there Amt
no stopping on EN-" says she.
Then Mis- Sawin, she took it up (Ye see, Mis-
Sawin used to go out 10 dress maxim and was
sort oJealous, cause folks sot more by Hlldy
than they did by her.) 'weil,y SAYS she,
" Huldy Peters is well enough At her tr .de;
never denied that. though I do say never did
believe In her way o m akin button holes, and
must say. IL twas the dearest friend had, that
I thought Huldy, tryin' to fit Mis- Kittridye's
plumb-coiored silk was clear piece Of presump-
tion-the silk was Just spilled so 'twsrn't fit TO
come into the meetin' bOuse. must say Hull
dy's gal tn ats always too ventures me about
akin 'sponsibilities she don't know nothin'
shout"
'Of course she don't" said Miss Deakin
Blodgett 'What does she know about all the
lOOkin' and seCin' To that there ought tn he i'm
guidin' the minister's house. Huldy's well
meaiIn and she's good at her work, and good
in the singers seat, but Lordy Massy she haint
got no experience. ParsDn Carryi ought To have
az experienced woman to keep house for him
There's the spring house-cleanin,' and the fall
bouse-cleanin' 10 be seen to, and the things TO be
away from the moths, and then gettin' ready
Tor the association and all the ministers meet
ms. and the making the soap and the candles,
ana settin' the hens and turkies, watchin' the
calves and seein' after the hired men and the
garden-snd there that are blessed man list sets
At home a. serene, and has nobody round but
the gal, and don't even know how thin1s must
be q runnin' To waste 80
Wal, the up.hot ont was they fused and
fnzzled and WhuzZled till they'd drnked I'D all
the tea in the tea pot, and then they went down
and called on the parsOn and whuZZled him all
up taikin' about this, that, and tother that
wanted l0okin' to. and that IL was no way to
leave everything to a young chit like Hubby,
and that he ought to be looking about for an
experienced woman. The parson, he thanked
'em kindly, and said he believed their motives
were good, but be didn't go no further. He
ddnt ask Miss Pipperidge to come and stay
there and help him, nor nothing o. the kind.
but he said he'd attend to matter himself-ths
TACT was, the parsOn had got such a likin' for
hayin' Hubby, round that he eouldn't think O.
such thing as swappin' her Off for the wilder
PipPeridge.
But he thought to himself Hubby is a good girl,
but i oughtn't to be leavin' everything to her
it's too hard on her. ought to be instructin',
aud guidin' and helpin' of her, cause faint
everybody could be expected to know and to 10
what Mis- Carryl did; and so at it he went, and
bcrdy Massey, didn't Hubby have a time ont
when the minister began to come out of his
study and want TO tend round and see to things?
Huidy, you see, thought all the world of the min
ister, and she was most afraid to laugh but She
told me she couldn't for the life OF her help il
when his back was turned, for he whuzzled
things up in a most singular way. but HuIdy.
she'd jist saw yes SIR and get him OF into his
study and go on her own way.
" Huidy,' says the minister, one day. 'ycu
amt experienced out doors, and when you want
10 Know anything you must come to me-"
Yes, sir says Hubby.
Now, Hubby" says the parson, "yOu must
DE sure to save the turkey eggs 40 that we
have lot of turkeys for THANKSGIVING
Yes, SIR says Hubby, and she opened the
pantry doDr and showed him a nice dishful she'd
been a sayin' up. Wal, the very next day the
Oil parsons hen-turkey was found killed, up to
old Jim Scroggs' barn-fOl6s said Scroggs killed
II, though Scrog2s, he stood to 1t he didn't-at
any rate the ScToggses, they made a meal ont
and Hubby, she felt bad about it, 'caIse she'd
set her heart on raisin' the turkeys-and saws
she. .'Oh dear, don't know what L shall do,
was just ready to set her"
DO, Hubby ?'' says the parson, Z" why there's
me other turkey, out there by the door, and a
Sure enough, there was old Tom turkey a
struttin' and a sidin' and a quitterin' and a
fountin' his tail feathers in the SUM- like a
lively young widower, already 10 begin lite over
again.
But said Hubby, "you know he can't set
"a fie can'to Ia like to know WHY saws the
too"
{" oh, Doctor" says Hubby, all in tremble,
the minister, and she was afraid she should
laugh never heard that Tom turkey woald
set egg-."
"why they ought to- said the parson, Citing
quite earnest; "what else be they good for
You just bring out the eggs, now, and put 'em
in the nest, and III make him set on EN-
So Hubby, she thought there wern't no way to
convince him but to let him try; so she took the
eggs out and fixed 'em all nice in the nest, and
then she came back and found old Tom a Skin
mishin' with the parson pretty lively tell We
n L. Lax ha at
ana he Hoped. and gobbled aud lit the parson,
and the parsons wig got 'rounl that his cue
stuck stra. ght out over his ear, but he'd got his
blood up. Ye see, the Oil Doctor was used to
carrying his pints o. doctrine. and he hadn't fit
Arminians and Socinians to be beat by a Tom
turkey--so finally he made a dive and ketched
him by the neck i'm spite o. his Topping, and
stroked him down and put Huldy's apron round
him.
"There, Hubby he says, quite red in the face,
we've got him now" and he travelled of to
the barn with him as lively q cricket.
Hubby came behind, jist ehokn' with laugh,
and afraid the minister would look round and
see her.
49, Now, Hubby, Wen crook his legs and set him
down." says the Parson, when they got him to
the nest, you see he is getting quiet, and he'll
set there all right"
And the parson sot him down, and old Tom, he
sot there solemn enough and held his head down
all drOopin, looking like a rail pious old cock,
a. long as the parson sot by him.
"There, you see how still he SETS" says the
parson to Hubby.
Hubby was most dying for fear she should
laugh. I'm afraid he'll get up" says she,
when you do"
"Oh, 10 he won't" says the parson. quite
confident, "there. there" says he, laying his
hands on him, as il he was pronouncin' the
blessin'. But when the parson rz up, cid Tom
he riz up too, and began to march over the
eggs.
stop now said the parson, :" I'll make him
get down again; hand me that corn basket,
well put that over him"
So he crooked old Toms legs and got him
down again, and they put the corn basket
over him, and then they both stood and
waited.
=. ThstIl do the.thing, Hudy,r said the par
son.
81 don't know about il" says Hubby.
''Oh, Yes 1t will. child understand" says
he.
just "a he spoke the basket riz right up
and stood, and they could see old Toms long
legs.
I'm make him stay down, confound him."
SAYS the parson, for We see parsons Is men like
the rest on US, and the doctor had got his spunk
up
"You jist hold him a minute, and III get
something thatll make him stay. guess and
out he went to the fence and brought in a
long. thin, dat stone, and laid IL On old Toms
back.
Old Tom he wilted down considerable under
this, and looked rally as IL he was goin' 10 give
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