The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-12-12

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aad then % Mirandy, and then af the
rsst, until Ralph shuddered. Nothing
was % frightful to him - TO b fawnsd
on end grinnsd at By this old ogre,
wh'ss 1sw lonssome. blackish teeth
seemed ready 10 devour him. HE
didn't stay poar, you bet hoss!" and
with this The coal was deposited on tbs
pips, and the lips began to crack like
parchment Is each puf Of smoke es-
capsd. HE married rich, you see, =
and here another significant look u
the young master, and another fond
look 1t MirAndy, - she pulled away
reflectivsly. "His wife hadn't nO
book, lasnin'. Shed bean tArough the
spslIius-book wuDst and had got o.
sur = .aspssity' % ~ : seeoud tlne.
She warn't overly smart. She hadn't
got the sense the Law allows. But
schools was skase In them cir days.
and, besides, book-larnin' don't % No
good 10 woman. Makes her stuck
up. never knowe,l but one gal In
my life NJ had clphsred into fractions,
and she was - doggon stuck up that
che turned up her ncss one night at .
apple-pssiin' bskass TUX : sheet OF
the bed to splics out the tabie-cloth,
which was rather short. And the
sheet was mos clean, too. Had-n been
slept ON more'n wunst or twicst.
But wss goin fer to ssy that when
squire Hawkins married Virginny
Gray he got heap o. money. or. what's
The same thing mostly. heap o. good
land. And that's bstter'n bcok-larn
iu', says /. Eta girl bad gone clean
through al sddicatioil. and got TO the
rule of three iesslf, that wo0ld-n buy .
fsassss. ~. 0gsssv kasvkass Jsst Pss
sddlsAsion agiu the gsi's farm, an q
traded even, an sf AIRY one Of 'em got
swisdlsd. I never hesrd no eon-
plalnts.n -
And here she looked u Raiph In
triumph, her hard face sp:intering
into the hideous ssmblaDcs Of . smile.
And Mirandy cast . blushing gushing,
All-imploring, aud all confidiDg look
- the young master.
II say, ole woman broke. In old
Jack, II say. wot Is oil this ere spout
ing about the Square fsr?" and old
Jack, having bit of an ounce Of pig
s.il." returned the plug to his pocket
As for Ralph he wanted to die. He
had guilty feeling that this. speech Of
the old lady . had somehow committed
him beyond recall TO Mirandy. He
did not see visions Of krsach-0f-prom-
,se suits. But he trembled ut the
thought Of ND avenging big brother.
"Hannsr, yOu kin come along. too,
Of you're = mind, when you git the
dishes washed," said Mrs. Means to
the bouud girl n she shut and iAtched
the back door. The Means family had
built new house In front of the old
one, O sort OF advertisement Of bet
tered circumstances, 30 eruption Of
shoddy feeling; hut when the new
building was completed, they found
themselves unable to occupy it for any
thing elss than alumber- room. aud 90,
s1seps = parlos which Mirandy had
made an effort to furnish little lin
hope Of the Dlissful time when some
body should "set up with her Of eve-
nings), the new building was almost
unoccupied, aud the family went In
end out through the back door, which,
Indeed, was the front door also, for.
according to . curious custom, the
front" OF the house was placed to-
ward the south. though the ''big road"
{ (Hoosier for highUay) ran along the
north-west side, or. rather, past the
northwest corner off 8
When the old woman had spoken
thus TO Hannah and had latched the
door, she muttered, That gal don't
never show no gratitude Tor hvofs =
TO which Bud rsjOined that be didn't
think she had no great sight tn b per-
ticklsr thankful fer. To which Mrs.
Means made no reply, thinking II
best. perhaps, not 70 wake up her du-
tiful son on % interesting theme -
her treatment Of Hannah. Ralph FELT
glad that he was this evening 30 60 to
aEothsr boarding place. He should
not hear the rest Of the controversy.
Ralph walked to the school house
with Bill. They We're friends Again.
For when Hank Bsnta's ducking and.
his dogged obslinacy IN sitting In his
vet clothes had brought Oh . serious
Gsver, Ralph had called together the
big boys, and had - d I'VE must.
take care Of one another. boys. Who
viii volunteer to take turns sitting up
with Hsnry?" He put bis own
name down. and al the rest followed.
civilian Means and myself viii ~
up tO-sisht." said Ralph. And pscs
Bin hsd besn from that moment the
teacher's friend. He was chs,ssn TO-
be Rsiph's companion. He was Pup
py Means no longer! Hank coGid n0t
b conquered BY kindness. and the
tsAciser vas mnde 10 feel the bitterness
Of his rsssntmsnt long afsss. . We
shall And. But Bill Means vas for
the Tins entirely piacated. asd he
and Rsiph-wsnt 10 spslling-sc to-
gsihsr.
Every family fuv6ished . casAle.
These were more yellow dips and
white dips. burning. snoking and 6ar.
Ing. There was lsux x,sing susi talking.
aud gigs Hing. sad sinsi+sisx, sn., og-
ling. snd flirting, ana codrtins. What
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