Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-11-07

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You are my precious wife. Marion,
and to you Iturn for all the happi
ness my life will ever hold"
He dried her tears, and then they
talked it over. ' -'F" rt4af ~'
'Just beeanse 1 am city bred she
thinks me lazy, and haughty, and
dainty, and ...'-S 5t
Never mfhd, Marion, shem find
out some day My father"
! "Yes bless the dear old man! He
has added. My love to daughter
Marion. Oh. 1 know should love
him, and your mother, too, if she
would let me- @- I'll
1--WE will invite them down when /
come home. BY the way, Marion,
will stop at the farm on my way
home and invite them down, and
bring them home with me-"
s'George, dear, ]. have been think
ing about that trip West. / think
you had better 60 and leave me at
home. It WONT be SO very long"
Marion was eating her egg while
i she spoke across the coy little tete l.
tete breakfast table,
Spoken like my true little Marion,
and when / come back I'll bring you
q present. What shall it be y''
-"Y0ur mother and father from the
farm It shall be that hope that shall
bear me companionship when you are
gone" @ = sar
A fortnight after that Marion Glenn
ents ate her breakfast alone, the traces
of tear or SO upon her cheek, then
she dashed them away with a merry,
Joyous little laugh. 1'in"a ~
This will never do, and now that
George has gone for six weeks, to pre-
4 pare for his return. And I pray
heaven it shall be such a coming as
shall delight his very soul" - 1.
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''I'm sure don't know what to say
The land knows need help bad
enough, but it pears to me such
slender little midge as you couldn't
earn your salt. What did you say
Iyour name was p
'Mary Smith. And, indeed, if
Iyou'n try me for week, I am sure
that you will keep me till the seasons
over.'' --@ t@@ 1ts' -azi[ @sstL
Mrs Clements looked out of the
window at the great clouds that were
piling gloomingly up, and then the
wind gave a great wailing shrek
around the corner of the house.
"Yous ken cook ken you? or shake
feather beds, good big ones, forty
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A gleeful little laugh came from
Mary's lips.
Indeed I can. may not cook
TO suit you, but can learn"
Mrs. Clements walked out to the
huge open fire place in the kitchen
where the deacon was shelling corn.
"What dye say, deacon; keep her
or not kind o. like her looks, and
the dear knows it would be a good
lift while we're KILN, if she couldn't
do more'n set the table or make mash
: for the bread"
"Take her, of course, Hanna. You
are hard driv', I know. Let her stop
a week or so, anyhow.
So Mrs. Clements cane slowly back
and sat down again.
"You can't get away tonight, any
: how. There's a snow storm been
bruin' these three days, and it's on us
now, sure enough. See them ere
flakes, fine and thick. You may as
well take your things up stairs to the
west garret, and then come down and
help me get supper"
Then followed directions to the
/ West garret, and when she was gone,
Mrs. Clements turned to the deacon !:
Il never saw a girl before I'd trust
up stairs alone. But such as she don't
steal; l can tell you that if nothing
else ---,----
Directly she came down in a purple
print dress and white apron; her hair
brushed off her face into a net a mar
row linen collar, fastened with a
sailors loop of narrow black ribbon.
1t seemed as if she had life, too, so
, handily she fitted in and out of the
} big pantry and then down the cellar
Then, after the meal, she gathered the
dishes in a neat, silent way, that was
perfect bliss to Mrs. Clements ears.
"She's determined to earn her bread,
: anyhow; and 1 like her turn, too
i And the deacon had "talzen a shine
for Mary Smith. One by one the
days wore on: the hog killing time
+, was over and done; long strings OF
7 sausages hung in fantastic rings, ar
ranged by Mary's deft fingers; sweet
2 hams and shoulders were piled away
r in true housewifely manner, and now
Mary and Mrs. Clements were sitting
t in the sunny dinner room, darning,
l patching and mending.
7 81 don't know what I'm going to
do without you, Mary. I dread to see
you pack up your clothes"
2 A blush of pleasure overspread
:. Mary's face.
: Il am so glad you have been suited
+ with my work Indeed, have tried
3 1T amt the work altogether, though
goodness knows, you're the smartest
!. girl I've seen this many day. AS ]
p? say, it amt the work; it's you Mary
i Mary's voice trembled at the kind,
ness of the lady's voice, but she sewed
d rapidly on.
ssIt's so uncommon lonesome since
e the boy left the farm; but its worse
: since he got married. 1t seems likt
II deserting US altogether
"Have you a son? You never men
e toned him."
g mo; George has gone his way and
l. we must go ours. Yes, he married
e one of those crack-headed, boarding
school people, who can't tell the diff
l. ference between a rolling pin and &
It milk pam
4 But despite her scorn, Mrs. Glenn
IS ents dashed off the tears with he
D brown fist
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