Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-12-09
Stlttt StOrp.
Miss keturah' s4Yearling; And How
it Brought Her 4 Husband.

Miss keturah' s4Yearling; And How
it Brought Her 4 Husband.
1 don't believe Kcturv would sell
that crilIer for it, weigh, in gold. IT,
81 coSsct broush; up ON cream. tell her,
aal as she is nouona' with nothing but
h,as and lives tocI to keep he, company it
ami wonder she set, such Store by what
she's rsiscd That's just how The cise
stands. LiShcr'
lac man sdjrr->eJa ~ LjSucr VAS je1n-
ns on apair o, bars. tia, led into Miss
kr,Iroh', pasture. doing jg,t what the
god book comnsnd> u> not ,o do. VIZ &,
"CoNe,ins A.~ nc. ;b'or'' possessions
Il Jocks. D." >.l> hc, with his gaze fixed
OIL pretty, GoIc-ome Young animal.
clean. OF limb and straight OF back, with
saG. bish, eyes, Hsc girls, 81 wish /
could c0njrive 10 get hold ol ,'rai Alder
ucv wearing; there ain't another Ike
her ,a the country. aud I'll be willing to
iogS down slmos, anything Kc,ury might
asks
You'd better no, g., Your heart >ot
ca u.~ SAIL b.- brother J..'rz, ia 81 toue
az deliberate emphasis. common 10 l.m.
"I to believe Kyuy oaaJ -,mo>, $
...a -.,, tan aes,c... a, par, Ni,a tl,l
setjng
J1s ,uea ,lr yuc-.a, creature u jh,
,.,.ui,h her whit. .et. .urird .a Tie ricl
te.a. and "a O..p ot sr,,s hanging from
Dc. mou.h, gave 81 a;.,e c.per, and a
ti>h of ,hc tail, as much as 10 ,-y.
You'd better believe
Jabez lbc elder brother moved out
hom the shade Of the Ju,cruu, tree,
where the two men halted 20 look over
The rail fence Il mu>' be getting home,
said be, cox ms old woman will >cold
Nbou, my keeping the supper standing.
You haiu't cor any wife. Usher, 20 tei
ii You don't come 20 times on meals
Jabez. sturdy, bronzed farmer. went
irulgin. his way homeward with hi,
checked shirt sleeves, and the red flannel
back 10 his vest showing Usher how
ever, fingered in the road. he was OF
d.-,gen, build from his sro.Ae,, mol so
square and thick SET, but taller. with
cheeks following in ht,,e about The
mouth. bushy beard. and kind grey
eyes. lie fingered behind, halt musing
on The words Jabcz bad 50 cSrelSssly
spoken Il believe Ke;ury would al
most as lives give YOU herself" lie knew
his brother meant nothing, but tho
words were sweet to bin. 1t seemed as
though he needed the assurance Of their
truth for a long time.
There. down The road. which wound
lti.e. and clasped = thicket OF trees.
in The crook OF lis arm, was the old red
farm house where Kc,mah lived. Il
was homcly place, and no etrOr, had
been made to Tx it up; but its air OF
snuguess suggested comfort and good
cheer. The sheds and out houses strag-
gied 10 the barn. or else the barn slrag.
g,ed to the sheds. There WAS plenty Of
shade form cherry and apple tree..
where robbins aud thruShes nestled. The
old caves were swallow. haunted. and
there was roomy, old. fashioned garden.
and a patch Of green sward, spripked
with white clover. where Keturah
stretched her drying line, aud let her
clothes au,ter out Monday morning ear.
her than any Of her neighbors. 1t was
atidy old place, and had come down to
her fathers estate with . lew outlying
fields. well fenced and TILED; = bit Of
timber land. good spring Of water. and
several other blessings belonging to
this sublunary sphere.
keturah knew how to pt;ze her indo-
pendence. There were few plain rules
she never transgressed; 20 deal fairly,
to always live within her means. and TO
make the most orblessings, seemed pref
" plain duties. She was not supposed
to be friendly to matrimony. and she did
enjoy teing her own mistress, with an
unlimited scope for the exercise of that
whichis lnown in New England as fac
ultv.
She was q woman OF middle height,
with bright, frank. blue eyes, a face fresh
in color. and dark hair cOmbed smooth
behind her ears, and twisted in smallish
knot at the back of her head. None Of
those chinyarns. a. Miss Keturah said,
Tor her She was i world too sensible TO
wear a false wad on her Uranium. She
had been out just at nightfall to attend to
her chickens. and to see that they were
all in the eOOps. under the feathers of the
clucking hens. A little invalid creature.
pretty ball of down, with 4 sprained