The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-20


hind him.
3 'Laviny amt sick, hope ?" said Mr..
Hinkle, anxiousIy. a 8.aTTHy hHf
'sNo, 'tisn't that, replied Mr.. Tripp,
twisting his forefnger under his collar,
as if his cravat choked hirn-"' "'tisnt
that-but . ....+ --.-s =, ..,-,.-..-. j
''She's getting most out Of patience
waiting for me, I suppose" suggested
the rnsuspectihg Reuben. a'' Well, I'd
eughter gone afore, only the off OK broke
through the fence, and
sIsayi1iy. says she went colae. back :
intercepted Mr.. Tripp. desperately3,;
8: for she 1ivcl with you as long, ,asshe'
can stand it -
Mr.. Hinkle hoFpeG down like
starchless dicky.
''I might have knowed she couldn't
bear sxhatI do groaned he. ..,This.
morning, when she was blowing of me,
1 spoke hash to. hers j don't see how
come to. But, Ezra, you don't think,
now, sl1eswon't never come Founds sn ~
Mr. Tripp mutteFeI something about.
sister-in-law being pretty resOlute," "
and turned away sn0d g3ef ase, l,a1s a
d 81 wish you'd carry over Laviny's
cough medicine, said Mr.. HinkIe,
rousing himself t''Lord to think of
her hacking in the night, and me not
hearing her. And, Ezra, I'd take,it
kindly ofyoHFif yoqldvstep in, IN the
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Mr.. Trpp Consigned the bottle to his
coat pocket, Willie Reuben, returning
to the deserted kitchen, which already
wore a masculine air, tilted his chair
against the wall, and listened to the
dirges of the frogs, or gave expression
to his feelings by singing,Trr sboo.j yss
n GAS on some lonely buildings top
20 The sparrow tells her moan,
ssFaF from the tents Of joy and hopel. 30 y
sit and grieve alone"
ga dreadful poor hand Ishoulds be
ID sit alone" commented he, as he
shufled about to fasten the windows.
TLaviny is a master-woman for making
things lively. Somehow can't bear to
lock her cut !" and it is fact worthy of
note that the faithful Reuben, fer the
first time in his married life, went to
bed leaving the porch door unbolted.
If he had cherished vague hope that
his wife might steal home in the early
morning, he certainly saw no traces of
her ruling presence ON rising. Instead,
the abomination of desolation resigned
''Seems's if was Just a frame work
With nothing inside said the poor man,
moving about the chaotic kitchen in a
hushed manner, like person at a
funeral t'the pith is all knocked out of
me. p .Ui iJG.adj o adIis5jlTl f fil.
But notwithstanding this alarming
internal condition, by dint of burning
he succeeded in making a lumpy hasty-
pudding for breakfast, and also a cup of
coffee, which, by reason of the large
amount of fish-skin that settled it, bore
an unpleasant resemblance to chowder
AS he was sitting at this frugal repast
his sister Phebe founced in.
Has Laviney left you, Reuben? 1t
can't be- Is &
Mr.. Hinkle nodded his hedd solemnly,
his mouth being not available just then
as an organ of speech. lo
The, worst is, her own, stormed
MisssPhebe, raining shower of hair
pins from her falling chignon. "Igucss
we sha'n't die on her account -
Yhis reflection seemed to convey 40
conso1aton to. Mr.. HinkIe. SIS { r.
"Younever felt right toward Laviny, -
said he, sorrowfully. 81 don't lay this
up agin her, her clearing out I blame
it on to Miss Niddlins. She always had
dreadful faculty for onsetting Laviny -
Miss Phebe, had a contelnptuopsnose,
turned upward at the end like. a. sled
runner. It curfed higher yet at this
remark. ai -nsf1I Fs-3iudE vf-H ~
81 wish that you had some of my
spirit, Reuben Hinkle," said she, coll
ing hersoack hair Sithsa rapid circular
motion, as II she were winding herself
up 'ff you had, you wouldn't go nigh
Laviny for one while. She's contrary,
and depend upon it she'll bess great
deal more apt to come back if you don't
stease her. I'll keep house for you, so
don't you bega mite concerned, -
Mr.. Hnkle groaned in answer As
dough IS without yeast, was he
without zLayiny. He needed her
to keep him up, he said, patheti-
bcally1 and though tortuEes,- would
not have wrIlng from her the confess
sion, it was .equelly. true, that Laviny
needed him to keep her down. Some
leaveh Is ;safeht hidden in its three
measures Of meal. Certainly IN her
husbands presence, Mrs. Hinkle had
been patient Griselda, compared to
what she now dYss, freed from home re-
straints. She sfretted and fumeSi ia an
explosive manner raising an unwonted
! fermentation in the Trip household.
She, hated his folks, she hated Reuben
fornot hating them. she hated herself for
having borne their, inference so long,
and declared she had not had % the
temper of a fly" which indeed was
| quite true. But as the week wore on
without bringing the coveted vision OF
| her husband at her feet, the efferves-
! cence of her mood was fast subsiding
! when the rumor that Miss Phebe was
welding her domestic scepter agitated il
anew. Pretty work vas. 20 becFovded
out of her own home by his folksA She
/ knew now why Reuben did not come
They had been setting him against her
\ what Il he sBeuld neeeFeone 4 F'ol
i tile 6sst time this tliought ihtrude6
itself, and in her anguish she sough
relief in the camphor bottle. Wha
right had Phebe in her kitchen, solacinf
Reuben with delectable cookery, whe1
he should have been bungering IN .soIi
tude afte- his wife? She declared s.1cl
cohducf ,would provoke saint, tllongl
she did not give her authority for thi
conviction One thing was sure, Pheb,
should not have the washing of her tea
spoons, and without delay Mrs Hinkl
sent juvenile Tripp 10 remove thess
and otifersval uables, choosing she Dime