Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-09
SETTLED WITHOUT A LAWYER.

- GGO n Inv |
Perbaps l sm little too bssty, i Little too
ready TO hRhi up al minutes notice. hut there |
are some words that seem 10 me tu clrrY an es-
pecial gram OF guuPo~der in them, and tbe
ord how IS one OF that sorl. Io have / per-
sou, after you have been through a long erplaua-
ton put his bugeIs to his meuti ear md query
you thus, or, worse stdI, How - - too exi.per.
ating ior human natnrs to bear But That i what
John StTiuSer did TO me- bending h,s head 4 little
nearer, snd speaking ia an absent, aePtsvstiUg
manner that tAutah2ed Ine beyond worI
lou see, john Str.ugeI and were eug1osd
we had betn engaged iOT ioul, tmrt amt pei
haps had fot to he idtie too matter oi conre to
each other.
We were sittu. there oyrr the fr~ ,iteI the
old iolka had gone 10 bed, iui | ieii tn telling |
him about SOPHIE Mills weddiu her Whit .lG |
dress, heI bnds cake, and her brde5maid4 irot |
ed al over to match 1t, aud endei THIS ,S1v'
But It CONT max any diiicrenCr, John, 10 l
people that love each other All that ut no more
account than last year suOw -dutt. They couii |
| be mn,ned III calico aud home-spuu with their |
ieet on IA" carpet like this, aua love each Other
| Just a. we'll
slow % -aid Johu, absently. iic was wat, b. |
ing the colla hiCher mp and die out agtin, and |
picking up stray chip now aud then 10 mug on
The ,mbers \ fashion he had when he MAS |
thin my
Now had the haada' he all day, and ruerH / |
was rather mole hndeY than usual, thuuoh 1
| didn't think SO then, hat when John bent his
great broad shoulders over, q, II ho hadn't heard
| q word sand, aud la tict, bad somrthun better
to occupy his mind, Just hIed up, htet aud then
| the blIze died down into suiks, and wien We
parted that night John and / h,d our hr-t quar-
lrel.
My heart dii not misgIye me that when cav
Johns great tall h!uro puins ont the door, 1t was
the last lIma he'd M the latch lor many ayeir,
but 50 twas.
You see, held my head protty high in those
days, aud wouldn't show VAS bIt cut up
sbont it, so pared OH With Mrs fummtI 3 Jos-
lse, likely. spruce young fellow enou h, hnl no
more to BE- compared With 5ohn thln 4 crckr
shell IS 10 a bIGan:lne.
| oh, well, mother sighed, and tired rrit hard
to BRING Us together agaln, but II Was not Ia he
II john Wa a paWeriai, muscular man, and
/ used 10 see hlm 90 np The road many a time
| when was oatla IA she.l miiI ny, amt peeping
: at hm through the chunks, thought MS bread
shoulders stopped more than ever, 1ial Ia,
hgure was growing more staiky hike. Such an
. awkward hgure ~ John WI! came neaI
rushing out ON hm once, With nay sun hounrt /.
and with my sleeves rolled. and iituglug my
arms right round his neck; hut John hkcd 10
see folks t,dv, and never dld II.
jesse PIuumer was the bean OF the viil1re
Idapper; neat ami dainty ~ you please, and alt
the girls thought | hat come Ia my senses
when unsted 'ein . Jess. And hy-and hy II
Twas jess that came sparkling o nights, AMI sat
o winter evenings over the cInbeIs, aud lie
was 80 soit spoken and pleasant that even moth
| er forgot her vexatioD. (Sheialways sci storelby
John, :mother did, Wen IN The spring Wa were
marrltsi jess ami tme, and L had string u
lpearlS, and a realsllk brldll drt ~, and ielt
kind ohlted like whom the glts crowded
around me and hoped Id be happy. hoped
so too; | wasn't sure OF it.
Remembering the days that came aiter.
| can't recall ons hard word | over heard
|. Ifrom Jess We weren't near enough &c
| each other to quarrel; W q Iust iaid apart k6
1.-TWO odd volumes; there wasn't any nrt
itwixt us, nor ANY thing twiSt uSi Mthe
Ilovo or laughing, whereas John ami hs'
always been bubbiing oyer one way AN
another,
worked hard, for my silk dress auI
N nee laCe were all had uf riches. aud l "a
Of up my gown one day to make cloak 10
ar the baby. You seo | couldn't give up NY
7. | pride and was Just ~ high spirited AS ever
But our farm didn't prosper; Mrs. Plum
= mer came To live w,th us, 10 look allie
things a. she said, and she got In pityin,
him every now and then ior marrying
poor wife, and-oh, we'll, whst's the use q
Neutrality-suspicious. couldn't hoIp wishing
John Stringer's strong shoulders were II
:, the wheel. when was working myself 4
death morning and night for nothing.
Then when the baby grew bigger, tooI
TO teaching AN A Is elass ~ used 10 bt
. tore 1 WAS married: but what htlle lne'
HAD run " Ild since th5n and couldn u ket
tihs boys straight someLow, aud The airI
a Ididn't cara or ssniplefs-ipr the sawin
n mac chine had ridden right over every hi't
Then Jesse teIl il u tho tower. aud wiih al
ytl9luinlng dhu hui W u
tmother aud with all my watohinv dag All
InisLt, somehow he slipped on betweeu "a
VAud found my sell a " iuow, with The Al
lfared, wasted farm ON my hands, ana mott
or Piummsr dr2zIing aud naunderinr att
| IJess In way to break my heart.
: But xept my spirifs up. and advertise
|, Ihalf the place Tor sale ht The court house IL
. lifI shoull sell II We should skin tbrNus
|. somehow ON au acre OF Two, thought.
Well who do you suppose cnme over ol
isunny afternve,, as WAS sanding N Il
IkitchenP Who, 10 be sureb putIJohn String
nss large as hfe-a little ray!mayhap, and htt
more angular, but Keen and Sfong As exc
lHed use Tor that bit oland, ir seemed al
--thad had his eye on it along back, "Aiays "
wanting what wasn't his" Mother Piumln
said Shs owed him n grudge Tor being mo
ss sts beforehand then jess.
srv 1t took a geat dead OF looking after, al
red Iawyering, and surveying, and the Lord kno,
what to settle 1t and the used 10 see Jol
. IStrlnger 5 st0oping shoulders aud broad l.
. lhal down lust beyond The riSe OF the meade
" ttme and again. But escarce even eame ne
the door till Que day, came tell howitE "
when the settlements were 10 be made j.
took baby up stairs and had good cry, !
That bit o land had beepJesses favonte pee
and Neither Plummer had been hnrrying
iahday about It
s~rhe ways OF Providence are 80 strange
said Mother Plummer' laying her specs dot
en- . atop o the Bible and putting on that aWin
cry. patient air which was wearing ME to SKIN
s'as tbones past finding out. Now II jess
nr married Sophie Mills, that was and YOU
D,t 4 Hit nos xatf In hear AnV u0rP. A