The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1874-01-10
Sitting Up With Her.

She was expecting him SUNDAY
night; the parInr curtains were
drnw down. the old folks mo-
lifted that it W;iS healthy TO go to
he'd at eight O'clock, and johnny
hrIbed with a cent to permit him
SeIftO he tucked away at eundOwn.
He sneak+d up the path, one eye
on the dog. and the other watch
jag for the "old man." who didn't
like him any too well, gave Il
faint knock at the door, and II was
~tipent,l.> and ha-w+4s-eseUried into
the parlnr. He said he couldn't
stay Int minute, though he
didn't mean togo home for hours
She wanted to known how hi>
mother was; if his father had re-
turned from York State; il hi
brother Bits rheumatism Wa>
any better; and he went over and
sat down on the sofa 20 a. not to
strain his voice. Then converse
tion fl eyed, and he played with
his hat a.d she niblPd rt the
sofa lid He finally said IL W8o
"a beautiful evening, and she re-
piled that hcr grandfather pee
diced "a snow storm. He said he
guessed j. W0uldn'i snow, rs the
munn Wd~ not crooked enough tn
hang q pc der hora ou tine end.
nd sise -sl ,fe fif'r believe d.
would either. This mutual I'm.
d"retand,ng seemed tn give them
both courage. and then he wanted
% know il SIe had seen Bill Jones
lately. She hadn't, she sid, and
she didn't want TO. Then they
went on talking about the dona-
ton visit which whs t. be given
bef0rt, long to Elder Berry, and
he careIes>Iy dropped his hand IN
hers-hiS right hand-while his
left arm sneakpd along The sofa,
and got behind her shou 'de >
he pretended not to notice it.
and he looked down AT his boots.
md wanted to know if she th0ught
mutton lalloW rOttpd out hOOt>
faster than lard and lampblack
She c0uidn't say. but She. had an
idea that it did. He had just
commence Il to hook fingers with
her, when Shp discovered som"
thing wrong with the lamp. She
roe up and turned the lamp hal
down, making The room look linn
II took him five minutes to get
mold of her iingurps again, and
she PRETENDED To want 10 draw
he: hand away ali the time. After
Il long pause, he lowe e his voice
10 Il whisper, and said he dian'I
See what made folks love each
other. She hit her handkerchief
md admitted her ignotoure. IL,
SAID be .au,d name dozen
.yuug wrH Wnr We're going t.
YET married right away. and hi~
arm tell down AMI gave her "a
hug. lheH he went over and
ln0kea out uf the window To mttp
sur taH il was or not going T.
,,irrw am, cunning ~, X ne .uTued
the light down n little more, and
tnpn sat down and wanted to Know
if she didn't want To rest herself
nv leaning her head on his
shoulder.
All, me We have all been
there. and who of Us calpd cent
when the oid clock struck Welv,.
and we five miles from home?
The old man was fast asleep, the
watch dog gone IA visiting, and
the hamdoumpst girl in the county
didn't see why we need be in d
hurry.
Perhaps I shouldn't have writ
ten this, hut as | was going by
Saunders the o!her day thinking
of the night 1 heard him WHISPER
IN her ear at sptllins:s ,hool thai
he'd love her ver' shadow a, long
rs he lived, he Iais-d the window
and called to her as she WAS pick
ing up chips in the road:
"Sne saunders, come up mere
and find that bars grease ior my
sore heel, or I'll break every Done
in your body!"