The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-05-09

! iot0Ub 0O 0uS1 b0I lug 0tB6 tlAA'
ssd cried y 20 homo 10 mother, to
Becky wast1o busy too tell me sny
more Of thoee wonderful witch sto
ries OF sing any more Of her swee,
old songs, ano grandfsther seemed x
still over biz tooks and papers that
did lot dars 10 interrupt him be
sides ! bad hserd that my motbe'
had new litils baby girl. . sister fol
me. sad 90 1 bsgsed to 60 home until
finally they hsrnessed up the sleigt
Tor ne and Joseph took me home.
By aud BY the novelty wore Of q
little and began to realize that ba
bies are very Troublesome Mother
used 10 walk ap asd down the fooI
With little sistsf, looking very tired
and worn. and I wanted to get away
from the baby % Ill the time, and
began to beg - 20 back up to grand.
fathers, especially ~ they were just
commencing nnakiag the maple sugar
The trees had been tapped the ket.
ties all Get and 80 mother wrapped
me'pp warmly aad put me in the
sleigh. for it hsd not thawed yet, and
then she kissed me and said. $50
Olive can't stay home to help take
care of the little sister when she is SO
cross ?" Aud ! in spite of her pale
face which haults me even nov said;
"Oh / hate babies'' and then we
drove away. That little sister and
mother both sleep side by side on the
sunny slopes Of the golden bills oi
California, and ! would give worlds
could | recall thoee words that
might rid myself Of the remembrance
of that pale, Ioshs. srieved face.
Joseph drove bn. the horse seem
ing almost to Avover the glistenisg
road, and the belIs jingIed merrily,
but somehow | vas troubled and ga,
silent and sober ty:the side Of Joseph,
and did not shoet with delight as
each familiar ls6dmark flashed into
view, or faded cus again, and l did
not feel glad whee the three poplar
trees doomed inso5 sight. with their
bare white branebes, or when we
drove up TO the door and Becky clasp
ed me 10 her armSand kissed me over
aud over. or whed grandfather took
me into his lap snd called me bis lit
tie lsssie, or ~ben grandmother
brought yellow apples and crisp
brown doughnuts from the store
room. ate in Silence before the
fire.
{ Joseph quietly landed Becky let
ter which she todk with q bright
blush and pot 1, 10 her pocket. and
that nigh. after Sbe supposed me
asleep, she took il. aad read it, and
kissed it, and cried over it, aud then
got into bed. In IT, middle Of the
nightd swoke and te was sobbing.
bu, 10 the morning. he was perfectly
composed though 4 remarked now
for the 6rst time that her. cheeks
were not 50 red Is before nor 80
round, and that she looked more than
ever out OF the window up the turn
pikeroad.
That morning Grandfather and
Joeeph took me OUT to the woods
where the preparations were all made
for sugar making, snu | fitted to and
fro with delight from one place TO
another, and had nv dinner with the
men >. the saw mill. ths. was now
quie. ] still. and admired the pine
knots on The xslI-, and the great FIRE
that was 30 CHEEKY 10 contrast to the
cold desolation without By-and-by
grandfather went out with the men
10 look at the great boom of logs
above the dam. and as soon as they
were gone | went up to Joseph and
said
Joseph. wbo Was that letter from
that you gave Becky ~
why. you little owl you, what
makes you ask -
"Sbe cried all night, pretty near,
and she looks different from when
ssw ber last; pale like and stiIler. l
thoaght maybe thar bad something to
do With It.
well, child, you musnt ask me
There has beea queer doings up here
I guess the letter came from Jerry
Oseas. Bat don's say said 80 to
no one" And be looked very miaer-
able while delivering this. for him,
long speech
Grandfather came back and they
sat me on old Dolly again, aad we
went home, aud during the next
mouth of constant excitement Of be-
ing out in The woods, under the
spreading naples. 10 the keen March
wind, and watching the ueo 1t work
around the blazing 6res and bubbling
sugar kettles, forgot all about Becky
and her letters. heard one of the
mea say iha, Jerry Ovens had gone
Away ~ New York state; So, yozng as
I was, sc. it down in my mind that
Becky and Jerry were Sparkling" as
they called i, there, and thought no
more OF il-,har is for . time-s9r il
came back Unexpectedly after a while.
0ne night Joseph Came home from
down towo, snd Becky got another
letter and sCsia sobs shook the bed
all right. and ia The morning . paier
face than ever greeted me as looked,
snd eyes that were more sankes
and de-psiring lhan ] bad ever seen
before looked out from their dark boil
love, and ! 5egsa TO cry Becky
asked me whs. allied me, and /.
throwing nv arms around her cried
out 90 sii me. Beckey; you cry
an night, every night, and you are
pale aadI fhiak you are going to
die-n
She strained me close to her heart
and we seps together, I'LL Sadly be-
coming caimer she b4,hed her eyes
aad seas down ssairs, aad about her
ucrk, bat whea breakfAs; time came
she .re nothing Her appetite xAs
alI go1e Of lsse After hreaksss, was
oser she starred TO 60 70 the milk
room and fell prone upon the aoor in
9 DEAD faint They raised her sad
carried her 70 bed. and grandmother
ioosened her dress aad theo with o
look Vt horror % her usually placid
face cried Who has doac shis
thing ~ Thea I SAs sen. oat, aad
pretty sooa grasdfathsr came cot and