The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-24

beautiful holy. man oyerthe mantlepiecc;
but you. bid me MOTTO chatter, SIR,
K I" And do you mind everything / say,
Hetty?' ~ ,'l, -
-. O. Everything, sir..,.S., A.pause here,
Dana sunbnriSed san glGrifed face
lifted to mine; eyes which, khre as quick
TO: :teBrsi as smfl les 70 baby month, fresh
and dewyi los violet, md as TREMENDOUSLY
Isweet 81 All well, Dan, let's get back to
tho conyersatio again. p 81
= q e;Then its q ashopeless, case, ,Hetty.
I'd, better get bach, to town. g li.!
-. Oh, please, No, mot yet; something
may happen. They may: be brought to
SEQ yoa. II you go back to town '-t a sob
here, Dan, by way of punctuation.
well, Hettyg
"'I shall die"
"Y0u see, Dan, I have to tell You
ucrbatim, so you'll get the whole gist OF
it This Hetty Bilsby,is n foolish little
body,iwith. an unmanageable crop Of hair
that takes every shade Of brown in tho
sun, from pale yellow to deep reddish
ochre. TO o colorist these things
an6nnt to a:study, you know. Then ono
can sec her pure xirgihal soul through
the unfatliomable; depths Of her eyes.
For the rest, she is 5freckled, thin and
crude in outline. I Ihapp pened! 70 put her
in two or I rec Of my sketches, paying
the old woman well for her time; but
Hetty, being "a child of Snatufe, and bah
bling innocently, Gke;one Of her noun!
tain brooks the rapacio nawo village
gossip got hold. of fIitalls 1.-The eptlof il
was, they bundled her out hero to SER
vice. a. However, there'sano law against
trayeling the, highway, and. my vicious
brute, that ought tSknow the road well
enough, took fright 1t 4 stump BY the
wayside the other day, and though Hct-
ty-was foolisll::enoIg Iglftto' cling to his
bride, md did check iimin thentain, hc
broke her arm and my leg, and We were
both brought in, to-be mendetl. -
"Hetty lies up over the kitchen somc-'
wherc, poor child, and am in capa-.
cious chamber at tho front iof the house,
tile three windows of which command
tue whole, ,panorama Of splen.lor in light
md shadow On y6ndef: misty mountain
tops. My leg holds a high carnival Of
.aepny at tines by WY Of Contrast, but
there's capital doctor hero that knows
how to, manage this sort Of revelry, and,
a'faculty, for ritlfsing close at hand. Any
low, TIN within here, and Tn glad, and
I nm always your worthless ID
.Nt T. JACK LIVINGSTON. ,
"My best Dan, wrote Jack Living
stonTlAteron, 'hloy, us remeinbof Whit
tiers Sweetest woman ever fate, per
Verse, denied h9iseiiold mate 2 WHO
kept SO long shcr genial mood and sins
pie faith ,of maideplood 2 Well, here
she is, ahd her sister too. Tho first time
our excellent buffalo of ilocter helped
me tlowniiito' tile sitting.room, and into.
a stuffed chair tliat just fitted my aching
spine and lifted to u magical footstd0l
my demon of leg, and my eyes fol,
upon Miss Mary, who lsat opposite me,
drawing in sand out her, needle upon
somsstGstefuls lsledgnioEa pllpitcushiol,
recognized tho gentle, gracious element
so happily pictt&etls ipr tieiipoem-tle
pale low forehead Srnpl which wAs drawn
back her hair, without Scrinkle or curl;
the mild beam Of her lS=Cl eyes the low
monotone of her Voice tLe perfect
curves'of llcr.lips, which iiiever vary or
break into smiles; on draw, themselves
ont Of sh0po MS other lips aro prone to
do with agony, or joy, or nasty sarcasm.
It was fine, it WIS good, Dan. Then no
sooner had l. lain buck and shut my eyes
to digest this comfortable felicity for tho
tired soul and aching brain, than I found
close to my fHintihg. lips q mliG, tOwhich
l was nnpelled by some, intnitivo pow
err mug OF quaint device and trans;
parent texture, which | Rfterwnrdi ad-
mircd, ,bntnottheif, Dan.i Edrained tho
delightful beverage to the dregs, and
opened my eyes upon the generous cup
bearer, and here, in plump, limpled,
comfortable humanity, was the other
element ncedful to, the household-thc'
sag0ciol,s, the culinary, tho administer
ing. Fancy your po0r tempest-tossed,
crippled Jack IN the hands Of these two
dear 'womenla Before 10 fortnight hns
gone by, thGseven devils hrc driven out,
me-. Only this morning Ishell ont my
hands to them in helpless gratitude, and
aulibly thanked God for my broken lcg.'
90 Oh. yes, L said II can't help it.
You know many and manifold are. the
ways iii which His infinite inercy1is Ill
rectcd. L waS gone in body anil spirit
not bitof faith, hope or charity left i'll
meLohly yIblind drifting tottllnt species
Of feline fataIism popularity kliowh rs the
dogs. Nothing. bit y9d two. women
could have saved me. Now I'm ilisarmcd,
Tn happy, Tn grateful For 7 can't
tell yeuqDall, ,,jpstI wllat o point i'll Turk
ISL plil6s6phy, I Ind reached when i
mcrcifuuy broke my 'lcg dnd poor littlc
Hctty her arm TINT morning. lnve
incidentally learned tint Hcttyis not yet
very strong, but she il in good hands,
and will doubtless speedily mend. Old
Bilsby is to 60 dutWest, they say, in the
spring, and taknsslis whole wrctclcd
brood. His ollrGmshNckle Of plNcc is,
for salc-nnbealableS perhaps, for the
amcnities;of. Life, but wOnderouSly allur-
ing to n vagabond taste. There's bit
of rocky waste sbeliId the old barn,
where Hctty and Ispept ono whole per-
feet juno morning aifell. We were all
alone with tlieSqlieer wild grasses and
blossoms, that grow there, lald would
ruz2la yo,f to put, into recognizable
f6thiSa Hetty t1falheip fliehi ! all, with
doubtless tho sumo simplicity that Adam
did lin r;PnrdisetS mid the child vasiRo
,ar; lv 0L,u u, El,n st,v IN SHOWN ,,,,kl,