The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-05-28
CHAPTER II.

CHATTER IL
oh. botherationr remarked Sam,
with q prodigious yawn and a look OF
unmistakable boredom
Sam Harrington, before Heaven,
| believe you are the LATEST, sloven-
Hest. crossest, uncivilizedest old bach
elor that ever vegetated outside OF a
grizzly bee 5 hollow tree. can
hardly believe you are my cousin any
more, as | Vi * Of what you were
fifteen wears ago, when voc visited
Us, and look ~ you now, stout, cnuf-
fy, sloyenly and rich, caring for notb-
ing on he earth or under The heavens
but your nasty pipe. An old bach is
q disgrace ~ humsniis, anyho"
Sam Harrington, | say-tor the
Lords sake, get up and pot u clean
shirt
Sam grun,ed. Then the little
woman poked lin energetieally Ii the
ribs.
Your duly 10 ycus health impefa-
lively demands it,, raid she
Sam gruaned. Tue lizzie LADY pok
ed him again.
.By all the laws of reason aud log
ic, this duIy is ~pressiogly incumbent
on you Allow me 10 put II TO you
10 the light of IA pubic duty which
yoa owe to your kind, as d member
of q civilized community, aud no a
Hottentot or a Red Indian. More
over, /, your cousin, iwplore you
with tears in NV eyes 10 oblige me
Immensely and go and change your
liuen, aud not disgrace the before the
world. There, now, is q csnsldera-
tion which ought TO move a heart oi
stone.'
Sam elevated his right foot across
his lef, knee, aud regarded attentive
ly Q hole in Tue toe of his right slip
per.
oh, pshaw = said be. There is no
pest on earth equal log woman
And besides that, society expects,
il of you,' continued the little wo'
man, punching him with great Wig
or.
He arose aud slowly stretched him
sell Then be disappeared and pres
emily came back, having reluctantly
made the required change Of raiment
But The wristbands we're unbuttoned
and the collar aud bosom shocklngly
crumpled. His cousin eyed him dis
c~ontentedly.
See the man, now,' she said. And
that beautiful bosom, too, looks a. Il
you'd been rolling down somebody's
shed roof. | declare you're enough
to drive q woman mad. And you're
going to our camp meeting with "a
too, and | wanted So much to intro
duce you to Widow
'Drat all women said Sam refscs'
| lively. 'Drat all women-espcciaily
widows
But our widow isn't a widow al
ali, she's a-she's an cid maid
don't know why everybody calls bel
widow, bat that's the name she's al
ways known by. She used to be rich
" hen she was young, but she was
real bright and learned then, very
learned, for o rich mans daughter
Her father died, they lost their for
tune and The widow had to work fol
her living. She came here aud ha:
actually been principal Of our village
high school for the last seven wears
There never was a w0ma held the
plsce befJre, and there never was q
man who filed il hall 50 we'll HeI
graduates make the best wives and
} be best school mislresses IL The eVln
try. School mis;resses slwayes max,
good wives. Sam. | used to Dc d
school mistress myself
YES said Sam. Modest. you
, know
'Aad the widow has done an i'm
measurable lot of good among The girl
here. She has made them like Der
self, as far as they've seDse enough
To be it-braSe. stro0r, honest soG
wise. There never was another lik'
ner, Sam. She supports Der motoeI
e out of her earnings, and-aud dress
es like a lady, too,' said Sans cous
. in, adding the last as u climax of al
. praise
i don't like paragoDs, said Sam
Awfully tiresome.'
I AT any rate you're 10 no DANCE
of being taken for D yourself re
! piled the sharp little woman. 'Yo'
bad the world before you, aud vi
we're all 80 proud Of you, and bat
such high hopes of you. You wer'
!, going to be a famous poet, reform
preacher, and the Lord knows what
!, and you've o been any of il. Wbel
YOU die / shall have this label tackled
across your GOTTA:
He began life like g poet, foil 0
! grand hopes and aspirations, and b.
ended by being q sloveDly old bach
elor, who made a fortune in the bricl
: pressing business
Cousin Mary, let's start 10 camp
! meeting
AT the camp ground, Sam Hsrring
ton and little Mrs. Gerry sat among
, the devout part of the congregation
and listened to the N like eld
! folks.
When it ~as over and they bad al
, left the wooden benches, q tall pale
lady with lusirous black eyes, and
dark, wavy hair, stood up facing them
An aged lady with silyery hair, and
sweet placid face leaned on the 9th.
er's arm, and the younger lady care
! fully supported Der feeble steps.
That's widow and her mother,
/, whispered Sans cousin. Isn't she
! lovely
Sam looked.
; The fine, delicate face was the least
bit faded and tired looking, but not Q
, bit soured or gloomy. 1t wass clear
true fsce-6ne, strong and pure, like
steel or silk, or something of that
sort Little Mrs. Gerty caught the
school-mistress's hand.
Widow! she said, this is Cousin
Sam Harrington, q rich, ~sloyenly old
bachelor. l wish you would take
him of my hands. Ssm-Miss Xii
dare
What ? screamed be. crszily.
Don't hort my arm S What did
you do that for?!' said Mrs. Gerry. 4