Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-12

OH, SAID Mr.. Jones 10 uluScii, anu il
was going right home Id drive him
along, but I'm not, and by the time l
get back he will be gone. 1 have
it." he exclaimed, as a new idea seemed
to enter his brain. "Iil just let down
the bars and let him into Mrs. Hooker's
west field. The field has been cleared
these ten days, and she will never know
but he jumped in, AMI it may save the
squire heap of trouble So he drove
the OK along for about three quarters of
a mile and turned him into the field
then, after leaving the money at Ellis's
he went home, we'll pleased with him
self and the world generally.
Squire Chase was not at the tea party,
for he was fully determined not to be
the victim of a made match, and he
rather suspected that one was in pro-
gress in the Jones family.
The next morning Mr.. Jones raped
at the squire's back door just as the
family were at breakfast.
thought I'd run over and let you
know where your brindled OK is. Mrs.
Hooker says there was one got into her
west farm yesterday, and she presumes
it's yours.
"Much obliged, neighbor Jones, I'll
so right over after breakfast, or send
Ned
But Ned. like most boys of sixteen,
was shy of old maids and strange wild
ows, and steadily refused to go, so the
squire himself went.
Widow Hooker was making cheese.
1t was late for cheese making, but she
always made one or two fall cheeses.
The door was wide open, but she did
lot see Squire Chase come up the
flower bordered walk; the first she knew
of his presence was the exclamation
"Why, Polly Wiggin This is the
greatest surprise ever had y And
there was great Misunderstanding. $50,
so, Polly, you are the famous Widow
Hooker, are you? How do you like
farming?"
every we'll, Jerry, and if you can
stop long enough I'll show you how I
manage"
OF course the squire could stop and
was delighted with everything.
81 never thought woman could
manage so WE'LL" he said, "that is in
the house and outdoors, too. I always
thought when women undertook to wear
the-that is-when-"
ooh, understand" said Polly, "you
thought my house would suffer from
neglect if my farm was properly cared
for"
see, see, Polly I thought my
little girl had kept house pretty we'll
since her mother died, but of course
it's nothing like yours when girls of
twenty can't manage at all it is not to
be supposed that girls of fourteen can
be very good at it. Suppose we let by.
cones be bygones, Polly. I have said
I would never marry again, but if you
will have me will break my word for
once, for when said it didn't expect
to meet you, and I believe we have both
grown wiser since our quarrel nineteen
years ago."
"Do you think the children would
like me, Jerry? You had better bring
them over, first, and then I will give
you my answer"
81 don't believe Ned will come he
is rather bashful, but I will bring over
the other two, Mary Ann and Silas, to-
morrow afternoon. Good.day, Polly
And tho squire drove home with
never so much as thought of the brin.
died OK.
Meanwhile Ned had fretted and fumed
because he had no work to do and final.
ly he and Silas had gone fishing.
II do wish father would get married, :"
said Silas, who, at the age of ten, had
very advanced views of life. 81 think
Mary Ann makes horrid biscuits, and
I'm tired of eating hominy and milk for
dinner; if father did get married, and
we didn't like our step-mother, we are
all big enough to run away"
Yes" said matter. of fact Ned, "but
if you keep on talking you will scare all
the fish away, and we shall have to eat
fat pork for breakfast"
Squire Chase could not give very
good reason why he did not bring
home the brindled OK. He told Mary
Ann that he did not see the OK, then he
told Ned that he forgot all about him,
and finally told Silas that he thought
he could not drive him home alone, and
would wait until the next day and take
him and Mary Ann over to help him.
The next day Mrs. Hooker had as
happy party at tea as her house ever
held. Mary Ann quite fell in love with
everything, including the widow her
self, and Silas said he never did eat
such cookies; then Mrs. Hooker read
some letters from her son, who was at
college, and Squire Chase said he never
before thought big boys ought to go to
school in haying and harvesting, but
he believed he should send Ned next
year IT Ned wanted to go.
Will you come over, Polly ?" asked
the squire, as he was getting into the
wagon to drive home.
l will come, was the answer.
A month later there was grand we'd
ding at the Ox-bow farmhouse, and
Mrs. Jones appeared in handsome new
dress which she had won from Tobias
because she could not see why he had
anything to do with the making of a
match that came about because of the
finding of Squire Chase's brindle OK in
Widow HookeI's west field.
A STRANGE PHILANTHRoPIsT.-
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