River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-08-19

! But she never had-and now, scent
| ing dimly, like carrion after its prey,
| that trouble might come to the pretty
little white house, the make-mischief
/ had come to do her work, if deyasta-
ton had really commenced.
Been crying?' she said, more plain
| " than politely, and sinking down into
| tie pretty chintz-covered rocking chair
/ with an energy that showed she meant
] to stay, and made the chair crack fear
/ fully. "Only folks do say that you and
your husband don't live happy-bu but
Ia | wouldn't mind know faint
Your fault"
Betty's heart stood still Had it
/ come to this John and she not to
/ live happily. To be sure they didn't,
as She remembered with Il pang the
dreadful scene of words and hot tenn
pers but had it gotten around so soon
"a story in evervbody's mouth
With all her distress of mind she
was saved from opening her mouth.
SO Miss Simmons, failing in that, was
/ forced to 60 ON.
An | tell folks so, she said. rock
/ inc herself back and forth to witness
/ the effect of her words, when they
1 git talkin' so YOU can't blame me,
/ if things don't 60 easy for YOU, I'm
surer
You tell folks SOP repeated Betty
vaguely, and standing quite still
what? don't understand
why. that the blame is all his'n. -
cried the old maid, >" exasperated Mt hen
strange mood and her duIlness II
say, says |, why there couldn't no one
/ liv" with him, let alone that pretty wife
/ hee got. That's what ! say, Betty.
/ And then ! tell EN- what queer man
! he *, how cross, an"
And you dare 10 tell people such
/ things of my husband? cried Betty,
/ drawing herself up to her EXTREMIST
/ height. and towering SO over the old
| woman in the chair, that a. she jumped
I in confusion at the storm She had
raised. and stared blindly into the blaz-
/ ing ewes and face rosy with righteous
/ Indignation, her only thought was how
/ To get away from the storm she had
raised, but could not stop. But she
wa= forced to stay, for Betty stood just
in front Of the chair, and blocked up
! the way. so She sunk back into the
SMALLEST cornor of it, and took it as
best she could. My husbandw cried
Betty, dwelling with PRIDE on the pro-
noun-at least, if they were to part, she
would say it over lovingly is much as
could till the last moment; and then,
when the time did not come, why pco-
! pie should know that it wasn't Johns
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Betty smiled, and twisted away
rom ms grasp. Turning 10 the hed,
room, she presently returned sun
smiling, with bundle rolled up Ill a
clean towel.
Tins she put on her husband knee
who stared at her Wonderngly
Il did,. t mean, she sald, unplnnlngg
the bundle to let 1t out now, but
shall have TO- why, John, day after
tomorrow Is your hlfthday -, :.
80 us. said John. GRACIOUS! mas 1t
come around 50 soon.
Ana you; gear ooy. saiu betIy,
shaking out before ms eyes pfe ~,
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