The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-09

At tAs cod q . seoood ax oont6o
however. things locked very different
Leolin Lsggett tribe, and the family
= HA@TpetiAs spasha. had tnrasd Oo
aes.st syiedlors, Who leesmped j,
the dead Of night. leaving nothing ba
several trunks full Of bricks sut
oobble-stones By way Of hostage
ButcheS, and baker aud cnsdlesticl
maker. came down upon Door Mrs
Caxos like the wolf on the fold. Th,
landlord rsproachsd her bitterly viii
having ohestsd him out Of his rents
And The fashiooabls upholsterer, Wit
~ sauedf bee the 6ne furuieusa sen,
1hsre after I. without fufthss -eere
oone and 4ra CA1on, innocept and
we'll meaning though she was, narrow
" esospsd prison and . police court
Then she at dswn and cried.
1 Wish IeDuld ADar Johns kindly
voice again, che sobbed. oh. I wish
could fesl his hand. just for ono mo-
-SaeQtpF ~ she01defl But havs
p4 sp1y b faka - ID - State ol
rt4hV snd 3fI 1ad. i do sol ksex
A,e@ Jeanes sislsrs iyss.s' Bus ths
l6s0sy is-G Gsas. ana he ftfm is zone,
and. With . bursting sob, L would moi
care mach it I were gone. tso Only
Il isSinllst toby hende On ooe's self.
4ss. CAxon soooasod to 70 ont t.
Prunesdals.
II u not my own home. to be sure,
said she. 'but there ere kind eighbora
there, and it may DO they'll be willing
10 hslp ~ sotil l can get some sort Of
vork - do
~ Poor Mrs.. CAxon! it was not without
. paoe thst shs recalled the naughty
eirs Of pride with which she had taken
leave of these came naighhors, 20 short
. - bile ago. ~
l. wss . chill March night With .
vivid yellow sunsst glowing behisd
the sstwork Of dark pine bosghs, and
thia ahssts Of - Termed over the
pools Of wstss slosg the roadside where
nn. Caxon picked her way along the
edge ~ tie swamp toward home.
ga The asaples had not yet burst int
hud; the dead leaves of last winter
ratified in the breeze. and . crow.
psrched high on the top of . beech
rirss. uttered it, foesboding erosk as
.shospasssd.
There i . light shining out from
the old Kitchen window, said Mrs.
Csxon 70 hsryelf. i wonder Who lives
there nov? Oh. dear, with Q keen
pais at her heart, If was e stop
these and Ask for glass Of water. l
1o.dss il thsy-would give it 80 me 2
4 She draw timidly near - near
enough r. sss. that ths door stood .aisr,
ssd. tbst The great Ore Of logs roared
ohsetfnlly up the cbimncy. How cosy
and .hosas like the room looked in the
sise aud fall Of tue uncertain blaze
They must have bnaght the furui-
turs low. !. ssid Mrs. Osxon. 1t is my
old round table. with the claw logs.
asds ssry high backed chair. With the
eame old cushion of palm leaf chintz.
And I sm not asleep and dreaming,
en-. II But il does sssm TO me that Il
Il. John . own cell, sitting whiting q
gaAs pie By The Gre. Joho John T
She 1ashes h out Of the frosty twi.
light, pAle and trembling, like . half
feesse eAest: The nsxt instsut she was
claspel II John's vars, ], humau arms.
sssOldowemeo,, said John. hero I an.
aed. .hsss I have, bsen ever sincs you
vent avay. Bless your soul I k1ew
yes would eo0e back il only I waited
lons enough
q bat. saaid Ass. Caxou, With . BE-.
wildsssd glssce around. Il thought
Jon sold &haw place ? You sent me
eight husdred dollars
: That vas ont Of my sayipgs.' said
NJ. CAxea. Do you suppess I was
gpieg b. part with ths cid plsos |? And
q .s1pae / kasv, Jon would not be con.
tsatsd sstM you had tried the expert
msnt 70 the end Of the rope
20 JoAs, wAispsesd Mrs. Caxeu.
Well. ny girl !
4 hASe been . fool
aassv1e Asvs ell been feols, In oar turn,
Prudy.'
sAad 1svss EN- forgive myself
= Pooh, pooh r cheerily cried her
husbaad. that yoa have bsen . fool
esse T. soehisg 70 b sshamed Of. II
you keep On being . iool-that IL someA
thing different, nov. Stir up the iire,
Prudy-let % have tea. I declare to
gracious, i il most worth half OF
uncls Lsmusls money; aud the eight
hsudred dollars. - hsvs ny own old
gil sittia9 opposite ne once moro.
smiling and cnntented - in the days Of
or honeymoe0.
L never shaN - discsotsntsd any
mors. John erisd Ars. CAxon. with
teass il hsr eyss.
AsA the woa1seane from The very
haaeh a hnP koarA