Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-18

II Drought tuclu from INC hCDIiuC
farm, Mrs Taney, he said. They are
a very common kind in the Shenandoah
valley" handing them to her.
Mrs. Taney's thin features grew warm.
Il remember u tree just like these at
home" she said, 'by the old mill. My
old nurse used to hold me up to pull
them Tor myself
Your little girl tells me you came
from Fauquier County. 1t is il fine
county"
at is the most beautiful in the world!"
said MIS-. fancy.
She stopped, anl wen; IN hastily. She
felt the teals choElng her. She could
hear Mr. Burke tell the child that his
school was in Fauquler, and that he had
often passed her granGtather's house. 1t
is for sale now, with dozen acres about
it; would sell very cheaply, no doubt.
Land had deprecated since the war. "a
qNiet, con Portable little homestead, too"
he sad, AS any III the state
Mrs. fancy paused in her work.
20, if ! could only show 1t TO Lefty.
sire said to herself. The dear old farm .
The sunny porchcs and the Bourbon ros-
es. and the great oaks, centuries old"
She never had spoken Of her old home TO
| her other children: but to Lefty she he'd
talked Of it often. when they vera alone.
LEFTY VAS like herseif--the Others were
all Taneys.
| She came 10 the door.
DO YOU know, Mr.. Burke. If there IS
ali old negro on the place. gardeners''
Uncle Tod; 0, verybody knows the
old mani And his stories about the Cleve,
lands de fambly.' as he called them
I'VE were the Cieve!ands. And old
Tod is really living yet!' She laughed
for the first time in year.
When Lefty had gone in. Mr.. Burke
paced up and down the porch, He was
a manly, large natured young fellow, and
his heart ached with pity for the poor,
pinched lives Of this child and her moth
er. All he could do to show them kind
ness was to lend books to Lefty, which
she devoured eagerly, for she was fond
of reading; in tact, she had obstinately
persisted IN staylng at the free school TN
til she had educated herself.
William fancy waited till the young
man had gone, ard then he aenc into the
pantry, where his mother was straining
the las, croci, Of milk. Something in
his manner made her set it down, trem-
bling.
''You hive lad news to tell?" she said
No" with an uneasy, stridcnt laugh
"Most folks count 1t good. Fact is
mother, I've made up my mind to mar
80, WilIismr' her pale cheeks color
ing.
u made up my mind three months
ago. And the girls courted, aud the
weddings to be tomorrow. There, now!
No need for you TO look in that way. I'm
generally pretty close-mouthed abou!
my own business; you might know that
and didH't chose TO have the mat cI
cackled over at home. Tne girls Miss
Sodhy Crawford
His mother came toward AIM lie was
her son, after ali, and this was the tnru-
ing point of his life. She put her arms
about Inn and kissed him. God bless
you, my boy!" she said.
dc stood immovablc as IL log.
Don't let's nave any fuss he said
You'd better sit down. You're shaking
all over. Well, that's all. There'li be
wedding hubbub here. don't hold to
spending money il feeding a lot OF suz-
Zling fools. The Crawfords have regu-
lar blow out in the morning, But you
don t want to go, reckCn." uneaslly
Il should like to see you married,
timidly.
90. nonsense! There's no SICILY scnti-
ment about nae, I'll have Sophy home by
supper time. You'll have to see to things
here
lie lighted his candle and turned &c
90. by the way, she was here 4 month
ago.
Yes DIrs. fancy remembered dis
tinct!y the gross featured, b:ack-eycG
young woman Who had staggered
through the arm house ia her cheap sill
and gilt .icweiry.
"Shc came Just to look at her new
home, and-well- rather took fan
cy to the south chamber. You'd better
fix it up for her.'
my room Wllliam!"
! Yes. 1T all the same to you. vi
course you can go up to Lefty"
Lefty, who had been at work inside,
came out AM threw her arms sobbing
about her mother. She knew that
this had been her mothers room for
thirty years. All Mrs. Taney's children
were born in it; The baby died there
William stopped and came back, say
ing, Now just look here. It's just as
well to speak plainly at once. I'll have
no opposition to my Wife from you, Let
ty, nor from-from any other woman.
I'm the head OF this house. Ny wife sail
be mistress in it. She brings me a snug
bit Of money, and III not have her nor
her family insulted in it."
"My son.
But he stalked of to bed.
There was no time next day for Mrs
fancy or Lefty to evcp think of the COM
ing trouble They were up as usual, two
Or three hours before day, klndling fires,
milking, and cooking breakfast tor the
SIX harvest hands. then came W. shlng.
a dinner at noon, all the work of farm,
in short, which falls on the women in
addition to which was the cleaning and
preparation of HE room which the bride
had chosen for her Own. Mrs. Tanev
moved sluggishly through the latter part
n tho