The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-12-07

WIDER"
"But don't like him well enough
Prudy; and | want something beside
meat and drink and two calico dresses u
year"
Mrs. Prudence Hall had spraincd her
ankle, and was forced, s)rely against
her WILL to sit day after day III an upper
chamber, with u terrible consciousness
that everything about the farm was re-
lapsing into chaos and old night for
want OF her oversight. Her pretty sis
ter Dora had come to stay with her; but
she was "only u child, you know"
"Thore are two kinds of love in this
world" said Mrs Hall. after a pause. in
which she had been taking counsel with
herself whether Dora was old enough to
be talked to on such matters at all, and
it flashed upon her that the child was
nearly 20 years old. "Pcrhaps YOU like
Seth woll enough to marry him, only
you don't know it,"
"Tell me about the two kinds OF
love, said Dora, innocently. | thought
love was love the world over"
81 have never known but one kind, [
think, Dora. When | married David
Hall he was the most well-tO-do young
man in these parts, and We never had
quarrel while he lived. He was good
practical sort of a man, aud never asked
me to do anything unreasonable"
"What if he had ?" asked Dora.
"Well, | guess should have argued
him out Of it. But there is kind of
love that will draw women through fire
and water 1t makes them throw them
selves away on poor, shiftless mon that
will never provide for them nor their
children, and they know it as well as
any one else does. 1t is the greatest
wonder to me why such senSceSs feel
ing should ever have been created"
Dora had bent low over her work to
hide her roguish smiles at her sisters
discourse; but at this point she fixed
her deep gray eyes on Prudence, not
smiling, but simply earnest. "Such
love brings happiness sometimes, sup
pose" said Dora.
"Ncxt to never" said Prudence, with
great decision. "Wc amt madc to be
happy, and anything that's too good al
ways leaves bad taste in the mouth.
Comfort is II bird il the hand, and yOu
don't gain anything by letting IT fly on
the chance of happiness" "
"Did you ever know any one about
here, Prudence, that threw herself away
for love? It seems 20 me they won't
look at a man unless he has house and
farm all ready for them"
"That's where they're right sad
Prudence. "You are rather gwen to
high-nying notions, and it's time you
| found ont that bread don't grow ready
buttercd. Yes, did know one gih,
who was pretty and smar. aud had no
| end of chances to get married Il think
my David coUrtod her spell, bat he
never would own it,, aud Size would have
| that shiftlcss critter Joe Raymond, who
never could make one hand wash the
other. Even when she wits a-dying she
pretended that she had been happy and
wouldn't have done no other way II She
had it to do over again.
"Wus she our Joe's moticr?' asked
| D,,, ,,,i,l,l,,
mVns tn i,n s,ro and when she died
49,, tani, I'm tn I,ring mn and wurI, ON
tha f,rm Uc's more than paid his
ua,,. ~ Int h,'s', rollipr stone like his
| y,tLnr and w,n't never como TO anv.
u,;na / f,ront /, t.N ynu-.bra noiug
tn.mmrroy ] "
w ''''' .,
"Golng tomorrow cri't Dora, M''l
great start, ~ thought his time
wasn't out for another month, -,
" Well, 1t amt ont lSh'ly TN ne -,
+ T"r "ono W. him %'' IL thn iost month
2Thon s;lonre fnll mon them.
rhoso t,yn women had thc same father
and 'O~t r,nthor "" thnnoh a scorc Of wears Iny
Latwnnn Them, Prudence had been born
in tho eorIv morri,d life Of her parents,
mhNm tbny wnre atruonlino with a stony
Nav En,,ionl farm and there was work
''' own '''' -,
and patience were d'ep-graVel III h'r
tHSIL' t;SS5,, n"nnon a" m snnsc 20 Rnt Dora h,d
hl. =. 'J "n,,,,Lor l,to IN I;fo a.. on oil
to,l,o t.n ,n,;,nn, Iinssnne into lnveInnss
astor uto '"rnr ararv ,0 nne has forgottrn if Her
i;.,l, ,ont I,oJ ,rolkod in eosv mathis and
1l,,,d prm5auoo ,oo' , noorMcJ oyrr hcrIea mother
GU NV, ,,a,'. i,,' ,ho o,,or iva horIino
,or .No oroeofnI "" T be,d @ ovnr snmr dclicnte
work that Prudence would never have
found time for; her red dress and the
Pickering firelight made her picture
too lovely for that dull room. "pru-
dence," She said suddenly, "as this is
Joe's last night, think III 90 down and
saw good.by to him."
- ,,. ,n
You mign' eau MN M up l.e'G:
mo; l thlnk l Will 20 myself
Dora how much you pleased me by Civ.
inc nm that childish way of going on
with him that YOU used to have. 1t did
yery well for YOU to he fond of each
other when you were little, but of course
it is out OF the question now"
II might have been the red dress ant