The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1881-02-11

II snoulu ike 10 see you married,
she said, timldly
"Oh, nonsense. There's no slckly sen
timent about me. Iii have Sophy home
| by supper time. You'll have to see to
| things here.
| He lighted his candle and turned to
go,
by the way, she was here month
60"
| Yes Mrs. Taney remembered dis
tinctly the gIossteatured, black k-eyed
| young woman who had staggered
through the farm house in her cheap silk
and gilt jjewelry.
'She came Just to look at her new
! home, nd-well, she rather took fancy
to the south chamber. You had better
fix it up for her
"Mv room, Wiliam:'
"les. It's all the same to you. Of
| course you can 60 up to Lefty
| Lefty, who had been AT work INSIDE,
came out, sobbing, and threw h.l arms
about her mother. She knew that this
| had beer her mothers room Tor thirty
! years. Mrs. Taneys children were
! born IN it the baby died there.
| Willlm stopped and came back, say
| ing
Vow look here, it's lust as well 10
speak plainly at olce. III have no op-
| position to my v e from you, Lefty, nor
irom-trom any ,er woman. am the
head Of this house. My dear wife shall
be mistress Of it. She brings me snug
bit OF money; ami I'll no, have her nor
her family insulted in it."
MY Son.
But he had stalked of to bed.
| There was no time the next day tor
Mrs fancy 81 Lefty to even think of the
coming trouble They were up as usual.
two or three hours before day, kindlins
fires. milking and getting breakfast for
the six harvest hands. Then came wash
ing. dinner at noon, all the work OF a
! farm. in short. which falls on woman.
in addition to which was the cleaning
and preparation Of the room which the
| bride had chosen for her own. Mrs.
fancy moved sluggishly through the lat
ter part of the work.
What is the matter with YOU. moth
erf asked Lefty.
Mrs. fancy laughed teebly.
Il don't know; feel like clock that
is n .rly rur down.
Lefty made no reply. The child had
| lately been absent. almost Indifferent.
while her mother talked, apparently in
her own thoughts. Could il be, her
mother thought, that Lefty, also. was TOR
saking hers Mrs fancy had only had
one other daughtel-the baby who uled
The other children were sons, al of
whom, except William, had gone to the
West and married there. She had often
wished they would ask her to visit them,
that she might see their shildren But
they never did it
While they were hanging out the
clothes that afternoon Mrs. fancy heard
a tap, ,threc times repeated,on the orchard
fence. Letty's face colored. Sht drop
ped the clothes and ran behind the appl,
tree. As she came back her mother slw
her TIL ust notc!lnto her pocket Nj
Taney grew suddenly sick ~ ic4
I Lefty with a secret Lefty carrylA. on !;
clandc ,tinc love affair
While Mrs. fancy stood, doubling
whether to ask the child for her cont
dence. Lefty had disappeared few
moments later the girl went down the
road in clean dress and sunbonnet. 1t
was but tlitie, yet i stunned the AIDED
woman as s .rp blow might have done.
Mr.. Burke. coming over the fields that
afternoon with a hatchct and b4. Of
| specimens, was amazed to see Lefty
Standing in the road in earnest converse
ton with a man. "a coarse, red lawea,
bee1y fellow was his angry verdict
The fellow talked long and earnestly,
! II afr
rcyeTently. Burke turned his back on
them. The girls mo Ter should hear OF
this at once, ne said to himself, decided
ly. Then he slackened his speed What
was It to him. Why should he ves HIM
/ self about the girl, or NEEDLE with her
affairs: He went slowly back to the
hill, but the hot blood rushed with
! strange beat through mis- veins.
In an hour Lefty was back and at
work with renewed vigor, to make up
for lost time. Her mother scam, | h
innocent, meek face with breathess
terror,
! Surely there was no guilt there. She
would not doubt her: she would not ask
! a question.
have dressed the table with flow.
ers,' the mother said, '.and made d cake
"a real brides cake. | hope William
won't be angry. But this is 50 different
from weddings in Virginia. Oh, Lefty,
| If you and | could only 60 to the old
house and sleep for one night in the room
/ which was mine when | was a child, /
think nst that little thing would give
me- years OF HE.
There they come cried Lefty, as the
big Crawford carriage was seen dashing