The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-09-14
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The shower was ended. A brisk
breeze was rapidly tearing away the gray
thunder clouds from the face Of the June
sky, and the sun shonc down with re-
ucwed fcrvor.
CAS- hot as twas before the rain!" cX-
claimed Mrs. Curtis as she opened her
porasol, and leisurely stepped from the
Haywood dry goods store i'll which she
had, half IN hour before, taken shelter
from the storm.
eyes, it is, ma'am," said Mr.. Brown,
the proprietor, handing her the bundles
she had bought from him. and he added;
"Youll have hot walk under this
brilin'-hot sun. Better run i'll to our
house and stay to tea. You hain't seed
the twins. Smartest little critters ever
was. Mrs. Browns getting on finely,
and will he glad to see YOU
Thanks I'd like to, but | must hurry
home and can my culTants. Besides,
wouldn't undertake that long walk
through the pine wood after dark for
anything in the world It's glorious
enough in the daytime. Give my re-
spccts to your wife; tell her I'll drop in
soon ana see her and the babies. Good
day.
"Good-day," said Brown, aad he
added, as he saw MIS- GURUS hurryln8
down the street, Queer crltter!
Yes, by all the inhabitants OF Haywood
Mrs. Curtis was called peculiar. She
was upwards OF hfty years, tall and
erect with lron-8ray halr' rnddy checks,
ana Noeii' dark eyes, AND dGridedly,
sue was person vi 'i'"V il'i''leu ler own
.''Nlhc"H' one ll'u I'VE" III S"oo''
iof nVe years. yei III I'LL tIlat tlme not :"
s'Sir person l''la oeeh aoIe TO gleah any
AI mat coniI be aScerlaihed was That
ShG was Wioow' cnlideSS. ana WIN Il
niue properly, consisting OF a llttie cot
tagr surrounded ny a rev acres OF i'lid,
ana WIN ieW h'ii'dfc" uolilrS III inc
I'G,"oou naAN.
M'''h"'Iii"' W. Drown r'I''rlle" 10
ms counter 10 wait on customer, ana
MfS, 'uI'S p'lf'''ra her Journey nome, =,
WahI' i"f some distance hcr fold ic4
m"h@ NE "uS'1 ihS1N,N, t'ei sue lIriir"
I'M" niue tooiP'..il 'lir"''8h 'le "'iSy'
u'tI'" i''a,"", 'ucli "IioSS 'ile ''tGh
Ir"'S'' ''"'i Pic'cI'iS si'G c'li'o W Ii'e
",hSr pine WoouS WHOSE Snaoe was very
PII'S'h% |" iieI' :. u., ~
"Ho4 "'o"' i'''l way ''',o''S's 'iio
"o"uS Si'c '"ilo " "'i''', l''tC'' VI i''c
S,r'"n'ri'eS' '7ilG H'"'l!o" ~ l'ioN ''l'iii'
'''r "iU"H' 1i''' ,.9 l''n't' mri'
nearly l'itI "i tI'e l',S'loH' req berries,
Wh'iI Il rHS"'j'G ''Iid i1oiS'eP S'"r'i'''
her. She h"S'lly glanced up IN I'LL III
a'aut an lron-hNG mana was cl'''oiiihS i iIGr
''lr"@', ",''-o,iS yiir III '''o,o,'' VIM
wood birds could tell her 'hc rest
=, p
About TWO mics rom tle ''iia9e OF
HcHW"oI, ana ON 'ie p,''lNS oil hr''r
Creek. divert refer ''Toat' re WIS
Nrrman' "lo' WIN MS 'I"il{' ha'
Lately come TO America ana III the pre-,
yIouH autumn ha' 0"nS,'' lew arieS ~
land hordcr'"g 'h' creek mere ne l'an
erected snail, but comfortable i"'iSc'
aura was; to "li appearance "n ho ~,
hard .WofhnS man Inc "''iS uIihS
that cnnId he Said against MN ny u rev
grHmHItr' was tli't ne was 700 c;o9c'
ciu2ln@, tightly to ms nara earned pen
i,S ' ',t' I,i ,io ," ,''la W. ,I,n i
was known tIiat ne nad Il mortgage on
HI" farm, winch together win tii' wants
Of Il rnmdly increasing l"hlliy, was
enough to make any man 8r''"y VI
1t was evening o. tlio nay ' Oh mI'i %n
10 o'.r' ,I,;I.i.,,, s,t e,nokir" his
ms "it' ana ani'nrc,' SaI t'' ~ ron, Of
PIPE, on the niue or'S' l''o' !" i''''
the house ,,,,. oo.,n ,ho COWS
Ihc supper hao o'1h e". .,n ' nn;cEe"S
n''N'1' inc . piSn; ,' .".s and al the
Ho''.t" i'o'' ', ,'1 rld fo,t entitled TO A
' '', =, rnot Hans and Fritz were
season Oh ioS' ,,u"' y" "" fine sntt Grass
t I. S''i',' enyom boircd lassie was
s'l;', maj rnbin. Franz, the six
r n,",,ths %ohy Wv was cndlicd up in his
h'oI'"S 'I Iml,., contcntedlv smacking
Inc iHo' Ii,,, o,a ".1 his evening meal.
us ~, nl'' o o,m won't down the shadows