The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23

hat he will think be can do to US next" Il
Mr.. Robbins, who had pulled off the h
rst handful of feathers, was much b
embarrassed by the unpleasant way in
which they stuck to his fingers. Il
"Wife," said he, helplessly, "what 81
hall I do with these?''
"You never can pick that hem" she d
declared. "Here, let me take it. l t
hink now you might sue old Fargo for t
damages. You'd have strong case
against him, and . taste of the law c
would give him good scare" 6
"If you really feel a. if you couldn't t
Eat them" said Mr.. Robbins, who was {
picking the feathers from his fingers, !
tive might dress off a pair and send
them to Mr.. Fargo, and say we were !
very sorry for the damage they havels,
done. l should be very glad to give
those poor folks good dinner, and 1t
would be heaping Goals, Of tire on MS
head" ....t.. .....
There was faint suggestion OF Turk
ing mischief in his eyes as he spoke.
Mrs. Robbins found it too great
strain upon her self control to remain
speeches. with indignation, as she first
intended.
"Philo Robbins, do believe you are
crazy?" she burst forth. "As if Goals OF
fire would. make any impression on MS
tough old head! And you wouldn't
catch the town poor getting anything g
GOOD: he'd eat them oil himsei!
first. He came to the Sunda9-schoe'1
festival with a bag of peanuts ne got on
the Christmas tree last winter anu q
roll of butter he couldn' tsell at the store,
for his contribution, and then sat down
and ate two plates Of biscuit and a whole
hen. No. indeed! TIL eat them myself
before he shall touch a mouthtul-
besides, I'm going to send apalr over 70
mother's.'' ~ o,.,.. .aau,. 49,.
| Mr.. Robbins discreetly retired from
the discussion, but his wife made the
neighborhood ring with her grievance.
Every. good housewife who owned o
flock of hens was ready with her sympa'
thy, and there was . general OPINION !,
current that Philo Robbins chad STOOD II
about as long as he'd ought to-" -.
"He's afraid of him; that's whats
the matter" declared Abel Crafts
.sWhen Fargo's cattle got in lastfall ano
ate M his corn, told him then that il
he'd sue him for damages it would ot
more help to hts fences than anything
he could do. You see Fargo know
;. he'll never touch him, and that's VIVA
makes him so bold. I'm real sorry 10
Mrs. Robbins, she's q smart, hkel.
woman, and they say she's clean out Q
Il patience with her husband. she q sol
a twenty-five dozen eggs this spring fror
~ them hens, besides what she's pet, an
:" haint been sparing Of 'em in the nous
t. nuther." - ~ '
~ Philo Robbins pursued his peacet'
# way apparently regardless OF the cru IL
NJ cisns OF his neighbors and the Veheme,
NJ nt opinion of his wife. He gave the so'
DO nct much. prayerful attention, ana lis
10 ened quietly to all the advice given hin
10 forming slowly and deliberately resolv
W. that would not easily be shaken. Inc
Ia were rumors that he had once or twl
M been seen in earnest conversatl(
.e with his refractory neighbor, as tn
nS hoed their potatoes in adjoining field
W " bnt As these reports did not change
w -. come to Mrs. Robbins ears,th secret
,at the interviews was not wrested tro
'as him. The summer went on; by the NJ
,cr of August his haying was over ana !.
,oa could rest q little from the severe tensl
';o Of mind and body wrought by the
, ~, preme crisis of the farmers year.
' Sa sat one evening on his pleasant p.azz;
w in the calm enjoyment Of . mlad
" peace with God and with himself's
:, veying the smiling fields that lay spre
n -, ont before him. One moving In par
.H ular was his especial pride, n
Il" smooth field without tree, rock or stu
49,. 80 tn mar its even surface, where the q
ND grew so luxuriant that it PRODUCED
tho the Crops q year. 8 1t was always cut AZ
:. 'r ~ first of the haying, and even now the
- yer wave ran over it at each breath
~ ~ the evening breeze. Mr.. Robbins
, mH, felt little anxiety concerning his ROY
SO 80 CROP On account otthe unusual 1 sal mum
,ear of grasshoppers that nad lately
, ,Spn peared. Some of the Oldest lnhaolts
1~n remembered when they had done $
. GUS damage to the crops; others "a
l1 or If the mischief wrought in Kansas,
i,. n.s ). guessed, we'd have them es bad
W. H. Massachusetts, yet Mr.. Robbins
~, .ho inst returned from his favorlte NOV
WY and remarking to his wife that -
nus -: grasshoppers were pretty thick. but
ms enessed the grass, would get ahea
pro pro- fhem and il she drove the turkeys d
.;o1S thew would trample the rowen an
; more harm than the critters would,
. .nd down to enjoy the beauty OF the sum
anu evening and dismissed all anxieties
"a y his mind. His peaceful mien see
.'ua; 10 extend even to his wife, who sat
-. !. a. a. him, her keen and anxious face SUBJ
~ -. "s to something like repose.
. 10 '"Talk about miracles!' ne De
. No .You'd ought to see that corn grow
a,I farming man like me, il his souls
\ a aau alive and his eyes half open, DON'T
oond 4 sign from heaven. mere mere s.,
v -;.S enough on earth for those that va
, W.. see 'em. /, And its al alike on the
. soS and ON the unjust; one mans
rein- grows - ws - ;, 49, 80.
tails decent ca sr: - aa ~ ,everv there
only upon tl's ~ us.o1 - = smail how
;s. s came rushing out at the door. 20 70
her q. amer, v ~ 80 =. sShonn.,ra owe
in the out . uEl.n ~. .n0 $500 s +, ~
,tr s Mrs. Robbins sprang to her iee T.
~ - instant, her face resuming al It's II
y care, while her husband rose an
), .h.I lowed her to the end OF the p
,ligion whence tns o.s,H' :.
We are MS LACE lace. Gal soo0 ,croh >, he said