The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-01

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shes gentle enough with Why.
That's her name IL you please. lie Q
wonder she hain't got out with IN
umbrella looking tor Misc Malvins
Craig Wc!i-so long hope you'll
get on with the widow"
| There vas at least one wny a. Mrs.
Craig. heart. Il was not much TO do
Ia turn ABIDE aud let down the bars icI
! Alalvina. ~hO wss losing llaintively
for her evening meal md The fresh
straw bed.
She Switched her tail end trvttesl
along witt. me to the boneyard gate.
waiting like . sensible creature to bs
admitted.
7; Tho cottage ai the C.dare Wis q
very petty white house, covered with
Mistsris vines in season, with coin.
Portable harm in the hack. When
iJim Craig had married ten years be.
fore. he had commenced housekeeping
in a queer little yellow house. which
the new building threw some twenty
rode IN the tear.
II wss u this his widow had retired
hen pcor drunken 'mproviden'
Craig had died.
To tell the truth l trod upon this
ground in . shame-iaced way, and felt
ont Of place aud i'll ut ease. The deed
in my Pocket did not mend mstters ..
all
The suund Of my muddy b"ots On
porch worried me. After pounding
At the door for awhile. went around
III. house to the wicket gate. Why
staod disc"rsolaielv st the d'"r Of the
stable. Perhaps Mrs. Craig had no
hired men.
I had made favorable impression
on MaIvina already. haeiened to
deepen il nv letting her in hrr stall.
and giving her a lot IF stuff" es.
then knocked iimidly ON ihs yellow
door. depIoriDy my muddy boots
again.
What d. you WANT"
Il am Mr. Caraway. plesse--rve
been knocking on the other .loor."
"Y"u can go into your own house
I suppns- without asking
Thi. wss hurled at me bitterly
from snme mysterious region.
Thank you--.oI can" bawIed
back again, and hack l went. and
stepped into nv own house like a
house-brcsker on tipt"es.
From the co.y little parlor 10 the
siiiing-room. from the dining.room Ia
ire kitchen the doors opened easily.
Fires burned everywhere and the
brss. andiron. were polished like 0
Sunday t-a.ph. The d,nirg-room. a
vsry pretty rom With moreen chr
tsins and crimson carpet hsd neat
supper laii for one, With b,iled ham,
bu,iered toast, some goaseberry jim
and section of golden punkin-I,ie.
The clock licked on toward six and
the FIRE snapped and cracked but No.
body appeared. What did i, all
mean?
1t was like the enchanted story OF
beauty and the beast. But nv beast
! was the beauty and I vss the nesst
Clearly I had m business here. Poor
Jim Craig!
HE hearth warmed . stranger, and
HE teapot held strangers Tea.
Almost afraid to d. SO. ] fell to and
ate up all the supp,r. Then after
lonely evening, devoted To smoke and
reflection. / retired TO little side bed
roam. uo: daring to disturb the snowy
lavender scented beJs in the Upstairs
chambers.
The weather had cleared the next
morning aud descended the stairs
hopefully. A breakfast Of fried chick.
en-. hot coffee and cakes awaited me.
All the tea thirgs had been cleared
away. this vas delightful hut morti-
flying.
After breakfast / once moro tried
the yellow door.
Mrs Craig-my dear msdame-it
really won't do. l can't permit ~
much kindness from . lady whom I
have % injured. It 10 yo1r house BY
rights-eood bye-l am going away
farewell.
Don't be ridiculous. You'll do
nothing Of the kind. I presume you
can board out, il this doesn't suit here |
You had better get . housekeeper.
I like termagants. At least this
case suited noe. but l tried to Imagine !
her ~ 40 angular red-haired virsgo |
with pea-green eyes, on my way to
the village. The inhabitants mervel. !
ed to zee me looking 40 we'll. Ikept !
my place. ] had interviews With car |
penters and joiners, eaw mills about
the fall wheat. attended 10 the de- |
mands of the lumbermen Who we're to
put up new gates and fences and !
looked At my watch. I had just time
to catch the evening mail for town. 1
Maivina was watching me over the
bars. got . lot Of lump sugar in
the station hsr-room. and after letting
down the bars again. ted it to Why.
Who leaned against me 10 the most af-
fecsionaie manner. A. she Was The
6rst female Win had ever fallen 10
love with me. I decided 10 know more
IF her. / gave her her supper and
put up the staple to the door. Ithen
went in and wandered around the
house. looking into old vases. exsmin.
ing the wall paper and feeling very
unhappy. Supper vas laid - usual.
,ol} fowls this time With poached I
eges; everything cooked just to nv {
!aste. This life vent on for Q week.
L became uneodurable. I had M
onger any excnse for staying-but 70 /,
csuld NOT. Malvina had grown tn
ond Of me. When I went out she
oIlowed ne ahout. Q
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