Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02

up to these hills geologizing in his sum
mer vacation.
II brought them from the McBr. de
farm, Mrs fancy. They are very com
mon kind in the Shenandoah valley" he
said, handing them TO her.
Mrs. Taney's features grew warm.
II remember tree just like these at
home she said My old nurse used to
hold me up so as TO pull them down for
myself"
.sYour little girl tells me that you came
from Fauquier county. 1t is fine coun-
try, indeed" .
ut is the most beautiful country IN
the world" said Mrs. fancy.
She stopped and went in hastily. She
felt the tears choking her. She could
hear MIR. Burke tell the child that his
school was in Fauquier, and that he had
often passed her grandtathers house. 1t
was for sale now, with d dozen acres
about 1t; would sell very cheap, no doubt.
Land had deprecated since the war. "a
quiet, comfortable little homestead too,
as any in the State,'' he said.
Mrs. fancy paused il her work. "Oh,
if could only show it to Lefty said
she to herself. The dear old farm. The
sunny porches, and the Bourbon roses,
and the great oaks, centuries old She
had never spoken of her old home 70 her
other children, but 10 Lefty she had
talked of it often when they were alone.
Lefty was like herself: the others We're
all Taneys.
She came to the door.
"Do you know, Mr.. Burke, if there is
an old negro ON the places gardenerE
"Uncle Tod9 Oh, everybody knows
the old man, and his stories about the
Clevelands, de fam 'ly, as he calls them. }"
I'VE were the Clevelands. And old
Tod is really living yeti'' she laughed
for the first time in a year.
When Lefty had gone II Mr.. Burke
paced up and down the porch. He was
a manly. large-natured fellow, and his
heart ached with pity tor the poor punched
lives of this child and her mother. All
he could do to show kindness was to lend
books to Lefty. which she devoured
eagerly. for she was fond of reading; in
fact she had obstlnately persisted IN stay
ing at the free school until she had edu-
Gated herself.
William Taney waited until the young
man had gone, and then he went into the
pantry where his mother was straining
milk. Something In his manner made
her set it down. trembling.
you have bad news to tell she said.
NO" with an uneasy. stricken laugh,
most folks call it good. Fact is moth
er. I've made up NY mind to marry
sob, William her old cheeks color
ing.
Il made up my mind three months
ago. And the girls courted, and the
weddings to be tomorrow. There now.
No need for you to look IN that way. l
am generally pretty close-mouthed about
nv own business; you might know that.
And l don't choose to have the matter
cackled over at home. The girl is Miss
Susie Crawford
His mother came toward him He
was her son after all, and this was the
turning point of his life. She put her
arms about him and kissed him. "God
bless you, my boy she said.
But he stood as immovable as a log
Don't let us have any fuss he said.
"You had better sit down. You're shak-
ing all over. Well, that's all. There'll
be no wedding hubbub here. l don't
hold to spending money in feeding a lot
of guzzling fools. The Crawfords have
regular blowout in the morning. But
YOU don't want to 90, | reCkon2" uneas-
lily.
81 should like to see you married.
she said, timldly.
"Oh, nonsense. There's no slckly SEN
timent about me. I'll have Sophy home
by supper time. You'll have TO see to
things here
He lighted his candle and turned to
60.
by the way, she was here month
ago."
eyes" Mrs. fancy remembered dis
tinctly the gloss-featured, black-eyed
young woman who had staggered
through the farm house in her cheap silk
and gilt jewelry.
"She came Just to look at her new
home, aud-well, she rather took fancy
to the south chamber. You had better
fix it up for her."
"Mv room, William"
eyes. It's all the same TO you. OF
course you can 60 up to Lefty"
Lefty, who had been at work ms Gle,
came out, sobbing, and threw her arms
about her mother She knew that this
had been her mothers room for thirty
years. All Mrs. Taney's children were
born in 1.-THE baby died there.
Willlm stopped and came back, say
ing:
Now look here, it's just as well to
speak plainly at once. I'll have no OPP
position to my wife from you, Lefty, nor
irom-from any other woman. am the
head of this house. My dear wife shall
be mistress of it. She brings me snug
bit OF money; and I'll not have her nor
her family insulted in it,
my SON.
But he had stalked off to bed.
There was no time the next day tor
Mrs fancy or Lefty to even think of the
coming trouble. They were up as usual,
two or three hours before day, kindling
fires, milking and getting breakfast for
the six harvest hands. Then came wash
inc. a dinner at noon. all the work of a