The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-10
BESS.

leaving 1t so, until lie re:lrhet the Skitrh-
ell, which he found deserted like all the
other rooms; for even Black Aunt Peg
had torsaken it, and VAS ont in the back
yard. hang ling. out the Mun.laNs~ash.s
Has everybodys~ e>apo rate dr. Eue-
mandel Mr.. BAY berry, grimly address,
ing space.
Receiving no reply, he banged open
set another door, -~ hirh SWING back
against prerarious and shakv shelf,
thus upsttting the equilibrium OF n brass
cAnultstick, a fiat iron and three tin cans
and they went humping down on the
MOOR together.
Bess VAS in the pantry. washing I'd
the shelves with hot soapsllds; for Eess
Was busy little body, and insisted OF,
rerDl ~ eer1ain part Of the hoase.
hold lhlties @every day ~
She WAS standing Oh cheese box dur
ing the present performance for Bess
MAS 50 short She could not reach the sec.
onu shelf-and She h:sl Il big table cloth
pinned over her dress aud her silky
hair visited tight upon the top Of her
head and pinned With three great hair
pins. that bristled ny and looked like
three pair Of budding hons
She heard the rapid footsteps outside.
ans, smiled =
That's Uncle John" said she. land
he wants somebody likely. But can't
~ just Yet Men always want some
Thing OK Somebody
And she went OH calmly RENO, ng
ro~ Of jelly glasses, every one dark and
rich with its luscious contents. Then
she was startled by the humping.
@Dear me" said Bess, dropping, the
wing with which she had been brushing
the shelf. II suppose if some one don't
60, he won't scrup pie to tumble the house
over; and where Aunt julie is the man
in the moon couldn't tell
She uInpvl utt The ,lr.t ,v box. ,..,e
fully holding up the ll'hl'. 10th 10 a>old
stepping un il, and up-lcI the pantry
door. Aunt julie had ais" anpc:,1f:I, in
n loose glevu h!tpprl, nom which 4
piece ut tom rlttlll,. t"" Yards III lcIlytl,
was dragging Oh tn, Moor, with an old
magazine, minus its ,u,-r> in her hand
Dear me, John - httan Amt julie.
looking in urei
And dear lnt Interrupted Mr.. ts>
berry. If this house l,,1 legs it mi ht
run away twenty times over and no o'.
to prevent. Come out otth-re', BeS~ and
both Of \uu listen I've ut >vti.e
Accountable nr.w~ .lue vu,lt
late lamenteus cousin that tall
elertloneerlng Widow wants to ull4r
down here and board all SUMMER, With
her daughter, dean lse,lli-,'% WIN nlt5'ls
estly wishes to- give her nhnlerat,s
lovers the slip, and ru~ti':,lr at 'd-Iu
Mealowanls. There's nu end Of clears
in her letter, and i string Of cuInth.
luents that are all i'll her eye. IN wager
my biggest SQUASH
MIR. Bay berrv'> sister SIT doNn. look
lng helpless and n4u'lrlltI'I; Int black
eyed k+.sS, whc~e iue;,S and opinions,
une could never t",rSt~, favored The
tAuSe Of her kin>M ,lI-n, Though they
Lad made a point If iellurilg her com
yl-tely
DO let them roInc, ncIt John sud
she. il always dli Na,t to &C my
stylish cousin awf.iiI
"Oh." answered Mr.. BavLerry, shluy-
ying his broad shoulders, "if Won want
to cook, and iron and slave for ,Nv file
city relations, that don't take the truuhlr
10 remember vo,lr tNstanr,, so i,e.;lu!
Write to 'eul to roult- bv all means, Int
don't expect ne to 'tendt to 'enl and hold
their yarn, and turn their music while
they Squeal sentimental s'.lIys into my
cars
"Gooules~, Uncle John" interrupted
Bess; mo one would SUPPOSE how warm
~ You praised Doctor Dar-'s last SER
mon on charity to hear You take on"
Hold your tongue, Miss Inperti-
hence" answered Mr.. EavLer1v, as lie
stalked away.
But there was flush! on Iris check,
nd hi
reproof. For Mr.. Bayberry' words and
manners occasionally expressed more
harslness than was i'll his heart, and
owing to his rather irascibe temper, lew
Jared take the liberty to lecture HIN.
Bess (who was not his niece at al, but
only the niece of his late brother in law
was one of the few; and though she
sometimes stood half in awe Of him her.
self, there was & conscientious straight
forWardness about her which led her to
speak her mind whenever she consitl
cred it her duty TO do So
Perhaps she might, advantages
ausly to herself have
Cultivated rather less abrupt
manner, and so have favor in more eyes.
But, nevertheless, it so happened that
Mr.. John Bayberry, who was rather
peculiar himself, never took real ofense
at her words, and occasionally profited
by them. And this perhaps was at least
partly because she had a way of popping
out her little sermons in a concise, ep-
igrammatic manner, and never "harped"
on one subject.
\ week later found the large parlor
at MeadOWlanus grared by the presence
of two stvlishly III I'll. Ell ladies', just from
the city, and INDUCING i'll Il series Ut
rapturOus ex:lam+tini:~ over the charm
4, II II,
Aunt julie, who saw nothing to gush
ABOUT in fields AMI vines, and was secret
~ wondering If the grease spot in the
side breadth Of her Overskirt was very
noticeable y :, -. - -
'And here's .Bess, your little country
cp,lsin.o said Mr.. .Baberry, drawing her
forward from the shadow Of the window
curtains, from which she had been ad-
mir!ng Miss Leonit
dear nen' drawleu the elegant Mrs.
Horton. a. she gazeu down an i'm
measurable distance at the girl, for Mrs.
Horton WAS very tall, and Of u lofty car;
riage withal, this is Bess, is it1 We
didn't dream Of finding you here.
"Why should we 4nerried NJ ISIS lie,
onie, languidly sitting back against the
any relation Of yours, il She, Mr. Bay
berry,
''Not al all letllrnrl Mr. baylerry
a tritle stitfiy; but sheis quite as welcome
at Meade wlands as if she we're; espe
cally as her blood relations choose to ig.
llore her existence - l., Il
Mrs. Horton flushed n LITTLE, - Miss
j.eonie bit her lip; ami Er~* shook hel
curly head at Uncle john On the sly
That same evening. bess was sitting
on the back door step Ie-liuy velvety
crimson, rarripc prarlIes for supper
when Ashley Gray came along the clo
ver-edged path leading from the stiIe
down in the orchard, which he, as Il yer,
intimate friend vf the family, whose
home adjoined Meadowlands, found i
convenient now and then to make llse
of. "Go round TO the parlorand seetht
ladies" said Bess, as She laid the las
peach, glowing and pink-hearted, in thu
high cut-glass dish - 81
r nj don't want to see city folks" sale
the young man. .-s,1 = IT,, i Il
"But you must 90 this time,' an
swered Bess, "for | must go in:
promised to set the table for Aun
Peg