Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-09-28
PAS HARNSUM GAL"

"PA'S HARNSUM GAL"
ga piece Of pie an glass o milk, if you'd
Do 50 kind, marin, an thank ye."
He always said these words, never more or
less, in husky, self-deprecating sort of way,
ending the sentence with meek little cough.
He always slid into a chair in the far corner of
the little restaurant, and no man, woman or
child ever saw him come in. He appeared in
the chair, called for pie. and was there every
day at the same hour. He never used the nap
kim carefully placing it ont Of reach Of the
crumbs l Inferred he had never been
brought up to use them He was thin
and hollow chrstrd, his hair and scant,
straggly beard were red, his FAINT bue eyes
watrry, his mouth had y droop At tho corners,
his nose Slopcd downward as if it, too, tried to
be uuobtruStve. His poor Old hands were
warped and clumsy ointeu, with horny palms,
showing that lie must hav2 worked hard all
his life HIS clothes were seedv and dirty;
his shoes on the ragged ettre Of ruin: his shirt
looked as If had never seen starch put had
been washed il some brook; he had an old
black silk handkerchief tied around his neck
and his hat would have disgracel a scarecrow.
l never saw him eat anything
but PIE. or drink auything but milk
1 never knew him to speak to living
soul, or walk in cOmpauiOnship even
with a dog After few mouths l grew inter-
>sted in him. l take in sewing aud get along
bird ami Aunt S,rah's nicrr3 7 rh,rk -,
r,7rrb ~ tba ,,;,trrn was lar ~, tho 1oor
s-an of rba moor hInsa VIM, know rho iin1 of
children. l lived III the place ten years, such
a terrible life, then Aunt Sarah adopted me.
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FncIanl cnnntrv town Sha shars5 evsrv'
thing with me, that want no kin TO her, either.
After she died and I'd been teaching school
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