Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-07-20

the day she set to come, it did rain,
sure enough, and seeing there was the
donation party to get up, I sided my
work away early and walked over to the
Center, for knew should find all the
folks I'd got to see to home. I'd just
got ready to start for home about noon
time, and I bethought myself to step
into the postoffice, for L knew there'd
be the mail for the creamery, 80 got a
double handful of letters and papers
| and set my face toward home, when who
should come up but Tom in the buggy.
sect in |" says he I'm goin' to the
station
"'What forP" says /.
"'Why,' says he, 'they hain't sent no
telegraph, so they're coming
"'But it rains says I, and Aunt ST.
mons said she wouldn't come if it
rained.'
"'Well, says he, 4 obey orders and
break owners; she said she telegraph if
they want comm; and how do you know
but it didn't rain thereP
$50 got in and put the mail down
into the seat, and he driv like Jehu, for
we heerd the train whistle; and, says I,
'Oh, Tom don't drive up the hill to
the station, I'm so afraid Jenny I'll be
scared
"He laughed little. 'I'll bet, she
wouldn't be half so scared as you says
he; 'but I'll leave you to the foot of the
hill, and if they come I'll holler down
to you, and I'll get in and go up to
t'other station and put 'em into the
hack that waits there, for there can't
four get into this buggy; and you drive
along up to that station and then I'll
put you into the hack with Aunt
Simons, and I'll take Joe along O. me
in the buggy So sayin' he jumped
out, for we was there, and run up just
in time to catch the train. I didn't
have thought that they'd be there,
but they was, and he called out,
They're here, drive along I knew
twas the quickest way to take the road
along side the track, but the Tuck
train was due, and Jen is skittish, but I
thought I'd ought to, so drove along;
there was not rain, but right in the road,
whare l couldn't turn nor back, / see
two loose horses-and if there is thing
that puts lightenin' into Jenny it's loose
horses. 1 tell you, the shivers run
down my back, but I knew the only
chance was to go so fast she wouldn't
think about side shows; so iist laid
the whip onto her, and she sprang to
and went by them horses quicker I
Well, the hack was going over the
bridge but catched up with it, and Joe
he got out with Thomas and took the
buggy and I got in with aunt. Tom
had got to go up street to get a can for
the creamery. called out to him as
he went off:
"Look out for your mail on the
seat and we drove along. But we
hadn't gone half mile before Tom
he came tearing along and stopped the
hack.
"'Where did you put the mail p says
he.
"'Why, on the seat of the buggy
says 1.
"No you didn'tP says he; 'there
wasn't nothin there but papers,
"T guess gave you the letters then.
1 sort of thought 1 did, says
"'Well, haven't got EN-, anyway
says he. Look in your pockets, Sally,
they amt in mine.' knew hadn't,
but 1 looked to suit him. Then I thought
how drove by the side of the road,
and told him guessed they'd jolted
out of the buggy when driv so fast.
Dear me + says he. Il must have
those letters to-day. I've got to; I'll
go back over the side road and see il
can see or hear anything about 'em. So
he turned round. 1 tell you, felt real
bad; I couldn't think anyway in the world
what I did with them letters, and I see
he was worried to death. After we got
to tbe house and Aunt Simons was fixin
herself upstairs, he drove up with Joe.
"Sary,' says he, do look over your
pockets again for them letters 1 ex-
pest there was three-hundred dollar
check in one of 'em, and we can't afford
to lose it, I was just ready to cry, I
tell you, but overlooked the pockets
again they WANT there, and he said
there wasn't any sign or hearin' of 'em
on the road. felt as though should
give up, when he turned and went out
of the door, but just as he swung the
gate to he hollered out /: