The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-02

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CONSCIOUSNESS of nv tam vall.s
ed1n. therefore. ~ finssY's' Iitci.
sen which Ne entered VA liz III iitch-.
ems familiar t. 1T.s,.
was an Old clock in the corner. A iron rrI1 s
ing-table. : small COO .stoye. th1 ns 60
sary cookino utans;Ia ,and = 'iittle> siseI
save that in what wonld have ~ I,sen theS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Int fnr tha ~, .a y .,.,
sat q Very old woman. She ~ e nd. not
knitting: she was lookinu strSisht hafSre
her and she took no notice nils entrance
...".AVe don't hardlv aver ira that knocks
err went on orr hoataaa ono M. eaamaa. {
really rather nIaaaaI * ~. !" -. sssri,n..,
don't anvbodv hardy ever 20 - = 4. the
front door. ANYWAY. TIA IS much hand nd
Ter "a come r;oht :ro,,nd Il No. 49,. = i''.
:.Can we have .1 81 d;v ~starq,, I a.l-
ed. meeklv: ss;t;s 50 nam riu;r., ), -
As matte, az fact ~; = 3 Was .,sA nct varv
warm driv;no INT na;thar ~" &c - thn u1iy
of that. IA She hustled IF - ~ ir s' tho
water for us at thu wal. Dot sa;i with
an mir of maleyolent trinmnl:
II knew Won would have ~ come IN
it; | was sure YOU couldn't think nfanr. !.
thing else. and drinks If waterara oiwava
Like to have, Won sat awh;lan woa
the hospitable invitation cxfandsi - "a
Claw sakes! no. Won Amt kaanin, ma
from anvthin'! :, An chores ara Spna lnno
avo. Been workin, IN this c.rnat ,nnre
for suthin' to do" e' $50. :
''That is YOUR mother snnnose sai1
Dot renecifnIIv 1les;e,,at;n SPosel , saiu
IN The corner. ''.0 ~ 10y
"No. Shea NV ora,amo,,,a. cha,,
cighty.seVen now She's DONE = n snes
Of knfttinp in her t;mc--',noat :, .o pu" sea
her with bali Of varnMbnt t 1 sh@ az; SeG
touched it now in over a week. She
can't hear We. nor ma e;ther-sha's daai
rs an adder. Yom have tn hnller ~ male
her hear anythin'. bnt hoiier;n' ami
done it lately: She's been iust M vo,,
see hor now. hardly moyin'. sanca q week
ago." =, - =
but aren't YOU anxious about herr"
inquired Dot. 81
''No. Grandmother,l come ,ronna
pretty soon. It's noth,n' but 3 kind Of .
shock she's had. She was always easy
upset, grandmother was. eenca sha was
ciri' and she never want te anvh , wt -
take notice of her. and Abe alwavs coma
round. She was kind If shnok IN this
time, l guess - -
"Was this shock ANYTHING like paralv.
sis" asked Dot, sympathizingly.
mo; twas suthin' she read out Of
newspaper, and it seemed to strike her
all of a heap Just like that:
Dot and maintained 4 discreet 81
ience, but our curiosity was overwhelm-
ing: "
Gurus, too, should strike her that
way. Pr'aps ye'd like to hear the
story?
I'VE should very much If you wouldn't
mind tellin' us.
Law, no! l wouldn't mind tellin
We, and grandmother wouldn't
mind hevin' me. Itain't much
OF a story, but it's q sort of curious the
way 1t come out. l heard the first part
Of it from my mother, and it's sort Of a
pity she couldn't have knownthe endin'
OF 1t. Wa'al, when grandmother was
l young Woman-hev to begin quite spell
n ua:S' you seeIsie was nan some, they
SAY, Us any P1c!er voud want 70 see,
i.nu si Gl l'ao a s,snt OF young men art9r
; ;1er 7"e was pretty soou 'rlends WITH
~, on , '', Guees' :nu warm III no partlc,"
~ n. uat ooGt pifkli any OF, EN- ont.
Lsw sa . why shonlu sne ot: nan
si'n a.,1 -; allo iui artHf' no wonuer
sic wa" III no nufry! ana her
granddaughter sighed a little envioCsly;
and very likely had no such wide field
foi selection.
"Therc come 4 time when she didn't
seem To wait no longer, though, and the
man she picked. s'prised her folks and
most every body else. Likely enough
young teller too, | guess, but he didn't
seem 10 DC that much better than any
ofthc rest. He was real good lookin.'
ana sort OF capable too, and seemed
drettul fond of grandmother; bnt he
warn't-wa'al, he warn't forehanded.
and didn't seem to be depended on
somehow; he'd never failed ANYBODY as
know on, but he seemed sorter on
settled. lie warn't raised round here.
but he'd come hereto live without any
OF his folks comm with him, and he was
always pleasant-spokcn, and folks liked
him well senouel,-b,t after MI thew
was s'prissd. BIT eran,}mothor aha 81
great store by HIM and after thev;d
kept company for while thew sat Tho
dav for the weddin'."
It was very strange for us two girls r.
be sitting here in this old-fasRioned
kitchen, looking at this old silver-hairei
silent LOOKING Woman and ''i i;sten;ma =
the story of her young romance, while
she sat by unhearing and nnheedino
what was once the breath and be auty Of
her life. ~ ~ - '' -
Twas gcin' to be quite weddin"
went on the practical woman before u.s.
who had taken up the rag carpet again.
and worked rs she talked, while the
old clock licked away the minutes lust
as it had licked away the swift moments
Of that courtship, when, in this very
kitchen probably, those two figures Of
the dim past were keeping company.
En- PEASANT, we would like to ask how II
a clock is irresistible. "Ouite weddin'
as weddin's went then, and grandmoth
or had new dress sent down from Bid.
deford, and there warn't no end to the
homespun linen and things, and she was
lretfi,f sot I'M ahont T. aii-soamaj nc
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