Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-05-19

marriage, and scorned herself for having
believed win ever loved her. Just for
q few hard wordsp you ask. Yes, only
that. 81 HL III
| "Words break no bones" the prov
erb says, but they break hearts, which
is worse; and words mean very much to
n woman, though very little to q man.
VIII, by this time, was whistling
along in the old sleigh, not thinking at
all Of his parting with Sally, but of the
feed and flour he must buy in Mystic,
the price of cranberries and the prob
able weight of his pig-it was so near
killing time.
But poor Sally. pitiable as well rs
blamable, for TO have quick, high
temper is worse for its posscssors than
for anybody else, still broodcd over her
trouble.
She blamed VIII for his hateful
words, excused herself and pitied her.
self for her lonely, mothcrless life and
inexperience, and planned agreat many
things to say and do that should show
| Will she would not be trodden on and
abused weakly and meekly. She finished
her active work, built up the fro and
sat down to her mending; but by this
| time she had come to tears-she felt so
sorry for herself-and they dropped so
fast she could not darn.
just then the morning train Numbered
by and spun out of sight round sharp
curve.
She remembered that she must go
out to the barn and gather the eggs as
she always did about that time--she
was so afraid to cross the road unless a
train had just passed.
She did not put on her hood, for the day
was SO bright-and her head was so hot
with anger and crying that the cool air
was refreshing ran across hastily;
there were plenty of eggs to-day, but she
had no basket large enough to hold
them. and to her astonishment she
found VIII had not fed either the cow
or the pig and her abated anger rose to
think that he had gone off without doing
| his barn-work.
"That's little too much." she said
to herself. al amt a-goin' to do his
chores for him, anyway! I've got
enough TO do in the house, and dom
suit mister at that. If he thinks he s
got dumb slave to work for him. he s
mistook. /" here the COW lowed and
the pig took up his own grunting COM
plaint They had heard her voice and
knew that there was chance of break
fast.
Sally had a tender, pitiful heart for all
| her temper.
Poor Critters" she said. 81 dono
as had ought to be ugly to them cause
he's ugly to me. Pllruu over and fetch
basket and get my hood and mittens
anyway. rll feed 'em, SO there!' and
boiling over again with fresh wrath she
left the barn and slammed the door be.
hind her.
| Meantime Will went on his way to
Mystic, where he arrived in due time,
did his errands and went to Uncle Dams,
where he found good and abundant
dinner; and plentiful meal of chicken
pot-pie, mashed potato, boiled turnips,
new rye bread and baked Indian pud-
ding put him into excellent humor, SC
that when Phrony, who had been be.
fore too busy serving and eating to talk,
asked: 'How's SalyP" he said. very
honestly ntH
why, she's WELL real well; but she
got kinder put out with me this morn,
ing, and don't blame her bit, for
begun it, kinder faultin' my breakfast
and guess / made her mad; shouldn't
wonder"
"Why, Willr' said 'Phrony, with al
accent of reproach that said more thar
her words.
"'Twould be strange if she did know
about houscwork to once said milo
Aunt Gray; "she never had no mother
nor no folks SOS she could learn; b,
sort o softly to her. Will; she's loue
some little cretur, with nobody but yol
to hold on to, We know"
Wills really kind heart began t,
trouble him; he went out again into til,
street, ostensibly to finish his errands
but really to buy Sally rose-pink sill
tie that would look so pretty in contras
with her rich dark hair and eyes, ant
perhaps cast glow on her too pale
smooth cheek.
For VIII had an instinct of taste il
his uncultivated nature, and knew yer,
well how pretty and retned-looking hi
wife was even beside 'Phrony's less del
icate and more blooming beauty.
So he stepped into the sleigh ant
drove of, thinking how he woul,
"make friends" with Sally, and hoy
that dimple in her cheek would com
and go, and her lovely eyes brighter
when she saw the pink tie.
The road seemed very long, for h
knew he had left home in passion
and now he was sorry. He got there a
last, Just before sun-down, and drivin
into the barn was received With choru
from COW and pig.
"Jerus' lem!' he exclaimed :"
never fed them critters this morning
did lose my head, that $ fact. We'll
I've got 10 tend to 'em now. Wonde
Sally didn't. Mabbe, though, she didn'
come over, or if she did she fetched tn
eggs and didn't look at nothing else"
Very speedily he fed the hungr
beasts and put out his horse, resolvin
to go in to supper and finish his barn
work afterward, for he was hungry.
There was no light in the house, whic
looked rather cheerless, but then Sail
was frugal, and sat far into the twiligh
without lamp, so he went on an
opened the kitchen door.
A cold chill struck him; the place wa
empty, still, fireless; rat ran across t.
floor as he stepped in.
Nobody was there.
The low light OF the setting SUI
struck across the snow-ields with wal
glitter into the bare room; the fire wa
out; the stove cold. Behind the doc
into the shed hung Sally's hood an
shawl, and her mittens were on the shell
} Sally must be in the bedroom, sick n