The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1882-05-26

the village where Uncle Dan iScd uo"'
WAS the drop too much.
SaIiy's face famed and her eyes grew
dark.
Perhaps you'd better stay q Mystic
when yon ret there. serin' things amt
10 yodr i'kin' hercr' she said with Bit
ter emphasis.
"Mabbe had. II you cant learn how
70 cook yittles halfway decent" was
wills spitciul response.
I'm sure don't care she an
swercd.
..Well. i dono as do" he replied,
and walked across 10 the barn.
| Sally was 50 angry that she flew round 4
| the kitchen As II she stepped on air; she
| was in one of those RACES that exalt the I
body with the passion 81 the mind. and /
make any action easy while the inner
tempest lasts
Ii seemed to her rs II she heard IN her
own ears the boiling Of her rage; she
certainly did not hear outdoor sounds
M all: Il was accidental that in stepping
past The window. she saw Will drive OF
down the hard road without 50 much as
looking back TO his home. She had not
heard the sleigh-bcils AZ ALL
II some one else had been there for
her 10 talk TO. probably she would have
cooled down sooner; speech y safety.
valve many times 10 an oycr-Durdeneu
heart
But she was all alone in the house,
and the nearest neighbor lived round
hill ont Of sight
And as She flew round putting the
dishes away and setting back the table
IN that bare. silent room, its only out
look sheets Of dazzling snow. gray
woods with here and there q dull-green
cedar. or round. fiat cypress on the
barren hillside. and one expanse Of
stainless sunny blue above, her thoughts
ran riot
She looked back 10 the time Of her
marriage. and scorned herself for having
believed Will ever loved her. just for
q few hard words? you ask Yes. only
that.
Words break no bones" the prov
erb saws. but they break hearts. which
l. worse: and words mean very much %
4 woman. though very little 70 man.
viii. by this time. was whistling
along in the old sleigh. not thinking A
ali II his parting with Sally. but Of the
feed and Hour he must buy in Mystic,
the price IL cranberries and the prob
able weight Of his pig-it was 50 neal
killing time
But poor Sally. pitiable as well a
= blamahle. for 10 have quick. high
temper is worse for lis possessors thar
for anybody else, still brooded over hel
Y trouble.
: She blamed VIII for his hateful
y words. excused herself and pitied her
q self for her lonely, motherless life an'
inexperience. and planned agreat man.
n things TO say and do that should shos
y Will She would not be trodden on AM
Il abused weakly and meekiy She finishes
r. her active work. built up the fire an
sat down 70 her mending; but by TN
= time she had come 70 tears--shc felt .
IL sorry for herself they dropped >
n fast she could not darn.
Just then the morning train thundere
- by and spun out Of sight round shar
nj curve.
Il She remembered that she must &
4 ont to the barn and gather the eggs =
4 she always did about that time--sh
" was SO afraid 10 cross the road unless
"A train had just passed.
a She did not put on her hood, for theda
was 20 bright and her head was 20 he
~ with anger and crying that the cool q
~ was refreshing but ran across hastil,
Is, there were plenty Of eggs to-day. but 81
III had no basket large enough 70 hol
NJ them. and 10 her establishment 81
III found Will had not fed either the co
" or the pig. and her abated anger rose
N. think that he had gone OF without dom
~ his barn-work.
~ THAT ! i little too much" she sal
=, =, " herself. ~ amt a-goin' 70 do h
~ chores for him. anyway! I've g
~ enough 10 do in the house. and don
suit mister 1t that. II he thinks he
~ rot dumb slave 70 work for him. he
u 1nistook. - here the COW lowed an
the pir took up his own grunting con
=. plant. They had heard her voice an
I'M knew that there was chance Of breal
1T fast.
~ sally had tender. pitiful heart for .
il, ~ !. Poor crittcrs,'' she said. II dor
w as had ought % be ugly 70 them eau
~ hes uclv to me. rllru over and fets
"a 4 basket and get my hood and mittc'
. ANYWAY. I'll feed 'em. 20 there ~
80 boiling over again with fresh wrath q
rer left the barn and slammed the door b
inr hind her.
- Meantime win went on his way
~ Mystic. where he arrived in due tim
II did his errands and went 70 Uncle Dan
NJ where Ne found good and abunda
nd dinner; and plentiful meal q chick
,al- pot pie. mashed potato. boiled turnlr
new re bread and baked Indian pa
/: ding put him into excellent humor.
that when Phronv. who had been
"a fore too busy serving and eating 20 tai
~ asked: How's SallyP" he said, ve
honestly
~ .Why. shes well. real well; but :
I'M got kinder put out with me this MOI