The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-30

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typical New England woman careful
and troubled about everything; q cow
physically, heroine mentally; afraid
of her very shadow, but doing the bray
est things, with her heart sinking and
her Joints trembling all the time, be-
cause duty or affection called her to
such service. She married Tom Beers,
a bright, strong fellow, full of fun and
reckless daring, and devoted to Sarah,
but entirely ignorant of her daily anxi-
cites and terrors for she was as reticent
as she was timid, If she thought she
could save any one--much more any one
| she loved-by such reticence.
sob, tell ont, Sary; faint no harm |;
we all know Tom sets by ye like his life.
he wouldn't do nothin' to plague ye, If
he knowed it, no more'n he'd cut his
head off; but that letter business was so
exactly like men-folks.
A chorus of voices echoed the request.
There were only about ten people at the
quilting-it was the regular sewing
circle meeting of Oakley-so Sarah con-
sented.
"Well; faint much to tell, but if ma
wants me to. You know Toms horse is
real young and Kind of skittish, and if
there is one thing above another I'm
afeard Of it's horse"
"Bless your soul and body" put in
her mother; 81 never see the thing yet
you want afeard of, Sary, horse or not. "
ooh, know it, ma, but am awfully
afeard of skittish horse; Tom, he don't
really sense it, and he says Jenny ain t
ugly, she's just full of play; and I
s'pose she is; she's knowing as dog,
and T give her bite of somethin' every
time he fetches her round, and. she
knows me real well, but she will Jump
and lash out and shy sometimes, and it
makes me just as weak as water, so't
don't never drive her eff can help it. "
g You don't mean to say you ever do
drive creetur when you feel that kind
O way toward it," queried Miss Patty,
sharply.
"Why, I hev to, sometimes. We know;
there's Outlines day Tom can't leave
the hayin' or harvestin' or plantin', or
something, and there has to be things
fetched from the store, and no way to
get 'em except I go for 'em, so Tom he
jist tackles up and I go for EN-; he don't
really mistrust that I'm scared, and
don't never tell him that I be i; what's
the use ?"
"Well, " said Miss Patty, with snuff
no type can express, and Sarah went on |:
$50 week before last Aunt Simons
writ and said she was comm out to stay
day or two before she went back
South, and she was goin' to fetch Joe,
that's her oldest, along with her; she
wanted for to have US meet her at the
station, but she said she shouldn't come
if it rained; she's got dreadful weak
lungs; but she'd telegraph if she want
coming. Well, Wednesday morning, the
day she set to come, it did rain, sure
enough, and seeing there was donation
party to get up, sided my work away
early and walked over to the Center, for
knew I should find all the folks I'd g t
to see to home. I'd just got ready 10
start for home about noon-time, and
bethought myself to step into the post
Office, for I knew there'd be mail for
the creamery, SO got double-handful
OF letters and papers and set my face
toward homo, when who should comeup
but Tom in the buggy.
"'Get in, says he, 'Tm a-goin' to the
station
"What for 2 says /.
"'Why,' says he, they hain't sent
no telegraph, so they're comm.
"'But it rains, says /, and Aunt
Simons said she wouldn't come if it
raiped.
"' Well, says he, I obey orders and
break owners; she said she'd telegraph
if they want comm : and how do you
know but it didn't rain there9' 81
$50 I got in and put tile mail down
into the seat, and he driv like Jehu, for
we heerd the train whistle; and says I,
'Oh, Tom don't driveup the hill to the
station, TIM afraid Jenny'n be scared
"He laughed a little. I'll bet she
Wouldn't he 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 ride
in 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.
knew twas the quickest way to take
the road alongside the track, but the
Tuck train was due, and Jen is skittish,
but | thought I'd ought to, so drove
along; there wasn't no train, but right
in tho road, where couldn't turn nor
back, see two loose hosses-and, il
there is thing that puts Eighteenth into
Jenny, it's loose bosses. I 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
jist lay the whip onto her, and she
| sprung to and went by them bosses quick.
ert 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 / got in with aunt. Tom
had got to go up street to get can fo1
the creamery. / called out to him as
we 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"
"tWhere did you put the mail p says
| he.
"'Why, on the seat of the buggy,
says 1.
60 No you didn't says he; sthere
wasn't nothing there but papers,
"'I guess gave you the letters,
then. / sort of thought I,did,' says I.
Well havn't 'em anyway says he.
Look in all your pockets, Sally; they
amt in NINE So I looked and looked.
but hadn't letter. / knew hadn't.
but looked to suit him. Then thought
how ] drove by the side road and told
him / guessed they'd jolt out of the
buggy when driv so fast
Dear me | says he, 1 must have
those letters to-day. I've got to; I'll
| go back over the side road and see if |
can see or hear anything about EN-. Sc
he turned round. I tell you, / felt real
bad; I couldn't think anyway in the
world what [ did with them letters. and
| see he was worried to death. After we
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