Morris tribune., 1882-09-28

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turned awful civil bu never quite understood
'em. Father an step mother couldn't do enuff
| fur me, step-mother KEEP sayiu' I'd oughter
| hev wife fur my big house an that her cousin
Julia was jest the one. Bvmo by Julia come
| down from the city to visit her, an got ac-
quainted She'd the blacklist eyes an redest
cheeks you ever see. ] liked hers fust sight,
but You see, marin, I'd knowed puthin' Of her
| life to home or what 'ud gone afore. She
| seemed kinder sad an misrabbls at times, but
step mother said all girls in love was so, an
| never knowed. When l asked her if she'd hev
me she said yes after a time, though sorter
| queer an scared like. We was married private,
| over to fathers. Thought it kinder funny, for
step mother was allus great ham fur p'rade
an show. No man, marin, that rr9-
| spects wimmen'll ever tell o his trubbles
| with his wife; faint honest nor right; SO I'll
| keep that ter myself; but I kin say that it
didn't take me long to see she didn't even like
me- You see (apologetically) it want to be ex-
pc cted she could. I was man Of no sperit,
| an she found it ont amt harnsum nor tidy
like other men, but done my best for her.
She never wanted thing but got it for her
| AFTER the little gal was born she cared for
nuthin but it, an it took reglar hate toward
me- l never troubled her. l KEEP to myself
| As long as she'd let me make over the leetle
'un l was satisfied. l loved that child such as
| you'd little suppose man o no sperit could
| I'd cut my right hand clean off If it 'ud spared
her a moments suffern'. She was so pretty,
| too, tall an big like her mother, with black
| ewes an hair but skin like Jersey peach, and
| the leetlest hans an feet-in that she took
| arter my side O the house. She called me
''poor leete pa" an she used to scold her
| mother bout trainln' mo so-the neighbors
used to tell her, YOU know. Julia never got
| MAD at her, neither
| WAL wears went pretty fast I worked hard
for ny gal, putting all l could save in the bank
to her account Julia named her Clara, but 1
| never called her nuthin' but my "harusum
gall think O. her that way allus. There's
things as took place. 'bous her. no one need
know: Some folks has preluqdices that way;
never had nor Julia neither julia was more'n
| wlliu', for she seemed to dread my gale yes
an the way she took up for me- AFTER she'd
lef the house Julia seemed more pleasant-for
the first time in twenty years sine kissed me.
1t took me aback, tell you. noticed she was
| q finer lookiu' woman than ever She'd never
had to work hard like other farmers wives
for l done more work that she might
hev help. She was only forty emmy way
an I tell yeuI was proud of her. We went to
| meeunSou Sunday together the fust time since
my handsurn gat was'a baby. Folks stared a
good deal Now mind, don't accuse Julia
of no design or takin' emmy unfair advantage,
what done | done myself of my own free will.
decided the farm house an land to her.
give her the money, that was in my gals
name. She was so pleasant after that beg gun
ter be happier than ever before, SIGH nice let
ters from my gal, an her mother an me q
readn' of them together" He stopped mo-
meGt, wiping his poor eyes with 4 torn red
handkerchief. His voice was husky. Love
and peace makes heaven on earth" said,
thinking Of the minister
Yes, marm," he answered, coming back to
himself. 81 think you're right, but it want to
be for me. hope I'll not tire We, but I'll tell
the rest jest as it happened. come when my
heart was full OF thankfulness; praps twas
best; we Amt the .uns ter complain O. Provi-
NhAr fhn fIF,A n har
sorter on 10 the twilight; the moon was just a
risu'-a big red bali way cross the hills, like
fire Somehow shuddered. I'd been tend
in to the critters for the night. an was eanin'
on the barnyard gate. I stood there awhile.
an l couldn't help q prayer. Maybe all
wouldn't done it, but couldn't help il, i was
so happy. Then l went inter the house,
thinkin' all the way how pretty Julia would
look sittiu' and SEWN! how nice she KEEP
evervthink; how gent-el she was in the blue
caIiker gown ia bought her, an how, arter so
many years. she was wilin' for me to stay in the
sittlu room of an evenin'. The kitchen was
dark; but the sittin' room was lit up. I opened
the door Julia was sittin' by the table, IN the
fancy rockiu' chair I'd got for her; her work
basket was on the table,; she even had on the
blue caliker. never seen her lookln' soprettyi
before. if she was white, her eyes shinin'
like stars. Leanin' on my gals leetle origin.
she play ont so pretty when she an me was
alone Sunday evenings-was big, fureign-
lookln' man that I'd never seen afore He
was dressed mighty good in gentleman's
clothes, his hair an eyes WAS black as Julia's
he ha,i long beard and his face was bronzed
like sailors.
Both on 'em looked at me- Iwan't meanin'
to so in, YOU know, till L cleaned myself up.
he'd on my cd overalls and boots, MY head
warn't combsd an was swearv an dirty,
stod there a mi ait, then I says: b.
Pm glad you've got company. Julia, some
old freu' o. your? I'm sure he's welcome here
l never seen him afore as 1 know on what O.
that, every one you like has the best kin git
for him.
the man sorter shuddered then, but Julia
riz mp. Stay here, she says to me, never
mind changin' your clothes, we won't keep you
but a moment You tell him, Tom she went
on, fayln' her han on the strange mans arm
| stood an stared at 'em The strange man
jest kept his eyes on the origin; he seemed
scared to meet my eye.
Lock at this man," Julia says; Saint he
harusum-nOb.e looking-ain't he Just the
mana woman would love? You know it. Look
at yourself, puny and undersiz.d, homely, of
no mau!nt - or sperrit in any way Then
think which of Won two "a, girl would marry
Whether she would loveJ him. and despise
you?"
was feeling awful faint and gddy, bnt
only say: Il know you're saying truo, Julia:
but the minister made you my wife You're
our harnsum girls mother, leavln me out of
the question, is it right for you, on her &C
count, to talk like this? 81 can't help her.e'
sake twantv vaars If tort,ra rvo ta,,, ~, ne5
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n me- " Int the 80 oov"raS i?u arc
and groaned = Ut nan,t !, ha s... ,' , na.e
al, oath. I'm bad enou gh for most every
saws con,naa sten nna t be-. ..uS IS ~:
thln' 5snnana3 to snr oai. W. A. na,, on my
to that stranoerS AMI vor- ry Nv 3tu oa.nS
ron shonld con,e TO- 10 nar,an sa;. VIC i.lai
word to We Jnia. I've aims trial +" 49, oo 90
,ipit thor che A saus j.; 'ot, her orean
ga var hefnra I1 ~ nurIieu way
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