The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-15

softened by his illness, aud was so meek and
gentle in his demeanor that the family gazed
upon him in establishment.
''Marm, Gym ny Ann" he said, one bright
morning when he was able to walk as far as
the shore, Ppm afeard hev been a set-fred
bigoted old man, ez you've allus ben a-savin,
but seein' ez he Lord hez spared nv iife-fur
which I'm truly thankful, though not bein'
afeard o. death, fur | hain't got tired % livfn'
yit, eff be old, M hain't quite outlived my
usefulness maybe-I'm a goin' ter take a new
tack, m sail ez fur ez I know how ter steer,
m He helpin' me, In the right way Now
about tibet there monument, / bought when I
wuz a-iay'n' there sick that p'r'aps l hadn't
d ne quite the sqnare thing along ov it, m l
guess you'd better git 1t s0t up now, N invite
the neighbors M the parson, m hey ez good
time ez We ken. | hain't come ter say ez
how prove ov them lniment no more'n ever.
nor like the notion ov IL at werin' over this
little cabin ov ourn, like a lighthouse over a
clam-shell, but CT you'll find satisfaction in it,
Pm mOre'n willin' Z yer should be erratfiie1,
lt don't seem likely Z the boy'n ever come
back" with hoarse, chOked yoice-t'but some
w l kent seem ter feel tibet he wuZ
drownded. Now after brother Sarmwel wuz
lost, though we didn't know nOthin' fur GER
tain, everytine the wind rose at night she ken
a-sdytn', ez plain eZ ken be, He's gone he's
goneP The waves KEEP repeatin' the same
words too, m eff that consumed belI-buoy
didn't keep me awake n ghts with its ever
iastin' tollin' m knelIin', fur it seemed
edzactly eZ eff twas a-sayin': Hes here
under the waterl he's here ~
Marin and CynthY Aun were both moved to
ears when the monument was mentioned
though. to tell the TRUTH the prospect OF
"heyin' IL sOt up was not as delightful rs il
would have been once. They had become used
to being outdOne by Peters Charles; and then
monuments had become less fashionable az
Herring Point, a taste for dress ami house
decoration having been excite by the summer
n a ISL
and in he course OF pr-para ion for the i'm
pOrtant event GFnthv Ann recovered some.
thing of her old enthusiasm. Mrs. Fernad
dreamed again or the long table that night,
aud declared in the morning hat she believed
'it meant suthin' more'n common this time
fur the dceam didn't run the way it commonly
b lryinsr-lOt in the orchard. Mrs. teruaid aud
Cvnthy Ann had dOnned their mourning ap-
Darel for the occasion, but presented not al
together mOurnful appearance. Pa wore a
look of humble expostulatiOu on bis venerable
counteuance. Rhoda, simply dressed in white,
stood somewhat apart from the group and
answered IS briefly as possible the neighbOrlY
greetings which were shoWered upon her. But
an ne other women were in gay holiday attire,
and cAatted with uuresJraiued cheertulnesS
/ until the services began. Rosy apples dropped
/ from the boughs overhead: asters aud golden
red nodded merrily against the rocks below
some gulls flew Overheadand broke into a sort
4 OF HDAfoG 4A4ZuLEts ~ IL AAANAolhA ny l4il -Ap
/ pearance of the monument which lowered so
/ high aud gil cred so grandlY ia the sunshine.
But when the minister commenced to pray
/ in his chill formal tone, change was felt in
/ the atmosphere. Even the sunshine seemed
1 10 lose its warmth. Many OF the women
sObbel remembering their own Old sorrows,
/ il NAV be, and two great tears stole into
! RhOda's eyes, and remaiuedundried upon her
| cheek. Them they commenced 10 wall dis
/ m Al funeral hymn, but faltered in dismay as a
/ broad shOuldered, bronzed Young man e1pcd
/ over the orchard wall, gave a quick, amazed
/ look at the monument, and then darted for
/ ward into their midst, Selling RI da IN his
I arms, aud kissing her repeatedly "COuidu {
/ heln it, Rh0lv, seem those tears on yOuI
| cheeks. and coasiderin' the Occashun,'' he eN-
/ claimed as she stared at him rather wildly.
/ at isn't O ten that man comes ter life al his
/ ..rom Fcrnaldp' "Whv. Tom Fernald 70
/ s-HOlv on a 'rth3r ''Wnat biowed you here O.
/ ''Where'd Won come frumt' '''r can't be yOul
! ghos-, ken 10 .''-were eXclamations heard from
every quarter. ~ declare got here jest in sea
son TO sec his IA ointment sOt up!" said one jolly
{ sailor.
| Aud then it wac noticed that pa had grown
very white, and " IS holding on 70 the wall FOR
/ support: and Cynthy Anu, after masking 2
/ great for To greet her brother in "a suit tble
| man er. fell back, and as the family were
/ wont 20 express it ''lost cOuscienti 1usness.'
ST alters KIN wed ez how YOU hadn't casi
anchor, Tom" said the old man, recovering
himself almost Immediately, IN now here yt
be, m here I be, seeLn' the Lord preserved me
/ 20 see We.
Warm, for the Lack of an apron, removed hel
shawl from her shoulders aud completely GOV
( cred her heal herewith.
.'Er sou hain't Din dead, Tom, where hey ye
( bcen!" she inquired, failtly, from lbs depths
/ after little interval.
Tom. who was sta toned between pa anC
I Rho Ia, holding la VI OF either, turned 20 he
! with a disturbed countenance. Where
/ hadn't orter have beeu-in Australia, witt
80. .7aa~ IT, oil Ia
/ peSky ! e Coli s. You see, before / wen
/ away folks were a-sayin' that he had st1lei
+ Rho a away from me-he as good rs told me
himself that IL was son 1 thought sh
; seemed kinIe strange PIP distant. Bat ] va
. 700 biz a coward 10 nv anything to her abou
/ it, tho <At / cOutiu'r be IT. III she should
! tel me she liked him. But / wrote 70 her from
4 Boston, where we were LOADING tha vessel, an.
/ Q III her H. she didu'- care enough for me Z,
/ marry me when | got home from the voyage
/ she nee / 70 answer the letter, but il she di,
! to swer ri ,hJ away. We staid NJ the whar
/ two weeks after that, b1t didn't hear word
from her, and whe the Sarcv Sally iiled
/ felt rs If ia rufher be drowned than not. Life
/ didn't seem wuth living.'
%, Tom, never got your letter" sobbe.
Most likely thai scoundrel Joe Collin
/ got holt Ov it. I'm a-goiH' hey little in
/ tervew with him when l ken ketch him-wel
/ he amt here ter-day Bat when the vessel di-
git Wracked. m everybody m everything wa.
/ "A goin' 70 the bottom, thought twould be
/ worth the while 70 save myself after all; -
/ Joe Grfsin-One Of the crew-'u' ciu1g holl
/ ov some spars till we was picked ~ by brig
4 bound fur CaifOrny. From there thou ghi
/ I'd go to Australia m hunt up Uncle lysaH-
/ der. / cOuidu't come home as things stood
/ for | couldn't ha' borne to see Joe N Rh0dl
/ together, 50 / TecSO ed YOU might as well al
/ think | was dead-fur spell at least:
/ warn't much better that at the time. Uncle
! l-ysander agreed TO keep dark, though he said
/ he didn' believe in such nonsense, and tel
/ YOU he old man gave me COOL chance. I've
I picked up quite n little pile of cash in these
/ few years. You've got the money l sent yor
( every winter all right, hewitt yOu4'
''Shol SO Lvsarnder warn't so set-ired
1 lib'ral after all" said pa, wiping his eyes
/ with his coat sleeve.
'fBut 1 was beginn n TO gain a little more
! courage, m to think | might be able TO &C
/ home m see the folks before 10 z, when SaI
Smiley ne Teller thai used 70 work over Il
dfggin's one day, m said he'd been over t
/ Herrin' Point only the week before ne sailel
/ last spring. And when / heard from him that
/ RhodY warn't married az all, nor goin' will
any one, m never had had anything partickia
/ TO say to Joe Collins sence I'd been gone,
didn't wait overnight before l packed up m
/ dubs m got ready to start for Ameriky.n
- said ez how my dream about the Ions
/ table wuZ IT ent from COMM 3 1ou see Il
meant a weddin' this time, quaYered marin
/ speedily unvetling herself.
/ Yes,n az eed pa, brigh ~, " so 1t did
| an Cyathy Ann, even YOU can't keer nothin
/ fur that consarned old moniment w. Let
/ haul il down m kiver it up agn, m ef tn
parson don't object, turn the solemn delight
/ of this occashun intoa bit ov a frolic. ''-StSGI
Hartley Saget, IL Harper's Ho'thIY.
Waiting in England.
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