The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-31

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trodden on and abused weakly and meekly.
She finished her active work. built up the
fire and sat down to her mending; but by
this time she had coma 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.
| Sac remembered that she must 90 out to
the barn and gather the eggs as she always
did about that time-she so afraid TO
cross the road unless a train had just pass
ed
She did not put on her hood. for the day
was 20 bright-and her head was so hct with
anger and crying that the cool air was re-
freshing-5ut ran across hastily; there were
plenty of eggs to day, but she had no basket
large enough to hold them, and to her as
constituent she found Will had not fed eth
er the COW or the pig; and her absted anger
rose TO think that ne had gone OF without
doing bis barn work.
THAT'S little to- much, she said to her
self. 81 sint goin' to DO his chores for
him. anyway I've got enough to do in the
house, and don't suit mister at that. If he
thinks he's got dumb slave to work Tor
him. he's -nistook. I"-here the COW lowed
and the pig took up his own granting COM
plant. They had heard her voice and
knew that there was chance of break
/ last.
Sally had tender, pitiful heart for all
her temper.
"POor critters" she said al dono as 1
had ought to be- ugly to them cause he's
ugly to me. I'll run over and fetch q
basket and get my hood and mIttens Anv-
way. I'll feed EN-, but I'm bound l won't
,,I 1ootx,vr, ",
with fresh wrath she left the barn and
slammed the door behind her.
Meantime VIII went on his way to Mys-
tic, where he arrived in due time, did his
errands and went to Uncle Dams, where he
found good and abundant dinner; and S
plentiful meal OF chicken Pot-pie, mashed
potato boiled turnips, new rye bread and
baked Indian pudding put him into excel
lent bumor, so that when 'Phrony, who had
been before too busy serving and eating to
talk. asked, "How's Sally?" he said, very
honesty
why, she's well, real well; but she's got
kinder put out with ne this morning, and
don't blame her bit, for begun, kinder
fauItia' my breakfast, and guess l made
her mad; shouldn't wonder"
"Why, WHIP said 'Phrony, with an &C
cent of reprosch that said more than her
words.
"Fwould be strange if she did know
about homework 10 once" said mild Aunt
GIss ''she never hal no mother nor no
folks so's she could learn; be sort softly
to her, viii; she's c lonesome little cre!ur,
With no Body but you TO held on to ye
kuow."
Wills reSlly kind heart began TO trouble
him; he went out again into the street os-
tensibly 10 finish h7s errands, but really to
bus Sally q rose-pink silk tie that would
look so pretty in contrast with her rich dark
hair and eyes, and perhaps cast glow on
her 600 pale, smooth cheek.
For Will had an instinc. of taste in his
uncultivated nature, and knew very we'll
pretty and refined looking his wife was
even beside 'Phrony's less delicate and more
blooming beauty.
So he stepped into he sleigh and drove
off, thinking how 10 would make friends"
with Sally, and how tina. dimpls in her
cheek would come and go, and her lovely
ey es brighten when she saw the pink tie
The road seemed very long, for he knew
he had left home in a passion, and now he
was sorry. lie got there ut last, Just before
shutdown, and driving into the barn was
received with chorus from COW and pig
| J6T1S lttl4 ne SAClhlDle1. ncNbT leu
them critters this morningI / did lose nv
head, that's fact. Well I've got to tend
to 'emnow. Wonder Sally didn't. Mabbe,
though, she didn't come over, or ifshe did she
fetched the eggs sad didn's look at moth
ing eIse.'
Very speedily he fed the hungry beasts
and put out his horse resolving to go in 70
supper and finish his barn work afterwards,
for he was hungry
There was no light in the house, which
looked rather cherries, but then Sally was
frugal, sat far into the twilight without
lamp, so he went on AID opened the kitchen
door
a cold chill struck him; the place was
empty, still, frelessi q rat ran across the
floor ss lie stepped 10.
Nobody was there.
The low light of the setting sun struck
across the snow.helds with wan glitter into
the bare room; the fire was out; the stove
cold. Behind the door into the shed hung
Sally's hood and shawl, and her niittens
were on tie shelf. Sally must be in the bed
room, sick no doubt
With an anxious heart VIII opened the
door into it. Nobody was there; the room
was in its usual cheerless order; tho bed
white and smooth as he outer drifts; the
white curtained windows shutting out even
that wintry sunshine.
Probably Sally Lad put on her Sunday
cloak and bonnet, the same dark-red velvet
turbln and jaunty, jet-trimmed sack she
had looked so we'll in when they were mar
ried. Almost as if he were afraid of seeing
ghost, VIII opened the closet-door to see;
there the things hung against the wall,
straight and smooth sack and shawl too,
and the toque was On the shelf above.
Then he opened the tiny psrlor, with aw-
ful misgivings. The endirons shone in the
open FIRE place; the wax fruit was under It's
glass shade, between the glass candle-sticks
on the Shelf and tho big Bible, the-photo-
graph-album, the copy OF "Tupper Prov
erbial Philosophy" wedding presents
occupied the small round table in the middle
of the room, and took a CHASTITY tint from
the green-paper shades and the wan light Of
dy Jog day.
EVerything was "a prim, as dull, and as
musty as ever. Sally was not there.
There was but one room up stairs, and
either eide of it dark attic; ne lit mis- Ian
tern and searched there, but found nothing.
Then he took Decline for tho nearest
neighbor's touse, but though the family
we're full of pity and astonisnment and sug-
gestion, be did not find his wife.
"Hev We s'arched the barn?" queried old