Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-12-28
Ruth. an I'll see ter fetchin' in yer

Ruth, an I'll see ter fetchin' in yer
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Ruth went slowly up the garden path,
stopping now and then to pick a pink,
or TO look about her, thinking, II have
found the vale of peace.
The door opened, and woman came
out upon the piazza. In her face there
was something suggestive of the girl
coming up the path toward her-a hint,
a memory of the youth and beauty that
had given place TO wrinkles and gray
hairs.
The pinks and / are friends again,
already. See them nod to me.
You always liked pinks. remember.
said Aunt Rachel. drawing the girl to
her, and kissing her. so did your
father. He took his liking for them
from mother. | thiuk. She thought
there was no flower half so sweet as
pinks. and the first time saw her. after
she was dead, she had a cluster of them
in her hand. Your father had crept into
the room alone and put them there.
we had little bunch of them grow
ing in the little back yard at home, that
he took from here Ruth said. But
they never blossom much. They aren't
at home in the town. When go ba ok
i must take root from grandmother $
grave 10 plant on his. Perhaps he'll
know it, and be glad
Maybe answered Aunt Rachel,
passing her thin hand slowly over Ruths
abundant brown hair. You have grown
TO be almost handsome, Ruth; do you
know it?'
Il never was vain about my looks,
laughed Ruth But you-Aunt Rachel,
You aren't well, are you? | never saw
you look so pale and poor before.
Il haven't felt quite as well this sum-
mer AZ usual, answered Aunt Rachel.
'Bnt I've felt better of late, and count
on your visit to get as n tonic. | shall
need no other medicine. But you must
be hungry. Supper is waiting. | told
Huldah to have it ready py your arrival.
You know where TO find your old room;
so run up and battle your face and fix
your hair and hurry down again, or the
biscuit'll be cold. remember. you see,
that you liked Huldah's biscuit
And I'll warrant there are strawbcr-
ries and cream said Ruth. 'Ah, |
know there are by your looks! I'll be
back in next 10 no time, Auntic, for the
thought of such dainties makes me feel
half famished. We haven't dared To
look at strawberries-they cost so much;
and, rs for cream, we never think of
that. If we let our milk stand long
enough, there II be little yellow scum
on IL; but we never can coax ourselves
into calling it ream. I'm going TO eat
bread and milk with cream in il every
day, just rs used 10 when came here.
expect Huldah will grumble, for there
used to be falling off in the quantity
of butter, remember, and ! suppose it
was attributable to my raids on the milk
pans,
You shall have all the milk and
cream you like, said Aunt Rachel, kiss
ing Ruth again, with look in her face
that made the girl think of one who had
been starved for human love and COM
partnership.
Then she ran up stairs 10 the room
she had always occupied on her visits to
Aunt Rachel-a little low room under
the caves, where, on, rainy nights, the
patter of the drops made slumberous
music, and brought the sweetest sleep
that any one ever knew-slcep too deep
TO be broken by a dream. or the vaguest
memory of a waking hour.
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