South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-05-18
Komaey IampshTa County, West, w Ssndsy "
, x SLIGHT MIST AKa

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which had been Impending for l1UnMe
days had broSeu at last, in q ~iia
whirlwind Of snow and tsmpese sxlS0s
Mrs abraham ,Ackley had jacb, a
! the te:t-kettis on for the evening meSli,
with Abigail her daughter. stir n9'9
saucepanful OF niush On the stot g dhd
Maria her niece, hard ut work 3aT,ni
ing the upper parts Of lclIehps cloh
] shoes for q manufactures in Me1i crSff.
pborhood. For the ! AckieSs@ ese 4
thrifty family. Nothing sWAg 96st.,
nothing wasted, not even, that siYf p6y
! uommodity-time. Ito 'as"' Sps
80 The iAckleys were femibinS Hot,sc
I hold that night, for Abrahath 'ffihself..
the grizzled head Of the family, Hall
gone 10 the city, to pnt III q cEr,i ftr'
pension. which, according 4ec<l
IDEAS ought to have been paid half "a
feentury back, to some old .Revolu.
tionary ancestor Or other. = l''h to
f"i Pain { to be DONE said A5raham.
winking his watery blue eyes, not
I. even by the United States govern.
meht i;self.' 'N'iN7' oai Gt % .oi q
- 30 it had happened that Abigail
had foddered the cattle, fed the fowls,
and locked the barn door, coming in,
Fall powdered overwith SHOW, her md !,
die aged nose blue with cold. 49,
Never mind. girls, said Mrs. Ack-
ley, with Il ,subdued chuckle. when
we inherit your Cousin Jones proper
ty we. snan' none OF us have to work
no more. We can be ladies, and set
up in sage green dresses, playin' with
I peacock feather fans. DID you get
the best chamber really, Maricr:'
! 'Marler' gave a grunt IN the affirm
ative, as she bit oil tie end of her
thread
4 didn't light the fire yet, said she.
1 Thought ii warn noluse burnin' up
gool hickory logs. until we kno@ed
we was goin' TO want en-.
z Scarcely was the sentence we'll on
of her laou,h, when u tattoo soualcJ
loudly on thc warped panels OF The
Imprinted front door.
'Lauds sake aIive!' said Abigail,
dropping the wooden spoon iato the
4 muah-pot, while Maria. straiglitened
herself up with 4 jerk, 'it's Cousin
Jones aIready' 81
Quick = said Mrs. Acllley, in !
shrink stage whisper 'Put the muslI
ia the closet ana fetch out the cold
chicken and raspberry preserves, ano
the best cups, Abigail, and the three
tined forks, and the table cloth with
the border Of daisies .
And she turnedNo the door, with a
ha1ng, homc-dippea candle III her
hand.
rs this Mrs. Abe Ackley's?' de,
nlanded IA shrill Voice. Il WAS told
! size lived hall way up Zine Grags.'
! Ain t this Mrs. jones' said Mrs
AcIey. in her sottest accents. -
That's the ticlletl' said the stran
ger. ID open the door aud le
me in. | Amt no burglar, nor yet i
sueak,thief'
I'm delighted TO see YOU said Mrs
I'Ac!>ley. DO pray walk in, and. le
4 the girls take your things. Marier
Abigail. this is Mrs. Jones, as yol'vc
heard so much OF. Your room Will
be warm directly. We've set great
store by your comm, do assure
YOU
You're very Kind said Mrs. Jones'
shaking the snow of her shabby
shawl aud pihched silk bonnet. j
amt no lbegglr; Gale late to pay my
own way.' f...la
! The three women smiled obscqui-
onsIy. They had been given TO TN
ier5taGd that Cousin Jones from New
York city MAS very eccentric-tha
she particularly dlsliked any aIlusio1
to her relationship,and that there wa
nc accounting for her various peculi
arities.
'Of course said Mr5. Ackloy, 'tha
must be IS you please
Il dOu't choose to be beholden t,
any one stilily added the new -fount
relative.
OF course not, said Maria. helpin.
her OF with her rubbers. Uncle A
bralIam will be 50 sorry that he isn
here to welcome you
i can stand il, If lao cam said IN,
old lady, warming her gaunt hand
before the cheerful blaze. Eth, q,
you live as high as tits every day ?
as she saw the liberal preparations TO
supper.
we are economical people, sal,
Mrs AckIey, 'apologeticaily we rai.,
Our own poultry. and Abigail pickle,
the ra3pberries last summer on th
mountain, aud changed Oft eggs fo
tlo sugar, at Martins grocery stor
at the crossroads, aud the tea WIS 8
present from old Captain Greer, VII,
IS IN the China trade, to pay Aclsie
= for breakin' the roam colt. So yoJ
tsee--' Yes, see, said Mrs, Jones
nodding her head ierkily, like a man,
DARN somewhat oUt OF order.
: Managing people, you bel Yor
won't never come TO be boarded on
like town poor, reckonP
Il hope not, said Mrs. Ackley dc
vouily.
The idea . said Miss Abigail. ok