The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-06-21

something. and there has to be things
fetched from the store, and no way to
Test tackles up and I go for 'em; he don't
really mistrust that Pm scared, and I
don't never tell him that I be; what's
the use?"
"Weli," said Miss Patty, with a sniff
no tvpe can express, and Sarah went
$50 week before last Aunt Simons
writ and said she was comm out to stay
a dav or two before she went back south
and she was going to fetch Joe, that's
her eldest, along with her; she wanted
for to have tbs meet her to the station,
but she said she shouldn't come If 1t
rained she's got dreadful weak lungs;
but she'd telegraph if she want com
ing. Well, Wednesday morning, the
day she sot to come. it did rain, sure
enough. and, seeing there was the
donation party to be got up. / sided my
work away early and walked over to the
Center, for 1 knew should find all the
folks I'd got to see to home. :pd just got
ready to start for home about noontine,
and befhought myself to step; into the
postofice, foT.I knew there'd be the
mail for the creamery, SO got q: dou6ia
handful of letters and papers and set my
face toward home, when who should
come up but Tom in the buggy. :,
"Get in!" says he,; I'm agoin' TO the
station"
"What for?" ssys I.
"Why," says he, ';they hain't sent no
telegraph SO they're coming"
"But it rains" says l, and Aunt
simons, said she shouldn't come II 1t
rained.'
"Well,' says he, Il obey orders and
break owners; she said she'd telegraph
if they want comm; and how do you
know but it didn't rain there?'
$50 got in and put the mail down In
to the seat, and he drove like Jehu, tor
we heered the train whistle; and says /.
oh, Tom! don't drive up the hill to the
station, Pm so afriad Jenny'll be scared,
HE lau ,hed little. 'I'll bet she
wouldn't be half so scared as you, said
| he: but IN leave you at the foot Of the
| hill, and if they come III holler down to
| you, and I'll get in and go up to totherr
station, and put ''eli into the hack that
waits there, for there can't four get into
this buggy; and then you drive along up
| to that station, and then III put you in
take Joe along O. me in the buggy. So say
! in he jumped out, for we was there, and
run up just in time to catch the trai II.
! didn't have a<thouyh hit that they'd be there
but they was, and he called out,
THEY'RE, here Drive along L knew
twas the quickest way to take the road
alongside the track. but the Tuck train
was due, and Jen is skit ish, but I
thought I'd ought to, so l drove right
along; there wasn't no train, but right
in the road where I couldn't turn nor
back, see two loose Norses-and II
there is thing that puts Eighteenth into
Jenny it's loose horses. tell you the
shiyers run down my back, but knew
| the only chance was to go so fast she
wouldn't think about side shows; so l
| Just laid the whip onto her, and she SO
sprung so and went by them horses
| the bridge but catcElcd up with it, and
Joe he got out with Thomas and took
the buggy and got in with aunt. Tom
| had to 90 UP street to get a can for tie
| creamery, I called out to him as he
went of.
"Look out for your mai! on the seat
and we drove along. But we hadn't
gene hat mile before Tom he came
tearing along and stopped the hack.
"Where did you put the mallf" says
he. :,
"Why on the seat OF the buggy
says I. ,,
wasn't nothing there but papers,
II guess gave you the letters. sort
OF thought did, says l: ;,
"Well haven't got 'em, any way"
says he. Look in your pockets, Sally,
looked, looke,i to suit him. Then I
thought how drove by the side road
and / told him | guessed they jolted out
of the buggy when | driv SO fast.
"Dear me-" says he, II must have those
letters to-day. I've got to; III so back
over the side road and see if | can see
or hear ANYTHING about EN- So he
turned round. l tell you, felt real bad;
couldn't think any way in the world
what did with them letters, and see
he was worried to death. Alter We got
to the house, and Aunt Sinons was Tx
in herself up stairs, he drove up with
Joe.
"Sary," said he, do look over your
pockets again for them letters; expect
there was three hundred dollar check
lose it, l was just ready to cry, tell
you, but I overlooked the pockets
again; they Want there, ald he said
there wasn't any sign or Eearin' of 'em
on the road. | felt as though should
give up when he turned and went out of
the door, but just as he swung the gate
O, he hollered ut:
"Sally! Sail? and I run. i cave! says
he, laug hing; here they te in ms owl,
pocket; you did give 'em to me-.
surs oe enops h dd d3 tu te he r p stt s@
ordinarily, so he never looked there!
and there want no check at all i'll any
one ON 'em." 49,.
Patty.
"Well, was little stirred up. J.
don't deny; set right down and cried
quite SPELL"
"Wan't that real mean?" Mrs. Peck
asked of the audience in a tone of fine
scorn.
Ibid thee wish then thee'd never
seen thy husband?" asked Amt Marcia
of Sally.
The anxious face flushed and the sad
eyes sparkled.
"Aunt Marcia, 1 shou dn't know how
to live without Tom any way in this
mortal world" and the clear voice broke
down as if the thought of such a contin-
gency was too much.
Aunt Marcia smiled.
Il expect there are faults in ali nu-
man creatures. 'Mae and female crea-
ted he them,' though; and we can't set
out greatly to better the Lords plans.
We couldn't really get a long, thee
knows, without men folks, and they
could not without us; but l expect if
thee could hear them talk among them
selves, Miss Patty, thee would hear
quite frequent, Just like a woman"
Miss Patty could not deny it.-Rose
Terry Cooke in Christian Union.