The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-04
LOVE IN A SHES.
!.:as,on Ca.,ai


 Seaat ef nine ard the washing all a4;. n,used thrifty Mrs. Clutter as she ssta5bea the porch. Deacon. Fl ge; s4 10 SC: ne b.s tub down cellar. II you s-jl
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 There comes keuta.fs new b.ske.
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 morier there was a lively succession bumps, followed by a clai;er and q aud. and deacon, ;ab, aaa bucket :ieNe. the floor.
 A1ab and Ab.hu :" eJaca!ate ,he l..ea saint. w.;h stlial energy
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 c.4n tel! yol via, down w.e ,.c strl response Come an. brace E e sa;le l ity to step.
 .se owner of;he roice. j iine-look,as yo1th of one-aad-tweniy. was already sEapins lis way among ;he de5r.s, lsis a2ai n the rear with the camphor.
 The deacon's attempted locomo;ion re- sa.,el +. ] sroan.
 Il mus, have sprained my ankle. liar .ey. II rd postponed ;his tg5 race II. after I'd been my roands would haze cen better calculation.
 On, wouldn't worry aboa, my rounds uncle. Whats the hurry
 Ny customers eNpectine today. that ; he point. hate masterly io break my .oTd. Now there's the wIdow Gieaves @a.;ing for me ,o take her ashes. so she Caa scrub after ne with the bo.ing suds .rat. iip d, Kendalrs they're clean ou; oi soap
 And not clean wi,aoa; Il. eh :: lalgned the young man. .. See here. a7c.e since you are going 10 feel so un- easy abou; disappointing he people, why .ct send me in your stead :"
 You in your me clothes shoei9 mile" iaumb,ei Mrs. Clutter, with ;ae s;cPper of he camphor bottle between Ter teeth.
 Why can, my uncles mln,el fall aPon me. aun.ie: sas ln'ea iins ie barrow the frock.'
 Well. lfl do say Il. you got the a1 z common sense. Some young men oi your bringing up would De ashamed 70 drive a soap cart"
 HGmph, Some young raen would be foolsi said ,he deacon with warmth. Nooody has any call to be ashamed to deliver such soap IS l make. Ii you've a mind 10 ran the team to-day. Harvey. shall be obleeged 10 you.
 Fifteen minutes later the worthy deacon was extending his aching length Goon the sit,ing-room lounge, and gaxing tA!oJ1R tnC OpSll asSCa AsAs goAeA- fel proxy, who duly initiated into inc mysteries of the calling was driving away n the big blue cart. Behind bounced and creaked an empty ash-bin, hanked by two covered barrels Of soap: but the swinging sea, was clean and comfortable, commanding fine view of the surround ing country.
 \ half-mile and more the road wound through his unele's fertile acres, for Dea- con Chu,.le was wi;hai farmer Farm ing indeed was his chief vocation, soap boiling being an accessory venture gro~- ing out of sundy extensive experiments in the use of leached ashes as fertilizer. IL was one of those tuneful mornings n early June when all nature joins ia glad doxology- The newly arrived bobo-links iipsy with glee. caroled n ,he meadows. The orioles hanging their hammocks n the elrns, could scarcely work for singing. Gay breezes made love 10 the graceful young clover, shea danced away 10 fir, with the coy hillside birches- Every where were life and motion irradia;e6 by the i-cic-rzr. s,,- For Harvey !a-ce's