The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-29

1nfS u6ppeueu IWcutN year 30 OF m0Ie
before Israel died. She was alters sucl
an own-folks sort of . woman. an jes
the best hand when any one was SICK
I'll never forgit how she nussed mt
through the typhus fever the year afte
mother d ed Thar 1 was took sex al
of sudden, an four leetle childr-r
cryin'. an Israel couldn't ret anybody
but that shiftless Lyons woman. far anC
near, to come an h Up. When Aun
Rebecca heerd of it she Jest left every
thing an come. She packed off that
Lyons woman, bag an baggage, an
tux right hold, as nobody but her could
ha' known how to. l alters knew
should ha' died eff it hadn't be- IN fol
her.
'She lived ten miles off, on this very
road, too, but we allers used to visit
back an forth. l couldn't get along
without goin' to see Aunt Rebecca once
in SO often; I'd ct jest as lonesome an
homesck as could be.
$50, feelin' that way, it amt surpris.
in that it gave me an awful shock when
| heerd she was dead that mornin'.
They sent the word by man that they
hailed drivin' by. He was comir' down
here to see about sellin' horse. an he
sa d he'd Jest as soon stop an tell us as
not. A real nice sort of man he was
"a store keererf from Comstock. Wa'al,
| see 1srae standin' out in the road an
talkin' with the man, an | wondered
what it could be about. But when he
came in an told ME that Aunt Reb cca
was dead, jest sat right down. kinder
stunned like. L couldn't ha' felt much
worse eff it had been my mother. An
it was so awful sudden! Why, I'd seen
her only the week before, an she looked
uncommon smart for her. l thou ht
Eff it had been Uncle Enos, her husband
l shou dn't ha' wondered He d had
the heari-disease for yeas, an We'd
thought he might die any minute; but
to think of her
81 Jest stared at Israel. l felt too
bad TO cry. l didn't, till happened to
look, down at the apron / had on 1t
was like dress she had; she had a
piece left, an she gave it to me for an
apron. When saw that, bust right
out sobbin'.
40 ord says l, this apron she
give ME! Oh dear! dear! dearr
Sarah, says Israel, its the will of
the ord
81 know it, says l, but she's dead.
an she gave me tn apron, d ar blessed
woman, an l went right on cryin',
though he tried to stop me. Every
time looked at that apron. it seemed
as if should die.
Thar want any particulars, Israel
said. All the man that told him knew
was that woman hailed him from one
of the front windows rs he was dr,vin
by, and asked him to stop an tell US. l
s posed most liSely the woman chat
hail d him w Mis- Simmons, widder
woman. that used to work for Aunt lie
beech busy times.
"Wa'al, Israel kinder hurried me to
ct ready. The uue. al was app'int d
at two o'clock, an we had horse that
want much swifter on the road than
the one you're drivin' now.
$50 got into my1best black gown
the quickest / could. l had a good
tla,.k shawl, and a black bunnit. too
so ] looked quite decent. l cit reel
glad had en-. They were tn ngs
had VIII, n mother died | don't see
hardly how l bad happened to keep the
bunnit, but it was lucky did l got
ready in such tlutter that got on NV
black g wn over the caliker one I'd
been wear n, and never knew it Gil
came to go to bed that night, but l
don't think it was much wonder.
"We'd been havin' terrible ury
spell, jest as we've Teen havin' now,
an everything was Ike powder. 1
thought my dress would be spo 1t be ore
we got thar. he no Sc wa, dreadful
lazy, an it was nothin bu, langin'
an slappin au' wh:ppin' al the way,
an it didn't amount to nothin' then.
Nv hen we'd got halfway thar or so,
.har come up an awful thumb r-shower
rom the nor Invest, est As lis coin to-
lay. Na'al, thar want nowhar to
top, an We driv right along. The
horse wan AFRAID OF lightnin', an we
rot in under The shay top as Tar rs we
could. an pull ed tie blanket up over
Is: but we G t dr:ppin' wet. An thar
vas Israel In his meetin' coat, an me
n my best gown. Take it W tn the
lust an ererything, they never looked
anyhow again.
''Wa'al, Israel g'langled TO the horse,
IN put h whip over he:. but she Jest
ogged right along. What with fe.lin'
% ab ut Aunt i,ebecca, an worry n
bout 1>raers coat an my best gown.
bought should never live to 9 t thar.
when we div by tie meetin'-house
It Four Corners, where Aunt Rebacca
ived. it was five minutes afte~ two, an
wo was the time sot for the funeral. l
I'D feel reel work up to think VIEWS
ate. an we chief mourners. When we |
rot t. the house thar seemed tn be- con-
ider Bile goin' on around it. folks goin'
n an out, an standin' in the yard, an
srael sa d he diln't believe We was |
ate. after all. He hollered to man
tandin by the fence, an asked h m if |
ney had had the funeral. The man |
aid no; they was goin' to hev it at the
n etin house at three o'clock. We !,
vas glad enough to hear that, an Is |
ael sad he would drive round an hitch !
he no Sc. an I'D better go n an get
Iiied off little. an see tie folks.
ut had sacked UP then. an was
My drizzlin' leetle. an lightnin' a
,Ood ways off now an then.
''Wa'al, govt out, an went up to
he house. Thar was quite lot of men
knew stand n round the door an in
he entry. but they only bowed kinder
tiff an solemn, an moved TO let me
ASS. 1 not ced the entry floor was
rippin' wet too. Been rainin' in
b INKS /. i wonder why they didn't
het the door, went right into the
DOM on the left-hand side of the entry
that was the settin'-room- an thar,
n q cheer by the wlnder, jest as straight
n smart as could be, in her new bl. ok
unnlt an gown. was-Aunt Rebecca.
.'N 4 al. EFF was to tell Won what I
id. Almiry. s'pose you'd think it was