The weekly Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?, 1884-03-13

y initiating for us to sit and Wat for bin ;,
II IOa't see why.
You're such child" she said a.,
u,hIy. w
III it i, childish to be utsaso,..,,. y,
.'' bnt there I stopped. Is,r apie Ia.ss..s,
face was tw tching, and hr coIo.na aaie
1 and went. She was always bjgh bj a.smIa ualle
,uJ spirited, and tonight sBa ssg;; ang;
,orchy and unnerved. blt .as ssened
'"' her, and thought we would III y a1 ior
.olaething else. ''
/ will explain now what has det.;red
.- John. We learned a5oQ: il in anod n
., time. There was family liyipe EttIa Ta
" way from his fathers house re- n..re nare
always in trouble, and alvava Isa,';,,' mv,e :,
the ncighhors III trouble Tbat n;nht
lust as John was ready 70 Start e. s rnon. l.'
iug. his mother came to bis 49, nie ipait
., ing quite distressed. 'A
' "John," she said, "Mapg;o Mo-.
and her children are in t5eo ti,ehao any
Peter has come home drunk acain , ''N''
SIS he very bad% said iahn ,rho
know his ncighbor Of old 80 WIZ
.Ggs , oI, 'cE evci e"an "a he has given her a
Just fled for their lives, and they're cry
.,,n ing and walIlng 50 that could hardly
up grt their storEr2ut oil item
wei %hN can We iD?p
1nasnv.4r&y, somebody has got To 90 down
llciEnow, John. He vas a Mid as a
+ ,,uan. They LEFT lin crashing the
Nv Is upon the foe and putting the
bf aLlothcs and furare into the fire.
ornotgie is afraid hel4t the house afire
4 0'5 hes inafa1r way IL. Won know
1thc stu burn himself up in
4tbGho best thing h9.d DO, mutt
tered ~A--..s
"Yon mus say so, Won know, dear.
| hate to h4vYyou go down there, but
It's dreadful 70 think of the poor, raying
creature just left to himself"
"Whcrc are the others q said John.
'Why, Brss and Mark have gone to
the fair in Barton. There's only Buell.
at home, and he's hardly old enough to
go down there alone"
"NO, SAID John, throwing off his coat.
81 suppose I've got to 90 with him.
Tell him to get rope. Wen have to
| tie the wletch and then send for the
sheriff"
'Ita dreadful you should have to go.
dear, sail his mother, pityingly, "and
just when You are all ready for meeting.
The girls will be waiting for you, too
But you'll feel sorry enough for Maggie,
poor thing, when you see her. And
there's no time to be lost. You can hear
Peter curoIng and throwing things
clear mp to our kitchen door"
As John and Buell. were ready to start,
Maggie said "Shure, sur, if We see me
COW III the road, wud ye plase drive her
back forninstye? Peter left the gate open
when he came in, and / was that dis
tracted | didn'tsee the crayture till she
was gone. The byes will be havin' her
in the pound in a jiffy. and sorra clint
Is Peter after LAWN meto get her out
again"
John did not seSIe COW. She was
like the rest of the McCreery's, unex-
pec'ed in her movements. But Jennie
AND saw her, grazing along the road
side, with her head turned the other way
from home. |, had a presentiment OF
mischief the mpment I caught sight OF
E-her WI Seopped, saying, "There's
Peter McCreery's COW. How could they
let her get out: Now, if the boys put
her in the pound they never can raise
| fifty cents to get her ont. I've grea
mind to drive her back little ways
Jennie, Just to get her headed toward
. home
But Jennie was too impatient
? "pIpase don't stop, PhCebe,' she said
"Ifs not you place to do 1t, and we r'
so late Already
' It was so late that all the pews on thu
a girls side of the choir gallery wer'
e filled, except the two farthest back. B.
going to the head of one OF these
t could he among the altos and jennie, D.
5 going to the head of the other, couli b
Il among the sopranos, while at the sam
e time we could sit together. L was gla
to be near her that night, and l kneN
e She was glad 10 have me, she was $
II nervous. | hoped the singing wo!l
le quiet her, aud sP it did for little Whiie
2 but she could bot get quite out OF fe
te llntter. Proud las she was, she co"l
r not help castipgla glance, now and thel
1t toward the dCF, and occasionally 81
le would give a ftle sigh. She was III
lie easy every MINI tie till he came.
And oh, dean she was good de
1T more uneasy aeArward. For-will yo
believe it?-yho should ~alk IN tn:
ed door besideJ J 6r1 but Jessie Sears
as She did look pretty that night. The
was no denying her good looks eve
vixen you'd lost every bit of faith IN he
IT. Tonight she wore new pink musI
dress; thin, heecy, white shawl W
round her shoulders, and one point OF
lie was laid over the brown putfs on b
Ter head, but not far enough to hide u
'ut pretty pink rose she had stuck betWe
tie them. She was all smiles and brlgf
od ress. We usually sat near the trol
~ r->-5ssssied5y,,'7re we were to-nlg
T.. moment fnsfrl3ne in. John, no
| ever. did not see us!AHe pushed iowa
IN, the front row, and Jessie OF course +
lowed him. She did not mind 1t tt
nd every eve was upon her. She was
composed and complacent as possible.
a. Somebody moved up tomake room
nj her. and John found place across t
rs aisle. Before she was fairly seated
so had cont.ived to drop her handkerchl
l and Johr was obliged to stoop and p
~ it up for her. I saw his face then.
Nvas not gay and smiling like jessie
H. At he looked pale and tired. 1t sor
FINN set me considering. When J
Is I hrstN,een him coming in with jessie
hear, Mad stood still, and then L was
angry V could have shaken my fist
You him. BIT now 1 began to be confu'
in my theughts about HIM. Ihere
mad sat, the sa4e old John, and coulC
believe he was a traitor. Yet, what
st | brought him here in Jessie's compal
ting. The more cooled down, however,
ever more sure I was =, would be explained
come some way.
e he But Of course my feelings coul(
word help Jennie at all, just now. L kl
1t be she had Jumped to her own concllsl'
going How she straitened up There were
might more sighs, and no more turnings of
r girls head. The color was fixed in two br1
now spots upon her cheeks. She 100
'%Hn2 right at her book and began to slni
Next clear and strong that was startled,
M yon was afraid everybody would notice
l ol.l:. N NOT chan8e' John knew well enough WI
"s%,u. e,Gn S4e was by this time. He gave one
0'Ncr SI"nce round, that was all. Poor, IL
- ia. cent John! He told us all abon
81 I.;Ho, Iiue, aiterWard. Well as | was saying, ,
dnce 81 me ni, sang hrmly for v,rse or two,
auIT q ;f e., 10 'ne suddenly ceased
Do = rnst lS " nat Is the matter?" whlspe
!, ~ rnov yv' 'oI iva. ! was frightened about her.
,ept out these" ," she .aiS Aeu 10 sihS
,nown if niabt one ,, ald not sing another note
1er. So TO- cIoso D0. when the meeting was
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