The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-04-18

go 70 the house; but you never saw
such q time as ~ hGd. She couldn't Ret
along anyhow. He and me, We tool
turns caryin' Of her, md we fioundereJ
like MiredFcattle. I sot her down TO the
back door. The hose was liuhteJ
more'n usual, but she never noticed Ii,
She flung Oft the snow that had stuck to
her gown, and went Id With0utn knock
and afterher. He stayed In the shed
Liab Mills was settin, BY the stove
hts head In his hands. The bed. room
door was open, and / Gee some one
standin' ct the bed, post with her aporr
up to her face. and / sec Lnrany fixin
up the settin':room flre with the tongs
and DR.. Parker drinkin, somethin' ont
OF mug. IN front ont.
II don't believe Nancy Gee 4 .livin
thing but her father. She tossed off hei
hood onto o chair, and flung her arml
right around his neck, and ses eho, kin.
mFatherl Father!'
"Liab he turned and looked at her,
ris right up, ketched her by the wrist
and eez. jest like the gr0wl of0 thunder
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"Como here, and seowhat You done!'
Hni ' 'aoe door, as oed ss Kind ef q e
Il foliosed, for for / didn't siStu. mean h.
should hurt her. and wtat did I see bul
Mis- Mills laid out on the bed, her eve, We.
closed, her thin, pinched face hayine
the asllen hue of death. :
Nancy, she Civ one screech and
sprang forward right on to the bed. and
ke.ched her mother into her arms witf
sech q cry az would have woke no ihe
dead-and it did.
"Them white, shut eyelids riz right
open, and the kind eyes looked at the
girl as lovin'. and the arms stirred 6
unite. l tell ye. run for the doctrr,
and 'Liab fell right onto his knees and
prayed out loud for the Lord to be mar.
ciful to him, a sinner. ~
II tell ye we all put to! had mite ol
French brandy in q via! in my pocket thai
the woman who KEEP the Plymouth tay-
ern had obleeged me to put in my coal
when we started, for fear of cold: but /
hadn't touched it. Spirits don't do no
good to healthy folks, but it cana In
handy now.
1--WE got her to swaller q drop, and
they rubbed her with hot hannels, and
put hot bricks to her feet, and 10 you!
she same hack to her senses; dreadful
week. but alive, and smilin,' and hoidin;
on to Nancy's hand as though twas q
sheet anchor, as folks say.
"Liah didn't see Shattuck till he see the
lifc.look a.co,pin' back to his wife's face,
and got off'n his knees to fetch her some-
thin, and then his face kinder hard
ened-jest for a minit-but be heard
Nancy say
80 motherl" and he held out his hand
to Nancy's husband, and shook his'n
like good fellet.
II tell you il we didn't have roarin'
Thanksgivin' next day never seaonc!
Lurany she fell to and roasted and billed
from day. y.rise till dinner, and 'Liab give
thanks TO the table like u born parson,
while Mis- Mills Law pale and smilin' on
TIL. bed, q. lookin' on through the door;
and holdin' Thanksgivin' under her
breath to think Nancy was home again,
as happy and rosy and well.to.do as
heart could wish.
doctor sid twas sort of cat'lepsy
Mis- Mills he'd, and the shock of Nancy's
voice kind Of broke it up. thought In
wardly what If Nancy hcdn't come?
Would he ha' ever knowed 'twus cat
'lepsy?
''But it aint best to ask to many cues.
tons, and l was mortal glad We come
along before they buried her. live
hadn't Nancy'd have had a mighty poor
kind of a ThanksriyinuU