Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-25
THE NEWS RON rEfERsuAa.

Mrs redk hnd. bacn 10 Pct54sham
hersrit' 10 spend Thanksgiving with her
niece, and brOJght the first accouut M
old Mr.. .Iohnson's iIlncss. -
Mrs Jesse johnson, his daughtcr-in-
law, hat come i'm FIR few minutes,
thursday afternoon, AMI had said n
was The iirst tine since She could re-
member that tho Dbl gentleman hadno,
been IN his seat IN church on Thanks.
giving Day. Aud theS all felt A.. II il
= we're n great bie;1S. .fl. IrHT
"lic would insist upon settjpa ot IN.
table, sail Mrs. jesse. '.but he looked
too feeble To be out of his bed ITh,se
bal eold, 4sE' hold OF man OF his
L yoIrs---'' II
. After thd visitor had Sonr Mira roaL
and her nicrr Martha had talked nod
draI about The changes in the family
which would bee sure To come when MI
johnson died - -.
IL know That Jcssc's folks are do
pending upon getting Lit" kaid
Martha. "Mis' Jesse has hintrd rs
mitch to me more than once. ior she
SAYS Jcssc's got more than he can carry
in MS business. anil cvcrythnr woull
bc easy II lie only had n Lttlc more
capital Traits il. have avn i1rA thar
hr /, toascha good share away from his
iNtl'cr now, Wid the old gentleman isn't
~ reaoy "a NO Use to- hc tO further lnt
projects. And there's William. Mt
other son, ! know il to be- "a fact that ne
Is intending to gu out west when his
fathers taken away He ms had q mo.
Ton of Il for good while: his wile'S
ing we'll ~ "
Ttpc('ll 30 very much missed rs a
iamly said Mrs Peak; how Peters
ham haschang cd from N hat n va. ~ h,,n
was n girl' -
when she went home the next day
sh' was quite downhcRrtcd. and a III
Asa taleS. who happened 10 be- in nj tLcl
N'P1t WI the train came in aud Of
,eieu 10 carry her home. tlrat old Mr.
'ah''l John on was breaking up-A
least. 50 hi, fam " seemed 10 fhmia =
Asd talCs WIS deeply concerned: the
two vi.la-gs wsrcT 6aI2 asiJ NV In ~
apart, aud ht hal been n PctcrsIa,,
boy 10 WITS I'D Mr.. J6bus5uNo In,
nc owrd his ri g IN .tife world. and me-
rcmrmh'rc that j., luirhlvtryrr kay,
owrc pi.sI@uiAhlA, tans..ry storS II
d had not been To- this KIM fr,endi.
as lytpoCc.- .... -EO
Icsidcs. h. had been confident of MIR
'obnSOu's suppCrt--ii he could maxi
W. his mmd tS bny lar.c tract of
wood apd WHICH would pay we'll for
beini, flNtrei The very next winter lie
wac alrcaiy indebted To him, howeve.
and q would 10, q \ VFy Slilere0t tIinr m
ne Wcr,<thc debtor " thu a rcr hcirs.
:" with al tlisin his. mind he ques
unnrd Mr.. PYtkl an loudly and they
concluded that Mr.. Johnson's end VAS,
no. FAR distant - ~ --i~TT q
VI course he made "A great aiIort IN
Ecl tqihC table UT avUunt of is being
1haa'ksgiving. sail Asa. surrowfnlly- !
.nul ! M afraid he'll give rignt up now
r'de over 70 sec him tomorrow. but
can get away. lis right in my busy
uine, I'm blU NJ up u great Zeal "
Woou this iall, and some ol 'em are 4
pslh- my 1t In now On wheels instead Of
waiting Tor snow
= . The snow does keep of late ,b;s
war. said Mrs. Peak. .Irre a. The
INST q December, aud there : Oply been
one iurry that was hardly morc thnn a
hOar frost. F" ... ..-.~ -
They had reache,l the litaA gray house
behind the liiac-bushcS, WHERE Mrs. Peak
we'd alone. ami as she unlocked its side
.uoor AMI went in. Il seemed stranroly
toiu anu lonely.
q" must look about for n liyely ki-a
Ten, she said TO herself ethey're n.
ght OF company. anil what trouble it
gave would be no harm. declare n
makes me icel lonesome; all the Ioiks
have a,ways been used to'kuoNyinr s,em
To bc dying oil. / always set S good
deal by Daniel Johnson. 'rr :
Two neighbors looked up the road n
little later than this through their kltrtS
90 windows, aud seein2a-llzbt in Mrs.
Peaks Kitchen also. 81 4 60 Themselves
that she might DO lonelY that, owning
without anybody to speak TAI. aud, they
would step ever aRI hear. the news.
They ne ~ the door, each with N n,Si
over hos head aud her knittins.-w work, IN
her hSnrdsT-and we're welcomed most
Mrs. West, who was very fond az
talking. began NJ once To describe her
experiences Thanksgiving 0morni10.
when she Iotrnd that the cats h,sl stolen
into the pantry during the night, and
mangled the turkey so that II was ouly
Nc 70 be thrown away. II was too late
70 Get another, except . rack Of bones