Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-29

hH'l' N'N' INV Slll lllN
formed the question more than uttered
it.
"lIc'S down town stead of where he
ought to be!' and Siddy indicated the
boat. That's your doing'
mo, no; I've been down the High
street. moancd Liz, clutching ut her
friend for support; "hc'S not there.
He was seen at the railway station with
the recruiting sergeant. He's away
with him; he's taken the shilling and
gone for soldicr!'
"And it was my advice that done
it!n
As she spoke Siddy dropped ON the
rough bench in the porch, and for Il
few minutes she was too giddy to
know what else the equally unhappy
Liz was saying,
CHATTER THE SECOND.
Siddy shut her door against the well
meaning ncighbors who would have
condolcd with her, and all the next
day she sought by working harder
than ever TO forget the violence of the
rcproIchcs with which she had driven
thr wrruiur Liz frnm her nrrsrurr
Ned y soldier sent abroad nn, to
wrrstIc with ihr rlrmrnts tbnt ,y,s
mans work but TO be- cut aud hacked
by sayagcs! And hrrcyc, would turn.
nnon thr rnttnrr wnll - nict,,rr nf a.,
hntiIc with the Iulus in which h,lf =,
dozen biJroms snyn~rs wrrr h"win~
down 4 .ymrnr Englishm,n whntn Lr1.
cyri,rJ f,nry InnIrL ike NcL "
When thc children hod been mn, to
hcJ Ills h"rriJ mirnrr trnt hrrr cnn,.
nony tiIi nnnbIr to bear if any j,nwrr
shr torr i, J"wn ,nJ thru.t Il into ,hr
fire. ' 49, ' ''' Wv
"SilJ,rr' If w,sIiz yhn L,d .t,lor
urou her and with c>trnJrd hands
wY. h, scrrhinr her forhror,nrn
"Oh, Iii me- ronJ-hy LirdIy 9"
mo,nrJ thr girI 7.rnr am ~1in,,
,nyn,,''
.,Wb,'s th,t foro, ,.LnJ Sill,
horsblv
81 wns IN after wont h,cL ,n my
nl,r. Ias, ri%ht and thcy .cni f." " ),
G"o,,r nnJ and L"vnr,, goI, n,oii
rycr sirrn .IimnrJ nr,'thr I,JJcr,L,
,yc ,ynrn cIn,ninr ,hr mini = " w "
.Gnnr d" ya;I SiIJ, Lnr;,ri,,, T.,
J;,fno. o.,L., roosnr nf thosn IT., - -
rilahiIily that had often surprised her.
"Thc doctor says ! have strained the
muscles of my side, and must have Il
long rest, and SO am no use here and
must make room for some one else.
And you'v no friends in London.
I've heard you say so. Whcrc'll you
go|
"rhc doctor has given me Il letter
for a hospital. Oh, Siddy. says Il Kind
word TO tighten my troubles, for they
seem more than can bcar.'
The strong arms of Siddy We're
thrown round her, and there was ST
lcncc, till, ashamed of her own emo
ton, the elder woman began making
up the fire and putting on the kettle.
II cannot stay cried Liz. II shall
lose the train, and they will not keep
me at the hotel another night. y
even not ask them. You'll bdc
l'lN' lbN IL ulN' avn = l''lll' NN'l
I'm going to nurse YOU well again.
So Liz, her heart heavy, her limbs
aching, submitted to be put to bed. and
there wcpt herself into resignation.
When Ned wrote oh! surcl V he would
write, and tell them where he was
she could let him know how prnitcnt
she was; and though unequal to hard
work, she was clever with her needle,
and could find plenty who would be
willing to employ her.
joel was away longer than usual,
and ut the end OF the week he came
home Sulky. To lose GOOD chances rs
he had done all through being short
handed had cNaSpcratcd him, and he
growlcd ut his wife. abused the miss
ing Ned, and looked SO black at the
guest that she was fain to keep out of
SiIJ'y b,d much to cone with while
his i'll humor lasted, but she bore with
il as the richly deserved punishment
Of her hasty advice