The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-10-29
AUNT PATsf's OUTING


Aunt Patsy T--was naturally of
sanguins temperament. and her face
usually indicated a patient resigns
lion 20 fate, that the unekiiied OBJ
server, might have readily taken for
eheerfulness, but low down on the
forehead just over and between the
brOus there Was an expression such
IS Will Carlton must have seen upon
the face Of the woman Of whom be
wrote
"ffto divine SECRET sorrow, we're 10 the doctor's
ART
they vouid have souHi q mortgage upon that
Uoman's heart.
10 was not a mortgage Ga her case, at
least, d was not band upon any
thing tangible. unless, indeed, bond
age b q tangible thing. She took
down the tin milk pail and walked
very deliberately toward the yard
where the cows were waiting and
seated herself upon One-legged stool
beside the oldest, poorest cOw in the
lot, and drawing q long sigh, she said
half aloud, II guess III milk you iirst
tonight, M0Oley, Tor you look like I
feel, kind o. discouraged like. and
I've heard Seth say bed take less for
you than any other COW he has but
In q sort Of n way you're valuable
faint for milk, nor faint for butter, but
you allus seem 10 stand low In your
own estimation, and he ought to prize
you for that II nothing else. hOldiu'
such opinions as he does Of becOmin'
meekness In females. He's allus a
prayini that the Lord Z best0w Oh me
beautifully, that Christian grace.
meekness-queer the Lord gave IL to
you and spilled you for the dairy. and
withheld It from me and spilled me
for" here she checked herself
and looked like q guilty creature.
After q moment Of silence she slid OFF
the stool aud kneeling on the dry
earth beside the COW she commenced
speaking In q confidential tone, not,
however, 10 the COW, though she was
hardly conscious Of the point where
her logic turned 70 prayer
Aunt Patsy had a habit Of prayer
peculiar 10 herself 10 could not be
called supplieati0u, but rather a
drawing upon the Infinite for sympa-
thy. she did not ask anything Of the
Lsrd IL never seemed TO her that she
needed TO overcome divine reluctance
nor, yet, seize upon Gods willing
ness, she simply knelt there in that
quiet corner OF the barnyard behind
the fOrlOrn looking COW, Ito tell him
all abOu Il, :" as she would have said
''Oh, Lord Pm kind o. restless,
and all down az the heel. / don't
know what's the matter, bat can tell
you Just the reason Of IL. ! know IL
Lord, and you know that when the
sun las beat down, and beat down til
IL has parched the very milk Of hu-
man kindness out OF everything, even
% the grass, how the llghtnin' aud
the thunder and the wind comes aud !
naturi seems 10 bile over a. itwere.
and fFeshsn things up. It's the
uncommon things that makes tire |
common things worth while, andNso |
Lord, Pm chOck full, bOilin' over
with thunder and lightnin' aud the 1
moral atmosphere Of nav soul Is /
baked and dried up, Wus'n any stub |
bic you ever see. i'ni mad enough to /
do something desperrit, if I hadn't |
this quiet cUrner Ia tell you all about |
q In, I should should-well. theyis /
no KNOWN but ! know that he'd 4
have some cause la say that the devil i
WIS gettini the whipruw on my vows; /
but Lord you know tHint the devil, /
its me, me shut up into myself ever /
lastin'ly, me Twin by somebody's /
else pattern year after year Lord.
don't you remember when the But /
teriCk patterns first come round, now
Miss Bemis bouglit shirt pattern for
him, and how she Dragged 20 me that 1
she cut everything sue ever made for
that whole family by that pattern ?
Well, his shirts 90 pretty good, bat
Lord bow munstrOus them Young
ones used io lunk lea clothes cut los
that pattern To be- sure she m0der-
it sum, but not enough Lord, aud
their clothes nc heiuOus Now, Lord.
Pm in the same fix. Fur TWENTY-FIVE
years I've been Twin accordin %
5eth's idee, il its hitn, he's thin. his
folks Is the thin kind, every one on
ems lank ~ grey-hOunds. I'm built
he believes the bible lust a.
It reads; / believe Il as Il sounds and |
amusement- jest lat me and they give
him the hypO what's food 90 him l.
pisen 20 me. HypO may be religion.
Lord, but I think it's Of the devil IL
anything earthly h, aud IL / was sub
ect Go IL, I'd go 10 the circus, Niger
show and all but I'd get rid OF It.
wouldn't you, Lord? Iin faithful
wife, Lord, 10 faithful. started out
loo faithful, fool that / WIS, aud he's |
strong willed, and because I didn't
know no better than % give him the
reins, he's held 'ein and driven me
tandem all these years. and the race
i9n't seem worth while. I've lost in-
crest Ia the load aud the whole bus
ness. 1 want to drive once To "a while: /
churn the butter aud / want 10 feel
Inc profits ! wear the calico and
Fant 20 pick out the pattern, roses
md vtOlets and pretty stripes amt NJ
Iinfuller than dark ground sprinkled
With spiders legs and they're ngreea-
de % me than them he buys He's
% bilious he always lights OF dubi-
lus color. Lord, wish % g0oduess
I'd a mau big enough 10 mind his
lwn business aud let me mind mine.
md It's late 10 begin. but Pa bound
won't stand q tu 20 Ia mPetin' and
Nowhere else a. long a. / live aud cut
ny dresses By his shirt pattern. aud .
I'm going 90 Kit some amusement,
ONE harmony im mg life. Is ats
Iymns Is guOt enough, but want 10
lear the hand pluy3 aud 30 70 busts
lie wrath and his reading 81 the ten
I'm going 10 Water
% on the Fourth OF Juiy.n Here she
ave MOOley's side a slap by way Of
mphasis aud the COW stepped away
1st In time 90 reveal Seth stealing 81
sntly around the corner OF the barn. /
AUNT Patsy was Disconnected for mo- ,
neut, but befnre they slept Seth said;
I'm obliged to 90 Co town tomorrow,
nd II you want 10 20 TO the eelebra- $
lon you want 10 be ready early
ndn-
"Weli, do. and I want you TO go
nd see 10 itwOn't do you some good.
cure gettin mOrhidder and murbid-
er and little more faith and works
} you read the meaniu' of them 1
lords would send you to Indepen .
ence "a the asylum; 20 aud celebrate,
ny some Ice cream aud SER if Il
won't warm your heart. and some !
'monade 20 sweeten your disposition ! 4
.-"and some fire-crackers 90 ! o.
eep your powder dry with inter !
lpied seth
The dutiful wife drove tandeam a. q
ain at this crack nf the whip, aud / n
eth harnesrd the team the next / II
.Grning with a sort Of '.the-wnman- |
mpted-me-feeliuni his
cart aud they came 60 the celebra- <
pa. He gave Auut Patsy q quarter l Il
he Jet her down on Commercial -,
rect, and she spent itali celebrating. /
% went hume 50 refreshed that his I
ssertafiou, a. they drove home ubon ] I
be vanities Of the world wes lost un- I 4
! her. A little exercise OF oueis t.
W will IL reiished hy the best Of wo- .
an nd