The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-19


But year after year went BY, n m
s silk was all worn out n I'd got anoth
er, m still Annies best dress was but
: cheap delaine N it wasn't often sh
could afford to buy even pair of cot
ton gloves to cover her hands. Thing
} hadn't gone better with Luther'n n
! they had other things to sorrow fo
than losing their best horses n cattle p
their crops They lost their six chill
dren, one after the other. Three of EN-
died in one week of scarlet fever m the
others was sickly little things, n went
off in slow consumption.
eff it hadn't been that she had to
keep Luther up, I believe Annied have
give away many time; but for his sake
she didn't show one-half she felt. An
she never lost faith in the Lord. She
said His ways seemed hard, but that He
knew what was best for her.
well, time went on, n about five
years ago things seemed to take a turn
for the better with Luther. His wheat
crop turned out well, n he sold it to
good profit, n he got his corn off the
bottom lands before the river rose, n
that was a great help to him. He
seemed real cheerful, m told John he
was just beginnin' to enjoy life, n if
things went well he'd soon have the
mortgage cleared off the farm. The
weather set in cold N stormy just after
Ihanksgivin' n one afternoon was out
IN the chicken yard shellin' corn to the
hens, m all mutfled up to my eyes,
when l heard a wagon stop at the gate
n there was Luther a noddin' n beck
onln' to me. l went down to the gate to
speak to him, m before I got there he
was tellin' me how he'd sold Tom Lay
ton colt he'd been raisin' N was on his
way at last to buy Annie that silk dress.
lie asked me bout the number of yards |
he ought to get m where he'd best go to |
buy, n said he couldn't hardly wait to
get 1T now he was ready. He was goin'
to give Annie q surprise, he said; she
dldn know what he was goin' after.
"Well, the tears was in my eyes as T
him drive off, pleased as child
1t the idea of surprisin' Annie But I
lever guessed what the black silk dress
vas to cost her. poor SOUL
ut began to rain soon after Luther d
zone, n poured down for upward of
our hours. l was at the window when | {
e went on his way home, N noticed {
e didn't have his overcoat on, N I t
what he'd done with it, l
Or L was sure he'd had it on when he |
topped at the gate. Annie told me '
fterward that he'd taken the coat off G
is back n rolled the black silk ND in /
to keep it from gettin' wet. 1t wasn't a
xrla 11
lowed 1T to her, but he was wet to t.
lie skin himself, m few days later h
lere was doctors buggy at the gate. a
ohn he went over to see what was the fl
after, n found Luther waikiki the a.
'or n groanin' with pain. The cold u
I'd settled in his side m the doctor e,
uldn't give him no relief. But he OF
i'd he guessed he'd pull through all re
5ht n there wasn't no need to worry. &C
Miss Parsons was maxim the silk tc
T. Lnther wasn't satisfied till Annie in
d gone to the village n got some one sv
work on it, N she thought best to m
NOR him. He wasn't no better su
len the dress came home, N the doc ev
was still tending him; but no one nj
wed he was anyway dangerous. 1t pr
s John who brought the dress home ru
m Miss Parsons, m he said Luther lai
s just too pleased for anything to see Bl
bundle. alb
I'm goin' to have Annie dress right pr
in it, he says, n you N Jane must fan
ne over after supper n see how she %
ks. do
Well, as I heard afterward, John ne
hardly gone when Luther began to toe
Sc Annie to put the dress on. She she
1ted to get supper first, but he hui
lldn't hear to it. die
I've been waitin' nearly twenty the
RS to see you in that Dress he saws, In
won't wait even an hour longer In
Well, Annie she made him lie down hus
IL he'd been walkin' the floor con- the
It nearly all day-'n' she went into pee
bedroom to put the dress on. She'd bee
the skirt on, n was fastenin' the tine
st, when she heard queer sound Thi
n the spare room where Luther was an
,. She stopped minute to listen, But
then called to him to know if he hay
ted anything. There wasn't no an and
:, n she crossed the hall m hurried mat
the spare room. Well, child, she thel
d him dead, his face turned toward
loor as he'd been watchin' for her, N Off
sound she'd heard was the death
q in his throat.
When John n got there he'd been A
only few minutes, n 1 tell you, clar,
|, it was sad sight to see her -,
lin down by that low bed in her bo -,
black silk, her arms round that ~,
man n moanin' n shudderin' over 49, ra'
n beggin' him to speak to her. Of II,
He isn't dead 7 she says to me as l rn,
in. He has only tainted. o, s;t;o,
! do something for him. Get hot co., se.,H,
>. ~ - NJ oai.piit ei III .ne ingto
ut / saw that hot water n camphere IL :,
dn't be no use, m told her so as , pt
e as l could n begged her to come fnon
She wouldn't listen to me at ,,rass
but after the doctor had come, n tho
told her it was all over, m poor n rno
erd died from apoplexy of the bono,
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