, 1885-04-12

inf7 qneried clceiey.
@Yes, that was him Ikalksrlats he wa
goin' down 10 see Rose S~tarkweather 'bout
the picnic in Allyn's woods tomorrow"
-Iruppo % Rose Starlrweather is the daugh-
tor OF the minister / heard preach in The
Baptist church last Sunday" said Ciceley.
YES, She is his only child She favors
him. too. bout the mouth and eyoS She's a
nice CELL. is Rose. an a pretty one, but to my
notion she don't hold a candle to poor
Winnie
4Who Is WINNER asked Ciceley.
"You don't mean to say you amt heard o
Winnie yeti Well. that's singular. Folks Is
gently ready to talk bout her, and what she
done wasn't no secret The hull towns
talkel 1t over till their tongues ached- It's
been hard on VIII; but he amt one to give
u sign as he's felt it.7
would you DO willing TO tell me about
itf' asked Ciceley.
AYei, since you're sure to hear it from
somebody else" answered tbs old woman,
aand l guess | won't put In nothin' as didn't
happen. as some might You see Winnie
come to Pottsville with her mother. to hunt
up some relation, they said: but Mrs. War
rem she took sick bout a milo from here, an
WIN ho found her a dyin' ON the roadside.
an he brought her in She'd took cold, m
it settled en- her lungs, an she didn't live
more'n an hour arter we'd got her to bsd.
Mahaly she fused enough bout having 50
much trouble made for strangers, but shs
fused more yit when she heard Simeon was
for keepin' Winnie right along, an lettin' her
help round. She was a pretty CELL, an
uncommon soft spoken, seems like she
couldn't say a real loud word; but Mahaly
took a spite agin her first of, an fumed an
slowed till Simeon he seen his plan wasn't
goin' ter work nohow, an IL weren't no usen
holdin' to it. So win he got Winnie q plaes
10 Miss Pransy's right near here. Her
house amt bigger'n a nutshell, an she amt
got more'n three acres OF land; but she's got
a sight o. money laid up in bank, an
she's closer'n any miser l ever heard tell OF.
She said she wanted Winnie for
comply; but we soon heard that she made
the poor CELL work like a slave, an KEEP her
scrubbin' an cleanin' from mornin' till night.
l seed VIII was consider'blo Worried bout
the reports, as he 'peared to have an lido,
that he was accountable for her. an he used
To talk TO her evenin's when she come arter
the COW we took to pasture, an ask her IL
so an 50 was the truth An hs used to look
dretful serious artsr one o them talk, l no
tlced.r
"One evenin' ! was settin' by the winder in
the kitchen. an | happened to look out m
see both on 'em, WIN an Winnie, down by
tho niedder bars. IL was long bout dusk,
an / guess they lowed nobody could see EN-.
an VIII he had his arm round her. an she
was a cryin', with her face on bis coat I
felt moro sure then what wa5 comm, an
sure enough. WIN he told us that night that
he kalkerlated to marry Winnis in lessen
two weeks time.
"Mahaly sho was just wild about it, She
said all she darst; but it wasn't no use. WIN
L. 500 - -. - IL lsI-fa 4.
more'n one eye to see as his heart was just
wrapped up in Winnie. An so they was
married at the time set, an she come here To
live.
He seemed nightly pleased at first at the
change, but wasn't long in indin' out that
she hadn't married Will out o no love for
him She was good an sweet to him, III
low that, but she didn'ts show her heart out
OF her eyes an in her voice. as the most o.
CELLS do when they mnrries for love. An
1t kinder struck win at last that all tho
pettin' an foolishne $ was on one side, an
he sortsr drawed on. Then Mahaly sle
made matters wore. for sho up N told
Winnie ons day that WIN hadn't married
her for nothin' but pity. an no was all but
engaged 10 Rose Starkweath3r when shs
come along to upset thing.
winnie she didn't say nothin'. She
shut her lips tight. an looksi outen
the windsr: but could read her
face like a book, an / knowsd she wa
wishin' she'd never sgt Dyes on Win nor am
oil his kin
Don't you mind nothini Mahaly says
child / says 10 her when We was alone.
WIN might o liked X n, pretty well oact,
but he loved you first of, ses1 that for
myself
1T dom matter she says, I don't want
his love; for | don't deserve it, Aunt Rachel.
1 oughtn't to have married him. There was
things as ought u have KEEP me- from il.
But thought I'd buried thati
Il didn't know what she was msanin', but
l didn't like to ask, an she didn't say M
more.
at wasn't long after that whom a visitor
come to see her, a cousin, she said, as she
hadn't laid eyes on for three years. He
seemed proper glad to SEQ her. an WIN he
made him welcome an was pleased to see
him count o Winnie His name was Jim
Holmes, an he was the handsomest young
fellow bout ever saw, an he had mighty
pleasin' manners, too. He boarded at the no
tel, but lie spent the most OF his time hers,
an even Mahalv was civil to him.
well. we didn't think no harm OF his com
IN, an we was struck all Of a heap ons day
when Winnie went to Pottsvills an didn't
come back, an we heard she'd gone off with
Jim Holmes, nobody knowed where.
"She sent "A line to win a few lays later.
WIN, she says, don't grieve after me. !
loved my cousin long before l ever saw your
face. l married you just for a home, an
I've been 20 sorry for 1t that mnny's the
day Eve stood on the river bank an wanted
to drown myself
"Wil, he didn't go after her, and he never
spoke her name, an Mahaly she said as she
didn't wish no harm to anybody, but It was
what she'd been expectin' all along. an for
her part she was glad to get sech a waste
full. idle creeter out of the house.
winnie might as well a been dead then,
for all the difference it made to us, an W.
went on very quiet for two years, an W.
never lowed to lay eyes on her agin; but
one evenin' when we was all settin' bout tho
supper table, in she came, lookin' like somls
ghost jest outen the churchyard. All her
pretty color was gone, an her eyes was SUM.
clear back in her head.
"Wm, ~ she says.
was every word, an she sank down.
tremblin' like a loaf.
"Will he jest stared at her; seemed like lac
was struck dumb; but Mahaly she jumped
up like IA fash.
Leave this house. she says, we want
none o your kind here
THE poor thing rose up an turned toward
the door, but all o a sudden Wits arm wa
around her, an he was holdin' her close.
" She's my wife, he says, lookin' Mahaly
straight in the face, AN II she goes, l 70
too
let her stay says Simeon, poor child
she amt long for this world; anybody can
see that
50 she staid; but Simeon was right
She died jest a week later, an jest as Hha
was dyin' she called me to hen.
AUNT Rachel she says. i ave beeI
very sinful, but my worst sin was marryin
n man l didn't love. 1 see that now, ver5
plain. 1t led to all the rest
"Wm he put his arms round her. and shs
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