The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-26
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fodderine the cattle. eve" sounds rather
singularly when YOU reflect that il meant
Kitty and me- two oi rls of seventeen and
nineteen: but YOU see there wasn't anyone
else to do it. Father had been bedridden
ever since that last attack Of naralvsis and
we could afford to hire no one to take his
Mace about the farm.
was in great spirits PLAYING with pussy..
who came to meet us with her plulney tail
erect: but Kitty leaned sadly AGAINST the
wooden mantel and looked into the FIRE
with mournful ewes.
ssKittv." cried at last. sswhat does make
Won 40 dnlIP"
"To-morrow is the third of March. said
she prayeIy
"What of that ?" I demanded.
sDon't YOU remember? The interest on
the mortgage comes due Tomorrow
$50 it does r said /. my radiant face fall
inc faster than a thermome ter ON f,eez-
ing day. ssThirtysfive dollars And we
have nothing to nav il with except the if
teen dollars Laura Osgood paid for the old
melodeon."
ssPerhaps Willis Avery would wait. . sug-
gested Kitty.
1 drew myself up slightly.
81 don't choose to ask him to wait" said
se
Now it happened that Willis Ayery. who
held the mortgage on our bomestead. was
the son of neighbor. and an old play-feI.-
low and how bean of NV own. who had oone
to the prosperous younp CITY a few niles
north Of AS and Commenced business on
his own account. and I had a particular
aversion to asking aid or help of him in any
way. I MIGHT be Door. but was also nrond
and Kitty was quite sympathetic enouph to
understand me-
"But then what are we to do ?" asked
Kitty.
I sat down on the hearth rug, with nv
chin in nv hands. and stared earnestly at
the big cracking back log. Pussy crept
sway and nestled down in the corner, as if
she knew by instinct that there was a
change in the Temperature.
sIook here. Kitty" said I. suddenly
ssThose russell apples |"
uWelI2"
"We can sell them. There are eight bar
rels at the least Eight barrels at two dol
lars and fifty cents barrel"
"My deer Addys no onelwili buv them at
one-ffth that price. Apples are drug in
the market"
"Here. I grant Won. Int, not in tbe citv
will take them to Manleton and sell
them"
sYou will Addy?p
Sand why not? Souire DYSON would
CHARGE at least twenty ner cent commission
and make a favor of II at that, Icap,Y az
ford either the price or the natronaoe
Don't saw ANYTHING about it to father Ia
would ONLY fret and raise. ol,ieetions what
must be done. must be. and am the ORR
to do It." o.
ssBut. Addy. how? All this seems SO per-
fectly wild and visionary with me-
s.Well It needn'f. for bal;eva nae ;ts.tha
most practical thing IN the world All we
have to do ia fl, sort the annles ont IN har-
rels. nice and sound-I can easily do Il bv
lantern-lipht to-nioht-and to-morrow
morning wen rise early. harness, old Doh
bin to the lumber waoona---,'
sBut how are we to oct the heavy bar
rels up into the wagon?n
stGoosie r. cried /. laughing. can't-I put
the barrels up into the wagon
while they are empty and fill them at nv
leisure? And I'll have them sold at Maple-
ton before you've got the cabbage boiling
for dinner
ssBut where will Won 90 ?" asked Kitty
ooh. know of lots Of nlaces. went
once to town with Obadiah Fairweather
when he sold a LOT Of cheese have q
pretty good idea ofthe locality of The com-
mission stores. can tell youS
CATER all. Aldo. hesitated INV conserya-
tive little sister. at isn't q wonlanIs work y
ssWhy isn't it. I should like to know. So
long as a woman can do #? At all events.
woman can pay her debts-so. if you'll
hurry up the tea. I'll be off to the barn. y"
sAnd what shall we tell papa ~
ssOh. he'll think I've gone to singing
school with the Dyson girls. and don't
49,
ed l."
But notwithstanding the brave face mt
upon the affair. INV heart ouiyered a little
the next dav as 7 drove toward Manlaton
with the scarlet stain of sunrise dveinc ali
the east. and INV own cheeks finished with
the keen morning air.
But Il wasn't 80 had after all With mar
donable egotism. I supposed that every
one would he staring Of ma hut nm tha
contrary. Young woman seilinp apples
might be the commonest sight in the world.
90 little comment or SURPRISE did n appar.
entity excite. Mr.: Holloway. of the Arm of
Holloway Brothers. produce and commits
sion merchants. didn't want any apples. I
speedily learned.
"Just boueht shinload from Albany /"
said he. as careIessly as if shiploads of an
ples were as common a purebrse AZ ,ten
cents worth Of tape !, and / drove on, feel
ing infnesimally small
Mr.. Loveioy would give me dollar a bar
rel. "Apples wasn't worth no more at this
season Of. the yearl. And Whipped old
Dobbin up. determined to carry them home
again sooner than to sell at that price. !.