The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-01-09

the PIE crust, a mixing II mp, when
there came 4 knock ut the door,
aud my bands being in the eondi-
ton they were, the widder wipes
M, aud went to the door, and open
ed IL. IL was Solomon Cypher,
come to borry my bembazI1e dress
aud Grape veil, for some OF the
mo1rners. l made a practice of
lending 'eea. The veil was one I
bad mourned for father Atleu In,
aud the dress VAS Que had mourn
esi for GRANDMOTHER Smith IN.
They was rs good as new. /
thought, seeing the wndcr and hs
Was some acquainted with each
other, and l wouldn't 90 out till I
bad got my pies done.
And so l kept on u mixing up
my ernst, aud pretty soon, heard
him say TO her, after she had set
him In "a chair, and they had set
down, aud he had told his errant,
says he:
'Thls is dreadful blow to me,
wi,lder.'
"Yss,' said she, 81 can feel to
syiupathlze with you. know well
what feeling ielt when l lost my
DOODLE
Not one word does she say about
brother Timothy. But | hold drm,
and so does Josiah. We do we'll
By the widder.
I'll believe you never was nc.
quainted with the corpse, was you,
widderi' says Solomon.
"No," says she. "But / have
heard her well spoke OF. Sister
Samantha wus jest a sayin' that
she wus a likely wcmen.'
"She wuz, widder! she wuz. My
heart strings was completely wrap.
ped around that wemen. Not a
pair Of pantaloous have l hired
made, seuce We was married, nor a
vest. l tell you it is hard to give
her MP. 1t is the hardest days
work ever done IN my life. No.
body but jest me knows what, for
a We men, she wus. She was heal.
thy, saviu', hard workin, pious,
equinomical. Aud l never knew
how dear she was to mellow
loved her, as l did my own soul
till | see had to give her up, aud
hire u girl at two dollars u week
aud they waste more'n their neck,
are WORTH
And he sighed 40 loud, that i
sounded considerable like a groan
Solomon takes her death hard. II,
sighed two or three times righ
along; aud the wi,l,ler sighed too
Ii was drra,liu! affecting 10 hea
them 80 on; and II | hadn't beci
80 busy, | don't know but it woul,
have draw ned tears from me. Bul
was jest putin in my sweetuin
into my cherry pies, aud | felt il
my duty to be calu. So comp0s
ed myself, and KEEP on with my
work, and heard EN- u talkin' aud
sympathizing with each other.
"Ohr says Solomon, In a mourn
ful voice, ~ can tell you, widdel
Doodle, there arc tender memories
in my heart for that wemcn. When
l think how good dislpositioned she
was, how she would get up aud
build fires in tho winter, withou,
saying word, 1t seems as If my
heart mus break
II love to build fires" says sister
loe(lle. III always used to build
m, Nneh | Wss . iivin' Will
! my Doodle.
"Did you, wilderiI l wish you
had known the corpse, l believe
you would have loved each othel
like sisters"
His tone sounded considerable
chirker than it had sounded, and h,
went on, ~ believe you look lik,
her, widder. You look out OF you
eyes rs she looked out Of hers, 30,
put me in mind Of her.n
The wi,iier's voice seemed chirk
cr, too, aud, says sue, "You mus
chirk ur, Mr.. Cypher, you mus
look UP to happier days.
~ know it, aud hc put on th
tone he used to at svcuin' meetin's
III know there is another spear
and l try to keep my mind on II
u happy spear where hired girl
are unknown, aud partin's are n
more"
III hate hired girls,' says siste
Doodle, almost warmly.
"Do you, widderi Do you hat
'em n says he in almost glad tones
and then, says he, in real, con
yince,l axeuts, "You do look lik
her, l know sou do; | can see
palmer and palmer every minute
| Oh! what u wemen she wasi 3
faraid of infringing on men. Sh
knew her place 70 well. ! conldn'
have made that wemen think sh
was my equal, not II had knocke
ber down. How many times sh
| has saii to me, that no wemen WI