The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-03

there are no streets. nor crowds. nor police
station;, It's dreadful to be here with he
They Wont ha1e lis in the country.
Some enc own all the fields there. lust as
somebody owns the houses here, and they
wouldn't even let us eat grass without pay
ing for tn
They walked into the park in Washing.
benches.
GIVE get 4 pian,n said Hetta, brighten.
ing. 1--WE can go into the country and live
In a tent while the weather is warm. Some.
where, you know, near a pond where yet
can catch fish; and perhaps / can get q
chance to do sewing for. the people on the
farms. I used to think the country ees
lonesome and horrid;. but I wouldn't mind
it. dear, If you were there with me-"
"How. will we get the tentr' John asked,
suppressihg G laugh.
I'VE thought of that, too. I'll go to that
tent store we passed in the venue tell the
proprietor all about us, and get him "a hire
US a tent on trust for q month";
John laughed now without restraint.
He'll de 1t, of course. All you've got to
de is 20 ask him.
Perhaps he's a kind man, and he might
do It if l told him all about ourselves.
"H~etta"John turned her pretty face
around to h~im-"you're one Of the Best lit:
glad Ive got you, fn spite of bad luck; but
you're too Innocent for this big town.
That man would believe Us e Couple of
escapedi idiots, if we veatafed to make such
a request of hiH,"
Hetta finally intimated that perhaps it
would be best to write for assistance to dis
Cant friends; but John did not care to con.
sider any proposition Sf the kind. They
sat there in tho park a long while, until
they Noticed that a policeman began to
isoR at them suspiciously. Then John sud.
denly came to a decision what to do next.
among the few persons he knew in the city
was the Janitor of the building iii which he
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down. to the market, and borrow five dol
lars from him. He would rather starve
than ask such a favor OF the man; but he
could not let Hetta go hungry any longer.
They left the policeman to his suspicious,
went away in the shadow Of the trees
Hetta was rested, and declared SIZE could
walk any distance. She could not walk
rapidly, however, and it was growing late
when Trey arrived at the market. The
farmers had begun to come in with their
wagons was forming around the four sides
OF the building. They fingered In the
vicinity several minutes before John could
screw his courage to the sticking point to
go in search of the man and finally, when
hedid, he found that the man was not on
duty there that night.
s"This is the worst fix I ever was Ii |" he
said, standing still and trying to gather his
wits.
sNever mind. I've thought of something
else" Hetta whispered, squeezing his hand
under her shawl. "We viii ask that man
unloading his potatoes over there if he will
let Us ride into the country with him. He'll
be going pretty soon."
what can well
"No! MOI don't object" she insisted
drawing him along to the man. 'rn ash
min myself"
John humored her, dumb with surprise
at her audacity.
Twill you let my husband and mysel
she asked the man, who paused to look al
them as soon as they stopped near hi!
wagon.
"Where do you want to go2'' he asked
after some hesitation, and turning red witt
| embarrassment.
81 see by the name and place painted OF
| your wagon that o come from Jamaica
on Long Island" Hetta answered, gaining
courage. 'That's where we want to CO."
"Belong out on the Islander with a sus
picious look.
"No; but we're thinking of living on
there" John broke in, seeing that it wa
time he said something, land we'd like t.
go out tonight, SOS to be there early in tn
The man took of his hat, scratched hi
head, looked at Hetta admiringly, and re
Elected. "Well, / unn as l mind" b
said. 81 shall nave this load off in a fey
minutes, and then start back right off.
guess you can go along if you want to-"
happy, giving John'sh hand another squeeze
way
They stepped back and stood in tn
shadow of an awning. John ANTE to e.
cape when the man turned his back; he ha
no idea what they were going into tn
country for. But Hetta said she woul
much rather ask people in the country t
help her than in the city. Besides, ther
were no police stations in the country.
So they rode away with the man acros
the ferry, through smoky Williamsburg
and its dreary suburbs, and then along
dusty road that led them into the loca1it
of farms and out of the crowd. Wher
they would eventually bring up, OF wha
the future. 1t was enough just then to b
aware that they had actually done some
thing, and that the next day would not fin
them in quite the same uncertainty the,
had endured the past few days. They ha
which contained nothing of any value; fo
they had parted with the best part of thei
contents. John was glad Hetta had insiste
on his coming. The farmer, though, ev
them in, and meant to get rid of them tn
first opportunity. He said little, an
watched them sideways. John pretende
not to notice his suspicious manne an
Hetta did not see him at all, for she fe
asleep while John held her firmly on til
seat. At daylight they were going along
broad road, on both sides of which we
large trees that had just leaved out. HeI
and there were old ~farm-houses, n no
and then a smart, new-fashioned countr
in the fields putting in the crops. Comm
to a cross-road at length, the man pulled VI
and looked at them sheepishly.
81 don't knows l can carry. you an
further he said aid I'm is only going Tb a sh no
might not like it if he saw me loaded u
with strangers. Pm only his hired maj
you see, n this turnout don't belong
me-"
There was a moments hesitation. 81
of course; we'll get right down." job
said, springing to the ground. "We're ver
much Obliged to you for bringing us SO +.
on our way. We can walk the rest of tt
distance easily"
@Yes,n said Hetta, giving the man
charming smile, and dropping into join
extended arms. "We're ever SO mut
obliged. 1t won't a us long to walk I'll
rest of the way"
The man muttered that they were just
welcome as they could be, and drove Of
amused at their w humor.
"Where now!n asked John.
straight ahead, of course" Hetta a
swered, cheerfully. W won't turn bac
| al any Tdu0, uHUll Uue ma Is Jul VI slSnu
They continued straight ahead all da,
and night found them only twelve cen
poorer than they were in the morning. TIL
amount had been spent for crackers al
cheese. Hetta provided good spirits f
both herself and John; and although,
the time it began to grow dark, she W
thoroughly tired, and had worn off the he
of one of her shoes, which disabled her f
walking, she showed no symptoms of d
spair.
eff we cant find any better place, dear
!, she said, 1--WE can go overoamong the tret
: and make some sort of a place there to pa
the night i'm
| John declared, discouraged. 81 ought
have known better than to bring you
this misery"
/ ats no more misery for me than it is
you," she said, jumping up from where S
had been resting. "Come, let's go on"
Turning down a narrow road near
!, hand, they soon approached a small I
, farmhouse, and John determined to ask I
!, a nights lodging. The lamps were lighte
the curtains were up, and the family COT
: be seen around the table at supper. 1t "
a desperate moment for John when t
b woman-a decreGid German woman-ca