The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-28
A PLAIN STORY.


ifipufh, an then I'll wash that WOODEN
slivrapper for Calista an nafp. be
DONE" said Miss Jane. with emphasis,
IS Ne rehorselessly wfung the last
drop OF water from her cloth, and,
hanging The dish.pan on nail. vigor-
ously rubbed out the sink with bit Of
flannel mostened with kerosene. There
was no one in the little "but'ry" with
her. but. she, had habit Of thinking
aloud. Just as her father read his week
" paper aloud for forty years, II was
like telling some one what she thought
or what she saw. or did. or heard. As
she stepped briskly across the kitchen
floor voice from the back room
called:
v SISTER,
~ The sqneak in Miss James shoes
-. .ra.psar helpisssly, aud then died.
TX S-.Ndn2'Ssaid she. interrc saliyely.
care YOU gong out?'
"Only jes 10 hang these ciiShrags on
the fence xWhat ~ itf"s-ses @fNs, NJ.
.Ill wait till you come back said
yfhd voice and Che old rocking-cha'r re-
suihed ia crcechy crawch. and Miss
Jane shoes tapped little more brisk
I, Ii than. before. for minute had gone
- out OF her lifetime while she waited TO
hear what her sister had to say Looks
kind dkcnhin'. he muttered, spread.
ink her towels onthe picket fence, and
tipping back her head TO squint one
eve at a small black cloud that was
creeping up from the horizon y
b'lievc ] must try for another mess
O. them strawberries, though; there:
nothin makes so rich sauce Tor ne,
and Miss Jane gathered up her milk
pans from. the cellar door. where they
had been lazily summing thcmscive;
since i've o'clock in the morning ana
went in.
She announced herself IS ''goin
down "a the SOU west corner o. the bach
pastur-.n when she appeared at tn
\, back room door : few minutes later
tying . calico sun-bonnet under ne
chin: ..that is.r she added. III yo'
didn't want nothin' that you wante'
The old rocking chair creaked nerv
ousIv n few times. and Calista's finger
tremblcd As she tried to coax the thrca'
into the eve OF the needle.
Miss Jane waited.
..rF ~Thtrar .Calista laid down u
needls. and drev n long breath. sI.
.Do YOU regembcr. sister. what IN
minister's wifl.was saving yesterday
.About that slack pece, Sercny Jack
eon. 90 az 20 be married? Cant max
Z pudding sauce! Not that Miss Chant
Ter said ANYTHING about that, but u
X. dsn't Knoxville whole kit
.gii AM. not that. sister. What she sal
about the poor children coming out Y
q ire country for = little vacation. q
sister. l laid and thought last night :
Calista chokcd . littl0 and then %
&6oke ont brayely been thinkin
why couldn't we take one - the w
,weeks2' ptrw ..sa,
IA Tie phpt w. fired now. and the bal
friairtcndi gunner visited for re smos
70 clear away before she could recko
the effect on the enemy. Miss Jan
who stood for the enemy IN this cas-
certainly wasn't dead. but II was cqua
" certain she was pretty well stunne'
.sWell." she said, recovering nerst
st = .nttIo after a few minutes II hahn
thought nothin about IL, an ! don
believe YOU could stan Il one Day q
tis night. Calista;' and this tiny plant
W. an objection being we'll sproutcd'
M, new with rapidly thas aimo
amazed the cultivator herself y
Calista was informed that suoh
II vuunr one. bcin' uneddicated and y
N mar rered. would bang up the cisn'
al the preserves, smash the eggs a
Kill the chickens. worry tho cat y
finally cry nights for It's mother, Il
has one. which, shouldn't 30 81
prised II II hadn't" added the 90
rorrsn- orisnlyr IAN It's two chant
N ~ one I'M 'twould Be q foreigner WI
w. cot i. and sarsy at that; for y
know. Calista. a well as do, that
cood psrt III the city n msde up
foreigner Ono kind and another.