Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-12
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my husbandl"
Husband Peter, isn't that
child?'
Eyes, ma am, said Jane, but he's
sick. | don't know what ails him.
He skivered, and then he was hot, and
he seems so strange. And our farm
didn't come up-I mean the corn and
the beans-and it rained yesterday
and came through the house and wet
ted us all over. On, please come over
and see what is the matter with my
husband !"
The Lord preserve usr' cried the
good old lady; is that child crazyl
Come, Peter, let's see what she
means
Wherever they came from we must
take 'em home tonight, said Mrs.
Morton. Poor babiesl You carry
the boy, Peter; LII fetch the little gal. I"
Jane looked up Thankfully INTO the
old lady's face and SAID: "Wait, please,
till get the childr
The child!' cried Mrs. Morton.
Land sakesw
Then Jane dived into the hut and
brought forth her doll, with its scorch-
ed face and yellow robe, at tAe sight
of which the old lady laughed so
heartily that she mad much ado to get
into the gig again.
The children were comfortably
housed that day. ana the whole truth
vas coaxed from them at last; but no
one had the heart to return them TO
the poohouse. Jane stayed with Mrs.
Morton to be brought up as help,
and Tom was apprentlced to carpen>
ter The innocent little family was
brought up, and 'the child" carefully
treasured in James trunk-for soon
she had trunk of her own and clothes
to fill twas only memento Of the
past.
50 the years gided on, Jane grew
lall SLIM girl; Tom, big brown
young man. There was no sign of be
iDg town poor about either of them.
They we're wholesome, we'll fed,
bright young people as you would
wish TO see. But one Saturday after
noon Jane, was wssuing the dishes
beside the lSitchea window, an looking
up saw Tom gazing at her, and blush
ed a rosy red which certainly
was odd ia wife of so many years
standing.
Come to ask you TO walk little,
If YOU win, said Tom
Jane promised 10 come as soon as
"the chores were done; and this i'm
portau5 act bsing duly accomplished,
put oa her round hat and a clean
white apron, joined Tom, and the
/ two saying very little, sauntered
down into the woods aad along the
wagon path to the edge of the little
brook that with all the changes that
I had come TO them sobbsd and gurgl~
ed Just us IL did long ago.
Remember this place.
yes, said Jane, shylY.
"Aud how when we were town
poor we ran away and thought we
/ we're married and had our house and
farm, Jane3'
eyes, more shyly than before
''Itsa long time ago said Tom,
But this place doesn't alter much;
seems just the same. You haven't
altered either, Jane. You were very
very sweet then"
no answer.
Jane" said Tom, "l'm going to
have another little house, something
bigger than we built then-not much
and q little garden where our beans
viii grow. Will you run away with
me again, Jane, and call husband"
for good3 I'll try to make you more
comfortable than l did then, my
dear
There was hand laid softly on the
young girls shoulder and Tom look
ed down into the blushing face. Sud
denly the tender eyes were lifted and
their lips met.
Land sakes :" exclaimed good Mrs
Morton, wiplng her eyes as she kissed
the girl, who had become as daugh-
ter to her old age. Land sakes Co.
ing to be a real man and wife after
allGn