The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-30
GRANDMOTHER sSTORY.

DloWiA, "ASu 90 AiAe q co'iceiiipe avs 50
sweet q voice and so kindly a face
could show. It washardlyp ossibleto
4h;,,l- q "a. - la +al>,r;s,a ~,
..,,es :" "s !. Da'Aes ..A si0
fea'iy began NE with TINS Wanningcen
tuiy, although there attached to her
the charm-the dim half.light-of the
.srood old t;mes. when onr co,,ntrv
~ -
"uy8.sely young .he iasciilaeihs oue
sturdy romance OF life III the then
Western frontiers of New York State,
~ nioneer davs in Mich;oan. of st,,,o-
- ~ 80
e'es ali. appearances .na1 We're eApsr-
fences, IN which wild beasts n In
dams, and al sorts q dangers u es-
apes coInmlngled III delightful
sion;
little striped things no bigger
Inan YOU 7 Worththe name
OF snakes, grandmother continued.
when ! was young we snakes that
resnakes-adders,b black snakes, rat
tie snakes-and out IN Michigan lots
more that 4 don't ememb row.
Did eyer have any adventures with
SNAKES! Bless you, child, l should
think I dld; 9 want me to tell
you one wei, IN ten you one
That !! Thought OF the minute you
came m ana made such a mss,
Just as Though nhat young col
iese chap-What did you says his
ilame!-hal Y your lie by kliilng
q harmless little garter snake no
moren Two feet long What are you
so red IN h lace about. Yes tbs q
not AND 1T was Just such day
as this that ! went down through the
cleafIh, TO PICK q basket OF Wild plums
TO send TO Aunt hlary. That was
Wnen your randtather-l mean your
great.grandfather-llyed over on AN
andalgua Lake. How old was l then?
! was only q girl, going on II, but |
suppose you'd a IT a young lady.
now. And that makes me think OF
your college chap asaln-youllhndmy
1eatnel' tan IN the top bureau drawer,
dear. He isn't your college chap?
Wen, whatever you DO, child, be non
est$wirh him n with yourself-if you
mean Yes, say 'fes,'-If you mean
NO, say 'No,-but be mighty sure
yousme ear No., before you do say 1T.
1ousH nave neartaches enough, dear,
without laying II q stock OF EN-
IhaI you don't nave any cali
70 nave. There was q good
looking young fellow that lived
near neighbor to us-near nelghbor
Tor those days, although u nearest
was Two long miles away
nat sed,t hangaround ~father,scab-
N asgood pit; knew what brought
nun tnere, ana fguess n rest OF h
Ioiks did; ! was q little am IN those
DAYS, child, and conslderin' thatIwa
the only glri that was comm, on to
IN All that country Tor
ten miles around, got my full share
81 aItention. mat kinder turned my
q as IT has turned the heads OF
oetlei girls than was, and SO l was
q llutie up,Pish ana carried my
pretty !iigh on my shoulders; n
young telioW that told you about
ne nag sala as as tiat ne loved
me, \ hung toack, although all the
lime ! wanted TO WI up, One day i
heard n mad Martha Forbes
she was ms Uncle Jaredss lousekeeper
TO meetln atthec crossroads schools
mouse y sunday before. She wasold
enough to be his mother, and cross
eyed y she suffered at that;
and 1T didn't make any difference that
IN q little snif, l had old INN |
wouldnYt go to meetln' with him and
mat ne needn't come for ME. Girls
VIII De glrls-and that mean they
VIII be unreasonable when they set
Y Twas mad all through, and the
morel though OF that Martha Forbes
\. my place, the madden | got. That
nigh, he came, but | sent him off in a
'3ufy. 1 wouldn't hear q word of ex-
plantation. just told him to go, and
that never wanted to see himaround
our farm again: He was high strung,
too, but he looked more sad than an
CRY as he clapped on his hat and went
INTO \ night without q word.
he q q strong, three-mile-and-a-half
tramp through the woods-and when
remembered that the woods weren't
SAFE ! wanted to call him back-but |
I. ! went to bed and had agood
cry and then lay awake till daylight
worrying about him. 1t would have
\ served me right II the bears or the
wolves had got him, with nobody on
eargn 70 blame but myself"
~. = iie.ihu oser ilef eyes grand
mother stopped so long thatitseemed
as though she had fallen asleep.
But what about the snake, grand
mother!" softly, SO as not to awaken
her Il she were really asleep.
That Just what we're comm to
now brightly. "You think I've been
wandering away from the path, as
they say al!us old women debut 1
haven't, child. I've only been telling
this SO youW understand the rest Of
It better.
We'll as 1 was saying, ] went down
into the ciearlE, back Of the cornfield