The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-10-15
INA GARRETT.

When Old squire Marcy died, having
lived twenty years beyond his allotted
time, the neighbors were very curious
rs to the existence OF viii. For II
there were one the girls" would
have 10 give up their home and do
something Tor a living" The little
farm, which had yielded comfortable
living for three persons, whsa sold
and its proceeds divided among ten,
would give but a p5tra2oa 70 each It
was generally conoa3ejt hat 1t would
come hard On the ErS'
Squire Marcy was always good
provi5sr, sail Mrs Dznison 10 her
husband, who hoped 10 administer
the estate L no vii was found 50
bra nor Cynthy, nethsr Of en- bavs
ever haau sr-teL Thsyl tal it d-st-
fully Z they Tt got 10 give Up their
comfortable home An5 come down 10
szrnl- lhFir cwn bread and cheese"
asBEl advise the Crrls 10 bring II
S bin, said NJ. Dauison, q bl for
thar services, The probatecourt VII
allow II guicksrn lightning
"Ths girls won't bring n DO bIl,"
SAID his wife "sHbra told me that f
her father didn't set enough By them
70 provide for them she should not
make Any claim Oh the estate"
That's Just like q woman said
Mr. Dsuison, testify.
But no vii, and no evidence that
the old gentleman had ever conteua-
plated making one, could be found;
Mr. Denison received the coveted ID
pointmHnt and the settlement Of the
estate By iaw went forward
Cynthy and Sabra were the children
of their fathers third wife. Adeicate
creature she had been, who accepted
Squire Marcys offer because, home
less and trisndiess, tie prospect Of a
home tempted her. But her home was
made wretched By eight children, sons
and daughters Of her predecessors,
some Of them nearly as old as hsrseI,
coarsely organized, quarrelsome. but
agreeing upon one point-to make life
as inbolerabls for their young step
mother as possible she could not
bear up under their petty persecu-
tons. In a few years she was laid to
rest With the other wives, leaving her
two little girls to fight their way az
beet they could. II had been q hard
Life for the children at first, but one by
ons the older ones had drifted away,
and finally the western lever seized
upon them al, and they went, one
alter another, to make homes on the
broad, fertile prairies. So for many
years the sisters had lived happy.
peaceful lives in the old homestead
with their father.
They we're quiet, gentle women, in
herittng a poetic temperament from
their mother. They loved the old
house and the woods about IL. They
knew where the earliest spring flowers
grew and where TO find the brightest
autumn leaves. They would not have
dared to let their neighbors, who dis
approved openly OF their "trai0ing
about all over the woods know
what treasures Of pressed flowers and
leaves they had carefully 1t away.
Not for worlds would Miss Cvnfhv
havs told Of the timid attempts at
Tower painting she sometimes made
IN the solitude OF her W They
They had not felt much in sympathy
with their neighbors heretofore. but
now that real trouble had come upon
thenS. every N was kind, the sisters
found they had many warm friends
where they had least expected I'd find
them. They were middIe-aQed women
now, well advanced In their fifth de-
cade. OF their half brothers and sis.
ters they knew little, but IL was car
tain there would be no mercy from
them They would grudpe the sisters
the Giving they had had. ana each
one would claim every penny due, eag-
erly. Once Mr.. benson ventured to
guggest his idea Of a ''biIl" but an om-
nous gleam in Miss Sabra's eyes
warned him and he left his sentence
unfinished.
"Cynthy." said Miss sabra. one
bright September :norning, mr.. Deni-
son said last night that he Thought
brother James would be here pretty
soon Do,,tf won fhink uxnya tt