Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-27

stiff-backed ruSfi-bottomed c!itir she crossed
her hands upon her knees, directed the muzzle
O. her sun-bonBet full UPON me, and began her
story. 81 Ou see, said she. that I've got lit
Tie farm here, an sence my husband died i
Amt got no men folks TO work ii, nor folks of no
kind, for that matter But / got along well
enough till last year. There was a neighbOr of
mime hiram Burns by NAME VINO aad "a wife
an six children all girls but the baby, an a
horse, an for thirteen years he has worked my
farm on sheers- an he'd oeen doin' it now
him and his morse. il he hadn't died-I
mean Hiram. OF cOurse--an' his death : "A great
loss TO me- a. IL was also" she quickly added
a il she had forgotten sonnet hing Ito his wifi.
and family But that i neitne- here nor there
had nobody to work my farm: / couldn't do
IL myself. an altogether it was pretty hard on
me, Hiram Burns dyln jest when he did. The
neighbors all knowed IL an talked about it.
an Billy Haskell, an OIGiSn man that lives
ABOUT In!tc nom here, he come over an
offered % Work the farm on SheerS an furnish
hoss jest ~ Hiram did Now Billy didn't be-
gin To De a. good a worker as Hiram was but
there Wst> WASH nothiE better 20 be done, as
lar as could see an so ] agreed that he should
come an WOTr1 the farm an furnish Z, hoss, an
have nall the crap. Well. the long an the short
OF the story i THAT Billy came and worked but
n dldn furnish 20 ho>s, and had TO hire the
" idder Burn>cS boss, which she mighty
~ork 70 DO. which seemed to me To be pretty
much the whole time. An row, Billy, he up
a says an he sticks to il, too, that he's TO
LaEe nail the crap. An, sir, leave il TO you,
i there nSDOdy in this world, except Billy
Haskell, that I'd call that f;tirs''
certainly not" said /, ..if your neighbor did
nos furnish q morse, and thus fully perform his
c,tr''et. he not entitled TO his fun halt share
OF the crop
That's jest what the young lady said,' ex-
Claimed Mrs Grofne, with much animation,
evidently delighted TO have Inc her side
ian she said, says she, that il "A reglar LAWYER
could be- got 10 go an tell that old Billy IL nd
settle him. an he'd know there'd be no use of
sum me. which he keeps on threat MIN To do.
specially sence this year crap IL soon be com M
H. which ii has me- riy ruined me 10 hire the
WOTk bein' done iOr. an II Old Billy was To sue
me besides / might jest well have a gen raj
Sandoo. and go 10 the poor house"
"But n he has no case he can't hurt vou.v I
said. - suppose yoa are willing 10 give him
what is fairly due nim?'
"Sariainly," said she, 1--WE offered to nav him
wages for every day he worked. but he won't
take en-. " hat he wants l. half OF last years
crap It's no Use my talkin' To- him, which 1 We
Done over an over An the young Iudy she
went an talked 10 him, but he thinks women
cont Know nOthin, an he stuck Ii out Jest the
same, that he ought TO have half the crap
There never a lady like that young lady
III she Il a been my own darter and had been
away from me iuT long time, an Jest come
back, she couldn't "a been kinder, nor more
viliin to do far me-" And then the old woman
went Oh into a eu!ogy oI this lady, la which
0ld not pay strict attention, for my mind was
DEFINING To be Interested in my surroundings
Zen 4 came from the bright light outside
mo THIS somewhat darkened parior L had no
tSed That there seemed to be superabundance
u sul1il ornaments in s2e room; the mantel
piece and some tables being nearly covered