The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-25

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slow interval anii thc drossy clanhar Of the
frogs The schosmsster watshsd the ohuy
angular fur. ~h0s. masculine effsst Mas
not murh ,letraetsi from by the vivid cahco
dress Mis- Hits bright eyss rOysd in his
,.irestban
-Rsstus Carter II sot ha,k from lnjliny,
she sail He'd bsrhsi hr, last wlfe uat thar,
aIsl he Mas kokin' rouni fer another, AMI
wh.n Hit was t.s,k oil he eome sfsarin'
ruun.I Ahrsm lAsty, b. MAS stsering my
Nay, AMI 'Rsstus b.. flansi up; ut A. high
t.talspSt A. ever. 'Ra>tuS Mas Tic pintsd
cat a,st asin. AMI haint' never hssr,,l M
mon on him
Wal Ill hyesi with q Gurus st ~ men
enou-h. the Lint knows; hut Ahram h,ty
WAS tat about the cur'u~t He WAS gittm
F Ists towards 40 whsu l took him AMI he
Mas broke DOWN eosrssial.te; don know Is
h. MAS i~t right in his mimi. lie WAS NJ ter
rib, piaus thar want no hvin with him"
Mi, Hits tone hal no tra,s IL at.lasy.
P.ty. seemingly, hal lain without thu hounds
F IL h.r eSl.rieuse. AMI therefore ii hsr ursisr-
standing.
1T I.arrd "a "a struek in; h. MAS ekan
J.sS>sd t>s,i q, st r'unl thu hats~r IA
ra,iin' the hi,l., ami ns,iltatin' IN his sil,s-
ti.it ar> What h. give cut Ia la dom-ns~t
/ ti.' hull tins'. Thsy ua> haNin m.stins 'tawn
a. thu PINE grove. ami lkty hs MAS thar pg
lar twLrt day. Hoover l.fr,ls1t,Si ns togo
i 1mG ahrt, ami l auuklnt "A Ian sot thar
IA. in fgr uo MONEY. Ssh at u ksiis ]
hy.r 80: AMI ikiy. e. Was 'bnut TIN. crazi,>t
I on I'm H. got ui' thar AMI prareri round
I AMI >'r,sh.i out i> how h. Was hist in the
way> ~ sin ami give over to the Is'wers -
+ .llrkm>S, an t>t a-totterin' on the ani4sr II
( etarml i>ti,r. ami then la bust cut singin'
4 --,onbln't sing much nor,''n crow. Alram
/ loty couldn't .i,vlar II twant rhl,ulou /,
SEVENTY "ki year h. Was, AMI baLi as "a
squash
~Wu>>n ever after that, hdy was, lie
couldn't alsar TAI So, mr. h.'kin' no Nay. h
cent: h. Lhl down that rlisansl, AMI hxin's
! va. instruments - the devil, h. chlick-i two
/ ~ my bunni> lntn thu sto,e AMI t"re up AN
alI1ry aownd He'd ~ without tst>tin' "a
ns'uthful for ,lay t. "a tins fistin', H. give
/ uut that H. WIS ,lsar knows what fer. he
Was skinny ~ IA rail IT, hgln With. lie got
~, worksl up 'ra,i>e ! stirred up mn>s o
fried ,ake> IT SUNDAY on,rt, that h. went iii
/ h. tho wasis ami stay,,l thar fer a c,a,>iialle
/ s,-ll krt,hL his death thar, too; he ,rne
/ hack cltan silk. Neur,l,y twas Ia the fust,"
sail Mis- Hit. with All increase IL interest in
hrr tsne: hut drtful bit ~ things at in
/ pi.'uni.nny ami thu ja,.Lrs AMI bl,ssi poison.
M ami the swellin u the jints. the dstor
give IN twas the wu>t ras he'd ever come
nigh Laid thar fer siA weeks, lhty did; nut
al his hssl thu hull time, AMI uWlergoin' SIGH
surrrins as ! never hunl the like II; W
could hear him holkrin' and lioanin rhan
cut 10 thu Ing road Made rnnstiable 1T u
stir, tsing arh terrible hal ease; hal rs
! his a funeral rs ever WAS To, pty did"
Mis- Hits piln was out; the pasture hal
grown quite dark, ami the noiseof the frogs
was L'>.'nins She got M and put her chair
against the wall AMI rLrssi the ol,c small win
how near thu o'iling by liieans II u br,s,m,.
stick The ,,hn ,liiit,ter. conscious that an
! ignoring II th~,.' Signs wouki not avail him,
r~, from his mailkeg.
+ II presume you ,lo not consider il probable
that you will marry again. h. fingered to "
mark.
Mis- Hit put up n bony han,l tn remove
the on' hairrn fran her Liminutive knot,
which WAS apparently 10 In Reconstructed for
thu night
Il don't know hut what I've hal iaut
enough u gittin' marriei," she responded,
with unlilninish,sl gravity
She waited, nninii'rSsaSl, while her visitor
bowed, To shut the ,l.@r lshini him
The SlD@lnE,strr pail another visit b. thu
olit,Sl little ,loinlii toward thu clss, NJ hi,
sojpurn in District No ~, in co'l.s plcmr III u
runner which hal .niin Ia his ears Ii was 10
tho effect that 'R,,st,i> carter hal come back,
ami that h. AMI Mis- Hit hn,i gone promptly
To the Justice AMI ls~n luaie man AMI Wife
The runmr appeared To have substantial
foundation, There were two figures IN IL"
,l,prwny Mis- Hits strk ~ chairs In, ing
lArn niiM IN by one The oh woman sat
quietly smoking. her arms folded On her knees
and her eyes resting vaguely On the near field
The change in her condition possibly owing
;" lis lack IT novelty. i,i not APPEAR Ia have
| atfst.sl her The litth obi man nj her snh,
pale in comparison with her witheri dark
ness, struck the ~.hpln,,stnr with his rs.m
hlaine tn IA In,i,hrrm bsi,lo blackon-l
tnnlSiool Ilr hnd n round. shining crown,
with fringe If white hair surinounting IA
faded pink face It. placid nu"km~s might
have l4i nNn to kat" that his "tecllim.os"
AMI high temper Were things Of the past
The S,h"nlnastrr, with haunting certainty
Of !rins rkgatr,i Ia the naIlkrg II he went
ill., cont,nt.,i himself with a bright imrr~
sion If tho small raj house with the wo1.ls for
n background and tho swampy pasture for M
nnlinlit.sl front yari aud With Mis- Hit and
her last husband sitting in Tranquil silence IN
the doorway Emma A. Oppr in Frank
fs-slic's.
Drinking oil 1seTorc Taking whisky.