The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-23

N4innNNt eat an amazln' lOt,"
Joined In Uncle Reuben, from the other side
Of the table. ut was mighty inconsidernte
for Robert TO drop on 90 sudlen-like and
leave you unprovided for. With his five
hundred year he ort to have laid away q
sight Of money. But he never was any
thing Of o manager. 1t was not in him to
say mo- wnen people came o beggin', and
he allus reIgiously laid by his tenth for the
Lord, no matter how poor the harvest
Now, my doctrine is, If the Almighty
stints the crops, IT'S His
own lookout II He has 70 take
snort toll. Iro kon l viii be obleeged to
give you b ,me, but you must jump round
spry and try to ply your way. Now, II
Providence could only have seen Tar
enough forward to have made you boy, II
would have been moro to my hkin'. Then
you could have built fence, dug the collar
wall and sich, which I've got to pay for,
seein' yea are girl. II you'd only been
boy, yot, couli have taken hold Of the
plow-handles and followed the burrows,
and wouldn't have needed to hire hand
to help with the clearin' or grubbiA'-but
anyhowi What signifies rubbin' out few
clothes, sweep n the house over once day,
or washin' Q dozen dishes now and theni
Cryin'i It l. amazin' how easy women do
ayi sa,1os alivei They laugh and cry in
the same breath"
sand that reminds me, Elsie, that your
uncle has took the schoolmaster to board,
and it 10 high time his room was put to
rights; am sure / don't know what pos
sesscd you, Reuben, for them school teach
ers are an overhearin' set It is q fact that
four dollars week ID circumstance not
to BE picked up every day, but if he has not
an appetite like saw-mill, I'll miss my
Guess.n
Aunt Phillis' steol-gray eyes were still
upon me, though her closing words were
addressed TO uncle, who was too intent upon
tho business before him to grant her an an
swer. Though trembling violently, ven
turod to inquire:
Scan q to school, Aunt Phillis"
She turned on mo like awhirlwind, fairly
screaming:
"Go to school, Elsiel Do you reckon
your uncle and mo aro a-goin' to keep you
mp lady, and mover git any pay for our
painsi Your . better scholar now than
even our John-better than any man or
woman in the neighborhood, unless it
might be the minister himself. You'll not
sit mopn' over your books here like You
did whom your father was a-livin'."
You see what book-larnin' did for your
father" pat In Uncle Reuben. He was
. sight better on than ! was when we
started In Life, for Uncle Robert Cherry
left him ave hundred dollars for his name.
II he had invested that money in land, In
stead OF putin It into his head, you
would not have been thrJwn pennileas
upon me now. Too much edicstion u not
good for men. md It ruins women"
Hers uncie gave his head Q decided nod,
. custom he had when peculiarly we'll
pleased With himself.
AZ W arose from the table, aunt 10
turned 70 tho subject uppermost IN hee
mind By hurrying me OF 70 arrange the
nasterAs room.
"Tuck ssn hig pillows into the chest that
Stands in the corner. Goodness knows,
these college chaps carry thsir heads high
enough wiihoat propin' 'en up with four
pound pillows; and mind, Este, take on
that new blanket You can alp on that old
comfort instead. He'll never know tho DIFF
feren0s."
IwAs glad 70 escape from her harsh voice.
bat moro formidable fos awaited ne IN
- passage No sooner bad ] closed ~
leoe nan Cousin .Iohn, great, burly ~
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