The Somerset reporter., 1886-04-28
SELECTED.
a Pro violence ThWarted

Concluded
There wanted but one day Of the sale
when l.izzic's father. having some bust
ness in the town in which She lived, be
took himself in good season To the place
\ tiflccn-milc drive was of little conSe-
quencc to his smart-stepping horse; but
when nearing the village, Billy east shoe
and he turned toward the blacksmith'S to
have it set.
Driving up from the side road, and
stopping to unharnc>s his horse, he over
hea ii the conversation going on just
within the door of the >mthy.
DO you know whether it's likely
thcrcll be smart biddin' on the prop'tl
tomorrow? he heard NJ" Willcts voice
sakng "Don t know, responded some
unknown person. faint likely anybody i
have spunk enough to bid agin the dca
con. Everybody understands that he
intends 10 git the place into his OWL
hands | gursS.
If there WAS any one that had money
to spare one added, Sug@cotvely, II
s'posc they wouldn't lose to git it, ant
let them poor crccturs Try AN buy it back
but money is awful scarce. | know til
with me anyway
Mr. Spencer stopped embarrassing, ane
listened more attcntIrelY. wondering
whom the men Were talking Of. Is h,
had very slight intercourse with any OF
the townspcoplc, and did not take til,
county paper lhi~ interests lying in Other
directions he had not heard of " lillian
recent straits. lie started aS he hcart
another voice say, II ncvcr'd thought
that the last of the Lanes a You might
say, would come to this, and the only de
cent one ! eyer heard of, too. William
is Il lirSt-rate man"
That So" asSented the smith. hearth
ly: "he real clever. too. and SOS his
wife. She's just aS smart a> Il strpl-trap
and kind.
i don't know any one I'D 90 to. #
WAS in trouble, quicker than would IL
her. or him either" said another. They d
help You in Il minute, if twas 81 they
could
Il should think her folks would step in
now and give en- Il hist What's the
reason they don't Quericd Mr.. Willets.
"They y hey didn't favor the wcddin,
anyway. and ham't never been near EN-.
Her mothers been dcnd some time, | be-
licve, and there ain ANY family, cept her
father. and he's "a hard as that hammer
that Jones is strikn' with. That's What
I've heard" the speaker added, cautiously.
Mr.. Spencer WINGED as he heard these
speeches; and hc took II step toward the
shop to interrupt them, but stopped as
the next spcakc lifted his voice What
he had heard was a revelation to him,
4 don >poSc," said Mr.. " illctS that
thcrc'd anything hurt the deacon So, rs TO
have somebody pay off William note, and
IL Ii, Al I.,,..
the deacon is. but he aluS keeps within
the law; so he can take it we'll enough,
and no one can say Why do We So
'ceptin' Providence.
NIr Spencer smiled grmly 10 himself,
and taking the bride of hi, horse. led him
up to the door. and Slmmonng the smith
by n nod, asked Mr. Jones If he would see
to his horse. and loan him another in the
mean time to drive to the country town,
some five miles distant casting sharp
looks around the circle of men gathered
in the >mithN while he spoke
The smith answered in the affirmative
to both questions, and Mr.. Spencer was
soon seen To drive off at speedy trot.
y Mr.. Jones returned he was accoStcd
by Mr.. Wi lets, who demanded, cNcitcdly,
Say, who was that man.
elem. we'll, that was william fathcr-
in law, as ii happens said the smith,
with Il grin, at the dashed looks of those
around him.
you don't. well if that amt the
crowncr" calculated one. a all united in
blocking up the doorway. in their anNiet!
to see the last of him When he bad dis
appeared, Mr. WillctS expressed the mind
of all in the observation. "Well. ii hahn
hurt him none. Perhaps il will stir hin
up To do for EN-. He could if he favored
it
Meantime Mr.. $ cnccr hurried 10 town
and to the bank, where he had a comlorta
bic bit of money laid mp. drew ON the IL
ces>ary amount ghaving privately quc>
toned the smith aS they fastened the lat
ter's horse to the sleigh, and ha>tcnre
back with il. Avoiding the Smithy, he
went up the hill To Williams and liHlie',
home. rs he ncarcd the house he splcd 1
team Standing before the ~itting-roomdoal
and conipCturing tito be the dcac tn'>. hur
ried in through the back Kitchen
He opened the Kitchen door softly, ant
looked i'll. There stood Lizzie washing
out n few things n the sink, and Sprink
ling the garments with her tears Sh.
looked up and >aw her father. "uh, faith
err She cried. and giving IA hasty wipt
to her hands with her apron. ran auo
threw her arms around her fathers neck
and burst into tears on hi~ shoulder,
NJ Spencer was distressed. Lizzie hae
been girl that never cried. she mus
have broken down considerable h,
thought To himself lie smoothcd hcl
hair down once or twice and said, There
there! as he had done when She was 4
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