, 1886-11-23

TO begin on the morrow. Achsa nntici
pated the sensation she should make in
her new hat with II bunch Of blood red
peoples pcrched atop.
at would he nice to set in the ongre
cation, so folks could see, - she said, half
rcgretfully, 10 her mother. Up in the
choir nobody knows whether you have
new things or not
They'll know it, Achsy, said her
mother, reilectivcly. "~IIatsis conspikyus
nowadays
81 guess wen have tea, Achsy, ~ said
her mother. I'm kinder goose ilcshy' a
cup o hot tea III do us good all round
The meal over, Santhh Ann washed the
dishes in silence. Seven, :, . o'clock
struck. and still no sign of the deacon.
At 10 Santha Ann went out, for the
twentieth time, and pecred down the
moonlighted road. She was very uneasy
but when she reflected that Mart had "A
good deal Of business to attend to, and
Achsa suggested that he had on one or
two occasions before staid overnight, she
gave him up AT II. and they all went
To bed, the widow included, who kept
her own counsel.
Gould they nave seen not more than
two miles from home, in n secluded hol-
low, the object of their solicitude fast
asleep, the jaded horses asleep rs well, us
the moonlight falling upon the purtly
figure Of the deacon, whose hat was
pulled down over his face. they would
hardly have dreamed oi Midnight assha
sins, boarding house expenses, and cattle
feed, as did Santhn Ann the whole nlght
long.
All would have been well, Tor the dea-
con at least if AS the sun rose ana ne
rose too, he had not applied to The bottle
for comfort. Some way he dreaded To
meet Santha Ann. when he realized INA
he had been all night coming nome ana
his befoggcd brain craved more OF the
stimulant which had SO basely betrayed
him.
At early sunrise the three women sat
down to breakfast, ana that meal over
came the thud of horses feet n n
shrilI voice heating nnott the push 10 the
time OF I'VE w-won very lohu) 20
home TIL morning; we WWoh 's,'ll
louder go home till sunday morning.
fhic) anyhow
Santha Ann looked at Achsa with the
heartbreak III her iace'
sanity Chicl, ole girl, come out here
gee up, Dobl-come out here We hruhg
ye home n thlcl preseht-halt a uoHeh "i
em-come along Sanihy-lohR long
upsy Iniipsey, sammy Ann.
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snouuh "onuer I'll ne" hlpie " '"o"
SUM u"Ilarsi -,
Iheh 'hvS po'h WEN OUT Inc lHr"lei
vas ,r'oi"'tS 9i,s'nS ""pPs' ~ 9'nS a.
ne shook nnnas, sans as ne un,o',ru,
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9"ar'",1r lot, md wan, into ,hc
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nun T. zen no liIu".' ""iS ''N WIN
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III a'' '''N ~ III
Come, ss "'@'9a'ola'e
'Seems's II amt ielt so musical IN
clined for II year see there IA c car
pet sweeper an n cradle an an ice
screaincr, an lots more Things
Man alive exclaimed Santha Ann,
in dismay; ''what ON earth do we want
of n carpet sweeper We haven't got II
carpet in this housel'
git some, then, Sanity Ann-git lots
OF EN- they re Jest laying round loose at
that store CIT plenty or the carpet
sweeper II be Kinder lonesome, ne hd-
ded, with a mnndhn grim
And what do we want oil n cradieF'
was the next question
We'll, it sort q reminded me, Sanity
Ann, looking lar BACKYARD into futer
years, that we was all babies once-all