Richland beacon., 1888-11-17

bu Ting hon cwi:,l ness owes its spice
and Ia or 10 tie hong that James Is
cen NJ to the Ihanks-i ing dinner.
10 BE- sure if any one had ted Di so,
she would La outcd the very idea.
Is sides, She had rivately informed Al
Almira Sis>OD, her special particular con-
fidah g, that she knew i'm would come
home from ,lic.e fail of conccit and
thinking that every body must bow down
to him. and for her part she meant 20
make him know his place of course Jim
and she were good friends, &c., &c.
Oh hi III you silly naughty girl, was
it for this that yoa stood so long at your
lOoking-giass last nigh arranging how
yoI would do your hair for the Thanks
giving night dance Those killing bows
which you de ibera,ely fabricated aud
lodged like b.Icht batter les among the
dark waves of YOUR hair vino were you
tn hiking of as You made and posed them
Lay your hand on your heart and say &c
you who has seemed the hest the truest,
the brayest an kndest OF your friends.
But hi don't troablc herself with su II
thoughts she only eats out sducy notices
from the faky white pate TO lay Oh tie
red cranberry tirts, Of which she makes
special one Tor ca II cousin. For there i;
Bill. the second eldest, who stays at home
Il Il helps work he farm. She knows that
b worShips her very 5hGe-!ie, and obeyi
al II mandates with the faithful docili;y
of good newfoundland dog and hi say
she thin ever I'll NJ of Bli- she likes
Bill. - so she does I'D. who comes a year
or two beh nj Bill, AMI is rrmbiing out of
bashtul bJyhOol. 30 she does Rob and
Ike and Pete and the whole healthy rO1fp.
ing train who fill the Pitkin farnl-hOu Il
with a racket of boots and b vs.. SO she
has made every one ~ them a tart with
his initial Oh it and saucy motto or two
lust to keep the from being conceited
you know
All day she keeps busy by the side OF
the deac Ms wi.e-a del cate. tn II, cuic.
lit lie woman, i,h great thou hit III cyvs
and step likea snJW axe. NeN England
ha of Old Ii rs and has sti perhaps,
in her farm houses these omen VIII secIn
from year To year t. d 'veioD in the spirit
ual sphere as this bodily form 3lrinks ard
fades While the cheek grows III II and
the f I'm spar. the will 20 or grows da ~
stronger; though the outer man p IRISH the
inner man is rene ell dav 10y day. The
WO II hand IRA, seems % weak yet holds
e,ery tire al and controls eve y movement
Of lie most complex family life. and won
ders are dali a.rcmplisle by the res
eace of woman WHO seems little more
Than spirit. The e ngland wife
mother Is G one little icwcled pivot on
which all the WHEEL work of the family
moved.
'Wcll, HAVEN'T we done a good days
work, cousin" says Diana, when ninety
p es of every ilk 'uincc, apple. c an erry.
pumpkin and mincr. have BEEN all safe,y
delivered fir IN the oven anl carried up i'll
to the great vacant chamber where, rang
cd in rows and fro en- solid, they are to
last over New Years Dav, She al $,
demonstr lively clasrag the little woman
70 nj the neck and leaning her bright
cheek against her whitening hair. 'Ilaye
n G been SMART And the calm,
thoughtful eyes turn lovingly upon her as
Mar 'itkin puts her arm around her and
answers:
''les. my daughter, you have done
wonderful. We couldn't do without
YOU
And Diana lifts her head and laughs.
She likes pettng and praising as il C I
likes being str ked; but for all that TIE
little puss has her claws and sly no ion
OF ing them.