The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10

year after went there. He put in big crop,
fur he said he was bound to pay fer twenty
acre pasture he had jest bought. an so
ysu he'd to +. b. 30. up ,ua sirly an late
and hired another hand; an 1 declare it was like
big hotel. only believe it was harder. AMI
thought he'd work hisself too death, too; fur
there wasn't lazy bone in his body; an the
boys-I was sorry fur the little fslers. It seems
20 me folks think children never gets tired
Why. I've knowsd Bob TO be that wore ont tibet
he'd crawl mp stairs as night on his hands and
knees; but l couldn't DO nothin', only DO good
to EN-.
..wsll one day he fell ont with the hand
thet I'd seen Emily liked. an turned him Off
right in harvest time. too. An tibet didn't help
matters. for Emily sulked, an the man was
good worker. an his place couldn't be filled.
an Emily had several fuses, an at last she told
him she WAS going to marry Sam Whits-thet
was the feller's name. Myi I'll never forget
tibet time. But it's no use talkin' il over. Emily
faced her pap to the last; an me and Barbry
cried. An 1t ended In Emily packin' up her
things an goin' to one Of the neshbors- An
must say don't believe what came afterwards
would have happened IL Emily hadn't aeger-
waited him 10 the way she did.
''Of course it wasn't any easier on me an
Barbry after Emily Was gone. though 1 do say
the hired men Was awful clever helpin' Us when
ever they could: an says to Bsrbry one day,
don't you fall in love with any one OF them
boys, fer can't spare you An she laughed.
an her face turned red An you could a upset
me with feather when she says cried like, Il
won't ma; I'm engaged TO Phil Thomas Bar
bry Hillyer,' says /, you amt such thinev
Yes am, ma she says; but we're goin' to wait
till he's of age; he's only turned twenty now
You nevsr'd thought of Barbry carin' fer
anybody. AL the young fellers In the neigh.
borhood took every chance to be with her an
was comm to the house on errsnds,
round Sundays. But laws. never
thought Of her carin' more for one than tcther
An wondered how it would turn out Phil was
a nice boy. but his folks wasn't very well OF. an
felt worried. An 90 the time went on. Har-
vest WAS over. an Emily married, an her man.
we heard, had rented a farm IN the neighbor-
hood; when one day. Barbry an me bein' busy
in the kitchen, the Squire come in, seemin' In
mighty good humor. an he says. 1 tell you,
mofher,-he called me that nearly always-Ive
had streak OF luck. got big price for
Selim. an he's gone Now Sslim was the name
Steve had given his colt; an says, 'Selim!
Why, you surely haven't sold Stsve's cnltP He
laughed. 'Steve's colt, be said. bat my horse;
the beasts over four years old On. cap! said
Barbry, you ouehtn't done IL; Steve loved
him so.
...Ili give him the black colt, said pap; an .
new suit of clothes; thatu make 1t all right
But 1t didn't. When Steve found his horse had
been sold he few into dreadful rage. An
couldn't blame him. though I tried to pacify
him, tsllin' him his pap had right 70 do a. he
pleased. He he'd no right to sell my horse.
cried the boy; he gave him to me right at hrst.
an raised him, an he'd nicker to me, an let
me do anything with him, an loved him: an
fur pap TO sell him. without even tellin' me, he's
no better than horse thief
% oh, Stevey,' says l. don't talk so-its
wicked But the boy was wild. It's not
wicked to tell the TRUTH be said What d he
Give him 10 me fur If be was Roin' TO sell himl
az he in a thief to sell what didn't belong TO
himr Oh. dear, dear! His pap hesrd Steve. Eur
;;st then he came in an grabbed the boy by the
collar and flung him across the room. The poor
fellow staggered and saved himself from falling;
savarely and opening the door threw him into
sbs ward. You needn't think Steve didn't
.hov 6ehs Bot what could q slepder lad OF
f,ftesu do against . strong mani WAS
that scared / couldn't move or speak.
Aad as fur Barbry; she was white as asa snse. a
sronnd He looked at us minute, his eyes was
clam, AM bis face red - IRE. You git to work.
miss. am as fur you, he said TO me, you let
that bow alone; none o. your pettin' him. do
You hea-P I ddut say word: an, ne went In
the room banein' the door TO after him.
sWs looked at each other. Then Barbry,
with her white face set sort o like her fathers.
valked TO the kitchen door. opened 10,
an went out in the darkness, Tor u
was q cloudy evening And supper, was
vork in the lower meadow; dished MP the meal
and called all hands; but neither barory or
Stsve came In an we Ate without en- 1 was
mighty feared their pap would ask Tor sm, out
he didn't An a. soon - the men went out ..
the kitchen 1 went TO look fur en- 1 soon found
Barbrv: she was settin' on the back porch cryln.
Bot sns wouldn't say one thing about Steve
She drisd her eyes an helped do mp the WORK;
Az then went up stairs. said her head ached an
she Was eoin' 70 bed had 70 80 In the room