The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-09-07

II you had asked Miss jane about the
boy. she would never have betrayed the
Interest she teean 70 feel IN him But il
isas Just about that time that the weather
began 70 grow cold. aud sometimes a
sharp frost aud a good cold night made
Mis- Jane think shout winter.
That boys hands do lock awful
cold, she said 70 herself one dav. He
ean seem 70 keep 'em warm. He's a.
blowing and clapping Of EN- all tho
ilme- And Miss James little soft place
efes 8 little bigger aud a little softer,
TIL she remembered pair Of socks up in
d chest that, years ago, she had knitted
fof brother who went away and had
never beea heard from The socks were
new
She wondered Il she couldn't navel
them and make that boy pair OF nit
ieu-i She did not even know the BOYS
name. lie was always that bow TO
her lie stir called out .Holloi when
BE- went By, and though he couldn't hear
Der answer, he still nodded in his CHEEKY
way
Miss Jane set up the mitteus. Queeriv
enough, she set the first one u9 several
fimrs. she guessed il was too big at
first No boy would want his hand
81 webbing about IN a bag. she said.
4 len she st u up SO small thar she was
asfained Of herself not 10 "have more
sense
When the wrist was done she fell to
thinking that that boy was so kind Of
CHEEKY that he'd ike a red stripe ia
en- He should have red stripe. and
when Mr.. Collins called that day, to
take her butter 70 towns, she asked him
70 bring her back a little skein Of red
yarn.
After this the mittens grew. and it is
wei they did, FOR the cold winter had
come, and the snow was growing deeper
and deeper.
II guess he'll want them niittens nS,s
I j be ever does. and I'll give 'em 10 him
right away" So the next morning,
when she heard his CHEEKY " Holloi"
/ she raped on the window pane so loud
that be came 10 fun stop But recover
E ing from he surprise. be started of again,
noIdlng careiessly. Miss Jane was not
( expecting this. but she was rather re-
lesed, for the moment she had raped
she fslt that she was unprepared to say
anything.
What should she saw She didn't
know. But she did know that she had
knitted those mittens and the boy must
I have them She must think up way
/ 20 make him stop for them. She did a
Tot q thinking that day aud the next
morning when be called out, she had
ready fastened on a forked stick outside
Tie window, the mittens
She raped loudly The boy turned
aud saw them With one bound be was
/ mp az The window.
Are they for mel" he shouted, Joy
illlI, through the window.
She nodded her head
You're awful good - was his answer.
looking up gratefully as he ran on his
wav.
Il wonder II he thinks so, thought
Miss @ane- Hes got some manners,
anyway.
That afternoon it showed and con-
tiuue4 10 snow all night Miss Jane
thought II looked ike heavy storm,
and when night came she made Dolly a.
comfortable as she could, fed her and
went into the house The next morning
tie snow was difted 50 that poor Miss
Jane 0oridur get out Of her door 10 20
~ the shed. Neither could she see out
o. the window where she usually watched
for that boy TO 20 by.
-he bad plenty TO eat and plenty Of
fuel iii She should be shoTe'ed out. She
did BOT feel worried about herself. But
poor Dollyl " ho would care for herr
she fairly cried as noon came on and no
one came 10 her relief. She couldn't
hear any sieigh-bells She began to
think the whole tOzn was buried. Her
one htt.e attic window looked over to
;he woods which were deep with snow.
" ouid no ole think Of her
she remembered with sigh how little
she thought Of anybody else She re-
memhered that she wanted 10 live alone;
that, crushed with sorrow when one by
one q her loved ones had died, and the
dear brother was never heard from. she
mai turned against ali the world She
had rebelled az her hard lot. She rad
moved away from everything she had
ever Known and shut her-elf uDin her
little cottage with no thought nor inter
osi in anybody el-e She knew no one
bar the minister and-.'fhat boy.r
kindly feeling crept over her as she
remembered the boy and his hearty
"iioiiOm every morning. and then she
said 10 herself How glad I am ! got
'hose miitens done I guess he'll be
mighty glad Of 'ein such a day as this
Aagray he viii, II he can get out Of the
house. / wonder where he lives and if
hes showed up, too-what that"
she listened, and a merry voice she
knew full well called in the distance,
-iipliO and Mrs Jane screamed back
''iioll0 as loud as she could She did
no, knoW If he heard her She heard
sempiug and shoreiing coming nearer
aud nearer, and before long a face was
peeriug IN her window.
'-llollo" said the bright, CHEEKY voice.
and "Holiow said Miss Jane, IN Just as
CHEEKY q one as she could muster, for the
tears stood in her eyes.
Then Miss Jane told him through the
window shout Dolly. and begged him 10
get 10 go iy 70 milk and feed her.
4 can wait. " she said, land Won can
dig me OUT afierward. -
The boy nodded lie evidently was
not much Of talker himself, but he {
could work.
% was between two and three hours =
before Miss Jane could open her door
Is hea she could, she had her table spread !
with hot coffee, biscuit and pan
dowdr. !
Brother Joe always liked hot pan
dowdy. when he'd been a-shovelin' s
snow. she said, 'and that boyd ike it '
TOO, know"
The door opened
.noiio :" said the CHEEKY voice. and