Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-03-08

it's frozen, You know"
And in a moment she was in the
road. She had gone only few steps,
however, when the young doctor drove
back again, sooner than was his wont,
and the watching mother saw him
rein in his horse, and without waiting
her assent, spring out and help her in.
"She couldn't help it this time. She
thought he wouldn't be coming back
for half an hour yet. I don't see what
does make her act so oflish. She was
good friends enough with him last
year when she was sick; seemed to
like him first rate. And when father
broke his arm she used to be sociable
like; but lately she just keeps out iof
the waysall she can. | verify b'lieve
she'd have gone to that Halloween
party at the Wylder's last fall, if some
Of 'em hadn't made some silly speech
about DR.. Worthly's being there, and
about the charms they'd try, andasot
her against it. / wanted to tell her
she mustn't mind their senseless
speeches; that the doctor want to
blame for what a parcel of foolish girls
took into their heads to say, nor
couldn't help it, mebbesif they was all
after him. But land, the child
must find out some things for herself;
if she does suffer some between
whites. T"
But Jack, returning from his milk
route with pung full of empty cans,
throwing the reins to his father, and
coming in cold and hungry, drew his
mothers attention for the time to bis
own noisily-voiced wants.
That evening, though the Goals
glowed softly in the sitting-room
CRATE. and the canary chirped wake
fully in his cage, as though longing fol
company, though the shaded lamp filled
the room, in its daintiest, contest order,
with restful light, the little mistress o.
the house brought after tea her sew
ing-chair and her basket of mending
near where she had placed her hus
bands straight backed rocker and hi;
slippers, on the kitchen hearth-rug.
His papers and his spectacles were
there, too. A bubbling kettle, which
held a part Of the morrow's breakfast
and demanded watching, was her os
tensible excuse. But she knew thai
DR.. Worthy was coming in for book
Sue had; and '.if her fathers in tn,
room, she will never open her lips,
she reasoned. And Mother Wyllit
had, moreover, other plans of her OWL
to further, more disinterested and un'
selfish than any even that concerned
her children. She went to the cellar
with Father Wyllie and held the light
while he filled the tin basin she held
with Nodheads and Astrakans ant
Northern Spies. She peered with hin
into the vegetable bins, noting how
well the potatoes were holding out
and the beets and turnips were spend
ing. She agreed with him that mex
month they must sort over and take |
load or two to town. They peeped a
the barrels of russets and baldwins, anC
the box of late winter pears, and looked
anxiously and approvingly into tn
beef and pork barrels and at the row
of hams hanging over them.
Acellar is not usually place to de
tain one by its invitingness Yet
New England cellar. after harvesting
if it belong to thrifty New Englan
farmer, will bear close inspection an
give some substantial and REASONABLE
assurance of future creature comforts
in days when the mercury is in tn
zeroes, and the fertile fields are frost
bound. 1t and its contents lie at tn
foundations both of good Housekeeping
and good cheer. And the wife on thei
return settled herself very quietly wit
her darning. while farmer Wyllie stirre
the fire, took off his boots and put o
| his slippers She listened and approve
as he told of five tons and half {
hay, sold out of his big barn." tn
money for which should go into tn
bank tomorrow, and of the brindl
COW he had been keeping for bee
which Judkins would pay him so goo
price for. he thought he should Sc
her. And she brought the almanac fc
him to verify his dates as he recorde
sundry transactions. And her oppol
tunity came.
"Second of February" murmure
the farmer Condemns day, | de-
elaro!''
4 "Well," said his wife, with a lit
laugh, ''you certainly can't complai
that any more than half your mes
and half your hay is gone"
..That / can't. / don't know whe
there's been year things have hel
out so well. And every thing bring
good price in the market, too. Ye
Candlemas day, the second OF tebrl
airy, and next Tuesday week will
the fourteenth, Valentines Day! ID
you know it, little womanP"
Now Valentines Day held more te
der and romantic associations for Il
, farmer and his wife than their CHI
dren.know. 1t had seen their wooin
r prosper. as well as shone on their we
ding. Sue knew only that it was the
, marriage anniversary. Sometime h
mother would tell her, and she wou
be ready to treasure all these old mer
cries.
: "What shall buy you, dear, for
: valentinePn asked the husband
, many years 81 know You don't fe
' like any wedding and perhaps v
shouldn't want it anyway. But T.
? had my valentine good many year
and I'd like to get her something mo
!. than common this year. Or cou
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