The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-05-11

70 your very heart Jest like The low.
dyin' tones Of q instrument. you know.
"Pryin'." says | 70 myself. remem,
BERN Dit. Jobson's words. sand med.
din. Not she! There's nofhin mean
about woman with sich voice a.
that She's an angel. that's what she
i, and I'm ready 70 work my finger.
ends of for her. am"
] might jest as well admit that I'd
been a-grumblin' some. too. sence
knowcd that another one was 70 be
added 70 the family. fer I he'd got
pretty tired a-watin' on her folks and
gittin' only thanks fer II. and some
times not even that. III / hadn't a.
grnmbled I'd a-bccn lackin' In human
natur'. which Is fact. II / do say Il
myself
Well. at supper. I see that Mr.. Job
son peared i'll At ease like. specially
arter Aunt Sabina he'd said grace.
Help this household" said she. as
tho prayin'; bring 'em out ov the
shadow which hes fallen around EN-, I"
and something besides which l didn't
ketch. her voice dropped SO. soundin'
As tho il was full ov tears.
Precilly Jobson looked puzzled when
the dear old lady was done. and as fer
Mr.. Sobscn. he looked like picked
beet. his face was that red. But pres
emily they went 70 talkin' and things
seemed easier.
That evcnin' Aunt Sabina read
somethin' from little book what she
he'd carried down stairs. and Mr. Job
son sot and drunk it all in as content
ed as could be. never knowed him to
read ncthin' but the weekly newspaper
in the evenin. and when that was done
-atwesn you and me he alters read
every advertisement as we'll as every
line ov readin' in the hull paper-he'd
set and yawn and presently git up and
60 to bed rs cross As ten stick. Pre-.
silly made an awful fist at readin' out
loud. fer on Sundays she wouid read a
chapter outen' the Bible and poor
Obcdiah nd groan and 'rithe till
pitied him from the bottom ov my
heart--l could hev done better my
self IL it wasn't fer stoppin' to spell
over a word here and there-so now 1t
seemed a real comfort to hear the
sweet. low voice Of Aunt Sabina readin
somethin' which pleased 'em all
nightly.
The next day Miss Jobson tried to git
word ov talk with Obediah. but he
wriggled outen ov it every time.
How could emmy body tell that sweet
little lame creature that her room was
better than her company! II made me
hoppin' mad to think ov it. il just did.
Well. that evenin' the readin' went
on the same. and when il was over Mr..
Jobson peared as tho he wanted TO
say somethin'; then he thought better
ov il. and presently went of to bed,
lcavin' the two women to talk together
awhile.
The next mornin' Miss Jobson's
eyts showed she he'd been cryin'. and
so did Aunt Sabina'S Both ov EN-
was 50 tender and kind to Mr.. Jobson
that he looked at 'em with amazement,
and kind ov ashamed. too. Aunt Sa-
bina he'd prayed fer the shadow TO be
lifted" again. and this time Freshly
sobbcd right out loud.
After breakfast Aunt Sabina and her
went out ridin' in the cartridge To
town. / rcckincd. tho neither ov EN-
a word ov where they was A.
goin'.
never seed emmy person so restless
rs Mr. Jobson was arter they he'd gone.
Up and down the in'-room he
walked. then out TO the garden, and
next clean outside the gate. a-lcokin'
up the road as II expectin' somebody.
Sure enough. before long up drives
a cartridge. and out gets two strangers
-ennyway never he'd seem 'em afore.
Mr.. Jobson looked very nervous, and
said somcthin' that peared to astonish
the two men. One ov 'em shook his
head and pulled out q paper what he
showed to Mr.. Jobson. Then they all
went into the parlor and shut the door
All to onct felt like trainin' up
some vines what growed under the
parlor-winder- which was open-and.
ov course. Icouldn't help hearin' what
was said inside. even IL / hadn't q
wanted 70.
Somethin' he'd already been said
afore l got there. which ! lost ov
course. The first thing heard was
Mr.. Jobson a-sayin'. cross like:
but I'm ready to pay back the
bindin' money. I was q fool when !
took il, and no mistake"
But I refuse to accept it, said one
NV the men with oath; and has come
here 'cordin' to agreement to pay
down the purchasc-money. You'll
have to stand by your bargain. MIR.
Jobson. fer I want the farm and mean
to have it,
declare to goodness 1t took my
breath clean away. and ! cnnymcst fell
down into faint
What did il all mca n. ennyway?