New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-29

hood. said IL must have bcoB grost deal OF work
"Law me' she exclaimed zlrnost with vfvachy'
at was, power owork; bat was glad ser DO y,
whea SEQ hit a comm out that lurvly under my
fingers I'd ben willIn ter done hit twice And
I would only the truck Civ out. You APT got no
pieces omusln or tho like have you now = she Asked
looking wstfully at me, and stroklng hor, hideous
quilt rs she did so. "1 reckon furrinors mostly 40
have pieces a. they don't know what to DO WIKI
Tho long dravf on tho last word.
was a furrIner, for came from beyond tho state
of North Carolina i mentally and with haste ookcd
tho contents Of my trunk, and was distressed
that there were no apeccs' there. ! resolved that
on my first visit to Asheville would spend little
money for selection Of tho ugest and most disboca
patterns OF calico could fnd
DEFY sank down on the bedside and sat In a
chair that we'll in view Of the quilts which she
proceeded to spread out. They what she called
Scovers,' and there were three Of them. each moyo
terrible than the last The centrepece of the top ono
had an unexpected effect its ownor; that Is, the
effect expected to II was OF largo req ana
blue roses, and of material which my mother used
to call copper plato.' .
When DEFY looked at this saw hcr vapd foce begin
to culver. She put her hands on her hips insteaa Oh
over her face ordinary woman would have done
gazed at her in an embarrassing uncertainty as 10
how should order my own behavior In view OF whas
might be coming There was something at once
grotesaue and pathetic about thin being, something
which gave mo hysterical inoily ton to laugh and
cry at the same @time
"That there" she said nodding toward tho square
OF red and blue roses outen the last dress the
last TWIN ever wore. reckon you-uns aint no notion
how peart she looked hoppin' round With ht on
Her paw got that truck ct Asheville In trade bout
some muos with store keeper; that n heap o.
other trucks -
Dely remuously rolled her quid In her mouth. while
two tears dropped upon hcr quilt She iooAnd 'no
aIts a mighty pity you didn't never see them twins
specially the last one. The last , one lived ave
DEFY Ann could pick letters outer that there 5askst
faster'n could, afore she died. 80, Ia, -,
hands on her hips, aud there was silence whilo
tried In vain to think OF some consoiatory woro to
say
There was slight noise at the door, which swung
open while a large black and white sotter walked
slowly into the room. stopped moment to tako In
ths aspect of things, walked to tho bed put
his fore paws 1t, gravely examined tho woman
sitting there then reached forward and gently iicsoc
the side Of her face nearest him. After this caress'
tho dog lowered himself to the floor and sat on MS
launches turning his grave intelligent lace toward
me- His face and head wero so strRlnsiy sasacious
In contrast to the puerty in tho appearance OF MS
mistress that startlingly aware Oh tho sh1ancs
of wise and noble individuality.
held out my hand to him no wsgged his tail
but did not rise glancng at the woman on the Dcd
as il It would be disrcspect to her grief to greet mo
too markedly just now.
she did not move as she said:
al reckon that there's Beersheby amt ~.
The dog yaggod stu harder and pushed his n0s'
FASTENED to say srishly that at Il seemed to DO
ss sat ea nps n na to me- She adjusted
her qud with cheerful aacrity.,
the roo5 apS p sn0 Ss IN Her
looked kindly at the dog. who was now standing by
my side and assuring me that no responded TO my
Tho woman turned her back to tho fro and con;
tinqed in that position, her blurred profile outlined ,S
suddenly became conscious that she had probably in
"That dog,' sho said " was purp two months Old
he amt two year old ytwhen thur was reviy long
MIL ni got religion H S'a son nnf tess tell how
err got long iosln them twins ef 1t hadn't ben for the
strong arm Of the Lord bearn mo up over the e'ioFs
Here the corners Of the womans mouth were drawn
down, and at the same time dribbled small quantity Oh
Havln' religion SO pow'fu yo' see We 'uns wanted
pons fur the dog and we . GS u Dan
and Berrsbebyi'
Rcersheba prickod up his ears and looked enQuirnsy
Thur amt only fault have to md With the
so% So s1a Py quick III 1n Se9
"Lspsisi' repeated arnazedly. she LEFT the mo
That's what the preacher calls 'cm, .lapsls when
We kinder fall way from grace and sit Wor th dog
Be.r aH ns tf Of S fun W. coils
most OF the time anyway. Sometimes I think 'twor
sort OF unfortnt his hein nemcd tha'. way seems
Beersheba had his muzzle on my knee and was iooS
ng up in my face as cast about for some reply
art might have been easier all round " you nsa
'hosen the name of Dan ycntured 70 say and that
would have been equally scrlptural, yeu know
Dely seemed to be thinking on The subject FinsIY !
he expressed her conviction that Dan didn't have ngh
80 Blbcfed kind OF sound ana tass wnoh sne hssn
more pious TO say BeershebJ than It would to say
Dan And here the subject dropped. ! made q
movement 10 rlso but DEFY begged earnestly that
Keen INV settIn; sim longer That sank back in my
hair, keeping my arm over Beershooas nees ,or VIC
Of the dog had very comforting erect upon
The dog takes 10 you-unsD aid DEFY spprovngY
{" He Ought / answered, for take to him.
The postmaster's wife began again on INC sunyeos
u the quilt covers II seemed TO my eonlusea sra n
whom she had obtained pieces and tho history OF
very piece Some had been parts OF wedding EoWhs
md sore had BEEN like that belonging 10 the ast VII
portion OF the dress worn by somoD9ay lust
be was taken With her last sickness For such pieces
e these latter Dely was particularly Thankful she
aid IL She walked urp on moonlight night ana soul9
that quilt over her Win Ro1s sss set Sor hnSn OF
hem dead an gone folks and she reokoned scn
Vas wholesomer fur her than II she wor ppm "
he tabor an dancin" . ust.rsr "a
preaching, for she had phrases upon nvs
onCue which she could hardly nave plekeeni up saS1
tho preachers who bold iortn ~ sne AZ tbe
hurches which occasionally secs stannns a. .ho
unctiop of two or three rough roads, deep IN the
woods on a mountain slde. .,,,, o.. ,h., ..>, {
Everybody who COOS to preacnll a. snrI II 9T
he current phraSes glby used, do duty great Ics,
instead OF any reform In daily lfe TO 80 10 Presonin
) TO perform ones whole Christian duty VI 0ou''
am speaking In general sense
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TWO STORIES OF MATTHEW ARNOLD