The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17

Would they pu. her In the asylum. =
.Ia wondered, IF they caught her ~
Ea.ks would surely think she was
r ,he siepped at the stone wal.
TEST and 10 kcd back timOrouslv
a#n.ni lrr stretchcd the meadow
-saaHauy o. olive and green in the
a. Here and there by 4 suenalu
ler stood s9idieriy goIdeu-r0d, or
FITS bushes clothed now IN scarlet
gold. 81 intervals in the long
.e stood solitary trees, where tiutter-
brittle leaves fell i'm the gentle chill
III summer time she remembered
e. he hay-mukers rested in the shade,
.a. tile Iu- s,Ith ginger water she made
tac men Was kept there 10 be cool
~Ha seemed. IS she sat there to re-
u I0er everything. The house vas
-Ht She was sure Of that; the key
ui- nader tae kitchen door mat. the
r. Mis- Out In the stove, and the eat
s5ed d he barn.
.e held her wOrk-hardened hand 10
H.. painting a little, for II was
-..l Int q walk across the meadow,
ia size was eighty years old on her
-t birthday. TIE cows feeding looked
me-Hke and pleasant
-Ge1d-bv. critters" she aid aloud:
meuy ; the time I've druv' We home
Is. MIXED e, an | allus let We eat by
far way. nor never hurried We as the
ar,- done
With farewell glance she went on
again. smoothing as she walked the
scattered locks of gray hair falling un-
der the pumpkin hood, and keeping
Ter eyalt black gown ont OF the reach
ct uriar-. Across another field. then
81 through a leafy lane where the
wood Was hauled In inter then out
tar1R-h gap in a stump fence, with its
great branching arms like petrifed
octopus, to The dusty high road. Not a
.la. in sight in the coming twilight
iahn the children and the scolding
Nlse Who made her 80 unhappy would
a.r he home for an hour yet, for East
3I, was long drive
Down the steep hill went the brave
little figure, followed by an odd
sight. and Oy tiny stones that rolled so
swiftly they passed her often and made
Hur1 look behind with a start to see if a
rur~ger were coming.
They'd put me in the asylum. sure. )"
s0e uuttered wildly.
EtUe GOT of the hill she sat down
anon III oId log and waited. Across
the ruli. guarded cy a big sign, Look
oat die Engine" ran two parallel
iron rails, that were TO be her road
WHcu The big monster should come
painting around the curve. At last the
aua m1 K sounded, shrill whistle,
and -aa hurried TO tine track, waving
Herslaa. o signal. This, in the con-
awtr- geTaagu!ar, was "a crossroads
station where he was used to watch
fir people waving articles frauticallv.
Tile taal stopped, and this passenger
MAS Helped aboard. He noticed she
aas 0rigut-eyed old lady, very
aea.ali precise.
lIv tur2' he asked,
Isu~tlu
l. there in the mornin'' he said
sIEaiE waiting for the money, as she
ags.ad d queer little reticUle, where,
H#aracr knitting, wrapped in clean
cotton taudker,hiet, was her purse
Nta her savings Of long years-the lit
sums sam had sent her when
Hn ar~t began to prosper in the West,
aEt some money she had earned her
slv shifting and berry-picking.
As crossroads, as they went swiftly
oa.-u saw tie old sorrel horse, the
r.,-au4 wagon, and John with his fstmi-
irving some ward. She drew back
"taa little cry, fearing he might see
#er end stop the train, but they went
inst that could be, and the
horse logged into the woods ard
.aaa newer thought his old Aunt Han
aaa. his charge Tor twenty long years
W.- Eualug away. At Boston kindly
conductor bought her a ticket for Den
L.s a long Journey for an old lady
aAe v5a, lie said.
Eur nm pert for my age, 81" she said
aaNH usIv; II never he'd a DAYS sick
LESS since was gal.
g5alug al the way alone ~
aI.a Providence, she answered
sr.-at.v, alert and eager TO help her
tat silent and thoughtful as the
irH took her into strange landscapes
where the miles went so swiftly il
-eaa III ljse the past years of her lie
. she looked back on them. Thy
""r~ i marvellous" size murmured
E.a, sitting with her hands folded.
.a4.eH lille days had there been in
-.r world where she had sat and rest
81 5ng. In the day coach the peo-
we're kInl and generous, Sharing
r baskets with her and seeing he
a#-ed cars right and her carpet-bag
taS safe, She was ike any of the dear
.- -rlndmas in Eastern homes or to
ed men and weary women, like
." memory OF dead mother as faint
a-a iar away a. the scent Of Wild roses
hillside country burying-ground.
~ue tended babies for tired women and
Hlei . the men Of farming and crops.
told the children Bible stories; but
Ecra word she said of herself. not
aae
on again, guided by kindly hands
rough the great bewildering city
the lake, and now through vet a
stranger and. Tired and worn by
-ats 2 the uncomfortable seats, her
rave spirit began To fail little. As
.r Vide, level plains, lonely and drear,
aNned on her sight she sighed often.
1. i dre tn. ulE wurid, she said TO
gray bearded old farmer near her:
n!- ! feel e'enmost lost in it. but, -
Heiglly, across them deserts like
long ago Providence senta star to
them wise men Of toe East, an |
INST nv faith. +"
i, 81 the day wore on. and still the