The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-06-10
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A Story of Farm Life in Illinois.
By MRS. Z. v. WILSON.
AUTHOR OF "RAcHEr." THE STORY I HEARD ON
THE CARS" ETC.

THE CARS" ETC.
Yes, was at his first wife's funeral. An, II
anybody had told me at IN q little moren q
year Ia ben his second I'd said they was crazy.
You see, my third cousin. Martha Jane Holly.
she thst was Msrthy Jane Spaldin', lived in his
nsifhoorhood an l was visitin' Of her when hi.
nrst died. an Marthy Jane tux me along
TO the funeral Il was q dreadful dull d.v
In February an that muddy the team could
hardly pull rs. An when we druv ND to the
. house thought 1t was just about the lonesom-
est place I had ever seen. The house was a
great bic two-story frame with nine windows
an big front door; and the yard hadn't tree
or bush IN il Law sakes. Martby janet SAYS
i, what barn of housep
We'll, says she. its bran new; thew list
moved in it this fall
fners Was sight Of folks in the house. an
got In somehow 'mong the women. an tried to
look round some. but got sort o. interested in
the Talk One o. the women said, What a pitv
twas Miss Hilyer had to die Jess az she got
settled IN the new house. An another one said.
Shed noticed many time when folks built fine
houses one or tother Of 'em died. Then right
old woman spoke up an says she, That's nom
sense Matildy Hiilyer killed herself, so she
did. Her an them two slips Of girls done all
the work for the men at built this yer house.
an for the hands at worked the farm. an the
las time see her she told me she made hun
dred yards O. rag carpet. wove il an ALL What
made herr interrupted another woman.
Nobody made her. said the old woman.
She's that bigoted- tole her 'twouldn't pay,
but she said Squire was sot on hsvin' the biggest
cheaper by bosrdin' Of the men, an she's boun'
70 hev carpets
"T don't care broke in my third cousin,
Marthy Jane Holly. It's her own fault Ell
she'd MANAGED the Squire right he'd never built
sich house She tols me she wanted hitler
one. handy and full OF closets. but the Squire
wanted the big one Now. say eff she'd man.
aged
40 pshaw~ said the old woman. Miss
Holly. you dunno what yous talkin' bout The
woman that'll manage Sam Hillyer amt born
AT this mint man came to the door Of the
kitchen.whers We was sittin' an said. "All a.
wanted to look at the corpse please walk in.s I
went in with the rest an tux a look ct the pore
critter. an went on through the room whore she
lay across great hall into another big room, an
thought hundred yards o. carpet wouldn't be-.
gin to cover all them floors. My! but they
looked cold an dreary. an / said TO Marthy Jane
Holly whsn We got back TO their coy little
house, that it 'pesred to me I'd freeze to death
there.
well, when my visit was out went home.
an declare never thought once Of him; but
along about Christmas what does Marthy Jane
Hollyis man do but come down to our house
with him ia q sleigh. You might o. upset me
with . feather when they walked in.
lyon I Was nigh onto thirty-ivs an not
beiI' extra good lookin' I'd about concluded
bodyd ever want me for wife, but the long
and short Of It was he had heard about me. an
ne said he was lonesome an his children needed
lookin' after. an tell you he's q good talker'
an said all he needed the right kind
Of woman to manage him; that he was
a good pervider, and an had about as good
Jim a. was Twin with an Cynthy his wife
she was Cynthy Smith-old Tom Smiths daueh-
ter you know-they said it was a splendid
chance for me; they knowed could get along
with him an 50 give in; but sort o. mistrusted
that air sot mouth of his all the time. But, asI
said greed 70 hev him st last an we was
married at brother Jim's early in March, an
Jim an Cynthy Civ n right nice weddin'
dinnsr. viii say that fer EN-, an what's moro
Railways will believe they thought 1t was good
thing fer old maid like me to git to be Mrs.
SOUR. Hillver.
wantin' stsp-mother. You see the oldest girl,
Emily, was about eighteen. an thought maybe
she liked bein' boss; but laws. she 'peared glad
E when come. an had real nice supper ready;
an Barbry. the next girl. Was q smiln'. too;
an heard her tell the bcys-there was three
of them. from fourteen down to ten years old
that she liked my looks
found that msnseini him was no easy matter;
and Emily was his pictsr. When he wanted
thing done il had to be done his way; an she
wa. like him; veil, and they ssvin d'd the
power she he'd to give ub and
80 she was most alxsys in bad humor The
boys too, especially Steve, the Oldest OK the
three, was everlastiI' quarreiin. SO begun to
think .fore many weeks that I'd better staid
single even il it wasn't pleasant livin' with sis
ter in-laws; an ef il hadn't been for Barory
dun know what I'd q dun: bnt Barbry-dear.
dear choke up yet when think OF her. she
was so prstty. With her big blue eyes an white
II can't somehow help likin' good lookin'
folks: an do think it's real misfortune fer
fil a to ' isit M''e wa. to me: an tn:
= mint I see Barb-y I liked her. and
the more I her the more
liked her She WAS that sweet In ner ways;
allays givin' MP TO Emily. and calm OF me ma
from the start. which is more than Emily mas 70
this day. An soon see che was his favrits.
Not a. he said so; but could see his eyes foier,
in her as she went singin round the house. an
then she never said nothin' back to him. no odds
what he said an Emily. pore thing, never couid
hold that tongue of bern. Not that she wssn's
right often an him wrong; but what's the use OF
= II couldn't help lauehsn TO myself little, Ter
al il hurt mighty bad when thought OF Mar.
thy Jane Holly and Cynthy talkin' o manaeln
him did try to better things at first There
was 40 much hard work. You see. there was
nine 10 the family. countin' the two hands an
allays eight or nine COWS to MIX. an tne onick-
ans. an the garden. an we women had all them
20 tend ter: an says one day, Ef you'd lot the
iris hev part of the butter money for their
selves don't you think they'd like It'll Girls
wants little money snmstims' He jst gimme
one look cut o. them steely eyes OF his an says
he The butter an eggs mes al
ways bought the groceries, You better
not be putin fool notions IN them cniarens
heads, an his mouth shet down like ra,trap
an You better know I hushed up; but KEEP
thinkin. wimmen will. you know. an tnouent
= he calls 'em children. Well. l kin tel aim
~ they're past that; an Of / Amt fooled Em'y II
show him pretty soon fur I'd see her an one o
the hands together . good deal He was nice
enough young man. so I didn't meddle- Wnato
ben the assl Well, after n while found out
at Barbry wanted organ awful BAD an
the school miss at taught the deessrlct
school where the three boys went 70
school all winter. he'd got the spring term an
wanted TO board 1t our house. an said ef Bar
barry he'd Q organ she'd learn her to play fur