Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-06

him. Old squire haint 10 bowels, tea
yes, and tie deacon knows he hain {; and
| tell you it keeps the deac dancin'
lively as corn OH n hot shovel.
''lhe deacon master hand to work, "
said Abner; SOS the boys"
'Wal, yis, the deacon is" said Biah
turning cOntemplatlvely to the farm
house. "there ain a crittur in that are
house tina there ain { the most work got
out of 'em that ken be- down to jed and
sam, the little uns. They work like
gers every soul of EN- from four O'clO k
In the morn n as long rs they can see,
and Mis- Pitkin. she works all the even
ing-woman S work amt never done, they
say
''She's good woman, Mis- Pitkin is, "
said Abner, ''and she's smart worker
In this phrase Abner solemnly express
ed his highes ideal of human being.
Smart amt no word for t, said Bah
with alertness, "Declar for t, the grit o
that are woman beats me. Had eight
children right along in 4 string thOut
stoppin', done all her own work, never
KEEP no gal nor notiin'; al ers u and
dressed; alters TO meetlA' Sunday, and to
the prayer-meetin weekly, and never
stops wOrlin': when tain't one thing it
az tllltI AOuAln MdoHlAl IL mn iiitNNlAN
butte and cheese and tween spells
cuttin and .cwin', and If she ain t
dom that, why, shes braidn Ctraw to
sell TO the store, o. knitting-she's the
perpetual motion ready fOun !, Mis- Pitllin
is
Want ter know, said Ike auditor, rs 4
sort of musical rest in this monotCSe OF
talk. Amt she smart. though. -
"SmGrt Wei, should think she was.
She's over and into cycrythin that z in
on i'm that house. The deacon wouldn't
know himself without her; nor w0uldn I
none of them boys, they just live out Of
her; she kind % keeps EN- all up"
oval, she ain I betty woman, naOw, -
said tie iuterlocutor who seemed to be
possessed by dim idea that worth must
be weighed by the pound.
al aw bless YOU, no. She little crittur;
nothin' to look TO, but Z cry bit in Ecr is
live. She looks pale, kind o sli s round
like M OaShne, hut when anything to
be done, there Miss itkin is; and her
haad alters goes 10 the right spot, and
th ne, is done a ore ye know il That are
woman kind sin: she'll slip of and
be gone to heaven some day afore folks
know it. There comes the deacon and jim
over the hill. jim walked home from col
! legC day fore yesterday and turned right
| in to-day to clip get i'm lie taters, wOrlin'
/ right alOn d. eacon was awful grOuty.
What was The matter O. the deacon
"Oh, the mortgg ;ind o works hiTd.
/ The lire 20 pay comes round putty Don,
an the Gea on $ face alters GOES down
! LONG as yer ar IT'S putty tight pull,
! havin' } m in coll GO lo,in his work, and
/ havin' term bills ana things to pay. Them
are college folks cha:gcs up tell you. |
! seen il works hC GcacOn | heard him
a-jawing jim bout it. "
What ma Jim TO college, said
| Abner, with slow wonder in his heavy
| face.
"Oh lie alters was sot on ed icatlon,
and Miss tk she's sot on t, too, in her
softly way, aud softly women is them that
ginner'ly carries their pints fUst or last.
"Bu5 there's one that amt soft
ly - Biah su ldenly ,ontinued, as
the vision OF black haired,
bright-eyed girl suddenly stepped forth
from tie door wa, and TODD shading
her face E it'll her hands, looking toward
the sunset. The evening light LIT up a
'aGnty spray Of golden rol that she had
wreathcd IN her wavy hair, and gave a
glow t. the rouudC outlines Of her hand
| SOult lOIills l'lt , ~ Sidl MIL III lOh
And no saint, neither was Biah's com
ment. That critter has got more Frances
an capcrs in her than any three-year-
old fllv ! knows on. He'll be cunning
that ever gets bride on her.
Some say she's going 10 hev Jim it.
kin. and some says it's Ill. - said Abner,
delighted to be able to add his mite o.
gossip TO the ST cam while it was flowing.
shes sweet on Jim while he's round,
and she's sweet on Bill when Jim's up tc
college, and between uu she gets TO X
round to everything hats going. She
gives one a word over one shoulder, and
one over tother, and if the Lord above
knows what's in that gal 3 mind or wha
she's up to he knows more than do OF
she either, else lose my bet.
Biah ma ie this admission with firm
ness that might have BEN a model to
theOlOg ais or philosophers in general
There was point, it appeared where M
was not OuniScient. His universal sta
tistical kEowlcd C had a limit
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