The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-08-30
"PAMELY'S GRIT"
ny HERBERT II. wfNsLow.


woods, too. the lowers grew and budded
and blossomcd in due season. although
no human eve might be gladdcncd 10y
their beauty. \ few farms interrupted
the stretch Of unbrokcu sod, their pio.
ncer abodcS near the wooded bluffs skirt.
ing ouc side ot the plain.
In the doorway Ot a primitive log
calm "a yo.ng girl stood with her apron
filed with wild overs freshly gathered.
She sat down on the rude step, and be-
gan TO arrange them with evident pleas
urc, If with little iuiergacc to the laws
of color.
The monotonous crcak Of rocking.
chair sounded within the room. 1t sud.
denly ceased and piping voice called
sharply, 81 amc.y! y Fam,ig 80
Nm right hyer, gran daddy Dye
~aut me % responded the gir.. dropping
her apronful of flowers on the step and
turning quickly around
Nv hater yer packing thct thar trash
inter ther house fur cFoakcd the wcazcn-
faced lit old man in the corner. They
ain't no sich po,ics ez We he'd in Ind any
whenl was boy
Il like en-. gian' daddy. TLey make
me feel better to hol' 'em in my hands.
~ ou mought be doln' somcthin' fur
yer ole gran'daddv, 'stid o. wasting yer
time on thet trash {" querulously piped
the o.d man.
"What dye want, gran daddy" asked
the girl, running 20 him, and throwing
her al ms around his shrunken shoulders.
care yc gittu' hungry agin'
II reckon ] mought starvc ter death
most any time cf 'twa'n't fur ye, Pane.
ly. lily, he never done nothin' fur me
lie brung me well water yi,tiddy, when
he knowed he'd orter went ter ther
spring"
"lly hez ter work hard, ye know,
gran daddy"
A sharp expression came over the
grandfather's face.
Whats thet slick chap frum Bluff
City a-doin' roun' hyer all ther time,
Pamcly"
The Young girl. grew pink and then
pale under the keen scrutiny Of those
aged eyes.
Hes goin' ter buy Duck lIawkins's
farm, ! allow she replied, pulling nerv-
ou,ly ~ her apron strings.
"N hat NJ he come hycr fur ter buy
Duck Hawkins's farmi We haint got
Duck lIawkinss farm done up in e.
bundle anywhcres rOuu' Ayer, hey we,
| Pa c.y'
go gran'daddy,' laughed the girl
mer"ily, yer alius sayiu, sumethin' thct
funny Then "a troubled express. on
/ drove the dimp'co out of her round check,
81 dunno raaly but Hy, he's a.,ulkin'
about SCllIn' Ourn, too IIca.IowS 'twould
u L.. t...FH ..I|
could gin heaps more land ont West
The old man pounded his kno,ty
hickory stick on the pine floor iurousiy.
"Ef lily TOducItcr pull up stake, an
| moves a-n, II, make baes tracks for
/ ludmuy thet : what will Ac declared,
. WIKI ychcmencc
80 gran daddy, ,hor aiut nobody there
/ ter take kcrr of We. Thcy'rcul. dead AN
gone yen hcv ter go long cr lis an
mo" She stopped and pressed her red
/ lips against hi, wtncred check. aud
smuo;hed his thin. white locks with Lcr
brown fingers. Thea, wipiug hey eyes
on % corner Of her ciugham apron inc
sic ped bri-kiy arouad the room pau,.
ing one moment to place the flowers in
broken pitcher half full OF water from
the ~pring.
"Im fifteen tcr.day, she said softly
TO herself, placing the pitcher Oh the pine
table some vague connection between
the birthday aud the blossoms existed in
her youthful Imagination why, she could
| not have explained. No celebration ol
any such anniversary had ever been hers
Certainly, hard work and premature care
had been her lot the past three years.
llu IgHita4f.r ~ fltaF
slouching around the entrance 10 th,
"Palace llOtel' of Bluff CITY. five mile
away. II any one had asked h,m the agl
OF his young house.keeper, who was als'
his sister and the only one left he wOulC
probably have been unable to give am
definite reply. A sense Of inferiorIty I,
the Inhabitants OF Bluff City, agains
which he struggled with backwood
brayado, lent additional awkwardness I,
his domeanor.
The hotel clerk, with his hair plasteret
low on his forehead, aud cheap pil
glittering on his bright blue tie, seemed
a consequential parsonage Yet the Pal
ace Hotel was far from palatial, with it
two low stories Of wood, its white WASHED
interior, its meagre air Of bustling i'm
pOrlauCc. its Seedy boardels and stra
travellers Only the added guity 0
the County Court in session swelled al
activity 10 an unaccustome degree, an,
impressed the country visitors VIII
louuged about the attractive resorts q
Bluff City with sense Of its metropoli
tan grandeur.
"Right smart o. folks hyer in ther cit
to-day " yentured lily Todbeater 10 ia
oyerpowering clerk
"I,ull to the roof, he responded
loftily, his thoughts limited TO the pro-
pcrity Of the hotel "Got case j
court, Mr. Todbeater"
"Naw," replied the settler, shamblin
across the room. Thought Lev he'd {
well e. not, too. Dsck Hawkinss S shee
they've been Tunnin' in my pastur' ha
ther time lately, an I'd "a sued i'm fu