The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-12-05

lay gaL"
"Spose. then, mention her as your daugb.
ter-in-lawl But amt II odd that all the
changes that's come to pass In the last month
or two wouldn't have happened at all II Il
hadn't been for Pills beln' smitten by that
gait As the Scripture says, Behold how
great o matter little lrO kindleth. For
IRE read spark, or sparkin', an the text"-
"Reubenr exclaimed MrG Hayn. "don't
take liberties with the Word"
ut amt no liberty" sAid tho old man.
"Ltke enough it'il read spark In tho Revised
Edition"
"Then wait TIL 70 does, or until you're one
Of the revisers," said the wife
IAN right; mebbe II would be o. well, " the
husband admitted meanwhile, don't
mind turnin' II OF an comparin' IL with an.
other text, The wind bloweth whore II list
eth, but thou canst not toll whence 10 cometh
or whittier u goeth. The startin' up Of
HAynton an OF Pills attachment d a good
deal hke"-
~ don't know that that's exactly reyerent,
either" said Mrs Hayn, "considerin' what
tollers In the Book. An what's goin' on In
tho nelghborhood don't interest me as much
as what's goln' on In my own family. I'd
like to know when things Is comm to head
Phil amt married, nor even engaged, that
we know Of; there amt no lots bein' sold by
the company. or II there are We don't hear
about It"
"An' there's never any bread being baked
while you're kneading the dough, old lady.
You remember the passage, first the blade,
then the ear, then the full corn In the earF
Mustn't look for fruit In the bloSomln' time;
even Jesus didn't find that when he looked
A. nka - y
"'PearS to me you run to Scripture more
than usual this mornin' said Mr9 Hayn,
after putting her pans Of dough into the
oven "What's started your
"0h, only o little kind Of awakenin',
S'pose," said tho old man. ~ can't keep my
mind Oh Of what's goin' on right under my
eyes an IT'S 90 unlike what anybody would
have expected that can't help goin' behind
the returns, a. they used to say in politics
An when do that there's only ono way Of
seeing ON, an I'm glad I've got the eyes to
90 en- In TINT light"
$50 am L" aid Mira Hayn, gently but
successfully putting q houry impression Of
four fingers and thumb on her huSband'l
head ~ s'poOs It's cause I'm % tired Of
waittn' that don't look at things Just q you
do. Pears to me there's nothin' that comes
up, an that our heaFts got set on, but what
we've got to wait for. Il gets to DO awful
tirosome, after you've been al u thirty or
forty year1 think Phil might hurry up
matters little"
"Msbbe 'timt Pills fault" suggested the
farmer.
"woll, !" said Mira Hayn, with o fash b
hind her glasses, ~ don't zee why any gal
should keep that boy a-waitin', u that's what
you mean" :,
"Dont, chi" drawled the old man, with q
queer smile and quizzical look. "Well, l
Spose be d good deal more takin' than bis
father waG"
mo such thing" said the old lady.
"Much obliged; I'm q good deal TOO polite
10 contradict-when you're % much In ear.
nest, you know" tho old man replied "But
II It's %, whatS the reason that you kept him
waitin'F'
"Why, lit was-you sec, I-'twas-the
way Of Il was-shoI" And MrG Hayn sud
denly noticed that pottod geranium In the
kitchen window needed dead laaf removed
from It's base.
HYes," aid her husband, following her
with bis eyeG "An' I suppose that's Just
about what Pills gal would ay, II any one
was 10 ask her. But the longer you waited
the surer was Of you, wasn't n
"Oh, don't ak questions when you know
the answer q we'll q do, J" said tho old lady
u want 10 80 things come 10 bead; that's
They'll come, they'Il coma" aid tho old
man. ITS tryin' to wait, know, seein' I'm
dom some Of tho waitin' mysslf; but the
tTyin' Of your faith worketh patience,' an
let patience have hor porfect work. 700
remember
.Moro Sripture!" sighed the wita "Youre
gettin' through powerful dghtof New Test
nmant this mornin', Reuben, an S'pose
deserve u, seein' the way feel Ike hghtln
Il But SNpc1o this company speculation don't
come to anythin'I then Phil DO good deal
wu1 Of than ho Is now, won't bet You 70
member tho awful trouble Deacon TreWk got
into By bein' the head Of that now tangled
stump and Stone puller company, that didn't
pull any TO speak Of. Everybody came down
on him, an called him all sorts Of names, an
aid he'd lied 10 EN-, an they would 90 to the
poor house because Of the money they'd put
In 10 on his advice, an'"--
"Phn won't have any such trouble," said
tho farmer, 'for nobody took stock on his ad.
vicA Tramlay got up tho company before
We knew anythin' about 10, an al the pufiin'
Of tho land was done by him. Besides, there's
nobody In it that1l suffer much, even u thing
CONES 10 the w1sk Excspt ono or two dunn
mies-elsrks Of Tramlayb-Who wore let IN
for share or two, just to make up board
Of directors to the legal d1o, what shares
amt held by Phil and Tranlay an that fel.
Ter Marge belongs 10 gal"
"whati LuciAr
''No, no-another gal, mebbo ought 10
call her o woman, s0ein' she's putty well
along, although mighty handsome an smart
Her namsS Dlnon, an Tramlay joked PHI
about her once or twice. maxim out ShO was
struck by him, but Of coursO that's all non
sansA ehss rich, an gct monsy b hives,