Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-16

.fr-~,u,e after you've been af II thirty or
forty rearS. 1 think Phi might hurry up
matters a little.
.-M~bbe 'ti-n't Pills faalf. suggested the
farmer.
Vel. said Ma Hayn, With Dash Be
einl Der glasses, Il don't see xhT aay gai
ssoad keep that boy a-"ai''n' thai v oa'
you mean
.aDsss.. en- drsxisd ths old man with
aueer smile and q1ixziral lock well
s'toe.e n Is . good deal rnors rakin' than his
father xas
NO n,ch thing. = aid the Old lady
Much obiigsi, I'm good deal too polite
., e,ou,r1iict-xhen you're % much In ear
nes.. you ksox, the old man replied But
fits 70, what : the reason that you Kept am
naitia'r
WHY. 1T was-yoa s<-e, l-tSas-tne
way Of il uss-snoi7 And Mrs Hayn siad
denly unticesl that u ported geraniGm In the
kitchen wtnssDss ne.slei q dead leaf reaaovesi
from its bass
YES sass her husband. following her
with MS ey-z. An | suppose that's Just
about what Pulls gal would say. If any one
was TO asa her But the longer you waitsd
the .iirer was u yoa, wasn't IT
on. don't ask questions whsn you know
the answer as well as do" said the old lady,
Il want TO $50 things conae 10 bead That
They'll come, they Il come said the old
man 4it's tryin' 10 wait. know, seein l III
do,n' .,toe oS the waitin' myself. but -the
irwin Of yodr faith vorSeth patience, an
let patience have her perfect wors.' yol
remember
More S.-ripturef' sighed the wife. You rs
gattl. through powerful ii sht OF New Test
an,eat ths fnornin Reuben, ar I s'po~.. |
,i.7..rye it. -ssln t,e was / feel ike fshtin'
IL Bat -'ly-e thl- company speculation don {
,.,,fti.. b. anytnin'f tlen Phil D. d good deal
st,s,t.Y taan ne u noS won't he You RE-
rn..f3fr.r tbs awful trouble Deacon Trevs got
int o., ...su tlle head OF that new tagged
srur,, ami Stone l-lller COMPANY. that dtiu5
puii any to ap.ak OF Everybody came GOWN
on ul.n an called him all sorts Of nanl.s, az
All! ned he'd 10 .sui. ali tAeg ~ugl1 % 10 30
poor house because Of the money they u l'it
in il ori has advice, an -
-PaA sls { have any such trouble, sali
the, farmer. for nobody took stock on his nd
vice rram!ay CT up tne company before
$50 knew anrth4n about Il, an all the putin
Of the laud was done by him beii,s, there's
nob.ly in it that Vi suffer nuu.h even Il things
comes to the wust. Except one or two dunn
tnls=,-cleral- of rraInlay s-who were let IN
for a share or two just to make up board
Of director, 10 the legal sizr. what sharrs
amt held bg PM and Tramay an That fe-
Ter Marge belongs 70 a gal.
WHAT Lu,iaf'
NO. np-another gal; mebte | ought to
call her a woman. s4-ein' she's putty well
along, although mighty handsome an smart.
Her name, Dnon, an Tramlay joked Phil
about her once or twice. maxim out she was
struck by him, but Of course that's I'll nom
sense Shes rsh, an got money TO invest
every once IN a while, an Tramlay put her
up to this little operation"
You rs sure she amt interested in Philf"
asked Mrs. Hayn I've seen no end of
trouble made between young folks by gals
that's old enough TO know their minds
an smart enough to use EN-"
''For goodness sake, Lou Ann exclaimed
the old farmer ITO hear you talk, anybody
would spose that in the big city Of New York,
where over II million psople live and q mill
ion more come in from different places every
week, there wasn't any young man for folks
to get interested in but our Phil Reilly, old
lady. I'm beginnin' to he troubled about you;
that sort OF teeiIn that 5 croppin out all the
time in you makes me afeard that you We got
n kind o pride that's got to have fall
pride in our son, settin' him above all other
mortal ben's 50 far as anythin's concerned
that can make young man interestin"
Nv ELL said Mrs Hayn, after apparently
thinking the matter over. If its 50 reckon
1T have to STAY so | don't b'lieve there's
any hope Of forgiveness for anytnn' il
heavens going TO hold an old woman to &C
count for seen all the good there is in her
first born | hain't been down to York my
self, bnt some of York's young sprigs have
been down here. one time an another, an if
they're fair SAMPLES of the hull lot | should
think a sight Of our Phil would be to al, the
city gal. like the shadder Of great rock in a
weary land -
Who's a-droppin' into Scripture nowf"
asked the old farmer. moving to where h.
could look hls wife full in the face
scripture amt a bit too strong to Use
freely about our Phil-my Phil, said the old
woman, pushing her sIectacles TO the top of