The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-11-07

Gun IN plctufe4 IN tno Ah01Iheoa FAhhy
Bibla s'posO down In Judee ther' was
makes an dogs that man had 10 take clip
1t with stick, once In q while, same a. In
1ther countries."
"What else did Sol sayFn aGked the mother.
"Well, be didn't bring no special nova he
aid Phil didn't know he was leavin' 20 soon,
Olso like enough he'd have sent some word
he aid Phil was lookin' well, an had walk on
him like sojer In picture I'm glad the
boys got Q chance to get tho pillow handle
Stoop out Of bis shoulders for few days
Sec you wouldn't know his face, though,
chain, too; I'm glad to hear that. cauaO J
was particular 10 tell him to do IT.
"Well, half wish Sol Mantrings sloop had
stayed down TO York, II that's all the news Il
could bring" said MrS HAyn, replacing Der
spectacles In their tin case, which she CLOSED
with decided snap ''Such little spock Of
news d only Aggravatin'; that's what tiA"
''Small iAVOrs thankfully received. old
Ady, a. the advertisements sometimes say
Oh, there was one thing more Sol said. twas
that he reckoned Phil was dead gone on that
TrAmlay GAL
Ma Hayu received this information In
dlence, her husband began To throw bis open
knife at q leaf on one Of the veranda StepA
81 don't SO how Sol Mantring was TO know
anything like that" said Mira Hayn, after .
short silence He isn't the kind that our
Phil would go an unbosom to, u he had any
such thing to tell. which Il amt certain ho
had
"Young men don't always have TO tell such
thingS, TO make em known" suggested the
farmer "PoOty much everybody kDowed
when was fust gone on you, though didn't
say nothin' To nobody, not even to tho gal
herselfn
"If It's So" said MrA Hayn. after another
short pause, ''inebbe 1t explains why be haint
writ He'd want TO tell us fore anybody
else. an he feels kind o. bashful like"
You've got q good men'ry, Lou Ann, "
aid tho old farmer, rising. and pinching his
WifeS ear
what do you mean, ReubenF'
"Oh, nothIn', kept that you haiDt forgot
The symptoms, that's all"
'Shoi" exclaimed the old lady, giving her
husband q push. though not 50 far but that
she was leaning on his shoulder q moment
later. "Twould be kind o funny IL that
thing was 10 work, though, wouldn't it, she
continued; ''that IL, II Soils right"
"Well," replieA her husband, with q sud
den accession Of earnestnes In his voice, ''if
Soils right, twont DO bit funny II It don't
work. hope the blessed boys got ~ much
good stuff In him a. I've always counted on
The bigger the heart the wus II hurts when
Il gets hit; an there's mighty big heart In
any child Of you an me, though say It a.
mebbe shouldn't
"That boy amt never goin' to have no
haartaches, not on account o gals, }" said the
mother, whose voice also showed sudden in.
crease Of earneStness II don't blieve the
gal was ever made that could say no to q
splendid young Teller like that-a young fel
Ter that's handsome an good an bright an
full O. fun, an that can tell more with hii
eyes In Q minute than hull Ettin' room full
Of Ordinary young men can say with theiI
tongues In week"
"No," aid tho old man, soberly, mot Il
the gal stayed true to the pattern she wa
made on-liko you did, for Instance Bu
gals l. only human-ther' wouldn't b0 NJ
way Of keepln' 'em on earth II they wasn't
you know-an' sometimes they don't d.
'xactly what might be expected Of Sm-"
THAT Tramlay gal won't give him th'
mitten, anyhow" persisted MrS Hayn
"Mebbe she amt as smart as some, but tina
family, through an through, has got sens
enough TO know what's worth havin' whel
thSy SO It. She needn't ever expect TO com
back here TO board for the summer, II sh
cuts up any such foolish dido as that"
"Lou Ann" said the farmer, Solemnly, I'd
you really think IL over an above likely tha
she'd want TO come back, in such case mad
an peryidedT
Then both old people laughed, and went Int
the houso, and talked Of all sorts Of thing
that bore no relation whatever TO youth O
love or New York They retired early, Afte
the manner Of farm people In general, afte
prayer containing formal and Somswha
indefinite potitiou for the absent one. tn
old lady lay awake for hours, It seemed Il
her, her head a. full Of rosy dreams Is II {
were not covered with mowi yet when q
last she was dropping asleep she was Startle'
by hearing her husband whispari
"FathsF In heaven, have pity on my poo
ho0