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

III "ShoI"
~ ~ Farmer Hayn
lIS& - and bis wife would
UMIA have made good
uNM actorS, II tested BY
NTI ~ their ability to
USLH0 clothO few words
USII::.YA with pantomime Of
%fSENaWD much variety and
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kIIlnIn " duration. H-um al
fNfihuANII most the time that
1|iIUAlNCvN her husband start
~DANIuV ed TO the post Of.
.MnHNU Gee, Mrs Hayn had
~NNRhI been going out on
&IUkN' tho veranda to look
|T for him returning.
She bad readjustOd
her afternoon cap several times, as she would
have done had she expected visitor; she bad
picked faded buds from some late roses, had
examined the base Of one Of the piazza posts
to be sure that the old wistarla vine was not
dragging Il from its place, and had picked
some bits Of paper from the little grass plot
In front Of the house; but each timo she went
from one duty TO another she shaded her eyes
and looked down the road over which her
husband would return. She had eyes for
everything outside the houso-an Indication
Of rot at an end Of Of the window dlls,
daring cocoon between two Stats Of q window
blind, q missing screw OF the door knob-all
tribes that had been as they were for week.,
but had failed to attract her attention until
expectation had EhRrpened her eyeSight.
As time wore on she went into the house
for her spectaclss; generally she preferred TO
have letters read to her by her husband, but
her absent sons writing she must go with her
own eyeS Then she polished the glasses again
and again, trying them each time by gazing
down the road for the boarer Of the expected
letter Calmness, In its outward manifesto
ton, was noticeable only after her hope had
again been deferred
As for the old man, who was quite a. dis
appointed a. bis wife, be studied Q partly
loosened vest button as u II had been an OBJ
ject Of extreme value; then be Hat down on
the steps Of the veranda, studied all visible
sections Of the sky for minute or two, and
finally ventured the opinion that . middling
lively shower might come due about midnight
Then BIO told his wife Of having mot the min.
lister, who had not said anything In particular,
and Of a coming auction sale Of which ho had
heard, and how eggs for shipment to the city
had looked up" three cents per dozen. Then
he sharpencd his pocket knife on his boot leg,
handling It as delicately and trying its edge
as cautiously as II 1t were an instrument Of
which great things were expected Then
both Joined In estimating the probable cost Of
raising the youngest calf on the farm to ID
full bovine estate
Finally, both having thoroughly represSsd
and denied and repulsed themselves, merely
because they had been taught In youth that
uncomfortable restraint was precious priv.
ilege and q sacred duty. MrA Hayn broke thu
silence by exclaiming;
at does boat ALL
aWhat doesf" asked her husband, as Sollcl
tously as II be had not the slightest idea Of
what was absorbing bis wifeS thoughtR
"why, that Phil don't writa Here's ev
erybody In town tormentin' me 10 know wheE
he's comm back, an II he's got the thing
they asked him to buy for EN-, an not soil
tary word can l say; we don't even know
how to send letter to him to stir him up an
remind him that he's got parentS"
swell, TIERS sure to be letter somewhere
on tho way, don't doubt, tellin' Us all "
want to know" said the old man, goinl
through the motions Of budding an altheI
bush, In the angle Of the step, from sciol
Of It's own stock Watched pots neve
| bIe,' you know, an faint often one gets
letter TIL be stops lookin' for II"
"But tain't bit like Phil, " sAid the oil
lady. "Why, he's been away moron Q week
thought he'd ct least let US know which o
the big preachers he'd herd on Sunday, an
what DO thought Of 'em. Hearin' them BIZ
guns Of the pulpit was always one Of tn
thlngs be wanted to 70 to the city for. TbeI
thoreS the bread pan I've bean wantin' fol
ton years-ono that's got tin enough to II no
10 rust through every time there comes I
spaIl Of damp weather; hO might at least res
my mind for me BY lettin' me know hex
sEl in good time, old lady, lots DO patien
an well bear all we're waitin' for. Worry
more wearyin' than work Rome WASH
built In . day, you know"
"For mercyS sake, Reuben, WhatS Rom
got 10 do with our Phlll I don't 80 tina
RomeS got anythin' to do with tho case, on
less its Somethin' like New York, where oul
boy Ia
"well, Rome was built an rebuilt gooC
many times, you see, fore II got TO be all tina
was 'xpected Of IT.; an our Pills goin
through the same operation, msbbA A mani
got 70 be either q stupid savage or Q hnishe.
on saint 10 DO suddenly pitched from nald
and woods into q great big town withou
beln' dased. When I dTSt went down b
York my eyes was kept 20 wido open that
couldn't scarcely open my mouth for few
days, much less take my pen In hand, a. folk
say In letters hardly kuowed which foot
was standin' on, an sometimes felt a. II tn
ground was gone from under me- Yet New
York ground Is harder than an onbeliever'
haarkH
Mira Hayn seemed to accept the smile o
RomeS building as applied 10 herson, for al
made no further objection TO 10; she contin
ned, however, TO polish hes glasses, n anticl
patton Of what she still long0d 10 do witt
them. Her husband continued 10 mako tin,
sllts and eros cuts In the althea,s bark, an
to insert buds carefully cut from tho boughI
Finally be remarked, a. careloaly q II tall
ing about the weather:
"Sol MantringS sloOpS got baekr
"GraciousF" exclaimed MrA HAyn; "wh,
amt you told me 70 beforsl solS sen Phi
aInf bet What does be ayl OF courso yol
didn't come home without sosin' himP
"Of course didn't Yes, Soils sen Phi
seen him the day before ho caught the It'd
an came out An Sol says he's Q sumner
too-don't look no more like bis old self thai
n he'd been torn an raised In York. BEL
you, Lou Ann, It don't take that boy mucl
time to catch on TO whatevsrS got 60 10 Il
Why. Sol says he's got store clothes on, iron
head TO foot That amt all, either; be-
Here the old man burst into laughter, Whiel
he bad great difficulty In suppreAing; ate
long effort. however. he continued; 80
Gays be carries Q eane--a cane not mucl
thicker than q ramrod Just Imagine GU
Phil swingin' q cano II you eAnf' And ID
old man resumed bis laughter. and gave
FREQ coursa
~Mercy akesI" said tho old ladyi II hop
be didn't take Il To church with him. An
hope he won't bring It back herO What7
the other members Of the Young People
pfhla elias. saw n -, siach r,oinh on NV nm