The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-02-06

in the Kitchen. and a wasAins- ma
chine
What's that - said Hector
Wei shor yoa il vea1i cone over
70 our house % said Lzzon Perkins. very
eheerfuslv.
And stationary fabs in the cellar. y
added Mrs. Perkins. and a ilos-x xaier
boiler back Of the stove That's the way
70 break work down instead Of letting i
break you downr
-Ill 10 II. saai Hector I'll have all
these things Fixed up while Cyntiiia Is
Al her mothers. If you'll juss help me
With yosr experience
Mrs, Perkins nodied spprovingiy-
~Is wiH aii ten ye5rs 70 Cynthia's
LIE. said she
Old SILKS shook his head more ssrenu-
esssiy tiza eyes. wisca he heard Of these
nes plans.
Hector, sal be, believe you're
gone crazy TIE osd Nays Vas good
enough flr your mot her ] should think
they'd be plenty god enoush for your
wife
But Hector was frn, and the Old man
loss his teiapeF a Aast-
= can't stay here and see yoa maxim
ducks and irzkes Of the old place. p said
he II you re goin' to set your wife up
for an idol to worship her, shan stand
hy and see If. III % TO Ohio and visit
my brother Elnathan's folks and veil
seeI where these 6ne notions will bring
yoa up. Anyho~. yon nee'in't look to
my money 1, get you out of the poor
house
No, father, xili uoI.r said Hector
And after he vas gone, 1ke repairs and
improvements eommeneei IN real goOi
earnest
Silas Bayiiff hzd ia;enae,i TO stay /
year in Ohio; bot either Die climate 4id
not agree with him. ~ he didn't sgree
wish brother Elnath2ns folks, for ne re-
turned home some fhree months before
he was expeetei-
There AMT no place Ike home. said
silas And, bless me, how bright and
nice things 30 look hsre. AMI declare.
Cynthy, you're Ike another woman
Yoar eheess are as red a. roses, and you
step DEh.i as sPry as any cricket
Yes, aAI.er. said Cynihia, the inn
provemeBts in the house have made evs-
rything 50 much easier Tor me. get the
work done II half the iins, and with :
quarter Of the trouble.
BAylif looked around
the Improvements. eh r snd he
But they cost a sight Of money"
Yes. they earsainig did, oxned Cya-
thia.
How mech, nov - said RaylifF, wiih
an intsrr0gatiye aplurning Of his spec.a-
cles.
Five hundred doEars.7 said Gym
thia-
Old Baylif could not repress 4 groa1.
The interest on fye huadred dollars at
SIX per cent Ia thirty dell4rs a year. said
ne Thirty dollars year Is souad
sum and aii-sing into the grouni, as you
may say--in pipes and drains e
Not quite. father. said cheerful Cyn-
tbia, opening the table drawer Look
-. - a.. -. -
quickly, nowadays. hat have deal Of
time 70 myself. and here i ny Eors
from the shirt factory. Butt0ahele-mak-
Ing and putting on the finishing touches,
YOU see. take It up when my dishes
are washed and the work Is over.
haven't been al Il half q year vet, and
I've earned a COOL deal more than thirty
dollars. Look, here IS my sayings-hank (
book r
We'll. declare r. sai,i Silas.
Hector objected 10 / a, iirS," went
on Cynthia, Bat wen proved to him
tia. I should still have plenty Of tine
70 read ana garden and walk with hia.
he let me % on with It. -, you 80. the
are really an ecoaomv.
Well, 1 declare - said Silas-
dunno bnt what yoa're rightly. Cynthy r (
He walked out 10 the village building
ground in the yellow flush Of the twilight
that evening. where the russet leaves
xara driffine down IN 4 sofitarv rnouad Z
and stood there silently fls awhile
Perhaps he was thinking OF shat might .
have beer, fine had been more consider t
ate in tie years E0ne by 70 the poor w0-
nan who lay there
When he went back TO The house. he
met Hector
Heeter. said he. Tou did right 10 .
sx up the house 20 suit Cyrthy.
q am glad you think -, t4rhey,- sIid
Hector B4ylia.-Sna-issg Night