Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-08

though, and that is jest this: If wus you l
wouldn't think o. keepin' Ter erroun' no
morn l would er snake. 1never see any
body more tryin' an upsottin' than she is
with that awful tongue an temper O. hern."
eyes, Miss Perkins, Lorinda Hackett is
mighty tryin' sometimes. an often feels
es II wouldn't nowise put up with Ter fer
ernother day. But then thinks ses to my
self: Their pore critters homeless an
frien'less an somebody's gotter bear with
FER, an why mount 1t be me es wells
anybody else! An then l says to myself:
/ won't say nothin but jist go on erlong a.
bearin' Nv 1t es patiently es kim
oval, es We say Mrs. Sutles it STAINS ter
reason tibet somebody hes ter bear with Ter,
er else let 'er go ter Their porehouse, an I
dunno eff that halnt ther proper place fer
7er any how. Leastwise eff she hes Ter
good home like you give 'er she orter be
more thankful than to take on and make
trouble like she does"
"She ort, thet's true enuff, but everybody
hain't made erlike, Mrs. Perkins, am while
some's es thankful es kin be fer what's done
Ter ZEN, others ergn is jest that stiffnecked
an sot in their lees tibet they won't see
nothin' thet's done fer 'em, an eff they do
they won't feel thankful but jest go on er
e
Lord created Nv lem tibet erway, why then
who's ter blamed It's like l says to Ike las
night says /:
''Thar's er mighty difference N folks,
Ike, an some is more agreeabler than others,
but, says |, who's ter blame fer 1t when it's
in Their nature from the fust? An, says l,
they halnt nothin' left fer US ter do only ter
be patient an bear with them es is dis
agreeable es best we kin, trustin ter Their
Lord ter hep Us out IN some way, which I
b'lIeye he will eff we do our jooty es we see
it''
Previous to coming to the Suttles farm
Lorinda Hackett had lived hard, unhappy
life. Reared by shiftleSs, unfeeling par
entS, she had never known the value OF love
and kindness, and being cast out into the
world at an early age without money or
friends, she had naturally become intimate
with the dark side of life, and had learned
to look upon her fellow ngs as something
TO be hated ana Stunned. She became sour,
cross and morose, and refused to see any
thing good or believe that there was any
thing good in life
Mrs. Suttles often found Lorinda quite
trying to her patience, as she said to Mrs.
Perkins, and all the neighbors wondered
how the good old lady managed to bear with
such a disagreeable person. Even Ike SUIT
ties as patient and forbearing as men sell
dom are, wondered how his wife refrained
from speaking her mind on many trying oc-
casions. But Mrs. Suttles only sad:
ether pore critters hes he'd er hard ernuff
time of it all 'er life, an is desarvin' o.
sympethy; an, eff she is hard ter git
erlong with, dunno eff other people hain't
more ter blame nor her"
During the following summer the Suttles
family, as well as all the neighborhood,
were attacked with a severe form of ma
lignant fever. First, the three children had
it, and the mother, already heavily burdened
with household duties, found it difficult to
care for them, but soon Lorinda came to
her relief and cared for the children with
a mothers love and tenderness. Then Mrs
Suttles was taken, and the duties of