The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-09-06

/ inc mousse, ENe came 10 INC HDDL HlcFc
tho well was dug. Lysandcr's jacket
hung upon a branch Of an old pear
tree. but whore was hc?
Suddenly Esmeralda began 10 be
aware Of, the fact that the wcll-hole
was not there; the earth had filed II
TO Overlooking; that there had, In fact.
been "A "slidc," aud that In all proba-
bility Lysaudcr was down at the bot
tom Of tho wcll under ton or 50 Oi
earth.
with her hcart boating and her knees
trembling, Bhc ran al! about the place,
screaming her husband name. Then,
with nshy lips and tongue clcaying 20
her mouth, -hc stoggered 10 the near
est ncighbOr's house, just managed 20
say: "Iho VOL Lysander,' and fell
upon the 1OOr in q dead faint
For hours after this several neigh.
bOrs worked very hard digging away
the earth. with better knowledge Of
its propensity torctuu whence II came
than the sailor had had.
They came 10 his hat az last. Then
they came 10 water-Or rather mud
and water They could do no more.
The general verdict was that the
ground was son there below, and that
Lysandcr had sunk I'm H. and stuck
there. Finally, after % wcok's excite
mcnt and much dragging and probing
Of the hole, they decided 20 lll tho
hole up and mark the place as
grave. This they did. A slab setting
forth tho virtues Of the departed, COW
cred the spot, and Mrs. Whiting put
on widows weeds. Three months aft.
orward baby boy Lysander over
ngain-was born into tho world; and
Esmcralda as she nurscd him on her
shoulder, began 10 bclicyc his depart
cd father model OF all perfection.
"Sho lived, she said, "and would
1.-Two for her boy;" bul lifo was worth
less without her cxcclcut and devoted
husband. He had been so kind. IL
was in digging q we'll for her that no
lost his life. And sho told all who
cared 90 listcn how ho had drawn tho
shade down and gono out softly TO his
work that she might not bo disturbed.
Finally she began TO believe that no
had said something worry kind IA no
went out, and she repeated that Tho
boy was taught, as ho grow able to
understand, that ho had had very
saint for father, and all poor Ly-
sandcrs queer ways that had troubled
her so much, were forgotten. She had
his broad-facc tm-iypc, taken when no
was only half sober, and grinnng from
car 20 ear, enlarged, and finished in
pastel, worry pink and white, with
ministerial gravity Of dcmcanor, and
an angclically subducd smile. and
taught tho boy TO call il "Doar Papa"
and meanwhile she cared for the farm,
and prospcrod Now and then some-
body proposed TO the widow, but she
always gave "a gentle negative.
"IIer heart is down that thcro we'll"
said nm apprcciatiyo fricnd, who had
mover seen Lysandcr, land II Mr..
Whiting was us handsome rs that
thoro picture, | can't wonder, for he
looks like the wax figures in the lnsti-
tuto Fair, If not prctticr."
Most OF the suitors bcing widowcrs,
took their rcfusals easy; but one for
lorn youth OF immature years who had
remarked 10 tho widow that lit was
hor dignitudo that fetched him." fell
into tho depths OF despair ON receiving
| n decided negative, accompanied by u
reference 60 his carly years, and left
the town 10 "ship for sailor and get
drowndcd,n with Wow of haunting
tho widow aftorward; and coming TO
the city docks whore vessels lay, met
II scn-fariug man of jolly aspect 10
whom he put a few questions.
"You scc,' he said, 81 don't know
Jest what TO do. I've mover followed
the sea. Eve kept groccry in Toggins-
town all my life, and | don't know rs
I'll get tool, onto a ship anyhow"
you'll go back aud keep grocery, II
you'n take my advice said the sailor.
"Togginstown! Why, | used to live
thcro oncc. NO YOU happen TO know
Lysandor Whiting down that wayP'
"Salles alive! Him! Why, he's dead
long ago; five or six years agow cried
| tho boy. 81 ncyor saw him, but Two
hoard enough OF him. She goes on
about him continual It's enough h
mako YOU sick
"Agin him?' asked the sailor
"No; praisiu' of him. said the boy,
chow awful good ho was, and how
handsome. WclL nc was han some.
| Thcro's his pictur to provo itN