The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-11-01


turo The suns been pretty hot, though II Is
October, aud the hot sun on that sort Of stun
always breeds malaria
81 wasn't tnlkin' Of sickness, hld the wlfe
"Thc dear boys health Is a. good as ever
It's his mind that's out o sorts"
~ long, soft sigh was tho farmers only
rcply Tor n moment # was followed 10y the
remark
"Thnt city gal, sposr -confound hcr'
II don't sec what you want her confoundcd
for; she hasn't done nuythiu' They don't
correspond
~ should hope not, sad llnyn, with con.
siderable vigor llo now wns wide awake
"Whnt could they write about You don't
s'posc Phil could writc nnythu' about our
gons-on that would interest her, do your
"No, but young people sometimes do Gnd
somcthn 10 exchange letters about You
aud didn't when We were boy and girl bc
cause we lived within a stones throw of each
other an you couldn't keep away from our
house after dark, but Philip nui'---
"For goodness sake, old lady" interrupted
tho husband, don't you go To- scttiu' yourself
down nj your time Of life 10y gottin' the
match maxim fcvcr There isn't the slight
est chance that'--
81 didn't say there was tut boys viii be
boys"
at doesn't follow that they should be- fools
docs it-.not when they're our boysr
"'Tisn't bcin' fool to be interested in n
rich mans daughter I've often thought how
different your life might have been II I'd had
anything besides myself to give you when
you married me
81 got ~! expected, aud a thousand times
moro than I deserved" This assertion was
followed by kiss, which, though delivered
in the dark, was OF absolutely accurate aim.
Don't put 1t into Pills head that he can
get moro than a wifo when ho marros
twill do him great deal more harm than
good"
"rd like to 500 the dear boy So fixed that
hc won't have g. work so hard as you've had
to do"
"Thcn you'il ,co him less of man than his
father, when hc ought To- be better Isn't
that rather poor business Tor mother IN Is
raol 10 hc IN, old lHdyC
"Wcll, anyhow, h,licvc phis heart is sci
on maxim u trip down 10 York
"Oh, is that al' Wen, hes been promised
II, for some day, this long while Some.
things always prevented it, hut s'posc now
would hc ~ good time as any lie deserves
Il, he's ~ good u SON rs man ever had
Mrs Ilayu probably agreed with her hus.
baud as 10 the goodness of their son, but that
was not the Wow of him in which She was IN
tcrcstcd just then said she.
"lf he goes, of course ho'll sec her"
Again the farmer sighed, then he said,
quite earnestly:
"Lct him see her, then. the sooner Inc docs
IL the sooner he'll stop thnkn' about her
Bless your dear foolish old heart her ways
and his are "a Tar apart aS llayutou and
heaven when there's a spiritual drought in
this portion of the Lords vineyard"
81 don't think the Tramnys are So much
better than we, Il they have got money, "
said Mrs. linyu, with some Indignation ~
always dil say that YOU didn't set enough
store 10y yourself Mrs Tramlay is a nice
enough woman but mover could see how
sho was any smarter than /, aud as tc her
husband, always noticed that you generally
held your own when the two ot YOU were
talking about anything
BLESS you" exclaimed the farmer, "you
are rather proud ot your old husband. aren't
youl But Phil will soon scc. with half an
eye, that 1t would ho the silliest thing in the
world Tor him to tall IN love with a girl like
that"
IL can't Tor the life Of mo SOC why" S1id
the mother Hes just as good as she aud
a good deal smarter, or I'm no Judge
"Sec here. Lou Aun." said the farmer, With
moro than hint or impatiencc IN his voice,
"you know 'twuut 10 either OF 'em any good
to fall I'm love It they can't marry each other
An what would Phil have to support his wife
on Would she come out here an tend to al
he house work OF the farm, like YOU do, Just
,or the sake " havin' Phil tor a hushaudi Not
unless she's fool, even II Phil is our boy an
about as good as they make EN- An YOU
know we'll enough that he couldn't afford TO
live I'm New Work he's got uothiu' to do Il
| on"
Not now, nut he might 60 trf business
there. and make enough to live In style.
| Other young fellows have done it,
"Nes-in stories" said the old man Lou
Ann, don't YOU kind o think that Tor a
] church member Of thirty years stnndun
| you're gcttiu' mighty worldly mindcdr
"No, don't Mrs. Ha,u answered III
not 20 want my boy 10 drudge away his
| hfe like his fathers done is bcin' worldly,
then I'm goiu % bc backsldcr and stay
one don't think twould bc a bit bad 20
have a married son down 10 York. SOS his
| old mother could have some place to 80 once
/ in a while when she's tired TO death of work
an worry"
"ohol" said the old man that's the point
| Of Il, ehi Wei, don't mind backslidin'
enough 10 say the boy may marry one Of
Satan's daughters, II itll make life any easier
for YOU, old lady"
"Much obliged, the mother replied, "bu,
/ don't know as ] care 60 do visitin' down
there"
The conversation soon subsidized. husband
and wife dropping into rcvory from which