Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-29
TWAS LuclNors TURN.
And the Good Woman Took II With q
Vengeance.

And the Good Woman Took II with .
Vengeance.
A pair Of elderly. leathery-lookins
men and a limp-looking. broken-spir
tied woman in calico dress and {
bonnet fashionable before the war, ap
peared in lawyers Office uptown one
day last week
One OF the men said that they wanted
deed made out. and then he turned
to his companion aud they discussed
the details of the trade they were about
to make.
The meek-looking. heavy-eyed little
woman tried to say something once OIL
twice. but her husband silenced her
with:
Come. come. now, Loocindy; me
an he kin settle this bizness our.
selves 1t haiD't woman's place ia
take a hand in a matter o. this kind.
She's got other fish to fry. I'm dom
this tradin' myself. You jist sit still
till yer wanted"
Loocindy. thus admonished, ''set
still, F." but she seemed little less limp
and a trife more spirited, while her
heavy eyes frightened good deal
when her husband said:
Nov. Loocindy. we're ready fer yer
Jist come along hyar an scratch yer
name out in full on this blank line.
That's all We want of YOU"
1t was simply refreshing to see the
color come to Loocindy's wan cheeks,
and to note the firmness of her voice.
as she said:
II shan't dOit. Cy."
"You shan't do what?"
Il shan't sign my name to that there
deed
why. good lawd. woman; that's all
brung you along ferr'
Il know it. Cy, and | amt goin' TO
do it,"
what in thunder do you mean?"
gasped out Cy. as he stared at Loo
cindy with his eyes like saucers and
his mouth wide open.
II mean just what say. Cy Jack
son. Oh, you needn't stare so at me.
Cy. It's my time to take hand in
this trade, Cy, an I'm goin' to do it.
1t amt often | git chance to show
you I'm of any consequence in this
world, but now I'll learn you that !
ami
'Lookee here. Loocindy. I'm blamed
il I'm goin' TO stand this! What ails
you to go to cuttin' up like this? Now.
you put your name to that deed an
have done with your foolin'"
II amt foolin'. Cy," she replied.
calmly, as she took the pen he handed
her and put it back on the pen-rack,
and then pulled her faded old shawl
up around her gaunt shoulders.
"Lookee here. Cy. she said at last,
1.-The way look at it. that lands mine
much as it's yours. I've dug and mig
gered harder'n you have. an Tine
blamed if l amt goin' to have some say
so bout sellin' it. Now. I'll tell you
what I'll do Give me half the money
Higgins is goin' to pay you for the
land right here in my own fist an I'll
sign the paperr'
lyon must be crazy, Loocindy; l
want you to stop
Forty million of men couldn't make
me sign without" she said. calmly, as
she dropped into chair.
'Loocindy!"
well. Cy?"
'I-I-blamed If I-I-what you
mean. carryin' on like this?"
81 mean that | am goin' to have a
dollar or two in the bank kin call my
own, and some decent buds. Hand
over the money. Cy, an I'll sign; an
I'll never sign without itr'
Half an hour later Cy and Loocindy
left the Office, Cy with dazed look on
his livid face and Loocindy with Sc
renely-triumphant expression on hers.
as she walked away with a roll of bills
clutched tight in her bony hand, and
visions of a new ''alpacky" dress and
a fve-dollar bonnet and bank &C
count of her own before her glistening
eyes. Her time had come, without
doubt. Time.