Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-31

fluge Oh inc pas
ture. The suns been pretty hot, though it Is
October, and the hot sun on that sort of stun
always breeds malaria"
~ wasn't talkin' Of sickness, said the wife.
1.-THE dear boys health IL as good as ever.
It's his mind that's out o. sorts"
"A long, soft sigh was the farmers only
reply for moment 1t was followed by the
remark:
"That city gal, s'pose--confound herm
II don't SEQ what you want her confounded
for; she hasn't done anythin'. They don't
correspond.
II should hope not," said Hayn, with con-
siderable vigor. He now was wide awake
"What could they write about You don't
s'poso Phil could write anythin' about our
goins-on that would interest her, do your
mo, but young people sometimes do find
somethiu' to exchange letters about You
and didn't when we were boy and GIRL be-
cause we lived within a stones throw Of each
other, an you couldn't keep away from our
house after dark; but Philip and"--
"For goodness sake, old lady," interrupted
the husband, don't you go to settin' yourself
down at your time Of life by gettin' the
match maxim fever. There isn't tho slight
est chance that
~ didn't say there was; but boys will be
boys"
at doesn't follow that they should DO fools,
does it---not when they're our boysf'
"'Tisn't bein' fool 10 be interested In
rich mans daughter. I've often thought how
different your life might have been II I'd had
you married me-"
II got all expected and thousand times
more than deserved This assertion was
followed by a kiss, which, though delivered
In the dark, was Of absolutely accurate aim.
"Don't put it into Phil's head that he can
get more than a wife when he marries;
twill do him great deal more harm than
good"
"Id like to see the dear boy so fixed that
he won't have to work SO hard as you've had
to do"
"Then you'll SEQ him less Of a man than his
father, when no ought to be better. Isn't
that rather poor business for mother in Is
rael to be in, old ladyf'
"Well, anyhow, believe Phil's heart is set
on maxim trip down to York"
"Oh, is that ALI Well, he's been promised
1t, for some day, this long while. Some
things always prevented 1t, but s'pose now
would be as good a time as any. He deserves
Il; he's as good a son as man ever had"
Mrs. Hayn probably agreed with her hus.
band as to the goodness Of their son, but that
was not the view of him In which she was in
terestcd just then. Said she:
"If no goes. Of course he'll see her."
Again tho farmer sighed; then he said
quito earnestly:
'Let him see her, then; tho sooner he does
II the sooner he'll stop thinkin about her
Bless your dear foolish old heart, her ways
and his are as far apart as Haynton and
heaven when there's spiritual drought in
this portion of the Lords vineyard"
~ don't think the Tramlays are SO much
better than we, il they have got money"
said Mrs. Hayn, with some Indignation. ~
always did say that you didn't set enough
storo by yourself. Mrs Tramay is a nice
enough woman, but never could see how
she was any smarter than L; and as to her
husband, l always noticed that you generally
held your own when the two of you were
talking about anything"
"Bless your exclaimed the farmer, "you
are rather proud OF your old husband, aren't
you1 But Phil will soon see, with half an
eye, that it would be the silliest thing in the
world for him to fall in love with girl like
that"
II can't for the life of mo SEQ Why" said
the mother. Hes just as good as she. and
q good deal smarter, or I'm no judge"
mere, LOU ann, sStii ttle iuIIleT, WIN
more than q hint Of impatience In his voice,
"you know twon't do either Of 'em any good
to fall In love il they can't marry each other
An what would Phil have to support his wife
oni Would she come out here an tend to all
the house work of the farm, like you do, just
for the sake of havin' Phil for a husbandi Not
unless she's fool, even II Phil Is our boy an
about as good as they make 'em. An you
know well enough that he couldn't afford to
live in New York; he's got nothin' to do II
on"
"Not now, hut no might go In business
there, and make enough to 1--we in style.
Other young fellows have done itr'
"Yes-in stories, }" said the old man. Lou
Ann, don't you kind O. think that for a
church member Of thirty years standin'
you're gettin' mighty worldly mindedi'
"No, DON'T" Mrs. Hnyn answered "If
not to want my boy to drudge away his
life like his fathers done Is bein' worldly,
then I'm goin' to be backslider and stay
one / don't think twould be a bit bad 10
have married son down to York, SOS his
old mother could have sone place to 60 once
in while when she's tired to death of work
an worry"
"Oho!" said the old man; "that's the point
Of it, chi Well, l don't mind backslidin'
enough TO say the boy may marry one Of
Satan's daughters, if it'll make life any easier
for you, old lady"
"Much obliged, the mother replied, "but
don't know as | care 10 do visitin' down
there"
The conversation soon subsided, husband
and wife dropping into revery from which
they dropped in.o slumber. In ono way or
other, however, the subject came up again.
Said Mrs Hayu one day, just as her husband
was leaving the dinner table for the field in
which he was cutting and stacking corn:
III do believe Phil's best coat is finer stuff
than nything Mr. Tramlay wore when they
were up here. | don't believe what he wore
Sundays could hold a candle TO Phil's."
Like enough" said the farmer; land yet
the old man always looked better dressed.
think his clothes made him look little
younger than Phil, too"
"Now, husband, you know it isn't fair to
make fun Of tho dear boys clothes in that
way. You know well enough that the stuff
for his coat was cut from the same bolt Of
broadcloth as the minister's best"
"Yes," drawled the farmer through half a
dozen infections, any one Of which would
have driven frantic any woman bat his own
wife
Its real mean in you TO say Yes In that
way, Reuben!"
"1isn't the wearer that makes the man,
old lady; it's the tailor
I'm sure Sarah Tweege cut an made
Pills coat, an If there's better sewin' wo,
man in this part Of the county I'd like 10
know where you find her"
"Oh, Sarah Tweege can sew, Lou Ann,
the old man admitted "Goodnessl wish
she'd made my new harness, instead Of what
ever fellow did It, Mebbe, too, il she'd made
the sacks for the last oats bought wouldn't
have lost about half bushel on the way
home Yesm', Sarah Tweege can sew a bed
quilt up as square as an honest mans con
science. But sewin' amt tailorin'."
Don't she always make tho ministers
clothesf' demanded Mrs Hayn.
II never thought Of IT, before, but oi
course she does. don't believe anyboly elss