St. Landry democrat., 1890-10-18
TWOMBLEY'S FOLLY.

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TWOMBLEY'S FOLLY.
The Widow Appleby, called Aunt
Ssmanthy bv her neighbors, was Toying
49, room which had been furnished for
sleeninp room, and had in it also DESK
a hook. case and little row OF drawers III
wbicb FRAGMENTS precious to geologlst
hsd heen stored. The desk and bookcase
Ant Samanthv regarded with reverence:
THe case she did not understand. blts Oh
stone bits of ore; she emptieo theh az
into her apron, and dumped 'nem: WIN
other odds and ends, out OF the VINO"
upon a flower bed that hao not ueen ous
mn that year. Aunt Samanthy n@u NJ
hesrt for gardening. Things had gone
va-v wrong with her, and the death OF her
ia bosrder. a returned California miner,
!! vho had made and lost several fortunes
/ had mt the finishing touch to her woes
H;s rpom II was that she was now putting
80 riobts knowing that she shou Id never
COO The old white head and kindly smile
81 felt it more than anything Else, after
losing moor Peter" she sighed, as tear
rolled down her cheek. "de was always
so kind to me. h.u sto,
AS she spoke there came heaVy step
on the porch, and, looking out OF 'n T wiz
I1a. standing there. Jedediah was rich
man lately made richer by an inheritance
from his Grandfather, who had lived TO os
one hundred and five years old, and
lsavine all to his wealthy grandson ana
noth1no to his extremely poor granddaugn,
+ar + was natural that the thought
sbonld sting the widow as she looked AZ
informing !" said Jedediah. Morning,
Rse{,onsin Samanthy. l stepped up to get the
!. shade | feel the sun considerably ana
4 nv horse has lost a shoe, and I've sent
Simon to get it fixed. Thought Ia hgn'
/ here and see how you got on.
II don't get on at all, Jeae "a n, Eau
Samanthy. mot as shoulo IL ul 1pa
Twombley had left me suthin, as always
rackoned he would; and now my poor old
boarder is gone, I've got to that pass I've
had to sell the cow"
seToo bad" said Jedediah. "Well, come
and get pan of milk any time. -,
s.,Iwo miles there and back thank ye
s.;d the widow. "Do you know if was
1nn Jedsdian. what I'd dof I'd say,
sConsin Samanthy, I'm rich and you are
noor ri give YOU little slice OF the big
nm grandpa left me- That's your Chrls,
tian duty, seem grandpa was hundred
and FIVE. and weak minded, whsn ne dleo
He'd hey done it himself ten years ago.
and you know it." ,.o, npr.
you're a woman that's your excuse 1 1U1
talkin' idiotic. I'm not mean man 49,
give YOU five dollars down, Samanthy' ano
property is property, and WILLS u "iii''
and not to he broken"
"Wsll, don't set up for proud, ana u
40 poor that this Is good deal 10 me,
said Samanthy, taking the money.
reckon prandpa's spirit is arounc' some
where. prompting you to do right, seeing
y Won influenced him to do wrong.
Il "Now, samanthy, grandfather WASH
3 ;nansnced by me that | can tell you !!
! said Cousin Jedediah. He always TEL
Won made a mistake stepping on VIII
Peter- Peter was one of them folks tina
i never prospers. What's the USE grand
father used to say to me, OF heiplhg Oh
4 manthy, when Peter
d "Poor Peter is gone," said the widow
I +s1ing her handkerchief from her apro
/ nocket. ..Don't talk against him. d
was inst as kind as kind could be to me.
"No doubt" said Jedediah, hurrledly-
"no doubt. l don't mean any ottense:
Il always thought Peter quite-qq'te-. bu
( wbat was YOU a-doin' when came in
house cleanin2'
~ was cleanin' out the spare room,
cold the widow. otis been shut up quit
! n spell-since the Californy gentlema
~. died. I thought I'd let it, if could.
II might take few boarders this summer
IA they'd come" o.
Y GPIl paw for an advertisement" sal
Il Jedediah. who was worth million and
"A half; "and I'd let you have lots OF cucun
n rs off our place. You could grow tMnl
here now, if you was to seed this oeo
III iratead Of pitchin' rubbish on it you cou
crow radishes under your window. sur
4: mer boarders generally thinks radish
n hulsome
ID al lest emptied the bureau drawers
~ onto The bed. There was lot of rubbi
8t in 'em; and meant to dig it over, only
III "ril let Simon dig it," said Jededial
t' s'und you seed it, and it will be comic
:f Bv this time, Simon, who had be
/, slowly driving up hill, stopped at the gal
i and Jedediah called to him sharply:
4 "Simon, you jest take the spade and q
III over Mrs. Appieby's garden. III orl
Ia home myself. Good-by, samsntny.
|R think that idee about summer nosrders
tG a GOOD one :" and jumping into his Wage
ia drove up tAo Io0uS 6ieI1 W. ~ $50 -
n Door cousin. ,.,
Hi simon looked after his master with
il5 very peculiar expression.
sk s:Some folks is born for luck and sol
aa for children" he said sententiously. I'll
III got four"
III "And I've got three" said the wide
f9 .sNow, simon, doL'!, you do that uni
s8 YOU feel like it. know you have plel
Rt to do"
liza ard lest as lief" said Simon. "Wl
Es Won been THROWN out here. Mrs. a
t pleby -.. 49,,
ave bureau drawers" said Mrs. Apple
|l esWhat he kept it there for, dunno"
simon laughed, and, STOPPING. picked
III ono ar two bits of something and put tn
III yin his pocket ~
.'b Appleby looked out again, and Simon
,il AS Mr.. Jedediah Twombley sat on
33s porch that night, counting up the pre-
III Of his hay crop. voice behind him cri
HI ssMr. Twombley, I've got suthin' W
.is TO show you"
HI BE turned. It was Simon who
|, Il spoken. and he held in his hand IT
Ia ment of something that looked dark
s4 heavy. 8.
Hill been to the gold mines in my time, an
4is this amt gold I'll give up and says
Fd lacking" w.,s