Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-04

well, shortly after you were here before,
she saved enough outside of their con
slant demands to buy two young cows
for them She was greatly delighted
that now they could have butter anc
milk for the little ones But week o
so after, she came back from n visit HON,
crying bitterly; an !, when questioned
her, she told me with many lementa
tions, how the old man had traded of
Daisy for blind Texas pony, and tho
very next day the owner of the horse,
from whom it had been stolen, appeared
and took it.
"'An' now he says he's goin' to beeI
Rosy she said with another burst o
tears. He says he guesses they'll have
one good bait of fresh meat. anyhow
She amt giyin' much; they don't feeC
her none, an they only hunt her up an
milk her when they want some milk.
Well, it was one thing or another till
began to think the poor child would
have to go away, when they suddenly
moderated their requisition to such an
extent that in seven months she had in
her hands upward of $50. | wondered
at this, but soon came upon the explain
alton.
''ITuldy, our washwoman, you know,
is a thrifty soul and she has been for
years saving money to buy bit of land
She makes herself tritle unpopular
among the ncighbors by Dragging of this
a little, and posing as a capitalist; and
she told me one morning, with an in
credulous snort, that the Hedders had
said to her us she came by that they were
going to buy land, too; they were saving
all of Ollie's money to buy with.
~ said nothing of this to Ollie, but
/ explained to her what would be the nee
essary arrangements in such a case, had
] Mr.. Jackson to get himself appointed
her guardian, and buy the land-a nice
little piece of six acres down here on the
Emory-for her, from Mr.. James. 1t
was for the family; they were to live on
it, but she wanted it so the old man
couldn't trade it away or be cheated out
of it, and | was determined she should
have it so.
''But when they heard of it they were
furious. They came raving over and
ordered Ollie home told her she need
not 90 unless she wished; but she is a
gentle creature you know and she went
They carried on shamefully; the old man
S"eSilnS 3 anu l tlilca,elins "nI rt WIS. iiou
sue Mr.. James, they said, for dealing
with a minor, and they made the child
so miserable she finally gave up, and
agreed to do anything they wanted. She
ales w. 1nchsoh oner a. 9Iuito Dun
Gonipe once nho tney hNeu up new
ueeu ~ III hI' lieuuer naHie' pu' hlis
.: ,"cNSon ihsis'GG on aavlnS some rcs'tic-
, .ions On 'he seiiinS OIL IL lnciuoeu III 'he
P"PeI;,.
oliic LOON IL nome, Pitliu' ana ais,
eouraSeu' Out thinking now there would
III ienSt DC peace.
l ne ne next oay she came mere ABOUT
moon W .he mos' 'hlseraple, e,lookihg creature creature!
you ever saw; one haa tasted nothlhS
since the aay before, ana nao crleo pretty
mdch all the time' till her round,
PIhh lacG was haSSaru ana whlte, ana
IeI piS plue eyes were reo anu s"o''eh'
Z a, liia''c her i; cup ol GoiLee % % any gov M hcr
thinas fyoro "''N' ~ '' INV "
when she took the decd homo hc,
mother met her and demanded to know
what she had done
".I've had the deed made out TO Won
| said Ollie. there il is
O. sWbat does if saw. then. read if
said the woman. Ollie read il and thc
moment the mother caught the first hint
of n restriction she snatched it from her
hand and screamed, That's the kim O
paper We got me, is it? Well, do yor
/ know what do with such paper? IN
show ye! That's what / will do and
she dashed it in the fire.
"They had scolded, abused anG
threatened her all the rest of the day
and she was now come, as they had or
dered her to do, to have Mr.. Jackson &C
and have the deed made to her mother,
without any restriction, or better to
bring the $50 payment back if Mr..
James was willing. She was to fetch
her clothes and belongings too, and Mrs.
Hedder had said she'd have no such
doings; Ollie should be hired out with
the understanding that her wages were
to be paid directly to her mother.
""They said it was scandal and Il
shame.n said Ollie, for child to be
owning land. an asking their parents to
live on it. They say | can have the
same sheer as any of the rest when they're
pone-the same sheer as Lomys man
that heats her and don't live with her
half the time, and never has earned a
mouthrul for her.
/" Itnall be eat up and wasted. Icant
help them any, an | can't help myself
there amt any hope at all, can see.
She turned her despairing, childish face
up to me. Il really wish | was dead,
said she, there amt no chance at all.