The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-10-25
TWOMBLEYS FOLLY.

TWOMBLEYS FOLLY.
The Widow Appleby, called Aun
Samanthy by her neighbors. was tidy.
ing up a room, which had been furnish.
ed for a sleeping room, and had in i,
also a desk case and little row o.
drawers, in which fragments precious to
geologist had been carefully stored
The desk and book case Aunt Smanthy
regarded with reverance. The case she
did not understand Bits of stone, bits
of ore she empted them all into hel
apron and dumped them with other
odds and ends out of the window upon
a fl over bed that had not been dug up
that year. Aunt Samanthy had no heart
for gardening. Things had gone very
very wrong with her, and the death OF
her old boarder, a returned California
miner, who had made and lost several
fortunes, had put the fl fishing touch to
her woes. His room it was that she
was now putting to rights; knowing
that she should never see the old white
head and kindly smile again.
I felt it more than anything else, after
losing poor Peter, she sighed, as a tear
rolled down her cheek. He was always
so Kind to me-"
AS she spoke, there came a heavy
step en- the porch, and, looking out of
the window, she saw her cousin, Jede-
diah Twombley, standing there. Jede-
diah was rich man, lately made richer
by an inheritance from his grand father
who had lived to be one hundred and
five years old and died leaving all to
his wealthy grandson and nothing to
his extremely poor granddaughter. 1t
was natural that the thought should sting
the widow as she looked at him.
Morning said Jedediah. Morning,
Cousin Samanthy. l stepped up to get
the shade. | feel the sun considerably,
and my horse has lost a shoe, and I've
sent Simon to get it fixed l.; thought I'd
light here and see how you got on.
don't get on at all, Jededlah, said
Samanthy. Not as | should if Grandpa
Twombley had left me suthin, as l al
ways reckoned he would and now my
poor old boarder is gone, I've got 10
that pass I've had to sell the COW.
Too bad said Jededlah. Well, come
and get pan of milk any time.
Two miles there and back thank ye !!
said the widow. Do you know if l was
you. Jedeoiah, what I'd do? I'd say,
Cousin Slmanthy, am rich and you are
poor. I'll give you little slice off
the big un grandpa left me. That's
your Christian duty, seein' grandpa
was hundred and five, and weak
mined when he died. He'd hev done
it himself ten years ago, and you know
it.
Pshaw laughed Jedediah. But
you're woman, that's your excuse for
talkin' idiotic, I'm not a mean man.
I'll give you five dollars down, Sa-
manthy, and property and wills is Wills,
and not TO be broken.
Well, l don't set up for proud, and
I'm so poor that this is good Zeal to
me, said Samanthy, taking the money.
1 reckon grandpa's spirit is around
somewhere, prompting you to do right,
seeing you influenced him to do wrong.
Now, Samanthy, grandfather wasn't
influenced by me! That l can tell
you SAID Cousin Jededlah. He always
felt you made a mistake stepping off
with Peter. Peter was one of them folks
that never prospers. What's the use,
grandfather used to say to me, of help
ing Samantby when Peter
Poor Peter is gone, said the widow
taking her handkerchief from her apron
pocket. Don't talk against him. He
was Just as kind as kind could be to
me.
No doubt, said Jededlah, hurrledly-
no doubt. | didn't mean any ottense.
l always thought Peter quIte-quite-
But what was you don' when | came
in-house- cleauin'2
| was cleanin' out the spare room,
said the widow. It's been shut up
quite spell-since the Calitorny gen.
tlemen died. l thought I'd let 1t II l
could. | might take few boarders
this summer if they'd come.
I'll pay tor an advertisement, said
Jedediah, who was worth hundred
thousand ; and Id let you have lots OF
cucumbers off our place. You could
grow things here now, if you was to
seed this bed up instead of pitchln'
rubbish on it you could grow radIshes
right under your window. Summer
boarders generally think radishes hull
some.
Jest emptled that bed. There was
lot of rubbish in 'em and l meant to
dig it over, only amt very strong.