The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-09-26
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his mind by using emphatic lam
guage being only woman cried.
You see, had taken such pains to
have my little lawn as level as floor,
and properly seeded and everything,
and it had just begun to look promis-
ing, with the little green spears
pricking up everywhere through the
rich dirt; and now some vandal had
walked straight across it.
There they1' were-twO distinct
tracks in opposite directions and. as
the lawn was small and the tracks
large, you can fancy the result.
There was one thing peculiar that
I noticed through my tears-on the
right side was the mark of huge
foot, but on the left. only a deep
round hole. The man evidently had
but one leg. 1 was glad that at least
that calamity had overtaken the cul-
prit.
Betch yer it's old Nimesy," vol
unteered Sarah, my servant, who,
herself native. knew all the natives
and their habits far better than did
1, who had recently come to the viii
lage.
1 had rented this pretty little cot
tage, which was not in the best of
repair, for the picturesque possibili.
ties Of its lawn and surroundings. 1
had ordered the fence torn down the
first thing-an innovation in the lit.
tie place and now someone had evil
IDENTIFY taken my little grass plot for
public ground.
"Well you may tell Mr.. Nimesy
that cannot have people running
about my yard" said 1. in digni.
fled tone. Sarah replied with gig
gle, "Land! Miss Brown, his name
amt Nimesy. its Mr.. Grimes. The
boys calls him Nlmesy for shsrt." |
failed to see how a name of one syl-
liable was abbreviated by making it
two, but l did not argue the question
with Sarah; my briefexperience hay
ing taught me that the last and best
word would evidently be hers. 50 |
set about smoothing out the tracks as
best l could, declining Sarah's offers
of assistance.
l felt put OUT" however, and it
was only when, later in the day, |
looked out and saw the sidewalk
speckled with the great raindrops
that nay grass needed, that buried
my resentment toward "Ole Mime
sy."
Several days later, when the sun
and rain had sent my grass up so
high that all tracks were hidden by
the soft. yelvety carpet. Sarah an
nounced that Mr.. Grimes wished to
see me.
/ found him in the kitchen as L
entered he rose from his chair and
bowed low and then said: Hi ave
come to hapoligise. mum. fur from
pin of yer garden, mum. fur Him
not given to a maxim of mischief
when Him sober, num-"
l told him that he had caused me
no little annoyance, and | took adj
vantage of the occasion to read him
brief temperance lecture. He
seemed quite impressed and very
penitent.
Hi assure We, mum, hit'll not hap
pen again hagin, mum. said he,
bowling low as he backed out of the
door.
Now, the Hall girls. my two nieces,
had promised to spend the summer
with me, and wished to be comfort
ably settled before they came. l had
arranged for my pony and phaeton
and the COW to bo sent from my for
Iner home when l should be ready
tor them. and now the barn and sta.
BILE we're quite in order. and Sarah's
brother had been hired to do the
work about the place requiring the
strong arm of man.
Sarah had proposed doing these du-
ties herself, and do not at all doubt
that she would have accomplished
them well. Indeed, l think size was
rather hurt because / insisted upon
hiring another person. She could
''do all there was to be done on a lit.
tie place like that, and had done it
many time" she informed me, but
was trying to coax her into white
aprons and caps, and somehow the
stable chores did not seem quite COM
patiable with the work which 1 had
planned for her and the place l
wished her to take in our little es-
Enlistment.
Well, the cow and the pony came.
but Sarah's brother did not. He de.
cided to try his fortunes in the far
West and set off at days notice. So
Sarah did the work the first night
and the next day l asked her ADVICE