The National tribune., 1890-12-18

llf@AA lungs ln ANAhttANF anu ANNfNAAAANA
usually soft in that climate, had tooth
like January. Old Creeper Turtle had to
choose between his burrow of independence
ard TIC County almshouse, and he resolved
20 perish alone.
But Creeper often looked at his old goat
and-dog harness with the CLEANS of strug-
CLING memory in his eye, and then studied
the strength Of the ridge-pole in his leaky
roof with the quiz:
"Will that support me?"
"Peny," said Dove one day, can Grand
pa be thinking Of hanging himself? What
j. be doing with that old dog-harness around
his neck? lie mutteTs and shudders and
hides the harness when sometimes j sur
prise him"
Darling, ! have hope to save him from
Winter and despair"
"Mhat is H., sister. We are poor as the
wild turkeys mp In the mountain"
Dove CoO-listen and kiss me! You
know that they let me stay at the Semi
nary ths Winter and work out my board as
the chambemaid for the young ladies' Not
one cent do I get besides. But the girls all
love me- and say they are going TO give me
some clothes for Christmas Now, this my
plant
You are very smart, Perry"
shall coax the girls 20 buy the old
beams outen the House in the Woods where
where Braddick Beatty died.
Her voice trembled TO think OF the last
lol ug, sacred memories of that old house.
To build Grandpa better house,"
Ns. sister; can buy them all fur So,
and they will make iosts and raiters, below
and above, and stone is free and plentiful TO
wall Grandpa in. The farmer says he will
haal tHe.a for me, too, without charging
any mere.
90, what a lot Of money that is, Perry.
Bui as soon as he sees them beams gTsudpa's
heart wlll get bold
Yes he will endure one more Winter 10
know ihat in The Spring he shall have a
snug, sira ght warm home"
il would be a dreadful thing Perry il
pore Creeper was 10 hang hissef"
IL would be our last disgrace, Coo. ]
could not stand il, fur / have leaned-the
eliinbcin
"THE ALPHABET Amt IT?n
ayes, bat 70 me it shall always be the
elfnbeL A dear friend loved 10 hear me call
il that"
They took each others hands and were
silent
Dove Kissed her sister, and limited
Perry. II someone was ever missing and
was traced TO this place, wOuld You be
arrested for not having told something fur
80 very iung?"
Yes But I don't borrow trouble, Coo.
It. they were TO hang me, my soul would be
as clar 49, air. Ell ] was revensful on any
one wou!dn't j tell ?"
"Archy? Y0u hate him, don't you -
90, no. lie was my playmate. He is
loved By one know
Sister, let us make haste TO learn and 90
down tu Washington and find some work.
o, Jet us put an end TO this mysterious still
ness about everything. Is Archy dead?"
My dear, j fear that he lies among the
ashesOi the mountain woods with another
saw him rush toward the White Rock, where
was rOing j never got there. Ef had
tried, my soul would be in heaven"
o, sent him there, sister Said j, when
he asked me 10 console his guilty heart
60! 20 ard bring the dead to lifel' With
something like q yell he rushed up the
mountain, and soon after that the fire broke
out, PerTy!p
The sisters drew together, and there was
spause.
Speak, Coo Ef there is mystery all
around Us, We might as well have none our
selves
ana afraid Archy fired the mountain 10
hide mcthing-s0methingt there"
Never! Never! That would have been
criminal, and Archy is not that"
20, bless you! bless yOu!" cried Dove,
sfcr he words you have said.p
No. spoke Perry, firmly. Al see every
tffus4 of
ont yOEicr IN the vale. see poor, iealous,
headslTOuE soul, fooled by himself. Moth
ing WOrsci But OF the future see nothing.
my dear, bat 10 try 10 be worthy"
What is worthy, Perry ?"
Mouhy2 Bere-fhee? Yes, that's il,
darling: ne ii '5ere thee!n
Slightly, s0lemnly, Perry raised her dark
lRsheh toward the sky over the White Rock,
where IN fire the spirit of her lover might
have dissolved. No tear escaped her eyes.
She only drew her sister closer 10 her and
said.
We must live toward each other, sister,
and be- not Old and pore and diseased some
day like ms Ole man yer That would not
be wnHhg Of them we loyedn
How can we be better 0fFgH
"lnf.liEens. Throw of sl0th take some
thing from TINS end OF our life and put ID 10
the other end. j want you TO yet mp before
day, Coo, ~ ] do, and study your letters and
sprllIu one hOur"
Dove sHrank from her sister, for she was
mum pas-iye and voluptuous.
d B. not healthy, Perry, 10 do without
yOur sleep"
"THAl B WHAT THE BEARS AND THE
SNAKES,
and -Dnd many of these Dutch farmers do.
CUO-s.i,p al Winter long. and never read.
No, the man ] loved was full Of health and
beauty and he didn't sleep third part of
the hOur- on the clock. We must both pet
ready 10 20 20 the city when Grandpa's new
house D. built neXt Spring"
Md', viii git up and try. How must
ldoiiy"
One whole hour every morning when
your mud is fresh, take 10 yOur-elinbet.
III meet you yer AT Grandpappy's hut one
hour every evening, the last hour Of sun. 10
hyur your lessons. As you get on and can
read y"i.l give me exercises 10 take down
ln sh0I hand Coo IN four months we must
both read and write, and ] mean. If God
helps Wn, 10 write both kinds oi-elfn-
bet
NIil hey let us Of an hour every dayYn
We demand of IL. We are not slaves
The seIl nary is not doing 20 well that they
want 90 refuse ne an hour for my soul--my
mind uy soul and have ID talked about
amunp-i the girls. The Lutherans respect
leauIar They won't refuse me. dear. fur
eycryb ng loves me already al the Seminary.
Their i.ll get my lessons from the pupils
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