New-York tribune., 1890-05-04

,one,v woman told herself they only saw tie tria
n.r. of It they didn't know anything ABOUT inc com
| fort OF It,. What could they Know OF the tiril oi
| long unused tenderness that woke IN that hear'
when Daily put her arms round Mr JACOBS meek
and kissed her with lavish iohu'o'' ''''o 'o"i'
/ not be other than real
| The widow suddenly flung out one hand with
rare impetuousncss Of gesture.
"r don't care what they think, or what they say !"
sho cried Il guess | know what I'm about, m
ri keep the child II 1t kills me|
7. was really very wearing however, to find the
re,t dav which was saturday when there was no
school that the dinner dishes which She had packed
into the sink 10 be washed were all gone She knew
Daily had not washed them. But where were they !
Mrs. Jacobs had Just returned from running across
the road to sec how Miss Bentley was. Daily en-
tered the house at about the same time. and was sing
ing camp-mectng tune. When asked where INC
dishes were, she responded promptly iat snc hau Ius
put them "in thur branch
Poor wddcr 'Bijah sat down suddenly, feeling weak
and helpess She asked what the branch was, and
after some explanation she understood that IL was
the brook which at the foot Of the hill back Oh inc
house. The dishes. including silver spoons, were de-
postcd in the stream that the running water might
clean them. Not only had Daily done this thing but
she had advised Marietta WnslOw TO use the brahch
near her house for the same purpose, as isSwaShe
was so tiresome. The two girls going to report
u
not obliged to wait until Monday.
Before Daily and her friend could start To the brook
I'm the hope OF saving at least tho spoons inc door
was flung violently open. and Mrs. Wlnsow' gripping
her daughter Marietta by the hand, entered.
Mrs Jacobs Immediately rose to the occasion. shc
felt that she might be put down by some folks, but
not by old slIas Joncss daughter. she told Mrs.
Wnslow she hoped she'd set right down and make her
IA little visit.
Mrs Wnsow snortcd She seemed struggling to
sneak coherently. At last she said II want no time
for visitn' that she sposed all her pink chinI was
gone 10 the old Harry to say nothln' OF her grand
mothers silver spoons an all OWN 10 that Caro-
lny galo pointing at Daily. who had exchanged one
anxions elance with Marietta, and now stood with
flushed face and dropped head.
Mrs Jacobs very calm, and almost sweet, as
she advised her caller TO wait few minutes till she
could speak q little palmer, N not come So nigh
,wearin'.
Mrs Winslow swallowed two or three times before
she coud say that she 10 tell Miss JACOB, that
il she caught that Daily spcalin to her Ma
rietta or any OF her children asn, she would-she
would here she swallowed again and grew purple
IN the face and could not finish her sentence
Mrs Jacobs waited in the same calm way Mrs.
Winslow witchci her daughter round toward the ooor
and then was able 10 say. her shoulder:
We had comp'ny to dinner. m 50 ';was our pink
chny that went into the brook
Mrs. Jacobs followed the woman to the door,
81 should Of thouglt' she said commiseratinry.
that a gal brought mp like your Marietta wouldn't
have put chiX into no brook