The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-02

u 60 awav, - ben they suddenly mole eted
toeIr reQuls tiou To sucs an extent that IL
seven nloaths she hal % my hands upward
Of $50 | wondered at this, tut soon came
up tie exp a-ati Z.
"Hu.dy, our NaslWonan. you know. is a
thrift soul. and she hss been for years
saving money 20 bay bit OF land. 5ne
Il axes herself tribe popular long the
neigho rs by bragginZ ot this little, and
. sing a Capitalist, and she told me one
Inorning, with a. lncredulous snort, that
the Hedders had SAID 10 her as she came by
that they were going 70 nuy land too,
they We're saving al Of Oilie's money 10 buy
vita
81 said nothing Of this % Ollie. but ex-
planning to her what would be the neces-
sary arrangement in such case, had Mr..
JecES n u get himself appointed her
guardian, and buv the laud-a nice little
piece OF SIX acres DOWN here on the Emery
Tor her, from Mr.. jams. It was Tor the
family they were to live on it and have it,
bu she wanted it 50 the old man couldn't
trade 1t a gay or be cheated out Of it. and
was deter mined she should have it 50.
cut when they heard Of IL they were
| furious. They came raving over and or
! dsred Ollie home told her she need not
20 unless she wished but she is a gentle
creature, you know, aud she went. They
I carried on shamefuliy; the old man swear
ing and threatening aud Mrs. He1der be-
1 ratI1g and abusing. They would sue Dir,
James. hey said, for dealing with minor,
and they made tee child so miserable she
/ finally gave up, and agreed to do anything
I they want. Sne net Mr. jackson over a.
/ Squire Buncombe's Office and they liked up
new deed ia Mrs. Hedders name, but
/ Mrs. Jackson insisted on having some re-
strlctions on the selling of it included in the
paper:
90 lie took it home, Titiful and discour-
aged. but thinking now there would at least
! lie pc 4cs.
The next day she came here about noon
the most miserable looking little creature
| you ever saw. Sne had tasted nothing
since the day before, and had cried pr tty
much ali the time till her round, pink face,
was haggard and wale, aud her 0lg blue
eyes we're red and swollen. | made her a
cup Of coffee and got her fixed up little.
aud she told me how things " ere
When she TO k the deed home her mother
met her and demanded to know what sue
had me.
I've had the deed made out to you,'
said Ole. here 1t is
What does it say, then; read it, said
the WOMAN. Ollie read it, and the moment
the mother caught the Drst hint Of a restric-
ton she snatehed it from her ha d and
A., screamed, That's the kin o. paper ye got
me, is it, Well, do you know what | do
with such "a pa per, I'll show yel That's
what dor and she dashed it in the fire.
~ he had scolded. abused and threatened
her al. the rest of the day, and she was DOW
come, as they had ordered her to do, TO
have Mr. Jackson 60 and get the deed made
TO her mUsaer, without any restrIctlo /, or
better 70 bring them the $50 payment back
II Mr.. James was willing. Sic was TO
fetch her clothes and belongings too,
and Mrs. He'd Ter hal said she'd have no
such doings; Ollie should be hired out
with the understanding that her wages
were 70 be paid directly to her mother.
They said it was n scandal and a
shame said Ollie, tor child to be owning
IA d, an asking their parents to live on it.
They say | can have the same sheer as any
of the rest when they're gone-the same
sheer as Longs man that beats her and
d MT live with her half the time, aud never
has earned a mouthful for her
'IJl all be cat up and was FED, can't
help them any, an | can't help myself; there
amt NJ hope at all, | can see.' She turAed
her despairing childish face up TO me. 4
really wishI as dead said she, there amt
no chance at ALL | was too exasperated;
il was time something was done. l went and
packed up her things, It'd ed her up and sent
her with Dir. jackson across to the railroad
in the wagon. gave her some money and
a letter to friend of mine i'll Kentucky,
asking her to get Ollie a good place in that
state.
Il heard only once from my friend, say
ing Ollie tad nice place with an invalid
lady at some little reso +. Mr.. james re-
| ceived theremmittances for the payment on
| her pierre of land-evideAtly forward by
her employer.
THE Hedders were completely cowed.
| They never said a word nor made u sign,
and were very glad to go and live on the
land, which was again Oilie's, the old deed
| anding since Mrs. hedder had destr owed
! the sec nd one,
"Well, she was away more than a year.
l never heard directly from her. though
| Ollie can read and write quite well.
When the c. npany bought all this land
hereab )ut we, of course, sold to them as
everybody else did, and at very good
price. Ollie's little piece lay right in the
riddle of their tow site. They had every
| thing around it and wanted 1t. We wrote
to her, and they wrote, but we never got
any answer. Finally the company sent a
man up there and she ca ne home with him.
You never saw girl so improved. A
whole year free from Tagging and worry,
passed amid refined and peasant influences,
aim st as the daughter of thu house-for
anyone must love Ollie that has her about
had perfe 'tly transformed her.
Why djd4't you answer my lettersT
asked
"'Why, dear me, never got any said
| Sue, lhSN, lOOhluk a lItGIe oueplsu. never
went to the pJstoffice at ell. l was afraid
Paw, or some of them, would be getting
somebody to write to me lot of letters tc
come home. nd 'twould make me so missr-
able, just had Mr.. James send them some
money every month aud never went to the
postoffice at all
well, she got big price for her six
acres Of town lots-a little fortune it was
to her.
Snow, when she got all this money the
family would have made haste to assert
their claims, and get hold of it. But in
stead Of Ollie, they had very manly and
forcible young man TO deal with. He was
interested not so much in the property as il
Ollie, and he saw to it veFy effectually thai
she was not robbed or molested.
II always had hoped the child might
marry we'll, but could never have ex
pected anything s. good as she has done
While don't tdink him beyond what Ollie
deserves was really surprised when l saw
him. Though from her own class he has
acquired a good education, is In response
bic pos tion, and has a manner aud bearing
that would command your instant respect
| thi k his and Ullle's courtship was mostly
carr ed on over text books, aud that much
OF her Improvement was due to his inHu
ence and help.
They we're married last Wednesday
here in the parlor. I'm sure there never
was happier creature than Ollie when she