The times., 1890-01-03


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"Then wait till it does, or until you're one
of the rsvisers," said the wife.
"All right; mebbe it would be as well, :" the
husband admitted. Meanwhile, don't
mind turnin' it of an cornparin' 10 with an
other text: The wind bloweth where it list
eth, but thou canst not tell wheAcs Il cometh
or whittier it goeth.' The startfn' up of
Haynton an OF Phil's attachment is a good
deal lilke"-
81 don't know that that's exactly reverent,
either" said Mrs. Hayn, "considerin' what
follers in the Book. An what's goin' on in
the neighborhood don't interest me as much
as what's goin' on in my own family. I'd
like to know when things is comm to head.
Phil amt married, nor even engaged, that
we know of; thero amt no lots bein sold by
the company, Or If there are we don't hear
about it,"
"An' there's never any bread being baked
while you're kneading the dough, old lady.
You remember the passage, first the blade,
then the ear, then the full corn In the carr
Mustn't look for fruit in tho blossomin' time;
even Jesus didn't find that when he looked
for it on a fig tree ahead of time, you know"
"'Pears to me you run to Scripture more
than usual this mornin'" said Mrs. Hayn,
after putting her pans OF dough into the
oven What's started your
"Oh, only little kind Of awakenin', l
s'pose,p said the old man. III can't keep my
mind Off of what's goin' on right under my
eyes, an it's so unlike what anybody would
have expected that can't help goin' behind
the returns, as they used to say in politics.
An when do that there's only one way of
seeing 'em, an Pm glad I've got the eyes to
sec 'em in that light"
$50 am l." said Mrs. Hayn, gently but
successfully putting a foury impression of
four fingers and thumb on her husbands
head. ~ s'pose it's cause I'm so tired Of
waitin' that don't look at things just as you
do. Pears to me there's nothin' that comes
up, an that our hearts get set on, but what
we've got to wah for 1t gets to be awful
tiresome, after you've been at it thirty or
forty years | think Phil might hurry up
matters a little"
"Mebbe 'tisn't Phil's fault" suggested the
farmer
"Weil," said Mrs. Hayn, with flash be-
hind her glasses, ~ don't see why any gal
should keep that boy a-waitin', If that's what
you mean"
queer smile and a quizzical look. swell, i
SpOSo ue Is u BOOu uSlt hfoio oahfh eheAii hio
father was"
"No such thing" said the old lady
"Much obliged; I'm a good deal too polite
to contradict-when you're so much in ear
nest, you know" the old man replied. ''But
IL it's so, what's the reason that you kept him
waitin'2"
"Why, lit was-you see, I-'twas-the
way Of it was-shol" And Mrs Hayn sud-
denly noticed that potted geranium in the
kitchen window needed q dead leaf removed
from its base.
"Yes," said her husband, following her
with his eyes. "An' l suppose that's just
about what Phil's gal would say, If any one
was to ask her. But the longer you waited
the surer l was Of you, wasn't Ip'
"Oh, don't ask questions when you know
the answer as well as do" said the old lady.
III want to see things come to a head; that's
all"
They'll come, they'll come" said the old
man. "It's tryin' to wait, know, seein' I'm
doin' some Of the waitin' myself; but the
tryin' of your faith worketh patience an
let patience have her perfect work. you
remember
'More Scripturel" sighed the wife, you're
gettin' through powerful sight Of New Test
ament this mornin', Reuben, an / s'pose
deserve it, seein' the way feel like fghtin'
1t. But s'pose this company speculation don't
come to anythin'l then Philal be good deal
wuss Off than he is now, won't hea You re-
member the awful trouble Deacon Trewk got
into by bein' the head OF that new tangled
stump and stone pullsr company, that didn't
pull any to speak of. Everybody came down
on him, an called him all sorts of names, an
said he'd lied to 'em, an they would go to the
poor house because Of the money they'd put
in it on his advice, an'"-
"Phl won't have any such trouble" said
the farmer, "for nobody took stock on his ad.
vice. Tramlay got up the company before
we knew anythin' about it, an all the putin
Of the land was done by him. Besides, there:
nobody in it that'll suffer much, even If thing:
comes to the wust. Except one or two dunn
mies-clerks Of Tramlay's-who were let in
| for share or two, just to make up board
Of directors to the legal size, what shares
ain't held by Phil and Tranilay an that fel.
Ter Marge belongs to gal"
"Whatl LuciaP'
mo, no-another gal: mebbe l ought tt
call her woman, seein' she's putty wei
along, although mighty handsome an smart
| Her names Dinon, an Tramlay joked Phi
| about her once or twice, maxim out she was
struck by him, but of course that's oil non.
sense She's rich, an got money to invest
every once in while, an Tramlay put her
| up to this little operation"
| "You're sure she amt interested in Philp'
asked Mrs Hayn. "I've seen no end OF
trouble made between young folks by gals
that's old enough to know their own minds
AN smart enough to use EN-"
"For goodness sake, Lou Ann~ exclaimed
the old farmer ITO hear you talk, anybody
would s'pose that in the big city Of New York
where over million people live and a mill
ion more come in from dif'rent places every
week, there wasn't any young man for folks
| to get interested In but our Phil. Reelly, old
lady, Pm beginnin' to be troubled about you
that sort of feeiin' that's croppin' out all the
time in you makes me afeard that you've go,
a kind o. pride that's got to have fall-s
pride In our son, settin' him above all other
mortal bein's, so far as anythin's concerned
that can mako a young man interestin'."
"Well," said Mrs. Hayn, after apparently
thinking the matter over, elf it's so l reckon
it'll have to stay so. l don't b'lieve there's
any hope Of forgiveness for anythin' i
heavens going to hold an old woman to ac
count for seein' all the good there is in hel
first born. hain't been down to York my
self, but some of York's young sprigs hav'
been down here, one time an another, an 1
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