New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
THAT CAROLINY GAL.
DAILY CONFESSES.


Ransom, Aug. GA vehicle which common
IL mentioned as the deepo' wagon" was coming
along slowly on the road which leads from the Cen
ire 1t always moved sowly,n matter what the rea-
son might be why one would think it would hasten.
Mr. Dodson was never affected by any rem0n-
stIauce Of inpatient passengers. He knew they
must be taken il his wagon, OF they must walk.
50 ne used to expectorate over the rght-hsnd
front wheel with great enjoyment when any one
nlmed and fretted because the horse barely troted
down a hill, and walked on the level and up
every ascent.
Sometimes, if furious man, unused to the
ways Of the town, went so far as to swear MI
Dodson would look back at him over his slouch-
ing shoulder and tell him that folks that wanted
10 20 fast better stick to the steam cars and
not come out to Ransom
Then the man who had sworn would swear
aaan, this time that nothing should ever nring
him to Ransom again. Whereupon silence would
fall and the horse would seem TO go more moder-
ately than before, and its driver would look
perfcctly satisfied as he leaned on his knees and
placidly waved his whip over the back Of his
steed.
This morning the depot wagon wus not
veying ulan, but woman, who sat on tle
hack seat and looked over the fields and hills
one LOOKS VINO jONcS JHtU, puV Whc ""'S Nv
live among them.
Sometimes her glance would come back 70
Mr.. Dodson and would dwell amusedly upon him.
She believed that if she could come here hundred
years from now she would find that same depot
wagon pulled by the same roam horse, VINO haa
knock knees and whose ears Hoped SO very
wide apart And this horse would be. driven
by the same driver, who would distribute q
great deal Of tobacco-stained saliva along the
highway She had known Mr.. podson ever since
she could remember anything. He had looked
pIecisely as he did now. He had always en-
braced every occasion on which TO say that he
didn't believe women ought-er be sittn
outer their places, N medlin' with public mat
ters.n He didn't think women were meant oy
the Almighty to know anything about pubic
matters" This last phrase was very popular
with him it seemed TO mean a great deal, and
to give him a vast amount Of comfort every time
he used it II he had been made to define
those words he would probably have said that
publio matters were what women ought not to
know If any body wanted more definition than
that. that person must be very exacting.
Mr. Oodson invariably wore an old silk hat.
As le was never seen with new one, 1t was a
subject Of conjecture in the town as TO where he
found So many hats In exactly the same stage OF
diapi1arion.
Mrs yaadcrs eyes came back from long gaze
at the pine woods which crowned hill by Which
they were driving. She looked at The silk hat
before her, and she remembered number OF sur
mises concerning it which she had heard hfteen
ears ago at a sewing g-circle at old Capn Jones s.
She did moi know why, but at the vivid remen'-
brance of that sewins-circle, when She had been
young and had not known anything beyond Ran
som, her heart suddenly warmed. She did not
seem quite SO indolent as she bent forward ana
inquired if there was any news in the town
Mr. Dodsop meditatea a moment; then he sald
that "the garden sass had all ben dried up. II
hadn't ben no such dry time for thirteen year
Mrs Lander expressed her sorrow at this. She
said she was always fond of garden sass" She
said fond" because She knew that was the correct
void 10 use here when speaking of preference
for a certain kind of food. One might be fond OF
ones lover: also Of cucumbers and string beans
Mr. Dodson nodded his head. He had sense
Of relie that his passenger did not seem stuck-up
lie frequently told his intimate acquaintance that
nothjn' in the world made him so mad as TO see
somebody that was stucl1-up"
Presently Mrs. Lander inquired If the drying
nm of the garden sass had been oil that had hap
pened since last year.
Mr.. Alden has ben havin' kind Of er rcvivh
In his church, was the reply. 1here oen sol'e
awakenin' 'mong unbeiievers. I'm IN h"pes the
revivil Will extend 10 Mr.. Sankey's charge"
Mr.. Dodson was Baptist, and his pastors name
was Starkey.
Mrs. Lander did not seem greatly nterested III
this news; but she made little lnhfnuf ol as-
sent. and would have leaned back III uer se"' ohiS
that no one could ever lean or do onytnihs Du'
sit bolt upright III the deepo wagon
Mr.. Dodson shook the lines On the roan's
Epd y.
He coushed and spat, and then SAID that 'he
eWiddcr 'Biiah was one of the pillars OF Mf
Athens church. n he thought 1T would look well
in her 10 draw the rens er little tighter ontcr
that Carolny gal she'd got there with her,
At these words Mrs. Lander's Somewhat IanguLd
eyes took on look OF interest.
aBow does the little girl behave ?" she asked
Tho driver threw up his head and opened his
mouth very wide. He made no SOUND, ana Iherc
was no mirth visible OIL his face Bull, IRON
nrev,ous observation, Mrs Lander knew that he
was laughing She waited until his hiiarity
should subside.
She behaves like the old Harry he said
aWuss'n that, the widders Jest wrapped up IN
her. I'd know what's goin' ter become OF the
Widder 'Bjah. long Of that gal"
He paused moment looking down the road
then he added /" There they be now"
Mrs. Lander looked also. She saw MIS- Jacobs
nortly figure, crowned by gingham sunbonnet.
She detected Immediately that there was an air Of
Importance ana determination in the widow
walk.
Holding her hand slim form in a pale-blue
gown. with white straw hat on its head. This
second figure moved with spring and llSh'neSs
which made her companions movements seem more
heavy than usual.
The two gazed at the wagon, knowing that some
one must have come from the Farnham deepo,
for this was out OF Mr. Dodson's regular route.
"Pn cet out here" said Mrs. Lander. Take
my luggage TO Mrs Jacobs's.
But She amt 10 home" demonstrated Mr..