Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1890-05-22
New Series, Vol. 80, No 21
and bandaged his sprained ankle.

"lt you have moderately good luck,
said he, ''yOu need not be detained NOR
than two or three weeks, and the peOpl
here are very kindly and respectable
They'll make you fairly comfortabl
you'll find"
The wayfarer uttered a groan, bu
there was no appeal. On all the eartt
there is no autocrat like a country doc
| tor.
Mrs. McCray was kind and motherly
Wong See, with his little almond shaped
eyes and perpetual smile, proved to bt
capital nurse, and after little the pa
tient got used to his captivity.
"Who is that l hear singing dowr
stairs at times?" he asked, one day.
"Well," said Mrs. McCray, 'it's oul
Bridget. Does she disturb you? Sne
will keep singing Nora, My Nora say
what you will, and"-
"No, it isn't that coyote howl" said
the sick man, with a shudder. It's some
one singing bits out of the 'Trovatore
little sweet trills and runs like night
ingale."
"Oh," said Mrs. McCray. 81 reckon
that's Thankful"
"And who is Thankful"
Miss Pennypacker. My sisters hus-
bands uncle's cousin, that came all the
way from the State O. Yarmouth to
to teach deestrick school, and when she
got here another woman had gobbled it
up-the sitooation, mean"
"OhI" said the invalid. eyes, thank
you, Mrs. McCray. If you'll put the
lemonade pitcher on the table, can
reach it myself"
The big Michigan rose on the porch
of the Todd farmhouse wall was in bios
som when DR.. Lothair came at last to
make the long promised visit to mis-
friend, DR.. Jennings.
"But it amt no user' sighed Mrs.
Todd to Electra, her daughter. He's
brung wife with him, I'm told-a
bride all the way from Dakota Turri-
tory"
"Humphr' said disappointed Electra.
ga regular wild Indian, L guess. But,
for all that, I'm sort a curious to see
her. Let's go in tonight, mother, when
they're through tea"
So Mrs. Todd and the squire donned
their best clothes, and Electra put on
her newest set of fish scale jewelry, and
they all trudged over to "Jenningses'
house," when the sun had set and the
whippOorwills began to sing.
"Why, ma, look thereI" said Electra.
"It's cousin Thankful, sure as you're
born, settin' on the piazzy, and"--
"No, it ain'tr said Mrs. Todd. "Yes,
it isl Why, how on airth came she
here?"
Thankful came running down the
steps.
"How do you do, Mrs. Todd?" she
cried gayly.
"Well, l declarer' said Mrs. Todd, Sc
cretly planning within herself how to
avoid inviting Thankful to the house.
"The fur west seems to hev agreed with
you. Mercy, how red your cheeks bel
S'pose you took advantage of the chance
to come back east with DR.. Lothair and
the bride. Where is she?"
"The bride?" Thankful's cheeks were
redder than ever. "Oh, didn't you know?
I am the brideI"
"You?" echoed Mrs. Todd.
"Yes. Come in and I'll introduce
you to my husband"
Prosy old DR.. Jennings treated the
visitors to a long account of the whole
thing from DR.. Lothair's accident at
Blue Gulch to the wedding, where Wong
See waited, and Mrs. McCray cook
ed the game and entree. 1t was quite
romance, he declared.
And Squire Todd stopped on the way
home to indulge in hearty laugh.
"To think, said he, "what a mortal
hurry you was in to get Thankful out of
the way of this very man, so't Electra
could hev clear chance"
"Judge Todd" snapped his wife, "you
shouldn't laugh out so loud and coarse.
It's dreadful vulgar" ."-Helen Forrest
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