The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-21

Out III luC Npouo Wont lilC uiOti4N
re and children, with a stone boa
I'd and every trip brought back some
1t of the beauties of the forest
OF great white pines that it took tn,
united efforts of the entire fanil,
lie to roll into the stone boat, whose
Is tops we're supported on the home.
81 ward ride on Johns shoulders
III that they might not become switch.
/ ed and broken, handsome frs
great plumy hemlocks and few
Il prim spruces. There were blaS,
I soming dog-woods, sumacs than
would hang out scarlet banners
next October, quaint umbrella
n shaped shrubs that John called
t "witch-apples." There were yards
and yards of vines of the Virginia
L Creeper, { Ampeluspis Americana)
and the tangles of wild grapes;
there was a graceful linden and a
l sturdy sugar maple.
With the old mare Mary drove
( off far and near among the neigh
1 bors, begging here lilac from
some ones abundance, here a rose
OF a Chimp of iris.
From the road to the door these
busy workers laid walk of white
: gravel and over the lawn they dot
ted the trees and shrubs. Finding
that their space was not sucifient
they set row of trees on each
side of the winding drive that led
back to the barn, tearing all the
unsightly old fences out of the
way and where a fence was an abso-
lutte necessity substituted barbed |
wire instead.
A coat of peach-blow paint with
white trimmings transformed the
weather-worn white house into
pretty home. Morning glories and
'posey beans" they had in great
profusion and when the June roses
were in bloom no one would ever
have known the lovely vine-cover-
ed home for the desolate uncared-
for house that had stood there one
year ago.
All unsigbtly 'lean-to' and cart
-sheds were delegated to that out
thv-uay P15'v7 una /
the broken sleds and unused carts 5
ordered into like obscurity
When Mr.. Gordon-a worn-out |
merchant, up among the hills on ,
fishing excursion-heard it re- /
marked that abe Heights place l
was for SALE" he came over to the {
house and asked what it could be
bought for
"Wall," said Abraham, with his
customary slowness, you may
dicker with the woman. She's been :
fxin on it up lately, an it looks
so poorly L dunno as 1 care much c
about sellin'." :;
Il might have known a woman
had been 'fxen' on it up NUT !
tered Gordon, as he crunched up r
the shaded gravel walk.
When pressed to make his best
offer, he said: 81 will give you, Mrs. L
Height, three thousand dollass for d
the place. 1 understand the soil : :
is good, and the location is excel
lent, as l wish oput it into small a
fruits" Il
81 think we'll take it" Mrs. S
Height answered, "tho it's so Il
pretty 1 hate to give it up now" a
"Well, mother, " said John, when. D
told of the trade, "we have learned Il
a lesson and made a great deal of p
Hereafter, whether We y
live in palace OF dugout, we'll e
get some of the beauty that lies Il
all about US, and have it around Y
the home" Y
"Oh, mamma, Mary cried, CT
mayn't take our flowers with us.
never could live again without
lower garden. e
"Ma," Abraham remarked that =
night, after the children we're
lbed, "why didn't we ever fix up Ia
oefore?r al
"Why, Abraham Height! don't al
you remember how I leased and T
eased for years to have decent fo
ience and the yard leveled off, and ne
you sad you wouldn't have no L
such 'fol-de-rols' under foot?' is
ooh, wall, was busy, and didn't fu
want to sell the place at a fancy IS
price then, anyhow" And, after pi
making this wise remark, Abraham IS
Height went to bed. ~
"Well, wherever we so, I've got "
children big enough to help me ID
make a pretty home" Sophronia nj
said, as she set beck the chairs and NJ
ocked the doors. -Maude Mere os
heb, in Texas Farm and Ranch -
Epoch. L
The transition from long, lingering and 1
,ainfu. sickness to robust heal,h marks an W
pooh of the individual. Sfcha remarka- I'll
DE event is treasured in the memory and u,
lie agency whereby the good health has
,ccn attained is gratefully blessed. Hence m