St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-12-26

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y Yes I dare say: know all their
|AotiSps. said Mrs Stetson. .dryly,
withode thinning around "But I've got
to hurry up with this story II I expect
to finish it .befdre onde-time.e Al
this gentle repreof Miss Etvira relaxed
into slsncs. ulthoagh still keeping her
80 turned on the narrow ridge where
the increasing dusk made the outlines
of the cripple more and more indistinct
~*rCloyihdy an. Jabc commenced right
OF to use that ridge as . mcctin' place.
Most likely because it was just half
way lhGtween their tEo houses, an
then railways gave . good view Of the
settin' IN. /. Dear. dear! how ! used to
set qnd watch f0r 'em every night, inst
to see GuEtndy IN her clean. light cali
co. bokin', as knew, SO fresh IN pref
ty. in the-faccS lthough I couldn't see
that from this distance). an Jabe a.
holdin> himself as Straight as con!d he,
an prouder, too. They always
kissed -eachr-vshrw when they met,
an then theyidschat for awhile: an
very often thcy'a hold zach others
hand, just as you see EN- do now.
Folks mightfipks Id bee1 kind .
spyin' 'em Alftlfesc years, but it amt
-: only that I'm a lonely old woman.
an they made company tor me-be'
sides. Clorindy reminds me a little OF
my 'Lishsth.SFF r-
'Weh nobody s'posed they'd be mar
ried short ofsn year, say the next
|sriHg, sbut-.wc' did ~calc'late pretty
Ifpesly on that. an laid our plans &c
cordin'.. For Instance, l turned the
breadths of my black silk. SOS to have
it in readiness. an Mis- Fisher did the
same thing with her gray. Susan Pol
lard bousht,a new wreath for her bum
nit, stead o waitin' till the next spring,
which svUsld have been more thrifty.
Tut th0uning an summer came an
went Then we said we s'posed she
preferred the cool q the fall, but that
IeSne and went.stoo.F People then com
menccd to talk. an show more interest
An ask more p'inted questions than
really thew was called on. y make.
Rut Clorindy never answered EN-; an.
although she was always sweet an
gentle i'm her ways. there was a m
thin about her that KEEP people off;
she's been that way ever sence she was
a little eirl Fors wonder. Jsbe held
his tongue. too Bot finally it leaked
out. Ave always suspicioned twas
Ciorindy's mother that told it, SEEM
she was most likely to know. an has
1lvayssbeenr such a perfect sieve She
couldn't KEEP a secret ove night to
save herself"
The crucial point in her story had
now arrived. and. fully approaching il,
Mrs. Stetsonseane to . full stop. Her
nsA2& 0Aikkea sbriskAy as She cast
covert chances at her friends excited
face.
SWELL. nov, Elviry, what do You
s'mse twas? What do You ,s'pose has
hp' lofindy and Jabe apart these four
yea1s. an yet brought EN- nearer to
gcther all the time, as II were?"l
yN6s Elvira searched her mind wildly
for the most plausible reAson. andNthsn
k~&Aspered hoarsely: Jealousy"
. ..Nonsense." said Mrs. Stetson;
."tw2.n't nothin' but ar old pig-sty and
|ANa{n." zv-u- ur 90 s
s61A.s Elvira Anne herself back tragic.
ap5dn her chair.
ses. scontinued the narrator. salts.
dedSvith the effect she had produced.
ssse01hs Just that an nothin' more. II
~ mat sClorindy asked Jabe. just
they was engaged, when he was
6njsh that pig-sty. paint his
Epzru, an fix mp the place generally;
taaitse. answers gin his easy way: oh.
before long; there amt no hurry, But
ne never fetched them. Clorindy didn't
p. nothin' moro about it. but waited
-alnost a yeaRa sAttken told him she
Want willip' to be nSrried till they
aS Ypt see, she knew
-1aa,6 just as well an bettern most
,folks by That time, an mistrnsted that
tf~they yA'n't fixed before she became
his svi&,s they never would be. They
say-1abe.s never thought she was on
.reaspnable in the matter: leastwise
he's never said 50. Still. time went on,
a.fhe pigSty want finished. an the
new BAN stead o. lookin' piney an
fresh. commenced to look gray an
black. lyon can % 1t over there. FL
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S. som.,h5c;. no Lon, that feno,v
s.X- 60, Gn;sh;n. ..m IN, do;n, the
oth1r Jobs round the farm-dear knows,
Se'S always been shiftless enough,
fhddgh. Either he couldn't get just the
- \, ho,r5s no wanted n finish the
or cleo he couldn't succeed in
srkr., i r;rht sh,d. =, rad ~
80 that h,rn With Hrt when I
- t.II how h.,1 so,d all =. his MICS.
MANA toIa C,or;nav. of course there
wa,..t any ms. IN hayin' q pie.sty whsa
yo,r hadn't >nv pixs 10 MT In iA,'I
tho6Rht 1 should ~. a-laughin,. n
To II I was lust g mad q could be
al he time. s1here vas : ~ q oehee
oxonsea thaG 8 fs
6insate: 6~orinves never eceooHnA
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