Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-09


time And the way Old Aunt Amanda
hats the name we gave 20 the col
0red woman and her turban-made
things ~ moved Mrs Smith TO wish
with tears IN her voice that the days Of
slavery were back again
But though the nes; was ready no
male bird appeared After a week had
gone by We women began 10 hate
him ~ ne called the man over-the-
Way was waiting for We knew there
VAS = him BY he way she few to
meet the po~.naB and fairly hug-ed
the letter when she got o1e. and KIND
o drooped when she didn't Md there
were nighty few days when she
drooPed- too But his absence didn't
seem - bother Over-the- Wav a bit
She wa. busy morning and night fixing
up the cottage for him The big hay
window was evideatly the pride Of her
| life. Every afternoon she'd put on
pretty housesiress. snuxxie down IN a
| big armchair righ, in the middle q L.
and rad over her letters Harry Rob
erts thought !. was all for his benefit
until he found. after repeated trials.
that she had No eyes for him except TO
/ End his glances and attitudes subject
for mirth- And then one day We found
| on. Why Il vas she had NJ eyes for
Harry or any other man except one.
II was the second Sunday. Just b.
| fore dinner time-her dinner time
and sh- was in the window a. usual
But she had On a new dress. and 20 save
her she couldn't ST still in her chair
! more than thirty seeonds ~ time All
of sudden she clapped her hands and
| gave a little jump. and kissed her hand
To somebody wc couldn't sec. and ran
from the window And then a manly
young fellow went sfridinx acruss the
street and ran mp the steps The front
door blew oprn with bang. and Over
the-way bad him BY the arm aud was
dragging him inside in a second Then
she let ~ % him in hurry and ran in
quicker than she came out IL she
hadn't she'd have been kissed right
there on the front por eh in plain sigh,
Il every body
We knew they'd show Up in the big
hay window sooner or later And sure
enough just after dinner. they came in
sight She was clinging To his arm and
just dancing on her tO~>- she was 80
happy And just As she was right in
the middle Of telling him how fine IL
was she discovered Us AZ the Window.
We could almost see her blush clear
across the street. aud her young hus-
band Strengthened up and looked
dagyerS- But John Berry rose u the
occasion nobly. He had his overcoat
and hat on-he was Just going out and
he took of his hat and made a bow. re-
>p--ctful and friendly-lisSe. a. much a.
To- say Were glad to see you. sir
And we women clapped our hands and
smiled as much a, 10 say; We're glad
he's come az last And then Over-the-
Way and her husband saw il was all
right and they smiled and bowel
Over-the-Wsv patts-,i him IN the arm.
much a. U >sy. Her. hc j.. isn't
he niee2~ And the young husband put
his arm around Over-ths-wav and gave
her a little hug right b-.forc our eyes.
a. much a. "a say; Its all right
now. III make NJ for lost time. -
/ And then We came away FROM tbs. win
doyxS
/ Young Nr. over-ihe-Way found
out afierwar,i that in puhiie life he was
= travelling salesman for big drug
. firm-staisi three DAYS Then h went
away And over-the-Wav went up
into her hay window AMI bravelv
kissed her hand 70 him tail h., turned
the corner. Then she dropped down
( into her biz armchair and turned it,
broad back to ~
lie was gone two weeks. ami thew
/ were long weeks for Over-the-Wav
But everything human has an end ami
Re came hack at last Well Il Wa tn.
same thing over again. only he staisi
but one day. Then he was gone ten
! days Next time i Wy a week. aud
we sat down to breakfast we found
theIa together in the big hay window
But sundays are invariably followed
by Mondays, and poor over-ths-W Way
/ had hard work enough tn lay in happi-
ne>s enough in one day 70 last her six.
Still. from Monday morning 10 we.in..s-
day night she lived On remembrance.
and from Thursday morning to Satur-
day night on anticipation: so she got
along pretty well
Hut one DAY. after six or seven
months Of this alternate sunshine and
shadow. the clouds settled down in
earnest over the little cottage. lie
came home in the middle Of the week
and over-the-Way met him at the door
with scared face The next morning
he left with big trunk He had his
hat down over his ewes and never
looked hack at the hay window. He
knew over-the-Way wasn't there to
kiss her hand to him We didn't see
her at all that day. for by and by Aunt
Amanda came and pulled down the
shades
over-the-way came back 10 her
| boudoir after awhile. bu, She. di.Yn-,
seem To be- quite the same old over-,h,-
way She got letters. but they didn't
come every day row Sometimes we
fairly hated the postman-just as IL il
was his fault. But when she did sr.,
one-why. we could tell a block OF
] when the poStman had a lxtter by The
way he walked
by and By over-the-way had a broad
I comforts bic lounge put in her vrirsdo "
and deserted her armchair for IL There
she would lie for hours reading or look
ing idly out Of the -gindo-- And lin
Gray said one day that h.. hoped Over
the Way wasn't going To ayrieve herself
into decline IL she didn't ehirs m
pretty soon ne believed he'd Set her
husbands address and write To him 10
throw up hi job and come home. And
Harry Roberts said that maybe over
the-Way wasn't 80 much better than
every other woman after all and liked