Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-04-03
pARD0N'S GOOD LUCK.

/ thing as iuN
ferently .o,,v s. said he dasna;,.
my 81 might have known just how
sos aat on the old stone porch, staring
he .,rord the sunset, his chair tipped
oul 'o on its two hind legs, his hands
nos aimlessly into his trousers pockets
ul''9 ssa r cold enough 10 justify the fire
.eocb logs that was blazing on the
o. ~ IN the room inside, where Pardon
hea' licking up the red moreen curtains
wa she lad lust sponged and mended
tia. but it was not an easy thing for
n ne i}arwin to relinquish the habit of
W. i,lnor lounging that had chung to him
o Dii tho summer through.
aii .9 WI is it. father" said Pardon, COM
hriskly TO the door, with tack ham,
W. nsr in one hand and a paper of tacks in
lh Clones lanes, has just gone by" said Mr..
Darwin. "He says the old COW has got
nnt on the railroad track again"
pardon bit her red under lip.
81 told YOU she w0;!!'l. father" said
che "if you didn't have those bars re-
paired. 49, o, ao,oe,u-
aided Darwin. III sure uoh KNOW
chat we're to do without COW. We've
aIways put lot of dependence on our
milk But | might have expected it.
Lick has been sheer against me ever
snce John James died. A man with
Lolse full OF gals can't expect to make
M Roadway in the world"
Pardon colored up.
ayou didn't expect your girls to mend
the bars, did you, father asked she,
little bitterly.
II was calculatin' to speak to Tim Par
sons about gettn' new pair o posts put
ND" sighed the farmer.
wouldn't ii have been a safer way to
mt them up yourself, father
II amt as Young as | used to be-" said
Darwin. evasively "And the rheuma-
tics is twistin' me powerful these first
cool days.
Then" said Pardon. with a certain
touch of daughterly authority in her
voice. you shn1!l come into the house,
and not sit there, getting chilled through,
and then find fault with your Iuckl"
Mr.. Darwin slowly rose and shuffled
into the bright little keeping room, where
Pardon had spread neatly braided rag
rug before the fire and placed a broken
spouted pitcher of yellow golden rod on
the table.
She looked after him with sigh, half
Of Impotence, half regret.
II wish John James had livedi" said
Mr. Darwin, feebly.
80 do |" assented Pardon.
"Ain't supper most readyr' said the
farmer looking discontentedly around.
1T will be in a minute" said Pardon.
81 had to split the kindlings myself for
the kitchen fire, and Fanny has run to
Mrs Merritts for little meal to make
some hot corn bread"
At the same moment Fanny returned
"a slight, overgrown girl of 14--breath.
less with the haste she had made
Mrs. Merritt is very sorry" said she,
"but she hasn't any cornmeal in the
house
That's enoughr' said Pardon, glowing
scarlet to the roots of her hair. Il don't
blame her for getting tired of lending
things to US
But" added Fanny, "she sends a pail
of Graham flour to make gems. In
deed indeed, Pardon, she's as kind as
size can be-
Pardon laughed Historically
I'm getting as hard and bitter as a
sour pcrsimmon,' said she. Eyes, I'm
very glad OF tile Graham flour. Father
can't make out his supper without some
thing hot for a relish. Perhaps some
day we can return Mrs. Merritts kind
nesseS But, oh, Fanny, have you heard?
The red COW got out of the pasture this
afternoon and is killed on the railroad
track"
Fanny burst into tears.
"0ld Pnky." she exclaimed. "Is
there no end to our back lucki''
Pardcl stamped her pretty, ill shod
ioot impatiently on the floor
Luck she repeated. Don't use that
dreadful word! | believe father would
be better and happier man today if it
wasn't in the dictionary at all. There
isn't any such thing as luck. It's all bad
management, shiftlessness-the habit of
putting everything off until the last mo-
ment"
And then she cried, too, poor little
oVerburdened Pardon
She was tall and slender, with large,
gllttering hazel eyes, red brown hair,
ana one of those delicate complexione
where the sun lays its touch in the shape
Oh mere and there a cluster of freckles.
fahny was dark, with Spanish eyes,
hinged with long lashes, and hair as
olack and lustrous as Jet. Whatever
had been generous to them in the matter
OF personal attributes.
lhey made their frugal supper of Gra-
nam gems a very little butter, the weak
est brewing of tea, and no milk at all,
ana then Pardon built up the fire, got
hgr lather the last weeks newspaper,
winch good Mrs. Merritt had sent over
VITA the Graham flour, and then sat
Gown IN the back kitchen with Fanny to
shce up few late peaches for drying.
for we have got to look after things
very close this winter" said she. "Fath-
Gr seems to have no energy at all since
Iolln Games died. I'm afraid it will end
III tAe farm being sold to clear off the
mortgage"
tanny opened her big, black eyes.
But We must live somewhere, Par
dom said she.
You and | can go out to service"
Gnd Pardon. LAS for father, there is
tle pOorhouse.
laahny uttered a wall of despair.
NO, no dear; don't look so distressed"
salu the elder sister, repenting the rash
neSS OF Ler speech. II don't really mean
~ IN cross, that is ALL It's hard doing
tie WORK OF hired man, servant girl and
nouseAeeper all in one. | shall feel bet
eGi tomorrow after I've had a night 5
sieep' haven't got to get up early and
u'i,A poor old Pink any more"
anu once again the sisters mingled
their tears.
HI father had only mended those
mi palS, said Fanny. 1T was SO un-
,.i 9uI Pardon put her hand over her sis