Telegram-herald., 1891-11-14
JONAS AND L
xAs story Told BY 0eod drudg-
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Fclks % made 6i1sreaA eoDs poo.
seas certain Of Ale cardinal virsus&
other people possess otaesA nd yea
seldom and ell of them in one human
being. Some talk of good memory,
others rather pride tAsnssivss On hav-
An mona have ros . coed fssaity for
remember kone th,ayA II know
tas contribution bag - go:n' 20 be
passed. never can forS.s ny pursa
I've tried IL OF nd on . number Of times
nd rather envied the folks whe could
forgit SO conveniently. I've even goae
90 FAR az 10 hide nv port-money Ii the
packet of an old 6ress. that hangs in
tho closet upstairs. OF tho north room.
where nobody ever slespA nd nobody
ever goes, 'oept In houss-clesnin', 80
that Id forgit just over contribution
day. Forgi.. why. couldn't any more
forgit thao nothin'.
Howsom.ver, though . forgitter
amt one cf ray common possessions,
nd in no way can 10 counted In
amongst other cardinal virtues,
have got a. .scd = grudser nd hater as
anybody ia ell the country round. nd
this partly consoles rae for NOT havin' .
good forsitts. Ii ! forgot real quick
nd eesy-like. Why then I'd hoygit the
mean things folks do ma say. Likely
rs not Ia git over this grudge I've held
on TO now for some Eve nd thirty
years. wouldn't git over that for
no.hin'. It's such o comfort to hate
somebody! 10 affords lots Of emuso-
mcnt. too. IL anythin happens TO the
one you'vc got . grudgs against Be-
sides al that, il sort o. sends the hours
skippin' along light nd airy-like wheu
you can sit down nd knit nd think of
all the mean things you'd liko to have
bcfall the one you hate. Kn.ltln' is nice
work for such ,ncdltations. for 1t isn't
very nbsorbin' 'ccpt in tho heel md toe
nd instep. unless You happen TO drop .
stitch, or get TO thinaia' SO hard that BY
mistake you knit over q scam; then
yoc hevo to tend to your kni.tin' for =
Ii le nd no mistake, but on the wholo
Ithink it's good work, wheo You want
TO sit down nd hev o good time q
grudgin' nd ha,in'. Now I'm leetlc
peculiar; don't spend my time ervyin'
my nabors. nd grudgin' &c, their good
thinga don't spoil my nature by d.
sidin' 1t rermise uous- ike nTong good
many. just bile it down fks I do my
jelly, so il won't take up raurh room,
md yet have it tart nd solid 10 its own
place.
don't hold Go grudge against no.
body, brt just Jenas per.winkle. Him
] do grudge nd hate with nn the forco
I've got Ho treated mo mighty mean
when was a slip Of a girl bout eight
cen or twenty. You see, twas like
:bis. nd l hain't never GO. over IL,
neither. nd don't intend TO. Him nd
me. we kept company for two or three
years, OF md on. Though l was .
Eighty piece Of property nd liked to
change OF occasionally, did set great
store by him. nd he knew it, too. I
wasn't quite SO steady nd stout like as
some Of the girls, though could get
round pretty spry nd 'corspl!sh just =
much as they did nd it didn't take mo
al day to do It
Ono Monday was washin' nd Steve
Pratt came along with hrun new top
buggy md span. He drove up, nd
says to mo: I'm drivia' out to show
my new belonging. Esther. can't you
come along7"
always was fond Of going. md that
,op-buggy did glitter, nd shine in the
sun, nd tho cushions did look 80
tcmptin'. 90 ! says; "Id like to go
6rst-ratc, Steve. but hain't got quite
through my washin' :"
''I'll just come In md wait" he says.
So he did nd he helped, too. He
stirred tho starch. md holpcd hang the
clothes up, nd while we wasahang.n'
EN- up. who should go along but Jonas
Periwinl1le. Steve bowed awful polite
but Jonas walked straight past. as il
didn't sec us, but he did. nd found
out afterwards
went for the ride. nd II was . nice
one. too. Tho apple trees WAS all
a.bloomin', nd the air was as sweet a.
q Juno morning conld mako it Steve
really was tho incest fellow around, nd
he was pleasant nd agreeable We
got home Just rs dinner was ready, nd
mother asked him in. 'ni surc Enough
he stopped, nd staid nd talked with
father after dinner Al though neither
of 'cm had anythin' TO do
Tho next time sec Jonas he was ~
uppish as could be. Finally wc had .
real downright quarrel bout Steve.
! 'spose we were both exsspernted I
told him IL he wanted girl that would
always stay 10 home, nd never 60 no
where. he could look farther. nd no
told me II couldn't DO satisfied with
ono mans heart, stead of breakin'
every one round he would look farther
md he did. ! didn't think he treated
me quite fair. but wasn't go.n' to be
bosscd round fore was married. So
he took 10 goin' with one OF the other
girls. nd Steve Pratt's buggy stood a.
cur door pretty OTTO. ] kept thiakin'
Jonas nd ] would make it M. but we
didn't. nd we never have. nd I s'pose
never will. We've lived rabcrs for q
good nsry years. nd though sec him
nd his'n | always hate him lilo.
cant sec cow or . horse. or even q
pig or a chicken OF hissen without
a-wishin' somcthia' world hsppen 10 Il
I married Steve Pratt, nj nobodv
could lived with that man withon,
lcvin' him. I'm sue. I loved him "a
the last day CT his life. He was al
ways good nd bright, nd even on dark
days be made the house seem like
there WAS sunshine In it. We raised
some children. bat one by one they
died, nd then Steve died wished 1
could die. too. but s'pose 1 hain'S
lived ont my 7otted tine yet I'm
. lonely woman nd bent all the eorn.