The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-14

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s'Of course there amt time, II you sleey
away your life on that there sofy.
mean 10 have Il taken away tomorrow
It's . deal too handy. What's the use
O. my plantin' the earliest peas ID
market and hoein' and brushin' EN-
aud then goin' out aforc sunup to pich
'sm. II my folks han't life enough to
cook emp"
.Ill have 'em for supper" said Mrs.
Sadley. with little trsmolo in hel
voice.
mo you won't neither" said tho
squire. ..rll send 'em over to Neigh.
Dor Barton's. His wife's got some
snap In her! declare. it's clear dis.
couragin' for man to be dragged back
all the time by shiftless wife!"
A big round drop FLASHED down Into
the frying-pan which Mrs. Sadley was
just preparing to receive sundry slices
of well-cured ham which she had been
cutting; she made no verbal reply, how.
ever.
''Ehp" said the squire; "why don't
you say something's Sulking. 1s'pose.
rs usualp"
At this poor Mrs. Sadley burst into
tears.
mo. Titus" said she. IL ant sulk-
ing. But feel awful bad today. and
1t don't take much to upset me. It's
all true what you say. l am poor.
WORKOUT, feeble creature. and / don't
blame you for gettin' out OF patience.
But II hadn't worked 80 hard all these
years."
'Oh. yes. there's always some ex-
Cuse." growlcd the squire; and taking
q stray sample number or a paper.
he went out to sit IND the honeysuckle
shade.
Il can't stand that roasting fire."
said he.
Then" said Kitty. the enfant terri
BILE. "how do you suppose mother likes
FTP"
In an instant, however, her tickle,
childish attention was diverted.
Seer she cried; there come Cousin
Mary and Mr.. Dallas over the hill! Oh.
father, they're engaged. Did you know
itp"
Yes" absently answered the squire,
intent on his paper.
III was In the parlor that night; 1t
Numbered and rained so hard" said
Kitty, with twinkling eve. land they
didn't know II. And heard them talk
ing to each other. And he called her
his darling love"
"Humph!' gruntod the squire. "A
reg'lar case o spooning."
''And she said he was her dearest,
dearest one." added Kitty, the circum-
stantial.
Young foolsr snapped Squire Sad
ley.
Father" said Kitty, leaning on his
shoulder-she was the only one in the
house who was not afraid of the stern
dcspot-'don't all lovers talk SOP"
They're fools for their pains If they
dop"
was girl like Cousin Maryp Didn't
you say just such things to her?"
The squire moved uneasily in his
chair under the calm, searching light
of Mary's eyes.
Il might 'ha' done" he owned at last.
II s'pose was just as great an idiot as
other folks bc."
II don't SEQ why people ever leave it
off," said Kitty abstractedly. WAS
mother pretty grip"
Don't talk nonsense" said the
squire. almost angrily; and he got up
and walked around to the old wooden
bench beside the well curb.
Had Kitty's mother been q pretty
grip Yes, that she had-rose-cheeked
and limpid-eyed, with laugh sweet as
the note of thrush. and tho lightest
foot in Virginia reel of any girl in
the neighborhood. Aud now. II am
poor, worn-out. feeble creature" she
had said. in the faint. weary accents.
looking ut him out Of the dim. faded
eyes; ''and don't blame you for get
ting out Of patience" Yes; il was all
true. But what had wrought the
changer Whose fault was itp
Il don't know" said the squire, star
ing at heavens blue eye reflected far
down in the heart of the deep. cool
we'll. "but most think I've been too
hard on her. Now come to study on
It. I've had lots o. hired help about the /
farm. and she's done all the housowork |
herself And she never was very strong!
Was she pretty grip There wasn't
none prettier In a radius o. twenty |
miles around Kingsley church. Aud |
20 look ut her now!' @
The squire got up and stamped un-
easily around the well.
1--WE been brutep' he muttered to !
himself. Worse than dumb brute |
for they ant supposed to know no
better. / don't know what I've been
.hinkin' of all these ycars. Leave off |
owing herp I liant never left it of.
love her now. bless her faithful. pa
lent soul. MS we'll MS ever / did. only |
I've fell into the way of bein' careless
md neglected.. But I'll turn over
lew leaf this very day. 500 il don't"
He kept his word.
Engaged. Marvp Ia It really a
iettled thlng?" said Mrs. Sadley. ''Oh.
hope you'll be- happy. l hope, after
welve years OF marriage. dear Mary,
1ou'll be rs happy as am nowl'
Her eyes shone; faint color glowed
IN her ordinary palo cheeks. Mary
,adley looked ut her in surprise.
Would you believe" went on the
quire's wife. The has hired girl to
come here aud do all the rough work
% as to spare me? And there Is such
in easy. spr:ng-upholstered sofa In the
'all Ia place Of the lampy old lounge.
md there's one Of the highlands split
ing a pile OF wood to last from now to
And we are to keep
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