Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14
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SET llrt 10 u! Il suppO-eu, OF course,
you'd read tits week old today,
you know"
''Of course" said Squire Sadlcy, II
might have known without askingl It's
waste. and fling away, and burn up in
this house. There ant nothing safe
where an extravagant woman's con-
cernedw
Mother ant extravaganza said Kit.
ty.
where's them peas brought In this
morningp" sharply demanded the
squire. locking around him, with Argus
eyes.
There isn't time to shell thom now"
said Mrs Sadley. timidly.
"Time--time!" repeated her husband.
"Of course there ant time, II you sleep
away your life on that there sofy. !
mean to have II taken away tomorrow.
It's deal too handy. What's the use
o. my plaBtin' the earliest peas in
market. and hoein' and brushin' 'em.
aud then goin' out afore sunup 10 pick
'em. II my folks han't life enough to
cook emp"
I'm have 'em for supper" said Mrs.
Sadley, with little tremolo In her
voice.
mo you won't, neither" said the
squire. "Tll send 'em over to Neigh
Dor Barton's. His wife's got some
snap Ia her! l declare, it's clear dis
couragin' for man to be dragged back
all the time by shiftless wifel"
A big round drop FLASHED down into
the frying-pan which Mrs. Sadley was
mat t.i, ~, raoatva a,nI.,. al,o..
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. s'pose.
as usualp"
At this poor Mrs Sadley burst into
tears.
mo. Titus" seid she. II ant sulk-
ing. But feel awful bad today, and
II don't take much to upset me. It's
all true what you say. | am q poor,
WORKOUT, feeble creature, and / don't
blame you for gettin' ont OF patience.
But II hadn't worked so hard all these
years"
"Oh, yes, there's always some ex-
Cuse." growled the SQUIRE: aud taking
q stray sample numoer" OF a paper,
he went out to sit In the honeysuckle
shade.
II can't stand that roasting fire."
said he.
Then" said Kitty the enfant terri
BILE. "how do you suppose mother likes
it9"
In an instant. however, her tickle.
childish attention was diverted.
'See!" she cried; there come Cousin
Mary and Mr.. Dallas over the hill! Oh.
father, they're engaged, Did you know
Yes" absently answered the squire,
intent on his paper.
II was In the parlor that night; II
Numbered and rained so hard" said
Kitty, with twinkling eye. land they
didn't know ii. And heard them talk
ing to each other And he called her
his darling love-"
"Humphr' gruntcd the squire. "A
reg lar case o. spooning.n
'And she said he was her dearest.
dearest one" added Kitty, the circum-
stantial
Young foolsr' snapped Squire Sad
Icy.
Father" said Kitty. leaning on his
shoulder--she was the only one in the
house who was not afraid Of the stern
despot--'don't all lovers talk SOP"
They're fools for their pains II they
dor"
Didn't you love mother when she
was girl like Cousin Maryp Didn't
you say just such things to herp"
The squire moved uneasiy in his
chair under the calm, searching light
Of Mary's eyes
Il might ha' done" he owned at last.
u s'pose l was just as great an idiot as
other folks boz
II don't see why people ever leave it
off," said Kitty abstractedly. "Was
mother a 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 cutb.
Had Kitty's mother been a pretty
grip Yes. that she had--rose-c checked
and limpid-cyed, with laugh sweet as
the note of q thrush, aud the lightest
foot in Virginia reel Of any girl in
the neighborhood. Aud now, II am a
poor worn-ort. feeble creature" she
had said. in the faint, weary accents
looking at him out Of the dim, faded
eyes; ''and | don't blame you for get.
ting out OF patience" Yes, It was all
true. But what had wrought the
changer Whose fault was itP
Il don't know said the squire, star
ing nj heavens blue eye reflected far
down In the heart of the deep. cool
well, "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 housawork
herself. Andshe never was very strong!
Was she pretty girlp There wasn't
none prettier In radius o. twenty
miles around Kingsley church. Aud
to look at her nowr'
The squire got up and stamped I'M
easily around the we'll.