The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-03-14

CRATE.
the squire. ignoring Kitty query.
..Oh. Titus" cried the wife. I've just
set fire to IL! supposed. OF course.
you'd read tits week old today.
you know"
..Of course" said Squire Sadley. Il
might have known without asking. It's
waste. aud fling away. and burn up la
this house. There ant nothing safe
where an extrayagans womans con-
cernedr'
mother ant extravagantr said Kit
ty.
where's them peas brought in this
morning?" sharply demanded the
squire. looking around him. with Argus
eyes.
There isn't time TO shell them now"
said Mrs Sadley. timidly.
.Time-timer repeated her husband.
"Of course there au't time. il you sleep
away your life on that there sofy.
mean TO have IL taken away tomorrow.
It's deal too handy. What's the use
o. mv plantin' the earliest peas ia
market. and hoein' and brushin' 'em.
aud then goin' out afore sunnp TO pick
'em. II my folks hant life enough to
cook emp"
"rIl have 'em for supper" said Mrs.
Sadley, with little tremolo In her
voice.
mo you won't. neither" said the
squire. "rll send 'cm over to Neigh
Dor Barton's. His wife's got some
snap In herl declare. it's clear dis
couragin' for man TO be dragged back
all the time by a shiftless wife,
A big round drop FLASHED down into
the frying-pan which Mrs. Sadley was
Just preparing 10 receive sundry slices
of well-cured ham which she had been
cutting; she made no verbal reply. how.
ever.
''Eh?" said the squire; "why dop't
you say something's Sulking, ! s'pose,
as usualPn
Al this poor Mrs. Sadley burst into
tears.
"No. Titus said she. II ant sulk-
ing. But | feel awful bad today. and
IL don't take much TO upset me. It's
all true what you say. | am poor.
WORKOUT. feeble creature, and / don't
blame you for gettin' out OF patience.
But If hadn't worked SO hard all these
years.
''Oh. yes, there's always some ex-
cuse." growled the squire; and taking
a stray sample nuinOer" or "A paper.
he went out to sit ia the honeysuckle
shade.
II can't stand that roasting dre."
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.
Sect" she cried; there come Cousin
Mary and Mr. Dallas over the hill! Oh,
father, they're engaged. Did you know
itPn
Yes" ahsently answered the squire,
intent on his paper.
ii was in the parlor that night; IL
Numbered and rained so hard" said
Kitty, with twinkling eye. land they
didn't know il. And heard them talk
ing 10 each other. And he called her
his darling love-"
"lIumph!' gruntcd the squire. "A
eg'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
doPn
Didn't you love mother when she
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.
II might ha done" he owned ut last.
IL s'pose | was just as great an idiot rs
other folks be.
IL don't see why people ever leave 1t
off," said Kitty abstractedly. WAS
mother pretty girlP'
Don't talk nonsense" said the
squire. almost angrily; and he got up
aud walked around to the old wooden
bench beside the we'll curb.
Had Kitty's mother been pretty
girl? Yes. that she had --rosc-cheekcd
and limpid-cyed. with laugh sweet rs
the note Of thrush. aud the lightest
foot in Virginia reel OF any girl in
the ncighborhood. Aud now, II am u
poor. WORKOUT. feeble creature" she
had said. In the faint. weary accents.
looking at him out of the dim. faded
ewes; 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 lip
II don't know. said the squire, star
ing at heavens blue eye reflected far
down in the heart cf the deep. cool
well. "but most think I've been too
hard on her Move come to study ON
IN I've had lois ~ hired helm about tho