The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-31

G1otlnon1 M 11o1S6n, 1oclKl1< rclee.
lively - ~ kI1sS In w0rderin.
whether theysl % up there t6nigm
same's ever But therel I want TO tell
yon IN about Il
1T = two mornin's ago that / Was
settins 3ut here sheillns peas for dinner
two q1art pickin's from the back lot
jinin9. and my brother Eli rode BY on
his mowin'-machine, an stopped to
have . little chat about crops an
church matters l gpose we'd been
talkin' . much Is twenty minutes
when Ell says: Too bad bout Clorin-
dy.' Il forgot to tell you. Elviry, that
hadn't seen her on the ridge the night
before, although Jabe waited for her
some time; an I'd been kind b worry
I'M ever sef1ce. So when he said that,
Of course was all alive TO know what
was the matter. Well, men are Gurus
bein's'," and Mrs Stetson laid down
her knitting while she looked absently
at the old buff cat, who had crept back
on the porch, and was now playing
with her ball Of yarn in the most bare
faced manner There's Eli; you know
he's deacon, am can pray in meetin'
most as well as the minister, an
knows the Bible an the Farmers AL
manac through and through; then. he's
got good head for business. too, and
can drive as sharp bargain down to
the store as anybody; but he could
mt give me the least idee of what was
the matter with Clorindy. Men don't
seem to have any carryin' power in
their heads about sickness an such
things; although knew Eli'd heard all
the particulars from his wife. First,
he said she'd got 'chills all over. an
they couldn't get her warm nohow, an,
then, the next minnie, that she was
'burnin' up with fever an he contra
dicted himself twice, about sore throat.
tried to pin him down to somethin',
but want no use. Finally, he got all
muddled, an commenced scratchin' his
head, an tryin' to make out he rcck-
oned twas the measles When Eli
commences scratchin' his head, you
may know there isn't any use talkin' to
him any longer; so, s soon's I'd done
shellin' my peas, put my hat on an
went over to Clorindy's
sElviry Woodho1se, I'm never one
to cry much, as you know, but If you
could have seen Clorindy, believe
you'd have done the same as did-had
good cry" And Mrs. Stetson en-
phasized her remark by removing her
glasses and weeping quietly, in which
act she was followed by Miss Wood
house. whose emotions were easily
swayed.
There lay Clorindy on the bed.
loo,1in' Sc pale and sick, just as If she
was all tuckered out, an want never
goin' to get up again. Her mother set
OF her side with campfire bottle, in
one hand an vinegar bottle in the
other; which she was applyin' to Clor-
indy's nose promise, Gus. declare, it
just went to- my heart to see her a.
doin' that, an not smell o. boneset
tea in the house, when anybody who
knows the least about sickness knows
boneset's the thing to give, no matter
what's the trouble" Here Mrs Stet-
son twitched the stocking and then
looked pityingly at it, as though she
had Clorindy's mother before her. Il
didn't say nothin', but I'd taken the
precaution to bring a small basket OF
medicines with me, an can tell you.
it didn't take me long to whip out that
boneseC an go into the kitchen an
make good, strong cup o. tea which
! give to Clorfndy immediate. Then /
set down and inquired what was the
matter"
well, it does take you to know how
TO do things" said Miss Elvira, admir-.
ingly.
II do calc'late to know somethin'
about Sickness" answered Mrs. Stet-
son. placidly. s...Clorindy's mother said
the best she could express it was to say
that Clorindy seemed to go all to pieces
the mornin' before. Those were her
very words, all to pieces. So she
Just KEEP her bed; but when it came
time to 20 to meet Jabe, as usual, she
tried to struggle up, an seemed awful
disappointed when she found she was
so weak she couldn,t-stir. So she
turned her face toward the west win
dow, an lay there with that wistful
expression on her face she's had so
much lately. She was lynn there inst
the same when first see her but she
tered with such longin', questionin,
look. knew what it meant; SO, Is
soon's / had chance, I drew. her
mother into the closet, an says:
Hasn't he been here?' An she only
shook her head and swallowed hard.
"Wen, we did everything we could
for Clorindy. | don't knows we let a
single stone upturned, worlxin' over her
all thetime. We tried a-sweatin' her.
an soalSin' her feet in mustard water,
an lots of other things; but nothin'
seemed to do any good. think she
grew weaker, if anythin', an finally.
begged to be just let, alone. So we
-tidied her up, an fixed her as comforta-
BILE. as we could, propped up ON pillows.
SOS She could catch glimpse O. the
ridge when the wind blew the branches
apart Then her mother an me set
still, for there want nothin' more to do.
$50 the time went by; but when it
came toward sunset, we both noticed
how big her eyes were CROWN, an
now an then a tear'd run down her
cheek j was watchin' her pretty
close, thiukin' any moment she might
faint away. when seen her lean for
ward little, an the mex thing /
knew, Jabe had bust into the room a.
wavin' a paint-brush, an calm ont;
oh, Clorindyl the pig -sty's all finished,
an the barns painted beautiful red
His clothes was all covered with paint,
but he went right down side O. the
bed, an put his arms clean round
Clorindy, an they both cried. like two
children. Then he sat an held her
hand while he told rs how he'd been
workin' more stiddy on 'em lately, an
that when he heard Clorindy was sick,
he made up his mind he wouldn't look
her in the face till they was both fin
ished, an the other jobs about the
place. An he'd only finished the barn
just that minute Then he says.
'Clorindy, when III you marry me?'