Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-07
CLORINDY'S STORY.
How It Really Came to an End
at Last.

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at Last.
You'll see EN- up there on the bride.
IN ten minutes" said Mrs. HannaI
stetson, rocking slowly back and fortl
In her little yellow rocker, as she lai,
down her knitting a moment to shad,
her eyes while looking in that direc
ton five got so in the habit O
watchin' for 'em that l find mvsel
sort o worryin' when they don't appear
an calclatin that Clorindy must be
sick or somethin'. don't worry much
about JADE, though; trust him to b,
tough enough for a whole regiment
But, then, don't s'pose they've missed
meetin' up there in summer more'n a
dozen times the past four years; an
they keep 1t up pretty late in the fall,
too. If you'll believe me, I've seen 'em
up there in the winter with the snow
on the ground, an the wind BLOWN
Clorindy's clothes all around her while
She stood there s quiet an meek as a
lamb. You might liken Jabe to the
shearer. There they be-" and Mrs.
stet on stepped to the end of the porch,
followed by her friend and visitor,
Miss Elvira W~oodhouse, who, being of
a romantic turn of mind, although
somewhat scared and withered by time,
o a lively interest in the matter.
Poor dear.' continued Mrs. S~tetson,
after gazing mournfully at the couple
Tor a moment, and shaking her head
slowly as she resumed her seat; IAN
that's all she's got, after waitin' more'n
four years for that great fool of a Jabe
Hutchins; a piece O. bare rock to see
him on, an not the least chance o. his
ever marryin' her-or rather her ever
marryin' him."
Miss Elvira coughed slightly. and
gave a little sigh.
But there" sad Mrs. S%tetson, 81
promised to tell you all about it. Ell,
vlry' from the very beginnin'; and here
I'm commencin' at the very endin'. AS
you might say. But it's all OWN to
my not bein' able to bring my mind to
bear on your bein' a stranger in these
parts. 1t seems sort o queer to think
o anybody's Twin an not KNOWN
Clorlndy's story. I'll just turn my
char round SOS not to see Jabe Hutch
ms He kind o rifles me up So
Mrs. Stetson turned her rocker
around, and then knit a few rows ,
icross her stocking in silence while she
collected her thoughts before conmenc-
ng her story. Miss Elvira leaned lazi-
y back in her large chair, with the old
'uff cat curled comfortably in her lap,
her eyes fixed on the man and
woman on the ridge. A couple of hens
'icked their way daintily about the
,orch; and the buzzing of the bees in
heir hives, the tinkling of the COW.
'ells IN the distance and the general
If OF quiet and peace served as a fit
citing to the story which Mrs. Stetson
.ow commenced to relate in a gentle
DICE. 4,
"Clorindy amt much to look at now;
ut II you could have seen her as {
sed TO, with her cheeks as red as I
'ses' an her blue eyes bright an J
linin', you'd never forget it, but kind
still put the red cheeks in the place y
her pale ones, an the shinin' eyes in
lie place OF her sad ones, Just as | do. t
Iorlndy amt but twenty-eight now, II
4 OF course that amt old. If she'd o
arrled she'd have been called a young
oman now, but as long as she didn't 4
Ie seems like sort of an old maid, an a
It not exactly like one, neither. as
re says she still expects to marry h
he. c,
'~Clorindy used to have ever so MANY
lowers from the time she was seven. Sc
or whereabouts, an we used to al
late among ourselves that she'd &C
kc first this one, an then that one; h,
rue larry Hiram SCOTS son.. who pl
the likeliest young man around. as
just ready to eat Clorindy up with o,
eyes when she sung in the choir. kl
u she let 'em all go, m after anoth- yo
an just when we was gettin' all 10
'tty discouraged at the way she was If
n on, she appeared at meetin' on tn
nday mornin' with Jabe Hutchins. ha
,rindy looked SO happy an Jabe set pc
like a bump on a log at her side, that In,
all knew what it meant. NV, su
mt we surprised" Mrs. Stetson tic
'pped her work in her lap while she pr
ked absently at the distant hills. wi
! seemed to see the bright young tic
G in the pew at church. pl
But that was four years ago" she
1--WE all crowded round on
after meetin' was over TO try an, ~
somethin' pleasant on her account
her mothers. But twas awful &c
d work. Not but what everybody ROT
ID Jabe; don't s'posc he had an alb
my in the world, except himself; an wa
t was just the trouble. You liked PEI
because you couldn't help your. :
Z, c%onsiderin' his sweetness o. dis. nv.
ition, an also cause IL want worth sea
lie dom anything else. Although | yo,
feelin' like death. | couldn't help ha,
lin to myself for the life o. me to don
r all those reople sayin' the same the
to Clorindy- 'Jabe's awful good rhe
ired, anyhow, in the perlitest man. Nv,
possible, an yet sort o. helpless, tw,
as Il they felt they want quite tall
their duty by her" Mrs. Stet. IA
laughed gently. and then, after onl
'lng the hens off the porch with her wat
=. and iuquiring a~nxiously Of her abo
e y b was 'pufckly comfort goir
resrmeA her discourse. %
xnsss re didn't any Of us do Mis-
nneb 4etkiaf khs neg few veeLs q,
j ss,sst 8 sfAnay ~ ysee We Jab