Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-07

n lively AZ the ridge I'm wOudgrlH
whether they'll go up there to-nigt
II same's ever. But there, want to tel
=, you all about it.
1t vas two mornin's ago that | wa
q settin' Dut here shellln' peas for Dime
/. two qiart pickin's from the back 10
q Jinin1, and my brother Eli rode bv OF
Il his mowin-machine, an stopped I,
e have 4 little chat about crops an
; church matters l s'pose we'd beer
!, talkin' 5 much as twenty minute.
when Eli says: Too bad bout Clorin
: dy,' Il forgot to tell YOU. Elyiry. that
!. hadn't seen her on the ridge the night
before, although Jabe waited for her
{ some time; an Id been kind o worry.
. in ever senee.l 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 abseutlv
at the old buff cat who had crept back
on the porch, and was now PLAYING
win her ball Of yarn in the most bare.
faced manner, There's Eli; you know
mes deacon, an can pray in meetiu'
most as well as the minister, an
knows the Bible an the Farmers AL.
manac through and through; then, he's
got a good head for business, too, and
can drive as sharp a bargain down to
the store as anybody; but he could.
n give me the least idee of what was
the matter with Clorindy. Men don't
seem to have any c|arryin power in
their heads about sickness an such
things; although | knew Elid 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 minute, that she was
ournln' 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 reck.
oned twas the measles When Eli
commences scratchin' his mead, YOU
may know there isn't any use talkin' to
hlm any longer; so, S soon's I'd done
sheIlin' my peas, | put my hat on an
went over to C~lorindy's.
"Elviry Woodhouse, I'm never n
to cry much, as you know. but If YOU
could have seen Clorindy, | believe
you'd have done the same as | did-had
a 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
swaved.
There lay Clorindy on the bed.
loo'tin' So pale and sick, just as if she
was all tuckered out, an want never
goln' to get up again. Her mother set
at her side with a campfire bottle in
one hand an "A vinegar bottle in the
other; which she was applyin' to Clor-
lndys nose promisc'ous. / declare. il {
Just went to my heart to see her A. ;
or that, an not a smell o. boneset +
tea IN the house, when anybody who I
knows the least about sickness knows =
oonesets the thing to give, no matter I
the trouble" Here Mrs Stet.
son tHitched the stocking and thep 6
looked pityingly at it, as though she n
lad Clorindy's mother before her. 81 !;
ildnt say nothin', but I'd taken the -
o~recaution to bring a small basket OF !,
with me, an | can tell YOU, :,
t didn't take me long to whip out that -
'oneset an go into the kitchen an a
make a good, strong cup o tea which "
give to Clorindy immediate. Then "
down and inquired what was the =,
=.
well, it does take you to know how a,
0 do things" said Miss Elvira, admir-. h,
ugly. h,
i do calclate to know somethin' OF
Don't sickness" answered Mrs. Stet. Sc
IN, placidly. "Clorindy's mother said
best she could express it was to saw
nat Clorindy seemed to go all to pieces So
lie mornin' before. Those were her
cry words, all to pieces So she
ist KEEP her bed; but when it came m
me to 70 to meet Jabe, as usual, she su
led to struggle up, an seemed awful to
sappointed when she found she was ne
weak she couldn't stir. So she a
.rned her face toward the west win. a
wv, an lay there with that wistfui sh
preston on her face she's had SC tri
uch lately. She was lynn there inst ur
e same when | first see her hut shs alb
rned her eyes on me once when | en-. PHI
red with such a longin', uuestionin' Sol
ok. l knew what it meant; SO, a ms
on's / had a chance, I drew he, we
into the closet, an saws: be-
asn't he been here?' An she onlv Sh
ook her lead and swallowed hard. dei
Well, we did everything we could the
r Clorindy. | don't knows we left a wa
lgle stone upturned, workin' over her put
the time. We tried a-sweatin' her COZ
soakin' her feet in mustard water. STR
lots of other things; but nothin' boo
med to do any good. | think she iro
NV weaker, if anythin', an finally out
eyed to be just let alone. So we the
led her up, an fixed her as comforta. llgl
as we could, propped up on pillows. the
n could catch glimpse O. the sho
ge when the wind blew the branches pia'
lrt Then her mother an me set actl
l. Tor there want nothin' more to do. sew
SO the time went by; but when it Siae
ne oward sunset, we both noticed Inc
v oig her eyes were CROWN, an
V an then IL teard run down her cur
l was watchin' her pretty per-
Sc, thinkin' any moment she might pro-
1t away, when I seen her lean for. Is n
d a little, an the mex thing u
w JADE had bust into the room a. siig.
nm a paint-brush, an calm out: VIII
Clorlndy! the pig'sty's all finished,
the barns painted a beautiful red. ing
clothes was all covorod r;,h.d." thor
he went right down side O the ures
an put his arms clean round clas'
indy, an they both cried like two arou
dren. Then he sat an held her nea!
d while he told us how had been as u
KIN more Study on 'em lately, an ura'
when he heard Clorindy " as sick, n
nade IN his mind bo vn,,5a, IN|, Faci
the face till they was both fin. and
d. an the other jobs about the DC n
e. An he'd only finished the barn are
that minute. Then he saws; ne
indy, when III you marry me?' dest'
she says: Tomorrow, Jabe.' Then Il
used her an want o,,,u son