The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-03-07
MEHITABEL GREEN.

MEHITABEL GREEN.
A modern young lady would hive
called it just a perfectly deliciously,
lovely old house, and so quaintl'
But the modern young lady would
probably die there Of what she would
have described as "ongwe,
The Greens, WHOSE home this was, did
not die young, They usually lived TN
til p1sl so and then were buried on that
knoll out there beyond the cider orchard.
hat knoll had been the burial yard Of
the family for almost 200 years The
old slate colored hendstones slanted
very much, and the letters cut on them
were filled in with fine gray lichens
The house was much Of the color Of
the most ancient gravestones 1t had
never been painted, and it was reshin-
gled only When that p ocess was neces-
sary to preserve the wealherboalds.
The last time the carpenters had been
there was when Mehitabel was small
child, and she was now beyond middle
age
The building was so low eaved in front
that IL annaared imnossible that if could
be nnv lower. until Won walked round TO
the baol, and found that over the kitchen
the roc f was still nearer to the earth.
Tn tbe summer il almost seemed as if
the sp armint growing near the kitchen
door would touch the caves, so rankly
it spad up0 ard. That season when Ne
bitahaI raised 90 many sunfowers 80
that the hens MIGHT have tbe seed those
hold blossoms climbed nm and nodded
tbeir callov heads toyetber over tbe
roof sbinoIos
In bor c.,o Of ber noultrv MebitabeI
was g,,i1ad a good daal Inv he uonthlv
nariodicaI IN Which sbe srbscribed and
ybicI, was davoted 70 the Interests Of
fol One wear tbis ionrnnl advised
ovarv one who kont hons and ,visl,ed To
make anv money ON fham 70 be sure
and ,lart orant many sunfo,ye,.s as
thair seeds ,vere a moryaInus fool Tn
noinf of fact bans that ,yere fad on This
Kind of ponrisbment would he fot and
glossy and would Law in snite Of Them.
selves
aIrv tben, saods on chat old Plvnoutb
+. .,cl, y .nid NIaLifaL.ps mot,er. asbe
si,,t laid for ,nore,n n vear Giya her
a nooJ dose IF She Laws sh,u l,eliave
here's sometbino in that receint y
e,Tai,,,t exsctiy what 7 call n receint
motber said Mebit,beI hasitatinglv
Thev had washed tbe braal,fast fishes
and !, ere sitting down Inv tbe cook stove
moment to warm their feet before thew
began 70 sew straw. n was about half.
nast six and was not vet very liqllt but
Mobitabel lad her snectacIas or. and the
aben. naner as she called II in her
hand She haI been 10 the nosEofice
and tba library at the VILLAGE tba dav
before. From the former place she lad
p,ocurad the hon nanar from the latter
she had bro,obt home @Stratbnlore
She had inst read aloud tbis article
about snn6overs and both fine women
had rasoIved to ,,lont @o LOT
Mrs Green had tba hest nlace d,ractIv
in front Of the stove Her sI,irt was
r1rned mn over her. l,nees aud her took.
inoed feet we're restino, IN n mucb dried
nine hoard which was nlaced ON the
botton, Of tbeo Her dauobte, % feet
were modestlv on the hearth where thev
could not receive half as mnoh beot bnt
Mehitabel did not exnect 70 recaive heal
o., anvtl,inc
aIts no matter what Won coll II n
said Mrs Green with emnbasis ~
gness I'm old enougb 70 know what a
roo,int 10 Pocoi,,ts oi,,t all for 90 hes
>, cpol,ioe That ono you,va iost hen
r.ad din, is for 40 70 IN, vye,II t,,y If
M, Al t,.- t,,a - 80 s,riro.
T,ai,. i,oI, ,,,iJb tla s,,,go,,a, ora,, ,Tas
nrodioio,,s L,t os roo,o,dad tI,a oo,o. cror
T. ,,,as ~ ,oarl,od For ;nsta,7sa No
amonnt Of seeds would make tbe Plvm.
9th Roclr hon law altbongh thot bird
,roIl,aJ TIl ahomt tl,a forn, os if she laid al,
tl,, al,r.s al ,,,a,., =, tha ros+s IT, ,,,as
=, +I,e faIi oftor +I,is o,-,,a,.i,,,o,t had
heon rode that tbe hen nanar an.
nonnoad tbot there 'ras notbing 90 had
10 Nv, - os 80. so,d,e 1Tol,it-
abel rod tl,ose vvords ybiIe +ba tyc
,yoro sittina in +be some attit,,do IN
which tbev had road tbe forn,or tenn
Mrs Groen Yrsbed the niro Loard VIC
iontiv fnr,bar ma the o,T W., r,'o ond NTa,ito
bol soid viii, gontIe dsDracotion that
ait lad ,ot so nov, yo,, co,,Idn,t ave,-
helieye eli Won sow in Mint
~ this t6e oIder ,yopan rooda roDl,
that Snov,s,,onera az ~ Tse,s ,vos hioMador faoi,
en- foIl,s Iras ro,radovs ~ tbaT
,osa ,s,,- ond ,vont 70 tboi st,a,v sa,vino. ''''
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biNAA ApAAN 90 q NNAJ Noo 40 lAttNH ~
or even blinds, The little windows will