The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-04-03

ieat, Almost; an' when ( plks got to calm
her p ,or Mi Ware, an sayn' they
didn', I've happy. allu' suspected as
8 e aggravated him TO death with her
! cool, ca!cu atm way. Them soft ~ oxen
creepy lit lie women are ike cats. an
Lave claws under soft mittins. FNef0 und.
| But never sail word. thinkin t hat
ditln't say cuiLn't I've repeated; an in
| Orin's last sickntss-he died. Ike Liddy.
of con.umpt on-he couldn't touch n
bit of tie d ugInuts l used to take
ov, r. though they was his favorite cake.
| Caused kind of briln' in his stomic,
he said, which want the way Liddy
vas, for she took comfort with her vict-
uals till she was at the brink of the
grave, which did us all good to think
on Gs mercy.
And what did the widow do to your
brother in law?" asked Mrs Wharton.
the cookery book for the moment for
gotten.
ID? Well. she did enoughl" Aunt
! Hepsy knitted with violent energy for Il
few moments, evidently arranging her
|
! full of seine crink craukum or other,
e nathan was. Afnre the ar it WA
abolition. Lind! remember when h
| wouldn't step foot il II meetin' house
where the preacher didn't pray for tn
ens!aved a rican reg'lar. Az then twas
| spirit raprin'~. an next lie got an ida
/ of startin' New Jerusalem OH earth, ;lh
| ,i, ,fil ,.O,,Il
| city at would slut the devil out When
Luwella married him he was goin il
for reform ginerally. an he said it wat
| 1iin in the fce OF Providence to have
| prop'ty insured. Well. after they
| been married three months the big fir
| sWep the town, an his slave mill Will
| the rest, an lie with staff on hand tha!
should "a len delivered to his customers
| an got paid for. but he'd been too drel
reformn' creation to tend to it. An
there he was without n cent to Iii name
but the land where the mill stood. All
real estate was low jes then, an the
stave mill was too near the flats.
ale certainly needed wife then, p
| broke in the minister's wife. 1t was Il
notion of hers that all widowers needed
wives.
II should say so; but she took that
time to up an leave him. She sa d she
had enough for one. but not enougl fol
| two, an off she went as cool Il, YOU
| please to l. r Y. where she had hotse
an lot E;ntnan. for all lie was most
| 50, an quite bald an Il grandfather,
fought The world an all of her; an
| what it'll the fire an all his bI ain WIS
upset; AN one murnin'-it was in the
! fall of the year. an cold to go to your
marrer ones-l was af!yin' dnughnuts,
the rig kind. tough enough to make
wagon springs on-my husband, Mr..
| JIG ison, w"ul Int eat no ether sort
when W no should wa k in but EInatl.an.
az wet ~ y drownd, rat. What has
hal med" s. z !, an where under the
canopy hey We benz"
SIN tie cana basin adrowndin my
self seq he, kinder overcome like; 'bu
| couldn't stand it, an cium out, it WIS
90 dunn cod"
I'D lie de-" aske Mr.. Wharton, re-
Stunning the not"booN.
mo. give hi II pepper tea an num-
Der @. an a corn sweat TIE mex. thing
lie tri' d TO luy ris,.n. but he coulln'l
git any, and old DR.. scrann fr ghtened
| him by triliu' him there wa..'t no use
to try 10 kill hin spif-he cuud lrinc
him to- Afcr that E,nnt,;h ouietd
down and L-gun invrntin'. an what he
c rlled us ,lrawin's' were sight to see
lie staid the most the time with us.
Mr.. ck>on lrin' n generous nun a.
never Lc@ruAged anybody a neal OF
victualS Bit come spring e went tt
Martia's, am come March she got hel
hose set to clean house. long afore there
WAS any stnce y takin' down SO rs. ]
seq 10 her, Martha. seq |. I'VE liahl's al
the equincc' lal. an we're sure to htv il
us sunun' But Martha was all S one
an as srt rs chunk of iron, am when
she'd leen at it four DAYS, am it WAS
rainin' almost solid W alter. size cairc over
to my house as light rs sic could run.
a.aski.' for her father. Some of his
work has b 'en misaid, an notlIn' will
make him Lelieve it want done pur
pose, when you know how things get
lost in cleanin, seq she. I waS in hopes
he come over here, but he started up
street. an the children are COMM down
with what ohs to he like l. jumps on
both sides. til. u,h the d, c or says it, :.
chickeapox. an Betty Martin has j r;t
had word that her man has come off the
canal drunk again, an she savs she
must 60 home right IF to keep the roof
on.
Il put on my ,ubbers an went hcme
with her. Tut didn't feel there rs any
comfort | could take her. 1t that low
il my p its / see Martha was right
about tie children. II was mumps on
both sides; an the doctor he W as righ,
too. for they had cickerpox. II en-
! children was all Skinner, an great lapls
I" get through with good deal at once.
an they WIS Il silent to the ia ion. you
may lclie>e. for while. Well, ID n.
ckson lie hunted high an low fur
EInathan till late that night. Ny! J
never shall forget a-srttin' in Marlha's
back parl"r, an the carpet up nm not
, mite If comfort anywheres in the house
! for any ody. All could think on VIA
how Llddy Ann sot store 10y Elnathan,
an' how lie lein' naturally contrary, an