Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-20
HER SON. LAW.
by HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

at kind o. hate to let that furniture
90, Betsey Jane, sa Mr.. Piggott.
''Well, wonder why2" slowly enun.
ciated his better-half, who stood with
her hands upon her sides. and q big
white apron pinned around her by NO
means slender waist. "You amt Noah,
] guess, nor ! amt Noah's wife, and we
don't want the kind o. furniture that
come over in the Ark. Mis- Squire
Nipps, she's got real black walnut, and
Doctor Hawley's wife has Spanish ma.
hogany that you can see your face IN, and
these chairs, at their best, weren't nothin'
better than common curly maple with
rush bottoms"
The August sun was sleeping the old
shingled roof in brightness, the round.
tremulous tops Of the monster butternut
trees were a study in green and.gold,
and flock OF young turkeys were clnck-
Ing sIeepIIy In the high grass OF the ad-
joining meadow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Piggott stood out on the
dandelion starred grass, proudly viewing
the old house which had just been newly
painted of vivid olive, picked out u
with Venetian red.
1T b'longed to my granther," said
Mr.. Piggott. "He went to housekeep-
in with il when he was married"
"Well, so long he's been dead and
buried forty year" said Mrs. Piggott,
CURLY, ~ doo't see what difference tina,
makes"
"Tell ye what, Mis- Piggott," said a
frank, choery voice, as tail young
farmer in his shirt sleeves, with scythe
balanced lightly across his stalwart shout
der, came up 10 the we'll curb 30 get q
drink. ''I'll give you twenty five dollars
for that set o. furniture!'
Jemima PigQ,At-for short called
'Jimmy"-who was sitting on the door
step, hemming q red -bofdered towel,
looked up with q sudden bright smile in
her dark blue eyes.
''Oh, Moses, said she, Involuntary,
'Im so glad"
Mrs. Plggott shifted scornfully.
"Well, said she, ''if you and Moses
Raintree are willin' to go to house
keepin' with such a lot of old truck as
that"
ut was GraDdsir Piggott's' said
Jimmy. simply.
twenty-five doilars" said Moses.
''Is it baTgainI"
Eyes. and glad to get IT." answered
his mother-in- iaw elect, with equal brev-
ity.
Mrs. Piggott went to the nearest town
the next morning and bought a staring
set Of machine. made parloI furniture,
upholstered in cheap and snowy jute.
"Jemima hahn speck Of her mothers
pride, said she, ''or she'd never marry
man that caa't do no better than put
her into blacksmiths shop made over. =
"It's very neatly fixed up. . interposed
tell 4 from rsSisr Bdigx BsoSS;ss:. Aais ass
has done it himself ont Of hours. every
nail and screw Of 1t And he bought the
lot hisself out OF his own honest earnin's
When Grandsir Piggott was boy"
"Oh, I'm sick OF hearin' of your
GraEdsir Pigeottw uncerenoniously in
terrupted Mrs PIggott- "Now hook
here, John; that walnut furniture is jus,
the thing I've wanted this long time.
"I'm glad you're suited" said Mr.
Piggott, doIefully.
"And now the next thing is a pisnnel
for Lucilla--" began his wife.
"A-pianner"
"Yes. Why mott Every girl has one
nowadays"
!. Jimmy never had one"
Jimmy hadn't no ambition. Lucilla's
quite a diffevpt kind. Luciila's cleal
Higginbothaln There amt a Bit o
Piggott about her. Lucilla must go Ii
good society. and marry some one that,
q peg higher'n workin' man."
''Ycu iuean William Warburtonf"
81 don't name no Names" oracularly
responded his wife. "What i mean !!
that Lucilla must be fixed up like othei
girls, aud she and me, we've settled i
she must have pianner-on installments
you know. OF course we can't expect &
pay for 1t all to once"
"But, Betsey Jane, we amt paid of
the old morgidge on the wood lot yet. ="
"Well, what o. thatT'
"Mr. Nudge may foreclose any day.
''He won'tp
"And the farm stock is all run down.
1.-THE farm stock can wait. You
daughters welfare is the first thing L
think of. Now we've got the hous'
painted up and q new set CT moderi
lurnltute. tue neNJ tning II pluunei au'
a dancin' party, with ffbze ice cream
and cake and lemonade for Lucilla."
"But / don't see, what with Jimmy
wedding. how we can pay for itI' STAN
mered poor Piggott."
.Father," spoke up Jimmy. 81 don
want my wedding. Moses and me, W
calculate to begin jest rs we mean to g
on. We've got the little tbree-roome'
house and Grandsir Piggott's set o. fur
niture, and we'll 90 right to Parson Par
ker's in the mornin' and get married, b,
ourselves, and go straight to housekeep
In in the afternoon. You sha7't be pu
to no trouble nor expense for usw
81 told you there want no Higgin
botham about Jemima," said Mrs. Pig
gots. However, don't care, If she
| suited"
Mr.. Piggoit looked troubled.
'lf daughter o mine goes out o. IN
house." said he, "1'd like har TO have
cteditable send of"