Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-06
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AAt'A AAh N'AAAN inv a. "la anu. an Az
mys quarters
Il hope thee is well, Friend Auas-
tasia. said he. Il have brought thee
a jar of my daughter wild plum sauce.
Perhaps it may tempt thy appetite
AnaStasia Akerly colored.
i amt of no consequence, - said she,
"Iduuno a. / care So much about sweet
things Only there used 10 grow a
wild plum bush on the hills at home,
and mother used 10 boil the plums
with molasses. They were drefful
sour. but there was a flavor about EN-
l haint never since tasted. And when
Mary Moore told how good Leah's wa,
! kind o. notioned I'd like a taste o
EN-. But Leah said she hadn't none TO
spare"
Leah was mistaken said Friend
Decker. In our home there l. always
something 10 spare for an old friend
like thee"
Il didn't know that you looked on
me as a friend, 80 she said sharply.
Thee ought 10 have been certain Of
that"
There were ugly things said about
the way the Lennox property was man
aged" said Miss Akeriy.
Nothing was said by me, Friend
Anastasia." observed the Quaker.
And as far as in me lies l am ANXIOUS
to be at peace with all the world"
''Humphr" said the old Oma
''Well. there amt no use making up 70
me; my will was drawn up long ago,
and Moses SAWYER is my heir
Thee is welcome 10 do as thee likes
with thy own" said Friend Decker
calmly, setting down the jar Of wild
plum preserves and glancing wistfully
toward the cushioned armchair by the
fire. for his limbs were eufeebled by
age, and he had walked a considerable
! distance.
But Miss Akerly did not ask him to
| sit down ,and rest, 80 lie took a fresh
grip of his Enotty zane and started on
his homeward tramp.
Good morning 10 thee, Friend AnaS-
tasia. 70 which the old lady only re
sponded with an articulated gruut.
But when he was out of sight she UNI
screwed the lil Of the jar, and with an
old silver spoon. worn thin with long
usage. she tasted the sweetness Of it,
contents.
Jest like them mother used 10 boil
down with molasses when I was a gal, -
said she. Il could most fancy ] was a
gal ag'in. in the old plum time, %a-cuttin'
across the lots with my sun bonnet
hitched on by one string and the red
dog caperin' at my he =. WAL, wal.
1t don't seem like l vas close on to
seventy years Of age
Mis- Anastasia had some Of the wild
plum sauce with her scanty dinner. IL
gives il "a relish. She ate some more
with bread and cheese for her supper.
Il never did taste nothin' that went
10 the right spot like them plums, said
she. 1t amt cause they're relishin.
It's cause they make me feel like | was
out in Wiscon-'u, with the s~assafras
leaves turnin' yaller and the wind
BLOWN in my face.
Leah did not know until a neighbour
boy brought back the jar neatly
wrapped in a newspaper what a treat
she had afforded her neighbor.
what is it, Willief' she asked the
boy.
Its the jar that had the wild plum
sass in il. said Willie. Miss Akery
SAYS shes much obliged, and she gave
me a ginger cookey for bringing it back
she did"
FEATHER" said Leah reproachfully
10 the old man, this is thy doings
) Thee is always thinking Of some on'
else"
1T has done Inc more good than if
had eaten il myself, Leah, said ErienC
Decker alphabetically.
Leah ran 20 him and gave him a hug
Thee is an old darling. father saiC
she: 'and thee makes me ashamed o
my own temper sometimes
She put the jar on the top shelf o
the little pantry, and never though
a ANYTHING more about il till one da.
r when she wanted d jar to put som.
fresh craubcrries in. She was in
hurry. for Miss AnasIasia Akerly was q
be buried that afternoon. She died a
Q she had lived, sitting alone before IN
9 fire. and this was the day they had ap
= pointed for her funeral.
Friend Decker had expressed a deslr
10 attend the ~obsequies Of the kin'
woman who had been so little 10 him
. and Leah was hurrying through he
work 50 that she might brush the we.
worn suit and take "a much needle.
stitch iu the coarse wOrted gloves.
5 As she tore of the newspaper wrap
pings she stopped suddenly.
r Father. she cried, '.here is "a piec
9 Of thick. yellowish paper rolled up an
e put inside this jar that came froI
Friend Auastasia's. What does the
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