The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-03-14
OLARlsSY BLEvINS.
HER SELF DENIAL AND PAT1ENcE-HER
COURAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES - HER
TRIUMPH

at Little sam MuffayB, Wnen one Gay
a girl passed the house who attracted
my attention, not 80 much by her air of
general superiority to her surroundings
US by the profound sadness Of her face
and the shrinking Of her whole mein
Size went on her way with "Good
morning, delivered in a voice Of melan-
choly gentleness; and l at once asked
little Sam-who is about two and AN
eighth yards long-~Who is shel"
We'll, said he, cher mother kem o
mighty good folks; she were Burch-
field; but she run off when she's about
fo'teen an married Searcy Blevius, a
worthless. triflin' feller ez ever lived.
Pore Debbie Burchfield tuck up 'ity
poverty and hardship the day she
married him, shore. She had a big
pa4sel o chin; Clarissy's tile oldes; an
looks like her folks wuz so sot again
Searcy, an 80 plumb out o all heart 'et
her fer marryin' NV i'm, 'et they wouldn't
do marry thing fer 'er.
"When Clarissy were bout eight year
old her uncle, Nate Burchfield, over
fo'teen mile Pin hyre In Tennessee,
tuck 'er AN KEEP 'er fer nigh onto nine
year. He's well ter-do, Nate Burchfield
is, an he sot er heap by Clarissy. He
dressed 'er nice an gin 'er schOolin',
same ez 'is own gals.
pore Debby seed 'er chance O.
trouble. Shed allus had a plenty; OF
man Burchfeld were almos' plumb rich,
an long % poverty an hard livin, an
Searcy gettin' drunk all ther time, she
bruck clean down, an seemed ter lose
all keerin' for 'thing-just sot over
ther far an dipped snuff, an never
he'd 'er word TO say, nuther fer nur
agin. The pore chil'n-the's nine er
ten on 'em, / reckon-looked mighty
pitiful an bad; dirty an hongry, too ]
reckon, heap er tn time.
"When Clarissy's risin NV II she kem
over, long % her uncle Nate, ter see her
pappy's folks, and she wouldn't never
70 back any more. She lowed her
place war hyer 'mong her own folks
what needed her hep; an at she
couldMt res easy an, live fine when her
own nanny and the little ones was
cold an hongIy. So she staid an
worked like er fier han, late an early,
in ther house an out ter hep git the
chin some clos an sumpin' fitten fer
'em T. at
She hadn't ben at home over'n above
two years when Of man Burchfeld
died suddint, thought maxim NV ary
VIII er anything, an Debby kem in fer
her s. eer NV his Lam. He lived over
clost { Linvill city, whur lands riz
igbtily jest lately, an Dcbby's sheer
vas $1,000; they were only her an
Nate lcfi t divide 'mongst
"Wcil, when they got that money OF
Searcy went over t. johnson an bought
er fine buggy an a wild young nag.
He started out 18th Lace Byrd an
Gyar'l Cox, all crazy drunk, an er big
jug o whisky in tn buggy. When
they wus found way out ON Bad Creek,
tie buggy were busted inter slivers,
the cot were lyin' dead with his mech
bruck, an all three O. ther men hog
drunk. and bloodied up eonsid' able.
AN 30 hit went on fer month. ei
two, tell nigh onto time fer cote to sci
over t tn cove; when one night was
it t Pap's t see bout some turnip seed
and Ciarissy KUN in. She lowed she
anted to see Pap, an they had or righI
lengthy speech in ther front house.
heerd Clarissy a cryin'.
Whenever she left axed Pap whai
were ailin' Clarissy, an he tole me she
were grievin' herself powerful over tn
way things wuz goin. Her pap wul
drunk all the time, an peared lax thei
money were runnin' away jest lax watel
f'om er tub in dry weather.
"Pappy's unlarned man, but he'l
mighty sensible, an ther whole country
kums ter him fer advice when the's il
trouble; and he toP Clarissy ter go t
Jedge Simmons overt the Cove-he'i
counted the smartes' lawyer in thes,
parts, an er good man, too.
II never heerd nothin' more bout 1
tell cote sot, an pappy top me arter
ward how it all were.
"There were OF Searcy bout hal
drunk ez -use-yull an pore Debby
lookin' scarf, an sorter LAX some pitifu
wild critter ye'v ketched. An Their
were Clarissy and Jedge Simmons; h
were her lawyer, but he never done n
talkin'. When ther case were callei
Clarissy riz up side o. her lawyer al
toll her story. Her face were ez whit
ez It kin ever be, an she o'u'dn't sca'cel,
, talk fur 'er voice shakin' 30, an e
breath comm so short, but she wen
on an tor the jedge an all the cot
how pore they'd ben; how she'd worke,
an toiled ter git bread, an meat, an
clo'es fer the chipun. She lowed sh
often never know'd when one pone u
made fer 'em. wher the mex wer
comm Pm Then the money fer Del
bie's Bhur NV tn Lam ksm an looked la
Their troubles wuz over. Then she jui
choked all up. an ther big tears role
down 'er face, an she sez-so pitiful-
it we're a hard thing say aught agail
yer own, an 'twere only thinkin' o. tn
little chirn as stren'thened 'er heart {
do what she mus. An she tol howal
1t had ben with the money, but sh
> lowed lookin' so shamed an sorrerful q
'er paw, he amt hisse'f an he dor
know what 'tis he doesr Her nanny
she lowed, war puny an needed kee
ever wayi an ther chin weren't non
. on EN- big 'nough ter help th'irselve
much. AN who'll stan twix' them al
col an hunger when hits all gonoT Sc
she.
-Ther whole cote room were so still
pappy sez, ye c'u'd hyear poor Clarissy
- breathen'i an the jedge hisse'f an a
sech oil hard fellers ez Sam Powell, al
Josh Butler, an Zack Wilson. an sec
Wuz oryin' same ez little chipren.
"Ther jedge axed Clarissy how Q
were she, an when she tor him risin' {
10 he lowed ther bes' way { fix hit wei
pint 'er gyardeen, an so he done.
-Or Searcy grum'led er while, but
couldn't hep hisse'f, an 'twuz 'noug
better fer i'm. Clarrisy had ever thin
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