Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-06

used 90 be. Welladay, n a eN-
pect 70 he young always Is it thee,
Leah. l did not look for thee 10
soon
Leah Decker came into the room like
a breezy young whirlwind. She had
none of the repose of manner az present
so much in vogue. Born and bred a
Quakeress, there was nothing of the
Quakeress about her except her quaint
Scripture name.
"Yes. its me-" said Leah shortly.
Did thee 90 70 Friend AnastasiaF'
gently inquired the old man, readjust-
ing the biz pine logs so that they should
burn brighter for Leah's benefit.
"Oh, yes, l went there
Il hope she is letter Of her rheuma-
tism."
Yes, she is better. But-but she
will not buy the apples, father. Mean,
stingy old thin 2" cried Leah wrath
fully, finging er coal scuttle bonnet
on the table. she says she can buy
all she wants at fifty cents a barrel of
old Jacob joyce; 81 she can, perhaps,
wretched, klurly, worm knots, not fit
for pigs! CIr are apples. She says
thee asks a. eIorbitant price"
Friend Decker slowly shook bis head.
Friend Anastasia is under a misap-
prehension." said he. Eighty cents a
barrel is what they are paying at the
cider mill. Only one does not like TO
see such beautiful, rare colored fruit
ground into baleful spirits 70 set mems
brains on fire
Much she would stop 20 think Of
tnat, % said Leah. still ruthed.
Il am sorry, said Friend Decker
mildly Il need the money much, and
think she would have been better sat
isied with my apples than with Friend
Jacob Joyce's
And after all that, flashed out
Leah, the spirit Of Indignation rife
within her. she had the i~mpuience 70
ask me for a Jar of plum auce ! made.
She says Friend Mary told her how nice
it was and
And. quietly ~interposed her father,
thee said. I hope. that thee would be
glad 70 obn-e her"
mo. l didn't, bluntly answered Leah.
Il said that / gathered the wild plums
myself in the Crook road, and cooked
them after Aunt Mahala's recipe, and
that there were four jars, and / wanted
to keep them for thee, especially since
thv health was so poor and thy ap-
petite 50 variable.
Il am sorry, dear said Friend
Decker Friend Anastasia il very
old. and old people are apt % be fanci-
ful about trihes. Moreover, she's our
kinswoman. "a degree or two removed,
perhaps. but
Then why don't she do something
for Us. flashed out Leah, besides Civ
Ing Us good advice and tOrmenting II,
with her fault finding. ] didn't mean
70 mention il, father, but she told me
out and out that she had adopted
Moses Sawyer, and that she meant tc
make him her heir
'Well daughter, why should she
noty' ~composedly questioned the old
man.
Because he is no relation TO her al
all, cried Leah, "and the property al
came from our great-grandfather Len
nox. thee knows"
Thee attaches too much Importance
TO mere dress, Leah said Erienc
Decker. Thee must study the tex
Of the lilies Of the field in the Bible
We shall all be provided for if only w
can have patience to wait"
Leah bit her full, red under lip a
she glanced around the sparsely fur
nished room, and noticed her father.
dropping figure and rapidly whitenin.
head, but she made no reply as sh.
took I'D the coarse pile Of vests 81
which she had been working buttol
holes for a neighboring clothing con
tractor.
Fathers a saint, % thought she, blu
lam not. and l IN afraid ! never shal
be. I should like 70 cut of Auastasi
HKerly's ears. y every % had thei
rights. half Of that big LcnuOX farI
would De- ours. She gained possession
of it by the merest legal bubble, an
if father was like any n else h
would have gone 10 law about it Ion
ago and got back ms own. Ana no
to see it deliberately willed to some on
elseI'
And Leah's needle iew vindictivel
In and out Of the cloth like "a miniatur
iaveliu piercing the heart Of an unsee
enemy.
But the next morning when Lea
had gone 20 carry her bundle Of vest
home and get another batch Of wOr
Friend Decker put on his hat and but
toned his great coat, which was gettin
worn at the elbows and shiny at IN
seams.
cit is "a bright, clear morning, Abe
a trihe frosty" said he. Il think
may walk as far as the Lennox fam
without aggravating my cough.
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