Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-19

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and put II over her head a. a hint, but Mrs.
Packer was ir no hurry to go: the wind at
her back aud she did not feel it so much.
II heard the HoTkinses was goin' to have
knma'- bean tomorrow. said she.
BE thew returned Sophia indifferentlv.
she looked down with hard gaze at the old
stringy black feather which adorned the top of
Mrs. Packers everyday bonnet.
Mrs. Packer stood so much lower tina; she had
10 wrinkle her forehead NJ 80 her straight line
OF gray hair when she looked at sophia.
Yes. said she. they be. Mrs. Green said
they'd got two chickens besides the turkey.
She see Henry Hopkins carryin' of EN- home.
pose They're goiu 10 have chicken pie. too.
sophia aroused o. interest in spite of the lev
Uind In her face. Terrible fine amt they?'
said she. with sroruful lift Of her nose.
Wei. guess they amt got so much more to
d. With than other folks.
Il guess thev amt neither. heard sam
I-iEhimans folks was pretty bad of. / guess
th"y won't have much Ihankscivin'.
sophia jerked furipuslv wien the wind struck
b'r, and mt her hand o. her crimps. which
blow back. and quite barred her high fiat fore
bad Il dun know nothin' about II. said she
har-hly. II can't keep track of all III" poor
to.k- IN town. an ! dun know I'm called on
O.. There was rich and poor ever sense the
w.rld WIS made. an ! cue-- there ALWAYS will
De- here Glu no wa 90 help II that / sec.
t1rrpt nv shIftiu tho m0aey To- the other side.
ia the weights Ia balances. one side goi 10 be
n an toth,r down. / dun know whv them
that's mp have any call g. 20 down. If ihey can
help ~ Gen rally -feakin folks have mouev
because the Lord has given EN- faculty to git it.
sId keep u. Il foik- amt born with faculty |
con see a. its auybody's look out but the
lorIs- Them BrightInans never had any
fnr4lty. Mrs BrightIIau. she can't cut out "A
calico dress to save her life. an Ella she was
ll~t Ike her. an got married to a man "A good
dsal more so IL was lucky he died. guess.
There's them three Whits-liyer,d children. an
they don look a. II they had faculty enough
O. make mud pies. an teeteT. an a. for sam he
ain never had none. dun know but he does
BIZ work well enough when he can git it. an
b. : willin. but he's SLOW ~ old lilly an he
ain never had no business faculty. some
men would have got work whether OF no. He
come o. me one day last week an wanted to cut
up nv wood. but I told him no. pretty quick
There's OIL Mr.. Thomas will cut it cheaper.
beSide- working fa>ter. ] guess. 1 amt goin'
o. have sam brightman If | know which side
NV breads buttered on.
We'll. dun know. said Mrs. Packer. Her.
duh- plns'Id lace took ON reflective cast: she
Wa thinking what nest to say. Sophia pulled
her apron closer and scowlei against the wind.
You said YOU werut CoIn' to have any
company Thank sIvin'!' said Mrs. Packer,
slowly
No. I amt. returned SOPHIA. in a sharp.
decisive tone. New topics we're scarcely en-
dErahlc. ard recaHit,lia.tions were na,idenInG in
the face o.this north wind
Wen. said Ms Packer. I'm going to have
tH,Hs an tee eAidren AZ brother Ezra folks,
s"'l Oei"fe- i' Makes considerable to do.
ou
Il should most think you'd feel as il you'd
got 90 be home seem 20 things,' interrupted
sophia. With blue glare Of her prominent ewes:
she was quite out ot patience.
Mr., iseAer looked ~ at her with innocent
incredulity; she could not believe that she had
heard rightly. what saw she faiterei
Il say mat should most think, as long as 1t
was the day before Thanksgiyin'. an you'd got
al that mess Of Company comm. that yot' d
have to g. home an see to things"
Fanny l. 10 home. said Mrs. Packer. feebly.
She bad not vet fully taken in Sophia's mean
Ing Her own agEravatlng points were such
purely negstlEe ones that people seldom felt at
liberty TO retaIate. and when they did she
scarcely knew shat they meant However, row
sudden red flashed over her large. dull face.
Good afternoon. sophia she said. with a
sudden accession of dignity. ami went down the
pain 20 NE gate with a clumsy sidevIse jolt of
hsr Whole body
Sophia shut the front door with a bang and
went into the warm sitting room She stood
eio-e 10 the air-ught stove and spread her long,
thin hand- over IT, shes gone OF mad. an
don teare II she has, she sand. If folks
don know enough TO 90 when they start to it's
time tEey was told. She always makes the heft
Of her call IN thu doorway. Standing there in
tina; awful WInd. shouldn't wonder II eaufh
my death
There vas nobody else In the room. nor eysn
N TIE house. but SoI hia shivered impressiyely
win aPi.aulng gros1tas. aud finally. when she
Pa~-ed the looking glass ON her way to the
kitchen. east "A woe-bc gone look at her-ef- II
Io"A dreadful pinchet up an blue, she NUT
te,ssL
me kitchen Vas full OF warm. savory and
-picF 0dors- plum pudding and chicken
Iie were baklng' "a 10" - new pies and some
c'Ae stood cooling un'isr the pantry window.
% we shehch Table was great turkey and
aheihsr chicken pie ali ready for the oven
H'phlA IooSed into the stove oven TO see how
the PnHding Hnd Pie we're Progressing The
NO. fragrant steam rushed IN her face. She
turned ne PIE around
lh" two kitchen windows faced southwest
an the afternoon sunlight. shifting and fuctu-
atng n II itselt blown by the wind came in
great green parrot IN wire cage hung in
on 81 The windows Tie stood on ms perch
an watched SoPhiS with one yellow eve.
finally. when she aro~e, he cal.eJ, out in his
cis-"nant voice the greeting OF a merry COM
rnde. Huilo, SOphI how your health Want
seracksrs
sophia weut into the pantry and paid no at
IGNITION Nhe bad had the parrot for wears
li- CONVEX -afIOnal powers limited TO
thoss threr clluso- II friendly sanitation and
inquiry ari one other clear out,
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