The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-14
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HIS DAUGHTER JESS.

HIS DAUGHTER JESS.
There was Il CHATTER, crash and a
bang. The train slackened its speed,
with a series of jerks, and then came to a
dead stop.
"Somethn's broke,h remarked the man
in front of me, and when | asked him
what it was he said he didn't know, but
that he'd try to find out. He went away,
and presently returned and impaired to
me the desired information, together
with the fact that we would probably
have to remain where we were for two or
three hours.
Every other passenger besides myself
seemed to know several Others in the car,
ana rs each group seemed to have some
thing interesting to talk about and paid
no attention whatever to me | left the
coach and entered the little wavside sta
ton near which the slight accident oc-
CURED. 1t was little, whitewashed
building, containing door and two win
dows from which the greater part of the
glass was gone. The only furniture WAS
IA long, wooden bench, two fruit boxes
and an old, rusty stove, without any pipe,
sat down on the bench and diligently
studied. ior Re" minutes 'he WV sno"
oiiis ana tne invitation 10 S.la"oeriy
iest'va. WIN winch Tue iousn "1i'1 w" WI
decorated then, urins oil thal, l looked
ing in the hot sunshine.
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lihineu'aVeiy olspeiieu an oesllc iol
WALK ana WAS "ish,ns WIN all NV
fnr To @ n u N a
hear1 LOT SUM que W taih w. ""en an wa
man entered the statloh anu Sat uo"h
beside me ~ ,,.
ilau iit.ie aeo'ueh'' u'un YOU
nauaih ne asheu' hlh"iy,
l's' / anS"efeo Sl,snV one'
'hlnd o. ZONES, me "ait'l i7r any Vn'he
IKE nat am nf ne ques'ioueu'
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mere
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ne post tihce TWO miles away. heeu
dom that ever sehce inc ral'roau nrSt
went through TINS part tue country
nlsh ONO seven 9eaih ago lave 10
make -FOUR trlps DAY, 50 IL hahes ine
kinder hustle
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you wen 'or w
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doh I take much 10 keep me- ne'' a'n
anybody IN my family Det me an my uoe
MsJpr.
are you all aionef are 'nere lit
women In your FAMILY -
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we ban lot OF trouole, hlaus,n' lpu
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roogh size o lhe "oria loo'
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object 10 teilihe me some,nih vi YOU, se'i :
ia DE e'hu 10 you CaIe I" n91'"'
\ gu see I'm eet1lh purity oiu now siA y
SIX last April lts oeeh Just 'h,rty Year,
since was married. gu. iaheu my WI,
long enough before tnat. Inc iacC ~
can remember the time Wheh l oluh
like 'er, Tor we went TO schooi together
when we were NIUE lots' ,,,
but l WAS Que 'iie oa'i'i III ninu, "a"
wouldn't speak nor nolhin' SO some olhei
chap that was better looklh ana mao more
go than hso sleppeu rish1 III an ,ooh
her away from me. ieit purity oao aoou'
II, but l dldn let on an nooouy ,' e'u'
knowed Ia cared anYthlne LOT er' wei
after she'd oeen marfleu aoou. SIX "l
seven years her husband uleu an ielI nei
with Two Ittie Boys 10 Keep ne, i"'ne.
aud mother was a-hVih, au she "cp'
nome TO them, oul soon lounu OUT lioil
he reports OF the near helsboors that
theV didn't Treat her well
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own, my MARY ma, anu IL WAS uuilnS Wv
war time an her people was regular uo"h
right seceshes' one uloht SeIee win
EN-, an tney usta W nave eohie o's 'iu'o,
there Wheh l iouuu out Jus' nv"
things WAS a'golh coulun sVahu IL any
longer OUT Jus' went over tnete a,. 4.
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MI tIe S"n,.' i. -, IL li,,ia airl came
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l,ihe 'louole 'a.ne' io $50 80 sa;d =, NO.
NohS uulp'!op' 'ho w .so' ,,,,o e" ,'aar sna
QUE "es SIN u t.a,n sha Nm,
theh Que lueSo"S ai >, NV" '"O
away iionl u, <,, ,,,r,.s
ne stopPeu aiming iI ., ~ nai1 Nh.
anu WIN lar away iooN ~ a., r -,
eyes "S''"e" .n0 NC"
broken car. Then, seeing mat Wa
waiting to hear the rest OF the story Ut
continued ,,
My poor little sirl' ohe was nine
years olu tneh, an s',e 80 80 ner 1 tnrn.,
death awful nara. l oon ever iorse
now she said to me tne hlght altef he'
mother was buried III : awful iohesoin'
tonight, amt IL, .a'heIf
But then, you know, ioihs mas 10 20 Vi
an on abe aring trooole' SO we pore our
lone o. Mart's orothers catne 10 ou'
mouse anu wanted 10 'ahe NY II''ie s,r
an bring er up an my SISTER an my holn
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