Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-07-09


MY son." she says 'the ar don't bio,
50 sweet and pure over no other piece q
Gods earth, and things all so eonvenien
TO my hand. l could go TO my places til
darkest night that comes"
Though Pll swear you'd have to travel
mile to go the rounds Of her flower garden
greenhouse, dairy, weavin house, icehous
and all the lighthouses and appurtenances
They were located far apart in old SLAYER,
days. to give occupation to the niggers.
suppose.
And, oh, George, my two babies in Tn,
graveyard, and I'd picked out nv owr
place by your pas side Pm like an ole
tree. / can't stand transplantin. Oh, son
to think Of your dom such a cruel hearted
thing in my old agert
But ma" | says, tryin to defen myself
| And George, | don't know but i5s
wrong 70 go off and desert our nipuers
The old ones that raised us and the yonno
ones we raised. It's not their faults they
are set free, and they mind their odd MICS,
as well as ever they did q always smiled
'em some), and it's only tie trfain mo
count ones gone of TO the Yankees, any
way"
Seem | agreed with her, she went IN
There's old Villet with her rbeuuatiz
and Crazy Jane, who's harmless as n robin
anu your pas old dropsiled butler, and
bnnd jim boy that used to drive the
oi"Oueu morgan horses when Your pa came
a-courtin me.
Who'd physic 'em and scold 'em and
see they don't starvei Georuel il would
lives" Vi
women may be no great shakes at hard
Souh reasonin' but mas very pretty talk
ef indeed, and, by grabs, I felt sorter so
myself and downright aggravated with
mckay What call had he TO fly Off like a
Potieg IA such sudden swivet to Gust us
from the property which had belonged TO
our generation ever since William the Con
queror' and for aught | know helped him
TO conquer it2
The honor and glory Of settin up in a
SUN starched collar Mt the Exchange hotel.
hobnobbin with the Virginia Legislature,
and the judges, and the bong tong would
be but poor compensation for my pack Of
nouns and brood horses, and the foxes
ana birds and things ! was used TO. II
would be but lone, lost boy, cast adrift,
even II did eat oyshters three times a day.
Amt there no way Of Rettin out Of this
trapt" says ma, wipin her eyes on the long
sockieg
II b'ieeve I'd die anywhere else"
If we pay Mckay his commission and
persuade Mr.. Sage TO give out the notion"
says doubtfuiy
How much Is the commission, GeorgeS"
she asked eagerly,
1t amounts 10 sos 40, butt
George" she spoke quickly; "if you
VIII step out 10 the stables for awhile /
l think can compose my mind aud sol /
emnize my thoughts"
The colts came whinnyin 10 meet me. !
and rubbed their noses on my shoulder.
the calves, the pigs, everything In the yard !
came at me in a body.
got hamper Of nubbins and scattered
EN-, and somethin KEEP gettin in my eve,
and | thought would actually blow nv
blamed nose of; and the more thought
u Mekay's ofiiciousness the madder got.
But when / got back 10 the parlor IL was
iuiet ~ a church, and there was ma out
It the yard gate biddin the gent'men far.
veil" such was her haste to get them
III and away.
Ny dear old mother Her eyes shone
fright as young girls-she sniiin and
ookin as pleased as If she'd been left a for
nne.
Mr.. Sage smiled, too, and bowed ovet
ler thin, wrinkled hand ike a true hearted
,ent'man.
Ma had carried all her pints with Mr..
'age; then run and got the sbotbap she
iad KEEP her egg and chicken and butter
money In for forty years She paid Nc.
lay the commission, and begged and plead
nth him to go away and never come there
n no such erran' again, 80 long as she was
n top OF Gods earth.-Eva NJ. de Jar.
ette In New Orleans Times Democrat.