South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-02-12
TAKEN UPON TRIAL.

1t 10 true 40 taxes. said Deacon
Prout.
What's ~ true 10 Taxesf' asked
Ezra Elton. who lived on tho farm
across the creek.
Why, that one halt the world 10
bound willy-pilly TO beer the burdens
OF the other haiti sighed the deacon.
Ezra shifted bis tobacco from one
side Of his face to the other.
Wal. ~ . gin'ral thing, said be,
calculate you're right. But I don,s
sec bow it 6ls your particular case.
Don't yer The Deacon gave O
significant snifY Here have I lived q
bachelor life all my days. because
vas partial to peace and quietness,
and didn't want no extra care moi
srouhie aud just when want to be
psaceablest there comes one O. tbsse
neW.fsng!ed telegraph dispatched
from York cit. thst nv brother John
snd bis wife are both dead, and IN =,
my three nteces ~onld take {. very
kind il they could come out here and
i've 9Th me.
P'tsps shsy've got means 10 live
No, they aims. said the deacon.
Not . red cent.
Wal. swami calculated Mr.. FL
ton.
Jsst whss I .htok myself, ssId the
deacon. ruefnllys
A'at goin 70 con sent, be yer
The deacon established himself
more firmly on the old stone wall
which interposed between the high
way end patch Of spring woods. all
gay with dogwood blossoms aud fresh
young leaves.
Well. yes. I DO and I sin't. Sound
like parallels, don't ite Bot I'm
ts'kin' sober sense. I've writ 20 tue
lawyer that's windin' up brosher
John's sffsirs, aud tod him TO seud
tue gtis on. writ that I'd take EN-
fer . months visil. and ct the end O.
that time I'd decide which OF the shres
TO keep. The other two mus, seratch
fer themselves. Ain'I no sense IN nv
supporting thres grown women IN
idlepess. can make one usefui 10
keeping house for me. Bot don'i
see my way clear 70 supportin' thc
three Of s'm.
An' what you be goIn' 10 do vist
Jsmima Wdlstf ssGsd Elton.
She's sO'u' 70 the Dew factory 4
work. Her brother 10 cutter there
add he's told her Of 9 vacancy In til,
ironiD' room.
Gals - . Nuisance, observed EE,l
winning OF . Isosh piece OF tobGcec
with bic poket koifs.
guess you're about right. said tb'
deacon.
And while Deacon ProuE In sh,
bland sunshine Of the Ohio spring
Tss lsmsnsing bis evil faseg 'Bro,hsi
John'S three daughters down in New
York were harping on she same thing
The country sighed Mamie Prout
Add | always hated the ooantrYI
Au old bachelor, TOO, said Gsabsl
Papa always called him an 'orlgiual.
! desest originals, don't you4
Hester screwed her bonny pink
and white face into = dimplsd knot.
u will be . grand joke. said she
] can get 20 end Of msteriais for the
novel I'm going 70 write. I shall
make . specially Of Western dialect.
suppose We musg 90, said Isabel.
Add NannIs doIoFOusly fsmasksd
shat They did not seem TO have much
choice left.
IL dear papa had only lived 10 see
that last Investment throagh, said
Hester. We should have been heir.
essss
Isabel shook her smooth, silky
head.
Papa Wss slwsys buildizg castles
10 the air sighed che.
Deacon Prout received the three
girls With stiff ciVi'ity, told them that
they we're welcome. aud pat each Of
them ia charge Of some particular
depaTtmsnt Of Buckeye Farm.
Isabel was 70 be Aousekesper. Hes.
tee dairymald, sBd Mamie 20 take
charge Of The poultry.
Bu', uncle, protested Isabel, ws
don't know suyihing sbOns poultry