Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-02-19

- commenced to weave +,
soou earnest Two years wovo !,
tlat qgit, little a n a,,o ,,,., M -
was finished. lean almost see ,'' ,nrsol,
now" and Grammic looked .h'a.,I.
into the fire. az cu.iou, lit,Io Ggnro
not any larger than you, Nan, beadino
over the loom, my fcct so,rcol,, ,.,,.i'
ing the floor from my hiab .cot
dressed in big lowered cbintz 1ros,
down to my heels, bag Of tho samo
hanging from my belt for my tlimb,o
and handkerchief, a wbflo bor,bo
around my neck like This wear now
aud little mob cap on my head.
"Weil at last it was finished ana
laiI away in cedar chest, with sprigs
Of lavender in The folds to keen #
smelling swee..
"When was married and went 70
the noighboring village to live The lit
tie cedar ches. went too, On top Of
fathers big coach How llev docko5
that coach out-those roga,s Of byoa..
erS and cousins-wiih lilacs and white
ribbons and wedding fayors SO that
everybody should know was a b,idol
"Tae quilt was uapacked and laid
OH my spare bed, and a very drcssv
appearance it gave tic room. 40
thought.
"1iany distinguished people slcpt
under That quilt The Governor Of
the state slept there often, noted min
listers who came to preach were enter.
tanned at our house and slept there,
and oqee our President rested for
night pcncatA lis folds
~ en- nv fr.f H. ,r.. +
-. s;szlaA-l.-... -. ..,s...a-
wrapgled her III iiand brought hor for
me to SEE.
"When Tom was hiHed, poor Tom,
my oldest boy, lie was thrown from
his horse-you remember, Nanny
they brought him home ana laid him
on that bcl. There is a big rent down
on one edge, made by his spur. Poor
Tom! lie was wild lad, but he was
my fayorte. He loved and obeyod
his mother always and Grammio
wiped a tear fartiyeIy from her eye,
while Nanny pressed nearer for sym
pathy.
Grammie recovered herself and
went on: "Your grandfather. TOO,
lay on that quit after he was deal. It
used to be the New England custom,
dear, TO lay dead people on n board
with only sheet over them ard the
Bible under their heads That was
he way thcy laid your poor grand
father out-your greai-grandfathcr,
ny husband. But couldn't bear to
link Of him lying up there in that
s''A room, or that hard couch. l
slipped up when they were all busy
md lifted him until could put the
blanket under him. They all said it
vas foolish in me, but l couldn't help
t. That board seemed to hart me.
"Then when your Aunt Sue, my
granddaughter, was i'll for 50 long,
hc had fancy to be moved down
zero by ibis fireplace.
''Riglt there in The corner they
made her low bed and covered It
With pine boughs and oyor them laid
lie quilt She would lie there fol
iours looking into the fire and listen.
ag to the wild taics Of her old Indian
ursc. always thought that sickness
ee'dod Sue's,life. You know that an
III Indian woman came 10 the house
nj offered 10 cure her, when every ,
nc else had given her up TO die. She
id cure her, too. Sue was so CRATE
nj that it seemed as ii she must gacri-
ice something for the Indian race,
nd in the end she sacrificed her own
f..
"Yoa know how she went among
lem, taught aud lived with them, and
fas killed during an Indian uprising
mot by them, but by stray shot :
rom a white mans rifle. :
"After bit the quit was deemed
ld-fashioned and banished to the gar.
#, where your mother found it few
ears ago and dragged it forth to use
5 portiere, declaring it was as
reilly as any of her costly foreign
.pcstries. Your sister Alice stood be-
ore it when she was married She !,
lid Ned proposed to her in front Of
, just as She was going through tic :
iusic room door You sec, Nanny, :
le old quilt has played quite a part in :,
le family happenings "Is that !,
l2" said Nan. "Then it didn't have :
lylhing to do with The War Of the
oses2' "Why, bless you, child, no.n
id Grammie, "it was not woven un. :.
years afterward But il was WOW. !
J quite a time ago--72 years come :