Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-05-21

ised to TN everything when he came
back. She showed the note 10 the /.
sheriff. aud was surprised when he did |
p5t heed it.
A mob invaded her parlors, surged
into her dining room and stormed
through her bed chambers. All the
while the auctioneer clanored. talking
as II he had consulted dictionary for
adjectives with which to describe the
articles under his hammer The bid.
ders were eager and prices ran high
Before her eyes her furniture was sold
and taken away from Mrs. Patterson,
whose only remark to each buyer was
BE careful Of that Mr. Patterson
will come back soon and Tx every.
thing; then shall want that back.
No one laughed at her. but when the
sale was over and all her household
goods. save the necessary things ex-
empted by law for the debtor. were
carried of by the purchasers she was
no longer Mrs. Patterson to the resi-
dents Of Harburg. They spoke Of her
then as Sally Patterson. but neither
enviously nor admiringly, as they had
once done Of Sally Donnelly She,
ignorant of the loss OF her position in
society. wrote full account Of the sale
to her husband Among other things
she said
II know Just who bought every
thing. and asked them all not to in.
jure anything. so we could have our
furniture and china back when you re
turned and settled the debt"
In few weeks the sheriff came
again, and sold the house in which she
still lived. Then she was dispossessed
and her scanty furniture set out in the
street She was an outcast Her IA
ther and her mother were dead. and
she had no relatives to whom TO ap
peal for aid. Going to a hotel she
asked for shelter until Mr. Patterson
came back. but 1t was refused her, and
az for those who had once courted hei
they made excuse.
she is crazy 1t would not be safe
to house her"
When night fell man, who was re
puted brutal and coarse, swone at tn,
people OF Harburg-cursed them fol
their inhumanity. Alone he went L
the sidewalk where Sallys furnitur,
sat and carried II on his shoulder to
little house located on some lots of his.
Stay here. Mrs Patterson, till you
husband comes back. he said. wheI
he had put her things to rights.
She thanked him and took posses
sion OF the low. two roomed house
, Her landlord never called upon her TO
| rent while the years passed as sh
waited for Johns return The sInok
from her fire curled up TO the sky. an
; the SCOT seemed to settle on her face
; for Il grew darker until II was almos
/ black. Her teeth shone more bright
, ly than they did in the days OF her 81
/ cial eminence. and her eyes lost non
Of their brilliance.
A crook came In her back. yet he
3 heart was not bowed down. for 1t wa
held up by hope Her abiding faith
D Johns promise to fix everything whe
J he got back. and her treasuring OF ii
note, which was evidence of il, le
people to say she was crazy In O
other way did she manifest symptom
. OF insanity She was harmless an
> wandered about alone chattering
A herself None. except perhaps no
/. and then an impish child. annoyed he
The community pitied her and In a
n apologetic way provided for her, eve
q allowed her to attend the church
n which she had once rented a pew.
a Although living alone she preserve
Il the purity Of her English Her wor
n were distinctly enunciated. but h
|, voice gradually became hoarse. II
3 once shapely hands became crook
h and soiled in gathering coal and WOO
le The coarse man who was her Ian
a lord was offered fair price for all
10 his lots one day. but he refused to =
le the one on which Sally's little hou
a stood.
ly sally believes I'll leave her the
~ till her husband turns up, and dol
W mean to drive her out.
Of The would be buyer said rather scoI
10 fully:
w Il hope you're not looking for 10
Patterson to returnf
y I'm not, but his wife Is. and 6
nj can wait for him right where she is. :
ar After awhile McDonough sold
In lots east OF the one on which her hoI
IN stood to the county authorities, "
ly purchased them for the site OF the n
ar lail He did not think IL necessary
To tell her OF the sale. and the first kno
,lv edge she had of II was from the bre'
To ing of ground for the foundations
ds the Iail. She was frightened, and
hv could not believe that Bill would brs
his word to her
nd Never fear. Mrs Patterson"
ma said kindly. when she came 10 him
,c, information. Il said you could
nd In that house till John came back,
wn by - you CAM
he "oh. Mr.. McDonoughl" she
on claimed Il tempted you to swear
nd was wrong OF me to come, am
he sorry"
lca As she stood before him she was
.rv most a caricature OF a woman
.ed dress was torn. her face was dirty,
OF her gentle rebuke went 20 his heart
an. made him uneasy Lifting b
lea hand. on which glistened her wedd
an lin, worn to thin strip Of gold,