Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-10-21

and SO was Adam, but lac seemed to
find q heap of comfort in repeatin
about once in every five minutes that
Tom was too good loollin'-for q boy.
I'll never forget how felt when ]
first set eyes on borrower. She
looked for all the world like picture,
sWeet-faccd, brown-eyed an wonder
fully dainty, thought of most II hun
drcd things in that first minute; of the
work crowdin' on, of my shattered Wis
tin scheme an Of honely Eliza Jane
Jones' Daisy, Toms Daisy, WAS 50
pretty, an all at once felt wrinkh-i,
an brown, an misshapen an jealous
oh, how jealous! OF course | embraced
her. Toms eyes were on me, and
couldn't help myself. But later | got
him in my room an had it out With him
in the old, outspokcn way. Wien !
came to Eliza Jane the boy looked hor.
rifcd. Heaven forbid" he cried, and
then, like the crafty fellow he was, he
smoothod my face an declared that he
loved the two incest women in the
world as it was.
But your wifc's no worker, can
scc," | went on AN ! know just
how it will bc-shc'll want a lot OF
machinery to fool away time an money
on. | won't have no ncwfanglcd ar
rangcmcnts here, Tom, rot at all. J
wouldn't say it to ncighbor, or even
to your father, not for money, but I'm
afraid you've made mistake" Tom
didn't seem bit frightened. AN
Tom, of course she's nearest to you
now; it's right she should be, but You
mustn't expect me to wait on her day
after day an take my pay in hifalutin
talk an airs. never will" lie was
holdin' me SO close that couldn't go
on, but when he looscned his arm
continued. 1t was hard work, though,
with that boy looltin' down at lac as
though | was the very incest mother
alive.
"By an by therc'll be new cares"
said, boldly, though my checks burned,
IAN I'll be expected to take charge of
the babies. Now, I'm too old TO begin
it, an cont begin it, not for yon nor
Daisy nor anybody on earth, There"
How that boy laughed!
He made everything jingle, an
Adams shears, which he kept hangin'
at the head of the bed in case of burg
lars, went to the floor with noise
enough to scare whole family. |
laughed too, couldn't help it, an rs
we went downstairs arm in arm, he
said:
"Y on shall not be abused, not if
have to do the houscworll an mind tie
babies myself. Only, mother mine,
only don't throw Eliza Jane at me-"
How long ago was that do you
think? just four years an two months
to day. The place looks better than
it ever did, an the house seems nicer
every way, There's books an papers
an flowers every where, an piano in
the parlor Adam and bought il last
Christmas) an stout girl in the
kitchen, an attcndin' to it all Is my
daughtcr-in-law, If l say it myself
You can't find better housclleepcr
HOE ID bcJtcI WOMAN any way you luke
her. Only hope Toms forgottc ten what
vowed about machinery, for |
declare there's enough of it slowed
away to start hardware store An
the funniest thing is that like the
labor-savin' things an take n pride in
them. like somethln' else--I like the
baby to come crccpin' up my gown,
holdin ont its hands an loollin' at me
with its fathers tender blue eyes. I'm
foolish over livery, | lecture Adam
sometimes about bcin' such Il slave to
the thrcc-yea-old Jim-a good child
but homcly-very. Looliin' through
the window can see them no wdcwn
in the orchard. Neighbor Jones is with
them an can just tell by the salts
fed smirll on my partners face that he
has been listcnin' to some such re-
mark as: "Wcllr III be blessed if
that youngstcr doesn't grow more the
image of his grand-dad every hour in
the daym
''lt's true, too, an often think to
myself that Adam need never complain
that Jim is too good loollin'-for boy.
- jean Blcwett, in Banner Of Gold.