The Meeker herald., 1892-04-16

barn'liko house, painted a glazing red,
with it's large, shutterless windows,
like lidless eyes staring out upon the
dusty highway. Inside it was equally
barren OF grace or beauty; the walls
| Were dingy and uuAdorned by pict-
ures OF any kind; the furniture was
guiltless OF paint or yarnish; with no
works OF literature worthy OF mem
ton, besides tho weekly paper, the
| Bible and an almanac. In this at
mosph.re she must live. here she must
| henceiorth work on. while mind and
soul starved. Here, too, she must
rear her children, to see worth and
| beauty in nothing that cannot
be represented by gold, What won
der, then. II her eyes aud thoughts
wandered, over the waving grain to
where stately stone house stood on
nm eminence. She knew there WAS
beauty there; the breezes stole into
large airy rooms. through lace curtains;
there were rich carpets and costly
furniture, and library that WIS al
most mn intellectual feast to look at.
Outside there were pleasant walks and
| drives, and Hover garden filed with
tho rarest floral treasures; and then
she sighed softly as she thought TO
herself;
But love would not have been
there, aud life would nave been worth
little TO mo without that
'Jcnnie, Jennie, oh, here Won are"
ma str. uruurfu rftinu mt fffrutf-sii
the kitchen door and seated himself
| upon the edge OF n huge log that had
been heWn out aud did duty iprcRyus-
drop and ci-tcrn.
II was not unusual for him to seek
her. he always did when lac came In
aud did not find hrr ia the house. II
was not a bad habit IN the man. HIS
life seemed bound up In her; aud
although h- had the reputation
anon. h,g uuighb0rs OF being 'rlOHo'
in his business transactions, be- was
Eindhenrtcd ami generous, too In his
way. This morning hchhd something
OF Importance to communicate.
II didn't toll YOU last evening" ""
said, "thnt | had already had some
talk with SouthW.ll about that land.
| lie wouldn't listen to cent under
two thousand then, aud ! wouldn't
| offer more than fifteen hundred. He
/ came over to sec me this morning. aud
offered to split the difference, Amt
that bargain though 4 lttlr bot
ter than spending money for paint
and paper. Jennie oh. rising To 90,
II came near forgetting to tell yuus
Powers II herr. lie want. to hire cut
during harvest. have hands enough,
but | suppose the more help have
III. better shall get nlonr. "a told
him to so rish; Ia work, don't sup
pose he has been 10 breakfast yet. LIS
folks arr so slack. 10 you might send
out a bit Tor him To cat. Try and
have tho lunch ready ~ hAliv1st -:
| you can blow the horn. and ! will
/ pynd ono oi the men down for IT,"
Poor Irnuir' II was Ike tho lHst
straw that broke tho unmrl'r back.
sho struggled hard. but tho tear.
would come. Mr.. Graham turned
back aud came Instantly to her side
when hu saw that -hr was Ia trouble.
What IN the matter. DEAR 10
asked, compHss.uuniriy, while his
large. kind hand glidcd down her hair
with soft, cnry-Hing touch. ~ you
nj, not feeling we'll will slip down
and Gee Miranda Powers To help you,
guess had better anyway. hHdn .
| ~
Mrs. Graham mastered her emotion
/ with an effort.
"oh no." she said. There isn't
anything the matter"
Mr.. Graham h--itHt.d. He uusnpt
satisG,l with the explanation
There" shc said. 'npw du 90 along
to your work. or thall b. foolish
enough TO Try again and She Looked
/ very much ~ " She might
Hiram Graham had a faint iira ~
| TO WIN, the matter was, and unHycry
/ willing to 10 a- she babe Him. He
felt considerably annoyed that lis
| vito could not SEQ tie hynuirEn Of
the proposed purchase That would b"
| materially add TO their mutual prop
/ crty. And then hv BEGAN to wonder
what sh- wnH thinking "a ai'rntly
| about while -h- stood LOOKING oil to-
/ wAr,I the distant iiii. littlr jealousy
| cTept IN with ~. thought. Tic owner
/ OF that iinr mansion had oury hcvn n
/ formidable rival Of his There could
| hny" been no reason Tor her rhui."
I but the ono sic no sbyly confessed to
him In the soft twilight Of q summer
| evening ton year. ago.
When hr came la TO dinner followed
by his troop oi hands Dc could uut
holp noticing now flushed aud tired
she looked. hut she was ns cheerful ns
ever. The morning cloud hHd passed.
and with the sweet -pfri' Of srItangfi.
| flee that characterized hrr. alf bad
buried her dead hops. nudssd taken
up the burden o. lie again ne best shu
could.
Hiram Graham WIS not ignorant ol
this sacrifice. aud 10 touched him kcru-
Is: the thought Of troubled him
through tho afternoon. lie even Tor
got TO estimate what the probable
yield per acre would be- ns To" heavy
-hcayc- were showed OF tho rear plat.
form nul lay 80 near together on tie
shorn ground. lie could not deny
that his wife had worked ns hard %
ho during the years past. aud to"
economy he had practircd had been
mostly In her domain. lie began 70
wish he had treated her wishes little
more respectfully. l;ut then be- could
not help looking over to where that
forty acres lay. What choice piece
OF lnud Il, whsi How long he had
wanted it, Aud now. when Dc wa. al
most within his rtn@p. must hC De- it
go2 Aud even were hr'o yield tu lrn.
mes wishes now, would she not know
that lie had done 80 reluctantly, and
against his better Judgment And
durin, the afternoon he thought the
matter over aud over.
Powers. lac called out. as that 700.
dividunl WINS leaving the field NJ night,
"lf the folk-at home can spare Miriam