The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-03

TO run round the country much, an thinks
likely she KEEP closer she really need to
bout that time.
III.
The weather was CROWN colder'n cold
er. Ii had got well long into December
an everybody was gettin' ready for snow.
1t began at last, bout noon one day. Jo-
siah was chopin up in the woods as
usual He hadn't seen nothin' O. Polly
all this while, an the world 'peared to
him TO be a lonesome place that offered
precious little compensation to folks that
tried to live in il. He hadn't noticed the
snow much till he started for home. an
twas comm pretty fast by that time. He
took the short cut through the colo
since the afternoon he met Polly
there, but the log where they sat
was white with snow, an the wind whis-
tied in the tops o the tall trees, an shiv
cred through the dry leaves hangin' on
the young oak bushes. an the prospect
wa I noways cheerin'. Twas worse still
when he come out o. the woods. for the
storm was sweepin' cross the bills with
nothin' to break it's force, an the snow
was real deep already. The wind was
rollin' it up into drifts like the waves o.
the sea.
Josiah was lookin' bout when all to
once he see somebody was ahead OF him.
Twas queer lookin' fgger-for a minute
he couldn't tell whether twas a man or a
woman. for it had a long coat down to it's
heels an a red plaid shawl over its shout
ders, an green an yaller worsted COM
forter wound round its head an neck, an,
twas sittin on the low stone wall empty.
in the snow out of its ove7shoes, an
groanin' rs If twas in terrible sufferin'.
Horace Comstock - seq Josiah. for it
turned it's head as he come up, an he see
twas Susan's husband; what you here
for?" SEE he.
"T'ain't for no wish o mine, you'd bet
ter believed" SEE Horace standin' up an
putin on his mittens II reckon my
LIES more consequence n a flock of
sheep but you couldn't make Polly Car
penter think so. You wouldn't s'pose
nobody'd send a dog abroad in such
weather, let alone draggin' out feIler
creeturl But that girl amt got no more
ieelin' than a stone wall.
lis she here with you now?" SEE Josiah.
so, laws, yes she's up on the hills
somewheres. / told her wa Mt goin' no
further, I'd climbed S highs l could-O,
what an awful stOrm-I'm freezin' to
DEATH" an he groaned an beat his hands
together till twas painful to hear him.
Josiah stood lOokin' down at him with his
hands in his coat pockets.
Where's the colonel" SEE he.
Laid up in bed with a cold-as 1 shall
be tomOrrer He amt ben out for
week. an if Poily'd done as she'd oughter
an hired man to look out for things,
we'd ben all right. But no, she must up
an saw she can tend To everything with
my help, an she's ben havin' me out in
oil weathers, glad of a chance to torment
me. 0, msssy me! Ii her sster'd BEN
like her, I'd never married inter that fam
lily, can tell you"
You'd better 60 home" SEE Josiah
Jpn look out for the sheep"
will you really?" sez Horace, so
pleased he couldn't hardly believe his
ears; well, now, 1 always said the Cary's
wa'n't so black as they was painted ~ but
he didn't lose no time in gettin' Off fore
Josiah could change his mind, though if
hid only known he needn't ben worried.
Josiah want long in findin' Polly. He
knew the sheltered places where the sheep
would 90. and he heard her calm Just
fore ne got to her.
."Horacel Horace come here quick
There's three little lambs here an can't
carry 'em all.
The sheep was huddlsd together close
under q ledge, an Polly was standin' in
the midst OF 'em. with one O. the lambs
in her arms, cloud o snow whirlin' off
the rock over her head, an big drift
curtin at her feet
She didn't look cold an sufferin' The
pinkest roses you ever see would no
more'n matched her cheeks. an her ewes
was all the brighter for the storm, but she
didn't look pleased when she see Josiah.
Il was calm Horace. SEE she; did you
see him"
Eyes" SEE Josiah, 81 met him a minute
ago: he's gone home"
Polly's face heightened out at that con-
siderably, / can tell you.
"Gone home" SEE she. "Why, how"
an then she stopped kinder sudden.
"Pll help you with the Sheep" SEE
Josiah.
But Polly had drawn herself up as stiff
as the colonel.
Thank you. don't need to trouble
you; shall manage somehow" SEE she.
you won be troublin' me, an you
can't possibly manage by yourself" SEE
Josiah.
He didn'task her no more questions; he
Jest picked up the lambs. She wanted to
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