The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-12

our lives etc. ! was disappointed.
and 80 was Adam. but he seemed 10
find heap Of comfort In rcpeatin'
about once in every five minutes that
Tom was too good loolSin'--for q boy.
I'll never forget how / felt when
FIRST set eyes on her-never. She
looked Tor all the~world like n picture,
weet.faccd. brown-cycd an wonder
Tiufty dainty. thought Of most hum
dred things in that first minute; Of the
work erowdin' on. Of my shattered Wis
itin' scheme an Of hoinely Eliza Jane
Jones Daisy, Toms Daisy, was so
pretty, an all at once felt wrinlkled,
an brown. an misshapen an Jealous
oh, how jcalousl OF course embraced
her Toms eyes were on me, and
couldn't help myself But later rot
him in my room an had II out with him
" the old. outspoken way. When
came q Eliza Jane tho hoy looked hor.
riiied ritcayon forbidi" he cried, and
then, lil,e the crafty fellow he was, he
slnoothcd my face an declared that he
loved tho two incest women Ia the
world as twas.
lint your wtfGs nS worker. can
see. ! went on AN ! know just
how i will he--sheill want lot of
machinery to fool away time an money
ON ! went have no new-fanglcd ar
rangcmcnis hero, Tom. not at all. /
wouldn't say II 10 neighbor, or even
20 Your father, not for money. but I'm
afraid you've made 4 mistake" Tom
dida't seem a bit frightened, AN
rs.a. ~ course she's nearest to you
now; It's right she should be, but you
nnAtat expect me 70 wait on her day
after LAY at, take my pay In hifalutin
talk m airs never will. he was
haldin ms aa close that couldn't 70
on, but when lis ioosened his arm
continued Il was hard work. though.
with that boy lookin' down ut me ns
though ! WIS the very incest mother
alive
liy nu hy thcrc'li be new cares" I
said, hlalS, though my checks burned,
IAN I! BID expected 90 take charge Of
the t4abl Now, I'm too old 70 begin
II, an ! rom begin it, not for Won nor
Daisy nor anybody on earth. Thcrei"
How That boy laughed
Iie made everything jingle, an,
Adam shears. which he kept hangins
a. the hsad of h6Abcd In case OF burg
lars. wont Is the floor with noiso
enough, ID scare whole family. i
laughed too. couldat help IL. an aa
we went downstairs arm In arm. he
said:
You shalr not DO abused, not II !
have 70 do the honscwork an mind the
babies myself Only, mother mine.
only don't throw Eliza Jane at me- I
How long ago WINS That do you
thinls2 Just -four years an two months
70 i day The place looks better than
itscver did, nn' tho house seems nicer
every way There's books nm papers
nm llowers everywhere. an piano In
the parior tAdam and bought II last
christmnsl m stout girl In the
kitchen. mn nttendin' TO 1t all Is my
dnuRhter-in-inw II say II myself,
you can't find better hauseISeeper
nor better woman anyway you take
her Only hope Toms forgot ten what
L. vowed about machinery, for
declare there's enough Of II slowed
away 10 start hardware store. An
the funniest thing Is that | like the
lpbor-savin' things an take pride in
them. like sotnethin clse--I like the
baby 10 come crecpin' up my gown,
hoidin' ont its hands nm lookin' at me
with lis fathers tender blue eyes I'm
foolish over livery. ! lecture Adam
sometimes about bein' such slave to
the tlrcc-year-old Jim-a good child
but homely Eooltin' through
the window can see them no wdrwn
In the orchard. Neighbor Jones Ii with
them an can just tell by the salts
fled smirk on my partners face that he
has been listcnin' TO some such re
mark as. Well, III be blessed II
that youngster doesn't grow more the
image 81 his grand-dad every hour in
the day."
'It's true, too, an often think to
myself that Adam need never complain
that Jim u too good loolin' for boy.
Jean Biewctt. in Banner Of Gold.