The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-28

she up an took u sheet an went our
an got It full o. straw an put II In the
tick. though how she managed to git Il
in without Dustin OF the sides l don't
pretend TO know.
Then she begun about n thing an
another, sayin' as she hadn't had a de-
cent stick o. wood for a year, an she
was sick an tired o. Twin anyhow, an
she was jest a-goin' TO give right up an
lay down an die. You knOy how Hit
runs ON when she. gets started ]
never said nothin' but ! KEEP up a
mighty thinkin' Of how I've went
around with only one gallus button for
weeks at q time an half the time ]
mint had no buttons nowhere else
where they'd orto be. an I've moiled
and toiled for Hit for the last forty
year an that's all the thanks ! git I'm
goin' over 70 SEE Square Brown IN
have a divorce on cruelty to animals,
that's what | am
Jared had himself pretty we'll
wrought up, and he had gone beyond
the confines Of the facts in the case In
making charges against his wife, and J
knew it. There has w been q
time when his apparel was not in per
feet order and ready for him ut a mo
ment's notice, but he had made up his
mind that he was abused and had con-
clndcd that he was going 10 have salts.
faction of some kind. | knew perfect
" we'll that Mehitnble t"flit" for
shortl did have a fashion OF '%'runnin'
on thai must have been very cxaspcr-
atlng, but~Jurrd's way Of sulking was
just as bad. and ! thought it was an
even thing between them, and ! was
morally certain they were just suited
for each other. hardly knew what
to say 10 Jared, and | kept my mind
pretty busy while I.siftcd handfuls Of
wheat through my fingers to the chick
ems around me.
Eyes, ] know hit is hard TO get
along WITH. | said, finally. ''nnd the
time you had fever she neglected you
~shamefully, and the way she acted
when you had the rheumatism last
winter was Just perfectly awfuifff you
would mcntion those little things to
Brown ! think It would help you in
your snit for d divorce"
jared Bit on tile small end Of the
corncob and chewed IL refectively. !
had given him a pretty hot shot, for ]
knew that ut the times ! had men
toned she sat by him day and night
and attended his every want, though a
more f'cranky" sick man ! saw.
.sW-a-a-l,a he drawled, finally. 1--WE
amt none Of MS perfect, but that straw.
tick Is what broke tho camcl's back.
an when she said | didn't provide good
wood, that was a-squshin' sthe camel
pretty fiat, an I'm goin' yer to see the
square, anyhow" and of he went.
sBe sure to tell him Of the things j
mentioned / called TO him, but he
gave no heed to my suggestion, keep
ing steadily on his way.
/ was more than q little worried over
the trouble Jared and Mehitnble had
got into. For years ] had been in the
confidence Of both of them and had
had many a good laugh at their ex-
pense, but this seemed to be mor seri-
Gus than previous disturbances and ]
was afraid that some of the modern
novels that Jared had picked up at'my
house hadeinfluenced him in the wrong
direction. | have a fashion Of keeping
one or two Of these volumes of fiction
lying around to read whenI don't want
to think and cannot sleep, and Jared
had read them with the same serious
ness that He did the Conquest Of Mexi-
co, though / warned him that They
were filled with impossible nonsense.
] expected asvisit from Mehitable,
but the day dragged along and she did
not come. Things did not go well with
me that day. My work halted in the
most inexpllcable fashion, and the
story that | was writing, which was
destined to amuse and astonish the
world, came to naught, and found a
resting place in The stove. Finally
walked over 70 Jared's house. II was
getting on III the afternoon nndI found
Mehitable in the kitchen ironing.
where's Jared?n ! asked. after !
kad taken d scat.
s.I'm sure I don't know, nm don't
know as ! care" answered Mehitable.
tather Grossly. as she held an iron up
20 her face 10 see il it was at the prop
err temperature, and then fell at a gar
ment which was spread out en- the iron
ing table, with a vigor that promised
that it should be we'll sIoothed in a
short time. There did not seem to be
any very good place for me to begin
again, and sat quiet
lies rot a tantrufp,' began Mrs
Sparks. presently 'an';gone off to get a
divorce, an hope hem get it afore
night, for I'm clear done out with his
trihin' ways. He'll be mighty glad to
come crawlin' back when he's been do.
in for himself a week, am toldhim so
in short order"
What appears to be the troubleq" /
asked, as innocently as if ! had not heard
Of it before.
#.aOh, nothin' uncommon, naanswered
Mrs. Sparks, "only las night l asked
Jared TO fill a straw-tick an he went
out an was gone about m hour, an
come in with the ticktabont half filed,
an when | went out an got a han'ful
or two q straw to put in SOS it would
look as if there was something in the
tick, he fell all to nieces an went out
TO the barn an'pouted awhile an when
he come back he kicked the Cog, an
that's something l wouldn't allow my
grandmother TO do III she was Twin,
WHICH she amt
Jared IS a little inclined to be.
triffng," Ii said, as if admitting an in
contestabla fact, 'sbut / had an idea he
always attended to the milking and
brought ii all the wood and water,
when he was about the house.
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