Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-11


fun II hair pins. She WIS a tallish, thin
woman, n nero bundle ~ activities.
whose crown aud concentration lay in
the up Of her tongue Her face was
long, with rather hollow checks bright
dark eyes. round hulging forehead
and prominent chin. Her thin checks
were made thinner by palpably false
teeth OF the most glaring chalk-white,
her sallow skin accumulated by % vivid
purple-red blOtch more palpabiy false On
either high cheek bone. The bang she
was fastening on was nt least three
'hades lighter than the tight, sleek knot
II back hnir
But marrying men in the Brush Crock
nelghborhuOd noted these peculiarities
only 10 admire theu. The Widow Caw-
ley owned IN fee her late husbands big
farm the MAI who had won her had
nothing % DO but hang up his hat aud
BE at home. Justice to Brush Greek
chvalry cOmpcls the additional statement
that the farm was far from being The
widows only charm.
She was warm hearted. kindly. more
hpspltablo even than She was industrious,
wlthal the livliest Of good company and
aHhhle az the day was long A thrice
notable maunger and housewife, too.
II Ben Cawley the late lamontcd, had
been mo slouch." his widow was even
more thrifty. Her big yard ovcrrau with
fowls Of HIl sorts. Cows stripped by her
own hands gave up their last drop Of
cream, and as for her rnrden. her orch
ard, bees and pigeon house. you could not
begin 70 name all the good things they
Week days Mrs. Cawlov got No M 8
o'clock and my down at 10 having filed
the stretch between with an sorts ~
work. Sundays she arose at . nud drove
hcref 800 hard that by 3 or thpreabout
shg was ready 10 dress and go TO meet.
u ~ n church-going region Middle
Tennessee. No less than Eve sacred cdi-
hccs raised there stcepcpgs roofs to
heaven within tcnmilc radius of the
CuWley farm.
Mrs Cawlcy. though the dcyontort Of
Mcihodists, went 70 them nll Nobody
could blame her, though. seeing tbat
ne circuit rider came but once month.
Ibht leit three vpcIuf sundays. II was
surely the better. tbc moro Christian
way, 20 spend them w0rsl ippinr with tho
good hapusts, tumpbellilua and prrsby.
teuGns, who were ucglhurs, friends ana
admirers
Mrs Cawley was certainly wise
woman Otherwise she would never have
been az The trouble Of always driyiur bsr.
sgii m her own buggy, with her maiden
,lNl'T at nor elbow. when there was mo-
less than three wiluwors and bachaIora
OH OF them more ready and willing t6
she would
This August Sunday was very spcrial
occasion quarterly meeting nt Mrs Cgv-
10y own church II waa basket meet.
iuf, TOO; there wore 90 be- two dnyIght
scrmons with dinner on tho yronpd Ail
the carrying space of the Cgwlry wagon
was already cmmmod with good fhinps
slowed there BY the widows own lnuJa
ana THAT lady wns now inducing hprs.lf
INTO the new much-bcffiilyl bnck lawn
mat hnu hung untouched in hpr prps4 for
q d.
AT. ye shore ID sets right I,lnvt1 /
She asked, craning her neck for tho tenth |
illl" lh per effort tu see 900 her little old I
ulisap iOoLins-Flass he effect Of the /.
~ says o. little bit. Yo' bustI, poo1. |
'nuthev newspaper on n. ma tinr tb.t. /
nEnt ubr, Lduy said sententinusI,
she WIS taller thuu her lsfpr .Liui,isr
u9T' upright but wholly without fill or
iilAH 'r igrorlyW ou her honosr angular
"hn' her sister wrcs-lcl with /
lAt s'Nu' shc looked again from thp |
window.
Sc better Ht 10 1onc-I voc Dlet ~ |
la,l out yundvr no the big wfc"
iAh'i5 three minutes later a mukv.
sigrsi'Wn negro lad came up 90 mo- |
Steps droPei bis lourh hat 600 /
.,' ND''' NhN shl. touching h.s tDuiJn.
D EHt in coat. Miss Nicry. ban Sale I
gone goa. took Wy shoes fcr ID llrIIiu' ,ft I
r. 10" Say he's piHtpiB btrf11taI nr' [
nN cAh huh up on drW rocks in dc F..
,IsrA when dty's go hap.izin' lu' dc new .
converts ~ Happy Iu' Jumps an rnr. /
au ~ ] kuuWcl WIZ gWue rilc |
diiut krr ~ hr dil had 'pm
but I 900, o. thut misprahls Nfoso.t .
Jon $50 right back an tcll im you',s g,f /
10 LnNr cont and shoes. too Docs hp /
ndip hchiqd the buggy lool,n Ike Nv /
up.,hecrprkT
Nom least / spec nor" Dick .nil |
lufciallf But cuin't kctch inn M f.
gritr dhncr done loaut im de- shoes f.
uflt Whcn y9n tus tolo mo aE im |
,bs99gl ge goat pn' he dong clean ter de /
bu'n Spring chu'ch by ds tiuir
mt ild you lct your foot grow 40 |
pls iort There alu'i shoe onl the place |
you cpuld morcu eit So big too in-gp' |
tp mug went an bought yun new /
70" 'o nave " take Won. loolin' like /
taS-muilu. Mira Cuwlry s1id G n
iasie voice lhat was not wholly ill |
nicl locked down At the long bacE |
1' N,v9,AlnE ueI19uHy on the cedar
Alof Wi pHrllnahlr embarrassment
lley j. right .ll.c0nyeulent ia DIES
alWays srmohn over um" he ndmittot /
lnutny She say dry done got crown |
9rI0 ue nlus' be I'm gwinn be er M |
man ieg hii takes nnmDer thlroens fer /
irm iopt' poW'
Le's leave hlm az home" said Edny.
~ d ruther by ten dollars go MS oW1 /
aprse' iole 100. own dinpnr basket. than i
lo 20 stuuEIn along with the rrluer
Alih fhat long plenilod hrondcloth coat
lapmn DIS hcclB AM looldn' IKE 10 would /
1r0i VI HIM every sten."
NOW sou jest hush lGdny You kno0y
j cain't DO that Why. folks womb |
say we went thata-Way jest ter nothip |
g.se but iq make The g,uilemeu the Ma |
Murra, au' the Mr. Cnris nn' all of en
-come on DO things fer uA"
They'll 10 'rm anyway.
II know u; but that's different. Seem
Dick they knOw they needn't lnss'n
hey want 10. 7 hope mono of nv
neiEhhora wont never neod to he un
polite 70 me, neither do 4 want 10 mako
their own free will"
"Git. 30 mule Dick" said E,lny. "rm
leSf sick of hearln Sister Nicoy ,yhiu
the deyil round the stump"
NO, wait; 1 know what won do
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