Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-12-07
Iniy, ! want to speak to yun Very ~ :.
ously." 90
CHATTER III.


There is sorething trying. evon
a placid temperament, In BEING 70
with a smile and a waggish shake ~ ne
head when you am ounce your intas.saN
Of speaking seriously. Mrs. Jack wa
not of n placid temperament, She mas
besides, u good deal agitated, and "as
making an effort To- command her oma s
tons; and, when Mr.. Lilly raca,uas
her first earnest little speech 80 70 ~ !, |
were the most amusing thing in ~. |
world, rolling his eyes and nodd, mo
his head sideways, she fell, if the ,,.,.S
must be told, desperately provoked
One good result of Mr.. Lilly's chnro,
warden was that he could not Shof
his teeth while he was SMOKING. h,s,
this comforting reflection did not occ,r
to Mrs. Jack.
II assure You 1 am very much A.,
earnest" she said, with a little eaSn -
her voice. She was very near crD,u
like a mortified child, but she cuInas
down the weakness. epa
"Ah, to be sure! Well, 60 on p0n, /
say what you have to say. Inv on
means" ="
Mr.. Lilly rolled his eyes about Nm ~
they rested on his wife. Mrs. IilIv Loana.
her eyes on her needlewor,
Inc needlework had its advontoa.
to the spectator al well "a Il. !
churchwarden, for it occupied Mrs LII
ly's gaze, which was apt TO be too ro,,ns !
and staring anu beady.
Mrs. Jack made no Iause. but St,,,o,. /
out boldly into the middle Of her s"I 1
ject. II cannot AXE my ircoma do /
Mr.. Lilly" she said. Il can't, ~raorva
"Ho, no! Can't make It do az, 1
What can't you make it do. BcIY"
Il can't make it keep myself and nv /
child, SIR answered Mrs. Jack, pr)mnt. 4
iy, and in a raised tone. The next mo 4
ment she moderated her voice agaIn
and went on: ~
II wish to speak calmly, and to ~ +
into the matter With you reasonabiv
Dir. Lilly. l am sure you will hear res. 1
son"
Il shall certainly listen to II II 7 IA E
hear it," he retorted, and was so satis. 4
fed with the stroke that he took his 4
pipe out OF his mouth to chuckle. Mira
Lilly raised her eyes, stared straight be. 4
fore her out Of the window, and sniffed ,
Mrs. Jack proceeded:
II have tried-I really have tried most 4
conscientiously all his year; but | can't S
make it do. You see l had never In \
all my life known what 1t was to want \
money. At home I lad everything
wished fer. although, of course, wa
were not rich" she added, with quick K
appreciation Of the thought in her faith. \
er-in-law's mind.
well said. Bell" Observed Mr.. Lilly, K
mo, you were not rich, to be sure" K
And L wanted for nothing so long "a h
my own dear husband lived: and sud. n
denly | find myself put to live on such Il
a very, very small income! ] don't :
think anybody could manage with 1t"
You're M manager ut all, you know, n
Bell" said Mrs. Lilly.
And then Mr.. Lilly withdrew the al.
lowance he made us while my darling u
Jack was alive. Just when he wasn't 4
there to take care Of us, and POpsy and Il
I had all the greater need Of it, Mr.. h
Lilly took away a hundred a year from II
us"
There was a silence. Mrs Lilly
stitched. Mr.. Lilly smoked.
IL will tell you at once what | have h
come for to-day" said Bell, going on B
again with a plunge. Il came to ask
you very earnestly to allow me some
thing to exc out the little pittance MY q
husband left me, and which was all
he had in the world to call his OWE,
poor dear"
"One hundred and twenty pounds
sterling per annum ~bequeathed TO hin.
by his great uncle Merryweather," said
N1r. Lilly.
II can't live upon 1t, and pay for
lodging, and dress the child as she E
ought to be dressed. / cannot. VIII
you make me an allowance, Mr.. LillyTM
Mr.. Lilly gently knocked his pipe
against a stoueware bowl placed to re-
ceive the ashes, and answered quietly, X
"Eo. my dear Bell"
Bells face grew pale ard then rcd.
She pressed her clasped hands so tight.
" together that she burst the buttons
off her shabby black gloves.
81 don't ask you for the same as dear
Jack had from you V me my
pounds n year and / shall be contens
and grateful"
Mr.. Lilly shook his head playtuHy'
"No. no, no, missy" he said NOT Wx
be thought OF. L shouldn't be doing my
duty to my own children. There's bel
becca and Emma and the two young
est girls at schcol-you mustn't be non
scnsical. Bell. You are Old enough now,
YOU know, to be steady, Ch? Come
| should ha' thought you'd be soberei
down a bit by this time and got rd III
some Of your Eighty notions, ehf
CTo Be Continuedl