The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-09-12
MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
Tho Wonders sho IIas Worked
About tho Old Homo.

Ino Wonuer5 SnD HAS WORKED
About tho Old Homo.
You see, there was Just Tom. II the
old farmhouse had been full ~ girls
an boys, suppose we wouldn't have
been So silly oycr him Folks allowed
We were bound to spoil hiln, an, I'll
own MP that II iltr hoy hadn't been
blessed with tho best 10 constitutions.
morally and physically. he would mover
have grown NJ as be did Ills father
Is Il Eonu man, as p,pd man as walks
thu earth. hrt soft hearted an homely
very Now II VERY not candid L
don't know that ia come right out
plain With tile fact that I'm partial Ia
good looks rs easy 10 be candid on
paper; 80 esisY that men an women.
have been known 10 carry diary
enough about to hang them as high as
liaman 1T least So I've hcnr,t Adam
makes Quite hold beauty ~ something
" noyaluc; calls il q snare an d.
fusion. but he can't convince me that Il
Isn't one Of Heavens good gifts OF
course there IS beauty mn beauty. but
beauty true breaches better sermons
than many iivinea preach, tony think.
In. liein' 10 dispositloned, WINS natnr-
ally glad 90 have Tom, as he was, tall.
an straight an good 10 look On. An.
other thing which made me softer
toward linn than was necessary. was
that he looked - much like myself. /
was glad 70 know (eouId help it2)
that the clear, blue eyes, which looked
So boldly ont on the world, were my
own over again#in I'LL but their bold
ness, an that the gold brown hair had
the same tint nm wave Ia Il thnt still
fingered IN mine, an tllnt the funny
dimplc. which the years could not IL.
face, had its counterpart IN another
chin one not No well shaped ns II used
10 be.
have an idea that Adam liked to
have IL all so, though he was wont to-
say al every breach 81 discipline an
lapse from duty on the part Of the lad:
Toms too good loolsin for d boy . 4
doubt in my own mind II there Ii a man
alive who ever looked on girl and
thought her too good lookin' Curious,
isn't ft2 Well, seem that lie was all
We had 70 manage, one would suppose
we could do the job ourselves, but do
believe that half the men In the neigh
borhood did their level best to assist
Adafn, an ntst as many women fairly
forced their aid on me. I'm incepend-
ent myself don't want anybody doin'
for mo what IN able to do for myself
IAN So ! may have appeared d little
ungratcful nm crusty 10 we l-meauin'
A I..t
about me round the ncighborhood
when | wouldn't follow her advice
when he was tcethin. and she
still pursued me when he was
great fellow at college She
was full Of the things she called
'ssuggestions," an don't deny that !
was sick 81 her very. But seem she
was an old maid who had no boy 81 her
own, an wasn't ever likely to, let her
kind Of NEEDLE with mine rs much as
could without yiolatin my principles.
When she brought forward d string Of
spice-wood berries to preserve him
from sickness | coaxed, an bribcd an
thregdened him into wearing them for
a week, but when she brought out a
scheme for kcepin a distrustfnl watch
over every action was forced to turn
upon her He was twenty years old
then, an one Of the happiest fell
lows IN the world hope i
didn't speak uncharitably 70 Al
sira, but was plain very
wasn't much afraid Of my boy goin'
wrong We were always SO near to-
gether at heart that was sure Of him.
Alvira doesn't know IL to this day, but
her hints an sayin's made me do q
thing I'll be- ashamed Of as long as
livc--l searched Toms trunk. II he
had come an caught me at it believe
I'D have died then an there, but kept
right on till I reached the Bottom. ]
tried each li.tlc key, opened each box
an drawer, an there wasn't a thing in
all the place butevery mother an sis
ter in the neighborhood might have
seen felt SO mean, an glad an joy
ful alI together. that ! shed tears when
j laid back the old picture Of Adam an
me taken when we were courtin'a
daguerrcotyPe, an poor at that
Thank God for boy like minet
Well, as he had promised when he
went away to tell me everything,
Mt least most everything, ] kept
waSin' 10 hear that he intended
comm home an inarryin' neighbor
Jones dsu shter in the fall. Her name
lis Eliza Janc, an she isn't pretty, in
fact she's downright homely, but in all
the township you couldn't find a thrift
Tier, tidier girl | didn't say anything
u Adam, but had my mind made up
TO 60 of down east yisitin', an leave
the Young couple to manage for awhile
IKE worked hard very; an when
waapn gets 70 be forty she begins to
fcsl tlac need "a shirkin' spell some
ti.aes 4 .fi 'haugia 4 heap Of Eliza
sl.ae. ;.;I $3.50 As.; d both Of as to
VIZ ss..a mia falissa dead in love
nj tiic s;s u1u.n an wanted
.sa leaTx /, the world
ts.s an brighten