New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-17

that did upset her awful, ana no ihiS'aN"'
Mrs Mn had come over TO make inquiries, and
IN no there if possible when the nurses arrived
She felt that this wa, an occasion 'hat must not
b narlocted and She had left her table a.
standin'- and had walked three miles, though she
was ohlioed 70 Use n cane on account OF long
continued "sciatikv" in her left log. She had
NOT made under these circumstances, much more
.bop , milo an hour She had confidently rcck
onod unon having a lift from the butcher Whose
d.v II was 70 como over this road. lie had, in
decd driven along. and she had turned about,
leaning on her cane, and signalling i'hp'ra'lVely
70 him TO stop But he had pe'h apparently
deeply engaged in asserting something III the PACK
of his wagon, and had been hllnh ana ueal' ohc
could not know that he was saying 10 hihsrli
that he'd he darned if he'd take IN tiat 'huhderlh
old Hill woman
Mrs Hill. whom Nelly Scudder did not love,
was now sitting in the kitchen. III" hau hoppieu
twice TO the door Of the bedroom ana looked az
Moro as no Law there. She had expressed 1t as
bor docdcd opinion that he would never come TO.
Sho had seen several persons ayin' like that, and
not one of them had ever come TO-
"And where was that yil that was engaged
IN him She'd heard that there was gal that
had come She had seen Matthew Ihhcolh no
had told her bout that gal. She. MIS- iiii'
wanted n 600 her. She could tell In a minute
what kind Of a gal She was
As Miss Nunally could not he produced AZ TINS
moment Mrs. Hill was obliged 70 wait befor" she
SAW that GAL She employed the tim" oy ask
inc bo,v II was that STONE Gerry was mixed up
NTH this affair.
A, fms point in the conversation Nelly who was
sweeping the kitchen, said
"Nothcr,- in such warning tone that Mrs.
Scudder who had intended TO reply very Inherently
s,id In tbc most general way that she found there
was q rood many things in this world that she
couldn't understand
"Oh. Iand.7 exclaimed Mrs. IIill' eontcrhptn'
,uslv. She felt that she had not come three
miles with her sciatiky les to b" told any sucb
stuff as that.
She no,y remarked that she had thought for n
good while that Slome Cory wasn't eNac'lV
~ she should he " she'd ben we'll brought
nm foo There want npthn aginst IN" Ger
RISES NOR the Ncorc>es. Had Mis- Scudicr heard
'bont one Of them High School gals n Nlom"?
no. Mrs Sender had not heard Here N"y
made n great racket with her broom among The
chairs
TWAS Chri,tiana Moody. She'd done som"
thing or other that was aginSt the rules. Any
way. twas thought she had. N Nlom", Sir
knew il: n when the master arst her bout It. III
Std OF savn' Christiana done il, >lome mp n
SAYS size didn't ~ so the cal didn' I'll pun
ishcd on account Of STONES t"lin' III" lo'
SCI, Chris told Of il. She said sh" should never
forgit il Of Slomc in the world. she was 80 graf"
| ful But | call il undcrminin' Nh" foundations %
the world " hope Slomes mother wont move
hear Of il. The Warcses was always truthful
| daylight
Nclys broom hit the chairs still nor" noisily
Mrs. Hill went on:
81 met Matthew l.incola. : told We. lie s'1
| SIome was mixed up somehow. n he c'uldn
find out how | told him f ! gu'~sd mcb't
could find ont Any way. Id try 1h"r"- Mel
now: III bc. @hc knows, don't y". Nelly Nou v
been kind Of thick with Som" l. this f'll"r
bean OF STONES I've always sald mat some
thing or other happened - her down South N"l'
You know, don't yc?'
Nelly rested on her broom and looked nj h'
oucstioncr. Mrs Scuddcr inNiousy wa'ch"l he
daughter.
"Now don't Won go 10 kin, Molly said Nr'
Hill. with II significant emphasis on III" proronr
The cIl tossed her head She sail that 81
had b,-.n brouaht up not 10 lie, and She "''n
Going 10 begin now Then Sic went on sw'~plr'
/
that Mrs. Hill b"-an t. c"r-h c"n'ni-IF"i'.
Nelly" said Ms Scuddcr
you told rne 10 sw,-p.- said N"iv. aud u
cot 10 sw,,,n If folks get chok'd with III" Il l
don't knows I'm 10 blame
Ms ScuIdc, shook her neal cn'fc'tugly VII
Hill emerging fIom her hauIkcrrlicf, s'opp'
,ouobin. Ion. enough To- SAY that th" had born
some things. ant she -'posrl she could bar other
And ,,lat kind Of an operation lld they perform,
an that youns man Matthew Lincoln sand IN.
they had cut hi- head open and taken ont son
Of his brains For her part
II was M this STAG, in the ladrs -"mathS til
Miss NunalIy came down stairs and entered q
room.
Nclv stoppcd sweeping immcdiii cly. Mthoul
she had bccun upon consistent cons" ol hltr
toward Miss Nunaly she wd- very glad To SEQ IL
now.
Ms Souddrr performed rairs;nklnc m'f
duction between the woman who had, mi" lie
by crio,lty, walked three miles on 4 scIatIky i
and thc iupDrions looking srl who hid just st.
ped within the kitchen.
, portia walked forward and sat down near vi
Hill There was good deal Of compa'IN"hcS-
Portia. She now scented a battle. Nj" lean
b,ct IN her cl air and looked AT Nll' Hi and
, che looked she hated. ~ Nrly hated, tins Size
hnman being Mrs Hill was not - dull but IN
, sbe also scented battle But she was very cn
ous Her eyes travelled eagerly over every
tail Of Portals dress; they dwclt upon IN" nm
] on her hands then her glance cam" mp to =
,i,,s face and encountered the girl eyes lh'
\ owes sometime. had something like parayzl
Q effect. they could be 20 cold and 80 contempt
g Gus.
To fhc surpris, OF the other three women II "
o Portia who began - question.
l. did Won walk ." she asked Mrs Hill was
@ rrnris.d lat she huebcd. Her face alwa
T. lacked ~ if il had Just been vigorously wash
5 in soapsuds Indeed. il was Ncly'- olt"I-a'~"r'
hcIef that Mrs Hill used all the soft-oap :
q annually made upon her own count'nanc".
, At first She did not seem inclined 10 rep
Therefore Portia repeated her question, her en-
o nintinn nvcn moro carclnl than naunl. and