The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-07-26


apd so was ADAM but he seemed 70
find q heap 81 comfort In repeatin'
about once In every dvc minutes that
Tom was too good ieolsin' for boy.
IN never forget how felt when
first set eyes on hcr4-ncver. She
looked for ali the world like picture.
swect-faccd. brown-eycd an wonder
fully dainty lthought 81 most hum
drcd things Ia that first minute; 81 tho
work crcwdin' on. of my shattered Wis
ftin' scheme an of holncly Eliza Jane
Jones' Daisy. Toms Daisy, was so
pretty. an all NJ once | felt wrinlsied.
an brown, an misshapen an jealous
oh. how jcalousl OF course embraced
her, Toms eyes were on me. aud
couldnt help myself but later got
him Ia my room an had II ont with him
in the old. outspokcn way. When /
came 10 Eliza Jane the hoy looked hor
rifed. Heaven forbidI" he cried. and
then. like the crafty fellow he was. he
smoothed my face an declared TINT he
loved the two incest women In the
world rs II was
-But your wifc's no worker, ! can
how Il VIII bc--she'll want lot o.
machinery TO fool away tune m money
on. won't have no ncw.fangled ar
rangemcnts here. Tom. not al all.
wouldn't say 1t 10 neighhor, or even
to your father. not for money. but I'm
afraid you've made mistake" Tom
didn't seem a bit frightened IAN.
Tom, OF course she's nearest TO yon
now; It's right shc should be. but you
mustn't expect mo to wait on her day
after day an take my pay In hitalutins
talk an airs never will" lilo was
holdin' me so close that couldn't go
on, but when he loosened his arm !
continued II was hard work. though,
with that boy lookin' down at mo as
though was the very incest mother
alive.
"Ily an by there'll be new cares"
said. boldly. though my checks burned,
IAN I'll be expected 70 take charge Of
the babies. Now. I'm too old to begin
II, an 'front.' begin il, not for You nor
Daisy nor anybody on earth. Therel"
How that boy laughed
lie made everything Jingle, an
Adams shears. which he kept hangin,
at the head OF the bed In case Of burg.
lars, went TO the floor with noise
enough 70 scare d. whole family. j
laughed too. couldn't help II, an as
we went downstairs arm In arm, he
said:
"You shall not be abused, not II i
have 70 do the homework mn mind the
babies myself Only. mother mine.
only don't throw Eliza Jane at me. "
How long ago was that do you.
think2 just four years an two months
to q day. The place looks better than
1t ever did, an tho house seems nicer
every way. There's books an papers
an flowers every where. an piano In
the parlor lAdam and bought Il last
Christmas) an stout girl in the
kitchen, an attendin' 10 II all Is my
daughter-in-law. II say II myself.
you can't find better houselsccpcr
nor better woman anyway you take
her, Only hope Tens forgott ten what
I vowed about machinery, for n
declare there's enough Of It slowed
away TO start hardware store An
the funniest thing Is that | like the
lHDOI-stfih NfttA1 ~ III
them. like somethin' clsc--l like the
baby to come creepin' up my gown,
holdin' out It's hands nm looltin' at me
with It's fathers tender blue cyes I'm
foolish over livery ! lecture Adam
sometimes about bcin' such slave 10
the threc-year-old Jima good child
but homely Loolsin' through
the window can see them no wdcwn
In the orchard. Neighbor Jones Is with
them nm can just tell by the salts
fed smirls on my partners face that he
has been listenin' TO some snch re
mark rs: We'll, I'll be. blessed II
that youngster doesn't grow more the
image Of his grand-dad every hour in
the, dayl"
''lt's true, too, an ! often think to
myself that Adam need never complain
that Jim Is too good lookin'-for boy.
Jean Blewett, in Banner Of Gold