Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-01
SHE WAS SATISFIED.

kisbee looked around with bewild-
cred air as she came in TO get break
fast.
Come, mother, make hastei''
shouted old Kisbee. 1--we got TO get
out 20 the wood lots bright and early
this morning
Yes. know. father. The old
woman still stared around her. II
cant think what makes the room look
SO queer. Oh. know! Father, you've
torn those morning glory vines away
from the window.
"0f course have" said he.
''Dried-up old truck. keepin' out the
light and air. What use were they?''
"But there were lots o. flowers and
buds on 'em yet, father. And in that
sheltered spot the frost wouldn't hey
touched EN- for a week TO come.
"Mornin' glories don't amount to
nothin', snarled Kisbee. Besides,
I'm goin' TO hey a load dumped
there to-day It's a handy place for
the wood pile.
..Father!'
I'm goin'--to hey a. load--o'
wood dumped here to-day! Don I
speak loud enough?"
:" But father, you always said you
was goin'to build kitchen out there. y
II never said nothin OF the sortr'
II want a kitchen" pleaded the
poor old woman.
That's horse 81 another color, 8
sneered the old man
And when we were first married
you promised me"
II dare say promised good many
foolish things then. There's some
promises better broken than kept. =
philasophically observed Luke.
And this old rooms damp and the
walls has settled. and the ceiling has
fell and ] was calcUlatin' 10 hev il
fixed up and pui my bed ia here, when
the new kitchen was built IL always
makes me feel 50 cheap when the
sewing society meets here 70 hey
our bed siandin IN the parlor. NO
matter how handsome the patchwork
/ a.
Luke wiped his hands on the roller
towel
Wei. you've stood Il thirty
years. said he. Fan guess you can
stand il a little while longer
.Do YOU mean. father, that amt
20 have new kitchen. after ala"
That's exactly what ! do mean. z
Mrs Kisbce said no more, but the
slow, bitter tears OF old age trickled
down her cheeks as she lighted the
fire, brought pail Of drinking water
from the spring ana began 10 fry the
ham and eggs in little skillet
Her son George came over that a.
ternoon from Fsrley's mills, where he
was foreman in great shirt factory.
"Motherln said he. 1--we got some
thing TO tell you. I'm engaged TO
marry Snsy Stopford Why, mother.
what's the matter2 What are YOU
crying about2 thought you'd be so
1 pleased
.'Ii's Jest like all the rest o the
1 luck" sobbed poor old Mrs Kisbee.
Fathers been an tore down all my
morning glory vines, an ! amt goin'
30 hcv any new kitchen after all
these years. and now my only son has
got engaged 10 one Of the Shepherds,
that wasn't never friends with our
/ folks
"But, mother. laughingly pleaded
George these are not the days OF
Montague and Capulet feuds. .
II don't know what you're talkin'
about said Mrs. Kisbee. who was
not student Of the immortal
Shakespeare. "but I always dcspised
them shepherds An Susan, she's a
story writer, ! am told. as she goes
about with her fingers all inky and
don't help none az all with the house
work.
but, mother she hires girl with
the money she earns. She's the best
and sweetest girl in the world. When
may ! bring her TO see you?n
Il don't want to see her at all, =
said the old woman, ENORMOUSLY.
And then she broke down again, cry
ing.
George went away much perturbed
In spirit lie had never seen his
mother so broken-hearted before.
ii don't know what she'll say,
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father has made up his mind TO
sell the old place. It's too bad Of him,
But father never treated mother
half decent
Susy Stopford was at the window
when young Kisbee came back. She
ran out 20 meet him. her bright hair
blowing in the wind, her rcd lips apart
We'll, Georgem che cried.
IL don't know what to say to you.
Susy,n he began; 'mother isn't her
self to-day. But she--n
,She doesn't like me. George
knew that before, There was some
old trouble between her mother and
grandfather Stopford. She Tilted
him or he threw her over, never
quite understood which. But / fully
intend 20 make her like me.
IL am afraid she won't give you
the chance, Susy
Tell me all about Il, George, she
said. George told her II only