The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-01-07

"And run rs out In two monthsi.
"He won't run Us out"
India rose and approached he
brother. Her face was lambert, as Il
she were the spirit OF ere.
Pink Bradshaw, didn't we make al
our minds 70 locate here and take al
the conseqncnces2"
Yea
Am ! not your oldest sister2"
Yes"
.Didn'tI educate myself ard man
age 70 get you boys places and give
yon something Of . chance for your
~selvcs7"
'FYes. my dear, you did.
Did you ever know me TO fail II
anything ! undertook"
Never
She rested one hand on his shoulder,
and tipped mp his face to meet hel
eyes.
II have pledged myself, my health,
my life. my brains, 10 the success oil
yon two boys. Pink, | would iay my
right hand down to be cut on at the
wrist II that would secure success ia
you. Bat instead Of that, I can only
give the labor Of that hand. Any
who honors her men-folks and
spushss their fortunes, honors and
aIoriies he gsef. My darling boy, Il
you and 10 don't make men That | car
be proud Of, YOU will ruin my life and
drown 1t in shame.
The Young mans sensitive face
lsindlc1 from hers.
~ wasn't whiningi'' he exclaimed as
IL Squared. '.Bnta man can see inn
possibilities where n woman cnn't."
.Taank heayen for a woman's vision.
then ! don't balieve in impossible
ties. have done too many impossible
thiu-s while peoplc stool ~ - tell me
] couldn't. When Isag | plelge my
life AMI brains and rniyiit to Tie doing
OF athin4, that thing VIII 10 DONE
II kaio II. said Piuk. wssa cnthusi-
/ assn; you're the braysst girl in the
world
Not ut all. I'm asrreat baby who
loves her brothers AID Is afraid 81
snakes. Bat IL / made mp By mtad,s'
said India, strstching hsr asted arm
before her, TO take i RATHER around
the neck and strangle II 70 death, ]
should do 1t II II covered mo wilh bites
and killed-me."
II believe your said Pink, with a
start as III he had been electrified
where's my clip and pencil2 II must
get to work. Yon'rcysa bowler, Lady
Macbeth"
You're a fine strung poet. Johnny
Keats. Haul the barrel and table over
this way. Iwant to know everything
you put in that first page article.
They consulted together, India start
ing the theme. Pink produced decorat-
jectives and reduced his sentences. 10
called for copy. India took IL to him,
and distributed locals before the other,
printer.
Don't you want to dress up your od-
vertisements now while / set type/for
your she said to her younger brother,
who at once washed his hands, a
them through dark curly hair ike his
sisters, and took his rudy face away
to pore sturdily over her desk.
When the sun hung just above the
horizon, casting long shadows east
ward, India went homo, stopping at
OhO Va tAC WOOISh BHCNCIfCS " PRIV
~visionsN The whole town was com.
posed Of yellow pine excrescences,
from the hrst gigantic hotel to the tini-
est land Office. s~-n
AS India approached her ~unfeneed
houseaon a pathkwhich cut across hum
mocks of wiryIgrass. she was looking
forward, as the thrifty assistant WON
an always does, to that time when the
boys would run their firmly established
paper alone, and she could devote her
self to the residence. lined with pic
lures, glittering with silver, full of
comforts, which would. take the place
Of this three-room nest. The prairie
did NOT bound her ambitions. NJ
nBut wherever one stands" re-
marked India, opening the door, 'the
center Of the earth is always exactly
beneath him, and the enter Of the
heavens exactly oye his head" ~
"Well-nurtured girls in various cit
les" said India TO herself, fare now
sitting down to dinner, and talking
about next months trip out Of town.
But the assistant on the Rolling City
Chronicle must light a fire and get the
boys supper, not neglecting to darn
those last two pairs OF socks while the
people are gathering"
She followed them back to the office
about dusk. A rising sweetness was
abroad, and the air so Gear that it cut
out every object with sharp edges.
The town herder was driving home
the cows from their free pasture up the
ridge. A freight-traih far of on the
western road trailed into sight, and
puffs Of smoke on the northern horizon
denoted some approach along that line.
The prairie was like o monntain-pla-
teau in giving one a sense Of nearness
to the sky. The hemisphere Of many
shaded green's pressed sharply against
the melting west.
At the Office India hurried To, finish
whatever was behind on the weeks is
sue, while the rest Of the establish
ment set type. When the ten o'clock
passenger whizzed by, their weeks
work was done. JoTand the foreman
were printing of the papers. The
rumble of the presses followed India
and Pink downstairs.
climbing upward in the night, !,
she quoted, taking hold of his arm as
they stumbled past stores where the
kerosene lamps were being put ont.
II wonder If I shall turn out d mere
monkey, agile in climbing2 i've al
ways been undertaking something.
Pink, look at the CONSULTATIONS. Don't
they seem ready to prick us. they are
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