The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-12-28

touch with me than gay ones. Come
ont here under the spreading branches
Of this great maple tree. and let US sit
down on the little bench beneath its
green canopy and talk and talk until
the moon has sailed away and all the
, little stars have gone to sleep"
She yielded without demur, and
sitting down beside me, took one OF
my hands in her own, but it was
several moments before she spoke.
Il dunno Jest how I'll begin it. she
said '.T'ain't much Of a story, any
how. Wimmen's hearts Is broke every
day, but mebbe | loved him better'n
some people kin love. They used to
say [ was pretty, but [ never cared
much so long as be liked me- He
was a powerful handsome man. with
the strength of an eagle; but, oh, so
gentle and kind. MeA amt built that,
/ d way IN these days"
~ hat was his name, Amt Judy? ?
/ | asked, drawing closer to her, and
leaning my head against her shoulder.
''Jedediah Johnson" She said it as
proudly as if had been Paul, or Am
/ brose or Felix.
He mostly called me Judy" she
added I'VE were to hev been mar
red when [ was Is and him y, but
the Lord has our lives planned out,
and 'tain't always accOrdln' to our
views Father died, and left mother
/ poor and out of health. Hetty and L
mad to go two work.
One day Jed came to me and says;
Judy, Uncle Rodman has sent me d
letter askin' me to go over to England
he's gettin' to be an old man, and he
/ needs some one younger and spryer 10
! look after the business. Its ii grand
openln' Tor me. sweetheart. L guess
its the Lords Will L should GO
i never spoke a word, but threw
myself down on the grass out there
where them yaller rose-bushes is a
CROWN, and | cried till | couldn't cry
no more. He bent over me and tried
to comfort me 'Tain't so fur sez he,
to England, and byme by you'll come
out there and be my little wife
Il jumped up FROM the long grass
and looked at him. jed L SAID, II
ever the time comes when | could go
to you, would yol be glad to hev me
/ follow you!
"'N by, Lord love you, little gal
he said, do you ever think } Jeds heart
goIu' to change and alter! Judy.
there's some men with tickle minds,
out jest as sure as you see the old sun
rialu' III the east, and goin' TO ,ieep
over the top Of Hurricane hill, and ye
know hell be on hand the next morn
in, jist so sure yell know either I'll
come back for my judy, or she'll hey
to come 10 me-"
She paused and sighed. pushing
away with a tired gesture somP little
locks U1 udIr, which the night had
coaxed away from her smooth braids.
From the maple trees came the sad
note Of the whip-poor will. Sister
cried Miss Hetty, half fretfully from
the porch amt you comm ln!-
The little city gal aint used to dews
and damp, she'll git cold"
I'm comm soon," responded Miss
Judy. her voice sounded dreamy, and
harmonized with the plaintive notes
Of the bird.
oh. Aunt Judith" | whispered
she was true, surely he was true"
L Dunno" she replied: There
some things that's hid from the eyes
of them that fain would see, and
there's some heart aches that'll never
be cured outside the golden gates
Weu-Hetty and mother and | lived
on in the old place Jed wasn't much
of letter writer, no moro was L, but
| lived on hope. Byme-by mother
died, and then the queerest thing hap
pened. A brother of fathers left Il:
some money, and one mornln' Hetty
came to me an says: judith, there
amt any cause why you shouldn't g
to Jed-if YOU want to-
somehow | hadn't thought Of II
but when she told me [ oughter thinI
of him first and her afterward, L be
| gan to see t and | went"
You went!' [ exclaimed "Io1
went to England all alone?"
| | gazed at the quantity gowned fig
: ure beside me in the white moonligh
i and asked myself if it could be pos
e sible that she had ever been beyon
the limits of Hurricane hill.
:. j sad little smile formed itself o
: her lips as she saw my surprise. :
7 aint much to look at, honey dear, bu
y [ had sense enough to find my wa.
d [ could have found my way to Chin
II lest as we'll if I'd a thought Id fin
r Jed when l got there"
:, And did you find him ?" | whisper
1t ed, while the air seemed oppresslH
y with the sweetness Of the dew-sprinl
ed roses. |
N Miss Judith's head sank low upc
ot her breast, and on my hand, whlo
still rested within hers, there fell
W tear. which she quickly dried.
1t "No-my pansy blossom, | new
found him. | got to England, al
the noise and hustle most scarf me
"a de3th. but byme-bye | got used to
h | ned his address writ down on a ?
er per, and when | got to London | hir
re a seat on a grocer's wagon what W
e passin' by the depot. The man sa
"a he was goin' nigh the place where J
as lived. and he helped me up on the b
mt and put my bag alongside Of n
W When [ told him | came from Anne
ed Ky he most stared his eyes out
Ike "'Why-you poor creeter" he ST
lly kindly-.'and just suppose you do
sts find your man here-what'u you dc
Ill " L dunno"-I said: I'd ne7
thought of that, t,-and 1t someh
ne turned my head and began to tire
ich bic.
"See here says the grocer N
ng; Cheer up. Me and Jane aint go
t a show place, you know, but we've b'
married five years. and we're pre-
ing comfortable I'll wait at the door
DIS; you. and if he amt there I'll take ,
ger. right home with me. My wife's
ny my way of thinkin' about carin'
them that needs it
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