Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1894-12-01
CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER II.
The woman continued: ale did pint
edly feel bad: but he kept himself to
himself and went on fooling his money
away, rafting his timber down Black
and getting aground. and having to pay
u heap to boats TO tow him of and that
way: and one day. Robinson had go to
st. Louis to buy goods, and there he got
n good place rs clerk and sold ont,
though llctty didn't like it; but he hadn't
fairly asked her TO name the day, so
she couldn't say nothing, but she hated
il the worst in the world and looked
like she couldn't bear to have him go;
but he did go and she didn't git but one
letter and news come In n month lie
was married to II st. Louis girl Then
Ilctty she took up with Seth, and mar
ricd him. and bout Il year after they
was married back comes young Robin.
son, no more married than the door
post, and accuses Seth of knowing the
story was not true, and having had
letter from the girl they told II bout
saying she wasn't engaged 10 Robin.
son. and of sending him the paper with
the notice of the marriage. and making
him think IIctty had gone back on him.
till he met up with Soma one from our
way and got the whole story. couldn't
begin to tell you all the row he made, lie
hrawcd on Seth. but Seth was not afraid
Of him no more thai l,thinr aal
knocked his pistil in the river. ana said
he never did get that letter, and sarc's
you're bora he tall tn, truth. for i,
come out aftcrward that she thou ut
she'd sent II. but she hadn't Eat yon
can imagine that I!c:ty felt terrible.
Robinson came ZIP 10 our house i was
back on u visit ticn-.and he begged me
to get him speech Of Ilcity. once. lie
wanted to explain and hc cried. he felt
SO bad lie WAS r!Tht mica teller only
little bard of hcg"i.s, and mad ii you
spoke too low and lie was awful foad of
clothes and used to put pretty smelling
stuff ON his handkerchief like . girl !
told him there was no use trying to stick
on chickens head that WAS cUt Oh, but
he said here he'd come all The way to
see lefty, and how t.!cy had playe,lto-
gether. aud all that,wlcn they wa' chill
drcn. and how WIS kinder mother
to en- and so he sortCr got nc all worked
up ! amt cXcusing myself. but when
he showed me the ring he'd brought
IIctty and made like lac was going to
throw it into the rivcr-.but he didn't.
lie groancd like and stuck il back IN his
pocket. and they do say his wife wears
IL now: il was gold ring with little
blue stone and two pearls in IL. But Us
| was saying. when be went on that
way, clean forgot to quiz him bout
why he hadn't written to lefty for lie
hadn't and he could write the best in the
world. was SO taken up with plying
him and looking ut his zine clothes that
| Jest let him whcedle me into promis-
ing that I'd give his letter to lletty.
And did. 1t was only three months
before Leon was born. don't see how
| could do it. but ! did. lefty read II
ali through, and when she had finished
she, that was rs strong girl as you
oversee for ell her littlcncsj, she tainted
dead away, right thcrc!"
Ibid she go?"
1"Wcll, no na'arn. she did not. She
set and set there, she told nc, after
wards, until looked like her head would
tair burst with studying Then she got
up and put on her bunnit, and went out
down the road where he was going 70 he,
and was going to be near by, for l
wasn't quite sech God-forsakcn fool
as seemed. and lowed to have IN eye
on them two hcart-brolscn things, for
young things IRE Jest natchelly fools
and no knowing. So there, II you
please, had perched myself on stump
nigh enough To see Christie Robinson
marching up and down and talking TO
himself. most lil:cly saying over the
words he was going to say to her !
give You my word. ma'am. waited and
he waited on lefty for -four blessed
hours, and. being yoany and foolish, ]
can't tell you whether was nost re-
licvcd she ditll't como or mad at her for
not coming and giving me my wait ~.
nothing but II was like this, rs said,
Hctty did start and she got spell into
the woods when running fast, for she
said she felt so tormcnted that she
didn't know which way to turn, mad
with Seth for how he had behaved las
she thought) and yet softcning rcmem-
bering how kind he was TO her and
worshiping the ground she trod on. as
the word Is, and, being warm like, she
pulled ont her handkerchief to wipe her
face, and there tumbled out, to the same
time, little bit Of crochctin' lace she
was doing for trimming-for Leon, you
lxnow-and when she seen Il. Il all came
over her, different. you know, and she
burst out crying and run home rs fast rs
she could. But the mischief was Seth
got wind Of her being asked to come.
and he come home and missed her; and
when she did come homo he was on
hunting Christie Robinson.
Eyes, they ct, then and there. Tint
was when he throwed the pistil into the
river; but didn't tell you he throwed
Christie after Il He did; he was mad
clear through But laws, didn't hurt. he
got out agnini Seth, be went home and
found Hctty and went at her about 60
ing to see Christie and meaning 70 run
away With him She tried 70 explain
and he wouldn't toI|ef6 her That did