The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-10-11

he wouldn't come; an then all the
bitter come back, an she got sharper
than ever. She never speaks of him,
but sometimes she says somethin'
bout little Mandy"
He paused, but only for a moment |;
probably he did not have many op-
portunities of talking.
81 think she's alters he'd secret
idee of runnin' acrost Jim an fndin'
he didn't mean to leave her. Ten or
twelve years ago n neighbor, George
Harker, got some back pension money
an went out West to locate. He was
goin' to come back an get his wife !;
but he never did, an she most went
crazy. One Of our older sisters,
Sarah, he'd married out in Kansas, an'
she'd ben writin' Pruliette to come
out an visit her. Along in the sum-
mer. after hayin', Pruliette s'prised me
by sayin' she was goin heard she
told Jane Harker she'd bring her hus-
band back to her. OF she went; an
she KEEP her word to Jane Harker.
She found George, reckless, an dead
broke, out iii minin' camp in Colo
RADIO lhe'd lost the money in some way
an want comm home); an she
brought him back an handed him over
to Jane same's If he'd been a stray
COW.
"'But, Prulictte, says / when she
got home, why didn't We stay an hev'
II visit with Sarah?
"I did visit with Sarah, says Pru-
lictte; u got to her house one after.
noon, an that cvenin' she told me all
she he'd to tell, an told her all / he'd
to tell. So, there bein' no need of
stayin, lei the next mornin' and
went on West to find that sneakin'
George Hnrker.'
'As Pruliette gets older an more
silent her tongue keeps just as sharp;
it's like u razor, gettin' sharper, less
you use it, We hardly speaks, an
hevn't eat together fur years. |
s'pose she'll alters live with me, and
Hiram sighed unconsciously; "fur by
fathers will she has n right TO n home
an II livin' on the old place, an kin
pasture six head of cattle on it, an
keep hens. It's bad fur woman. not
hevin' real home of her own. She's
got dreadful solitary. She won't
even hev' no cat nor dog nothin' but
thct old blue hen thet she's got used
to, nn' likes to hev' round. It's II
rus hen, follers her bout an never
seems to want TO set. She takes com.
fort with it, s'pose women folks hes
got to hev' somethin' to fuss over"
II was growing late; so we got up
and bade Hiram goodnight. He.
too, rose and moved slowly off toward
the house, rs If in no Srent hurry to
reach it.
"Poor Hiram T. said Miss Lnrned !.
"his sister must be trial to him. |
suppose he'd like to marry aud live rs
other men do. OF course, 40 woman
will marry him, knowing THAI Pruliette
has got to live with them, and he's
fast getting to be an old man. But
- .o.ot,oe hes-ar .rll?- elmot ~
Tfoer color. I'm sure she must LAVE
pen II very pretty girl"
FaA few days later Mrs. Loring and
,r little daughter, six years old,
Owe Loring, came to the camp. One
evening Olive walked with me to the
Kelly farmhouse. She was a gentle
little thing, somewhat shy with new
acqunintances.
Miss Kelly was busy in the wood.
shed and back kitchen. "Takes all
my time cookin fur tho hayin' help, +"
she grumbled, with unusual garrulity.
"Men folks want to be eatin', eatin',
| cntiu !"
She stared hard at Olive, and finally
went into the pantry and brought out
little cake that looked very dry and
old. Heres somethin' fur ye, little
gal," she said, thrusting it INTO the
child's hand.
Olive drew back, receiving the gift
with II hardly audible murmur of
thanks. On the way home she was
silent. and ] saw she had been fright.
ened by the grim looking old woman.
The Larneds got their eggs aud
butter and milk from the Kelly farm,
and had been in the habit of sending
for them. Several times in the course
of the next week Miss Kelly brought
these supplies to the camp herself.
She spoke little on these occasions,
but her manner was less surly than it
had been. Each time she brought
some trihe for Olive Loring, but
Olive continued to be afraid Of her.
One Saturday morning we men all
started off to spend the day fishing
near some islands to the west of us.
Rufe, the man-oi.all-work, was left in
charge of the camp. AS the morning
was hot and sultry, none of the ladies
went with us, preferring TO stay on
the cool, breezy point.
Early in the afternoon Mrs. Larned
wished to send Rufc on an errand to II
farm house standing on the end of a
point that stretched out into the lake
parallel with ours; deep bay about
half mile wide separated the two
points Olive asked to go with Rufe,
and M nhigptiap was nna1a eb. hainn