The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-27
DEBORA'S IDEA.

1nccssant pulls ut tho stem of his old
clay pipe. 81 hov found thet out for
sure. Now, for moro years AN can re-
member, wo lived down on ther Pint,
Dobora an me.
Two fishcd, raised chickens, ducks an
geese, an between 'em all, with Their
eggs, we made purity tolcrabul fair
Twin an he'd little mite over. But
ther mite over went mostly for house
rent, so n mighty little was left to 20
down in ther sock for rainy day How
s,mover, ther little in ther sock cumi-
lated fust straight, an we made Their
fust payment OH this place. An by Their
time we'd saved up nigh on to er life
time we paid thcr last cent on 1t, an
Their place was ours We fixed it ND
some, givin 1t a tuch when wo could,
ON fust thing we llnowed we he'd a
mighty flno place All it lacked was
thcr house, an we lowed to how thet if
We lived long enough. An thinkin of
tibet we helt up our heads proudliko all
worked on, every now an then haulin
out ther sock an droppin somethin thot
ohlnked into it.
1--WE wouldn't count what wo he'd
not for months, cause wo wanted 1t to
cumilate unbcllnownst to us, but last
spring we got so GURUS about it wc
looked to see how much was thcr all
found most enough to start on our
house. An just then hard times set in
an smashed tibet ideo flat. Times got
worse an worscr / couldn't sell my fish
or nuthin. People said times was too
hard to buy such things rs ducks, spring
chickens an eggs, SO thcr warn It no use
for me to fetch 'em round. But 1 kept
goin All kept not scllin too
From then on for about seven months
me an Debora didn't mako As much as
bits An all the time rent he'd to be
paid, an we he'd to have somethin to
cat. So down in tibet sock we he'd to 90
every month. AT them times we
wouldn't look at ono mother nor say a
word. We lnowcd how hard we'd
worked for 1t an what it was for so
we'd just use it slow an hide our feel
ms best way we could Now, not far
from where we lived ther was purity
fair loollin house. 1t was built after we
moved to ther Pint IN was standin Their
just like it was when thor carpenters
finished it. Nobody he'd ever lived in it,
cause it was tainted. Everybody said
so an 1T was, too, an no mistake about
it We, Debora an me, llnowed it.
we lived closer to it AN anybody
else an he'd seen an heard 'nough to
know tibet house was as full of ha'nts as
one generally gifts, but thcr house we
lived i'll belonged to thcr man who
owned thcr ha'nted house, so it didn't
do for us to air all we knowed about it.
But this Is thcr way the ha' hts got in it:
"Ther carpenters was two young
men, considered we'll behaved an gen
tecl. Tom was Their best loollin-hc was
most purity. Ed was ugly us sin. How
sumevcr, they was both we'll liked by
everybody. They boarded up at Miss
Biscom's, but it was so far from thcr
house tibet to keep from losin time Miss
Biscom would send their dinner. She
didn't have no little children, but had
grown daughter, Jessie an every day
when ther - O'Clock whistles would
blow jessie Biscom would como down
with ther young mems dinner They'd
spread it out on pile of lumber, an
while they'd be eatin jessie would be
laughin an talllin to 'cm. An then when
ther turnout whistles would blow she'd
gather up thcr dishes an go on home,
an thcr boys back to work. Jessie was n
purity girl-plump as any partridge you
ever seen an as rosy as % apple
ether boys he'd only been TO Miss
Biscom's two days when they said no
money could make 'em leave thcr, not
long as Jessie staid with her ma. Their
llkin for her was plain as daylight. They
would watch for her at noon an watch
her clear out Of sight when she went
back home. An in ther cvenin's the'd
hurry up thcr as fast as they could go,
just to be with Jessie. The BOYS was
good friends when they fust come to Their
Pint, but tibet purity face of Jessie Bis
com come between 'em. Debora an me
could sec tibet before they could see it
themselves We lived so close wo could
tell by their looks, first at her. then at
themselves, an more'n once Debora said
ther was trouble ahc'd for them very
same young people.
Every Sunday Their three went ont
walkin together, Jessie in ther middle,
Ed on one side, Tom on ther other.
Tibet was all fright, but when dance
come erlong ohc was sure to get left, an
tibet was GENERALLY Ed. Tom kept his
ears open for everything come along an
would ask jessie to go with him, an of
course she'd FAY yes to tho first one tibet
asked her. $50 things went on, an by
the time tier house was done things
was gettiH scri'us with Their boys, spe-
cially with Ed. They was up to their
ears i'll Rovc with Jessie, an she liked
Tom tier best. Tibet made Ed mad