The Grenada sentinel., 1894-09-15

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town. She gave the reins to her hire
man. and, gathering up her bundle!
entered the house. At the door sh
turned back to say:
"Naow. don't be all day takin' car
O that horse. Anson. 1t does seem
# you git slower an slower ever da,
your life. Don't feed or water hin
while he's het up so, neither. can
ford to have horse foundered ever
time l drive t taown."
\ complaint like this would hav,
quickened the action Of man unac
quainted with Hannah Higgs; but fo
ten years Anson had heard almost thu
same words delivered upon every sucf
occasion. At first her querulous, fault
finding manner irritated him: but 1t
had long ago got ''uset of her" as he
would have expressed it.
Her disagrceable ways were various
ly accounted for by her ncighbors
Mrs. Munson. in talking with Anson
had said: "She gifts it all from her ma
before her Nobody could ever get on
with her, either She was alays
maxim fuss daown tn meetin'
haouse." But another neighbor had
declared that Hannah was just as
soft spoken as anybody until she
was twenty. when she had "got dis
p'intcd in love" and it had made her
what she was.
Hannah lliggs laid down her bum
dies and threw off her shawl. She did
not remove her bonnet, but stood a
monent-tall and slim, in fact as an
guar in body as she was in disposi-
ton. Then drawing letter from her
pocket she dropped into chair.
For the life o me can't think who
can be a-writin' to me naow. 1t can't
be abaout them stocks, for got the
But it's from Detroit"
She held the envelope between her
self and the light, as she had dozen
times while on the way home; then,
adjusting her glasses. she carefully
pihched off one end. There were two
pages. She looked at once for the sig.
nature: it was strange to her. Turn
ing to the beginning, she read aloud.
in dreary monotone, giving to the
words her own peculiar pronunciation,
as fpllrws:
Miss HANNAH illuGs.
"'Dear Madam
II: is my sal duty ,ew inform you /
Of the death of your cousin Mrs Saric
Higy> DeNiny. Her husband, u, YOU
Il" dauubt know, died several years
ago
I NO. didn't know" She commented;
and then, after . moments dreamy re-
hrction, added: And naow Sarie is
deal. tew.'
Then She continued reading:
This leaves their only child girl
nine years old. with no living relative
naow but yourself.
Good land" She broke off. II hope
they amt uoin to send her here for
me to care for naow. cant have it,
! jest can't. Why, never could put up
with children.
Naturally You will not wish her
left in the care of strangers. Her
mother felt this, and gave the dying
woman my promise that would send
her child, Margaret. tew you at an
early dey. write this that you may
expect her on the .lst.'" !;
Good land. that's Tomorrow" ejac- ,
ulated Hannah. ITS jest the way O
the world" she complained. Folks
run of an git married an die an leave
their children for their rela tions to
care for an bring up. But I won't
stand it. ! won't be imposed on in that
way. She can 90 to q orphan asy ylum"
She paused moment to nurse her in
dignation, then read on:
The child will not be hulIy de-
pendent on you, for there was some
property left, which has been judici.
ously invested, and which will yield
abaout one hundred dollars a year"
Hannah opened her eyes in sur
prise. This threw = different light on
The prospect
MY! hundrud dollars a yesr!" she
.xulted. "Thatll more'n pay for her
keep Why, l cslc'late I scrspe aout
nough ever day for the chickens to
Iced one person. Then a. for clo'es,
there's 'nough o my old ones in the
1aouse that can be cut over for her for
years. It'll be jest one hundurd dol
ars, clean cash, in my pocket ever
rear"
From this bright prospect her mind :
'uddenly changed to the thought Of
having child about the house, and I
Ter face darkened !
She'll have Z toe the mark" Han. I
lah mustered, looking sharply before {
Ter. "I'll give her to understand that,
It the start of. I'll have nothin' ha- {
about my house. l cal {
''late It will be trial ut first, but . q
,ody can put up with . heap for .
hundred dollars . yesr."
Late the next afternoon the stage I
topped before the Higgs homestead. !
md blue-eyed girl with daxen hair ]
vas set down. She was very tired 4
'fter her long journy, and went early I
o bed. Ia
II wss June, and the next day wss I
. fair - any that month ever bore.
was dps early. She hsd
lept the sleep d youth, nd was
estsd. Just before breakfast shsl
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