The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-01
MANDY.

| oA"S P@AS "a AAsaaBoeon O0uMsy WHolS
the farms are red and gully washed,
where the cornstaiks are thin and sick
| y LOOKING ana purn yellow In the sun
almost as soon as tney. are green. He
| was strong ana rugged this sturdy
farmer, with his blg, bony hands and
nut brown lean cheeks, and as ne
STOOD ont IN the burning August sun,
striking vigorously as hidden sassafraa
roots with mis- homemade hoe, ne was
striking inustration OF those people who
toll throu4hout their lives with little
snougns on tne resi- Oh tne Wnrid or iss
pleasuA besMesm tne 1oil.ng poo.
land ON Wnacn Eph was WORKING and
tne road ssood = sWo room io8 nouse'
scantiiy pEoeecsed Ifom sne suns rays
" atew scfuDDy DiaoK oakA
80 sEinussone % tne rear OF W Wsne
mouse ssoou 20 oia man grlndang away
as an az ELS nair was snowy wnaIe
nis Wiae brimmed straw nal, with its
shoestFlng pand' ana NOS conceal tne
oeep wrinkles ON ms race. Ills hickory
snlIs was torn ana fadeo' ana sne skln
lookeo Diistered through tne rents ne
rested once In awhile ana tested the
eoge on ms AK Win ms tnumn Inis
was Epns father' a woman Almost as
ola ana long past the age OF work sat
on a stone IN a shady spot Watching the
grlnalng OF the ak ana remarkang I'm q
cracked voice the chances ior crop
Ihey naa tailed In TINS tne last season.
a.. ana IL was OF great importance 20 them
1he corn Dreao ana bacon nad neen very
scane OF iate; Epn . parents wefe very
old ana ieeoIe' but they helped as best
they couio.
A tall, angular woman OF perhaps 40,
though she looked much older, came to
the d""7' Her calico dress was seiled
and t. i. A pair OF Eph's boots with
great patches OF rawhide and with the
heels run over peeped out from under
her tucked up dress. her face was hard
ana pinched. The sailow color contrast
ed strongiywlth the dark, almost black
blue OF her gown, and when the sleeves
Were rolled to the elbows her arms We're
brown. One eony hand clutched q dish
rag Wnlcn snef held against ene side OF
the door as she shaded her eyes with the
obner. one was looking at her husband
. ne worked across the red clay Held
Inc CHATTER o. Q horses hoots ON the
nard ana gravei washed road wss beard
her eyes We're turned IN the directlon Of
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nandcuns were ad1ussed 70 ms Wrists.
Then the men climbed over the fence:
Lne Stranger gos ON ms morse ana sold
Epn 70 WALK along 10 Mone oI ham re
also SAID that any attemps On ApaAa narf
20 run would cost him his lie. Tnessl
was no handshaking, no tears. Lhe
men moved ON down the scorching hos
road leaving eiaA gronr standing as y
had stood % firss, eosaeieE The old
man and Old woman looked g Mandy
appealingy, but Mandy watched her