New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23
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,rho,,s ,bree miles away and part OF IL on 'he
state road and the state road ism ""'" '".''
but I ride to Busbec two or three uihes
and | shall go every day when IL '''"e "
TO expect TO hear from you You ""''
,,hor Won think you'll arrive. You are to stop
at Asheville Junction, and not 3" OH w ''"
,,,,o Won know. I'll be there with the wagon
II Won are afraid Of dogs l wouldn't ADVISE you
70 think Of coming at all. If you do come ana
,,,rr ont 70 he the kind like I shall be powerful
glad TO have you here. with great respect ~
main your obedient servant
TEMPLE CRAWFORD.
"pos,scriptum.-I wrote this lettGr three days
a,o ard nov when I come to read II over ]"
afraid haven't said enough about your coming
And I've read fathers letter over again. anu
tbere are these sentences in 1t. II seems 10 Tie
souebow Won ought to know these sen'ences
.reu Almina Drowdy that II she has not Tor
gotten the old days-if she really careh Az s"e
thought she cared. and IS I. too late iouhu nat
7 cared she will come to my daughter i"a' ~
all ask When she knows Tempe she wiz -"
eide whether to take her home 10 Ne"-r''s'"""
But first she must see the cnild IN her o""
home She will not he likely to understand ."e
GIRL otherwise. And she must understand her pe-
fore she Judges her
81 don't know what this means. but perhaps
Won do. 1t sounds sentimental TO me- an" II
there was ever anything that father was not
II was that. Don't forget to let me know so !
can no at the Junction with the wagon anu
the mules.
Alminy stopped reading. Her hahn u'oppeu
with the sheets held tightly
II is impossible TO tell how very strangely '"'s
epjstle had sounded in that prim' decorous
little New England room.
Olivia pushed the remaining vamps from her
Ian in her helpless astonishment
mercy. Alminy.' she exclaimed IN nan
whisper Then as her sister did not SPEAK sue
added in the same voice; YOU ain 'h'nN''
II amt crossed your mind TO thihK Oh sue"
thing as-as gon, has II?
Tho two sisters stared at each other. But in
truth Alminy did not see her companion III inc
,.,s, though her ewes were fixed upon her. She
was thinking with that vague inten'ness WHO"
is after all. but phase Of memory. She was
seeing herself at twenty years she was "on-
dering why she did not feel older now
SAY" began olivia you amt goin' to tell
me that you have got the slightest idea-why
IFS out Of all sense. It's jest outrageous!
sh'd like to know what Roger Crawford was
thinkin' about. declare | should
Tho other woman tried to rouse herself
what she asked.
"you ainn't lstcnin' natom" remarked
Olivia with some resentment mingled with her
alarm.
"Well no. haven't But you needn't be mad
about IT," was the answer.
AInlnv looked down 81 the letter. which she
now carefully folded.
.In al, worked up" remarked olivia. and It's
60 sudden too" She tried to speak calmly.
Most things that We don't know anything
about arc kind Of sudden" said Alminy.
She turned and sat down In chair near she
bent forward and rested her chin on her TWO
hands She was never conventional about any
thing even her attitudes and this lack oil con-
ventionality had always worried her sister. what
could be expected OF woman who had refused
70 marry a man when she had nothing against
him? .,
In her secret heart Olivia was convinced That
such woman liable TO DO almost any
strange and monstrous ming , .
Olivia glanced at her lister. She tried TO
speak meeky as she SAID thal shs POSI- So. sb
the time come that Amny would tell what sh'
thought OF n letter like that. As for her. Olivia
Wilson she was free 10 say II was the strangest
thing she ever seen How old was that s''''
that Temple Crawford any way
Il don't know
Amt you any idea
NO OF course not.
AIminy sat up straight. Her face had such an
unusual expression upon IT that her sister was
really frightened She rose and moved 10 the
door with her hand on the latch. she said she
would get a few drops OF red lavender and some
Yater II didn't make much matter what kinn
| OF a spell was coming on; red lavender was good
for ali spells. whatever their nature
AIminy burst into a laugh. rose ana went 10 her
s,s,ar's aide She put one hand on Olivia !
shoulder. , ,a,..,,or 90 r,,c,
as you do Ivy" she exclaimed. But uoh
"Can.t Won relieve my mind Alminy?" wstfuy
asked the other. - -, Ill.,.
IF I could relieve my own mlhu i f'"e'e
| YOURS" was the answer
II shouldn't think you'd give such matter a
! thought" 49,, 1T. ,,,
well I do laid awake all last night givn
| 1t thoughts
"Oh Almny," ,-
as II its owner were about TO cry.
| but how can you go?" she asked despairingly
| "You can't leave your hens or your pig: n you
| live SO far off faint handy for my husband to &c
| your chores -, -
olivia now began really TO weep
so you are goin'w she cried. ~ North Caro-
| liny's a dretful place ~ Freddy II grow up n
Won won't know any Of his cunnin' ways"
"Oh. dear responded Alminy. Il told you
amt mad" up my MIND. ! guess u go nome
now n praps shall have some ilght =.
| The speaker walked To the door and opened IL
| She passed through 1t ard Mrs. Wilson returned
to her chair. gathering up the scattered vamp'
| in a confused way. She was all upset In mel
| mind" AS she told herself and she began tf
| fear seriously that the man would come Tor th'
| case before they were all buttoned
| She was trying to thread her needle. and fail
| ing on account OF the blur over her eyes. whcf
| she heard a sound in the rext room. and In
| moment her sister entered again.
She had a child In her arms. This child wa'
| rubbing its eyes with It's fists. and yawning I'll
| one saw the red roof II It's mouth and It's few
| milky white upper teeth.
| What do you think ne was doing now? asked
| on "a
| fairs the suller door,
| The mother spranR up and held out her arms
| "Who left that suer door OPEN she OK
| claimed THAT door ~ oe the death OF me yet
| Somebody's always leavin' OF II open. Give hin
| TO me- It's no for me to try to git that cas-
| OF shoes done, for can't do IT"
| Almina put Freddy in his mothers lap. an'
| now really started for home. She turned whei
| she was in the yard to look back. She saw