Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-16


this will be right she says, 'tOr Pvc
seen her wear the same color on
her bonnets, and iPS very becOm
; iug.w
"YOu'le a great one, DAn'l." His
vile laughed, though still with
round shocked eyes. She laid the
tie over her knee, then held it up
to the light. "l'll be beautiful on
my black siIk-the waists plainer'n
they make 'em now" No other
thanks were said, and Daniel was
not conscious of needing any.
"Whatyou say Z driving over u
the church sociable to nighii" was
DoalePs luqriry, a few nighte
later, just as Nancy had finished
her work and drawn out her rock.
Ing chair. 81 dom know as We get
out often enc Igh. Us good sleigh
In. an We can't cOInt on that very
long"
Nancy finally drcIled to g.,
aud put b h.r h ;ad out Of the bed
room door mo nent later. "DJn't
look like snow, does it p she asked.
Daniel shook his head.
81 guess III! wear my b)nDet,
then," she said.
When she appeared in her new
bonnet and the black silk with the
lavender tie, DAME! privately
taoaght ber very handsome old
lady.
"Wby, yes, l gneSs So"
"NO, You haven't"
Daniel brought a Sh awl h9 had
warmed at the stoye, AMI wrapped
1t around her.
ii amt going to take any girl
riding an have her ketch cDld."
He stopped down to battOn her
long cloak over it. "I don't have
rheumtiz," he explained, whiIr
Nancy, IN her turn, pulled the bcw
of his cravAt ont carefully.
The air waI 81 crisp aud cold,
and the starry sky 80 clear that
the old couple felt youthful liugle
OF exbilaratiOn at the thought Of
the two mile drive.
Daniel carefully helped his vile
In and tucked the robes about her
"Feels cOmftable," she mnmbled
through her veil and the muff she
she was holding against her fac;
aud Daniel took hold OF her hand
moment, pretending TO a range
the robe.
"It sort O. chirks a person up t.
be amongst tolks," sdi | n ncy on
the way home. 81 waS always
fond of golu'. An we seem to eu-
joy 1t more than some. D'ycu notice
how John Sheldon an his wife
stayed together the whole
evening. Well. now, what good
ID they get out of goiu'! You want
to mix up with other folks more, an
then you have something differ'nt
to tell when you get home"
"Thaj> the way You nse1 to do
when you was IA girll"
"Why, yes, thaps the way"
"Well, now, can tell y)u that
used to make me jealous" said
Daniel.
cps h.h!" said his wife, giving
his knee a playful pinch-and this
time Daniel made no pretense OF
arranging the robe.
Whether these husbandly attent-
ions acted as a tonic it Is imp)sSi-
ble to say; as the winter advanced
and the snow still lay rugged and
broken, but without melting, on
either side of the roads, some of
Nancy's energy seemed to come
back. Now, again, her old ways
claimed her. Direl coming in
from the barn one bleak afternoon
was made pleasantly cnscious OF
the odor of waffles before he open.
ed the kitchen door. "S) this is
what you've been up to, is itl" he
inquired, with a sniff of antlcipa'
ton. ''It seemed, as you might
say, a good day for waffies,'. ans
wered Nancy.
tWhy didn't you tell me you
was going to have 'em9 could
haye helped you."
"Oh, l thought they'd taste bet
ter as a su'prise."
Daniel washed his face and hands
at the sink, AMI held the towel far
: from him upon his outstretched
hatds, as a mans way is. He look
ed around the room. Since Nancy
had grown so feeble they had tax.
en- their winter meals in the kitch-
Gu. Tue table was primly laid with
, preserved praches and shayed
dried beef. Nancy, with white
apron tied abJlt her waist, was
, lowering near. With the impulse