River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-03-08


had shown not little pride in the sue
cess of his work. and tad exhibited
them many times to admitting friends
about as good a job. guess. as those
hammers of Maydole that they cry up
So he said sometimes, feeling that by
this unusual effort and accom- lish-
ment re had cancelled many short
comings.
Poor Dicli" said Molly 10 herself,
STOPPING to pick ny one of the AK
| helves- Poor Dick, It's such pity
his mother hadn't taught him that no
man hveth or dieth unto HIMSELF then
this lesson wouldn't have been needed
| Maybe, though, this strain Of selfish
ness is something he takes from some
old ancestor, and such traits are slow
in coming to the surface sometimes.
/ But. there, I've no time 10 climb
genealogical trees This is much more
like cutting one down AS Parson
Tremalow would say: It's foreor-
dained-' That's it. / guess. and not
so difficult to understand. either. Dick
/ has certainly been free agent there
was nothing to keep him from cutting
the wood. I've been patient, too, till
/ he really makes capital of my pa
/ tience. and expects me to manage
somehow I've cut the wood myself,
and even gone out into the woods
gathering sticks like the poor
widow in the Bib,e. I've tried
giving hIm cold dincNrs, and he
only sulks and goes OF hunting.
Yes. il must be done" Molly
-. = III n
ran downstairs and out TO the wood
I pile. No Dick in sight and time To be-
/ gin getting dinner. Far off in the
/ woods she could hear the sound of his
/ gun. One aN-helve after another was
/ laid across the sawhorse and deity
sawed into lengths suitable for the
I stove. for experience had been an ex-
acting teacher.
/ When Dick and Abner, the hired
man. came into dinner they found it
all ready. smoking hot. upon the Ia
I BILE
Well said Dick. I'm tired: such
/ a race as had after that rabbit. and
/ lost him. after ALL He ate quickly,
and said. as h, pushed back his chair:
/ "YOu can harness, Abner; I've got
other things To see to-" a moment
after Molly heard him climbing the
/ back stairs aad creaking across the at
+ tic floor. lie came down in hurry,
4 fiinging open the door: where's them
ax-helves? Strange l can't iind any
i thing where leave 1t! I'm going 10
I take EN- To town this afternoon. Where
are they?"
Molly went to the stove. and, lifting
/ the cover, said calmly: Here are their
ashes"
I Dick looked at her for one moment
I in a dazed. uncomprehending way;
/ then. as the truth flashed upon him,
/ his face grew white with wrath. lie
turned and strobe out of the house,
slamming the door behind him till the
very windows ratified. If he rad been
/ a club man. or of stratum lower than
/ his own, he would have vented his an
/ ger IN oaths. But Dick Doolittle, nur-
/ tured 10y Christian parents, reverencing
at least the letter of the law, only
I slammed the door.
I just at daybrealx. the next morning.
Molly was awakened by the ringing
blows of an AK. When Dick came in
to breakfast. Abner came with him
I Dick was saying: well. well use tha I.
crosscut-saw and make quick work with
the old logs They say confessions
good for the soul, aud l nights well
confess that I've Oeen letting Molly
/ lift the heaviest end"
lie stopped and caught up Jessie.
lifting her high above him, and then
dropping her gently into her chair at
/ the table. Molly turned and looked at
/ Dick, aud as long as he lived he remem-
/ bered that look, with thrill and heart
/ warmth that words alone could never
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