Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-14
Fly5Hl HULL AND THE HEATHER,

M bitterness OF winter
'pThrs"'fs b,a rigbt carly. n
4 Il brought vN ..,,I,t. a., ,,roo,
Ma night without nut "ltilih tne ei'''
/. rrbouses q the valley 1t also brought
Z 49, warmth and glow which
M V'e'''- ,hosa ,f ,,isfortune md
! storms s',r .'''' -
1srrow can Gull or chahge' anu lhoae
AZ al New England suppers with
Z. ..,l.,ions kettle.songs. their wealth
~ ue'i',- nus. .',' 40 '.a,iass .a,j.
= shaing pewter lnell sto'i's' '''io
i lbs AID their hosts oil hlckering can
!, those peasant, oldcn, year-round
- ,ritbip H,e gantla nurk and
N'"V'''7 s',,I. -,
I Of anip'e larii's'ue ii'u'es'
u the evening meal, IN the wide, low
Va ng-room Of Map.e Hill farmhouse. sat
0anima Hull her two remaining
heress children, 4-year-old Mary and
y. yearold Dick, and her servant Jane,
lose husband, old Josh Iooker, was
a busy about the chores and in
+ silg the shvering dumb brutes from
furious storm. As the mistress OF
II farmhouse pushed her chair away
I'm the table, the light from the iire-
&c revealed the surrOw-sharpencd out
of a pain, mOtherly face. White
Nod from love labor and love loss,
was still scarce.y u middle-aged
s. man, who had come TO be called
Innima' Hull by the valley folk Ol-
Nfhtousy Of first and finally from
vefsal habit, through her stubborn
n tiness and generosity 10 all suner-
|I waits cast by The tide Of misfortune
y ihe rocky beach of Maple Valley
= pity.
fShed better tend ter keopin' Maple
IN outer debt" was the remark -f one
'Fnber Of the Turnover club ut the
+ nus village store
'Ilts Jess sech silly critters MS keeps
'Npie Nlaey full o passels er vega
NJ" struck up another,
lin HuId shrink up till his grave
hes wuz loose at serh coins on, IL he
know on en- youchsufed another.
Even the parson walled from the vii
pulpit; There are those in this
NJ Northumberland may they be
fpyen!-who waste their substance up
fithen souls are lingering for the
nnna OF the Word!' WhereupOn all
II village congregation groanod Mt the
urate iniquiy of Grandma Hull. in
n Old house on Mania HEN
Whenever Grandma Hui was strucl;
~ gnioWaFd heart by a particularly
El ner s9nDonnet ON her head; took
que IN her hand; started Cor the
laully nurylng ground beside Maple
wv, where me gypSies came and
W. Snee or twice a year; sat there
~ w niue healstuncs beside her
knSs ~ ~ yIIIl!IIIens ana her dead nus
ei Wien she always returned home
.ll eheertul 70 say 10 Jane and
Ii 6st W., a' NJ ,"lI scores ut umes he
"idr ~ Ias. ''.i uleu ne hal ton her,
\ isiqr eosr iS ~ Shihs ne SAID TO he
II mnrb shaw" i n 10 mem as maui I
neje6hcrs giuq mat helghhors or
Nhhen GA. -il'Ie hihdness TO the
nnqd in Ia o Juvr our own noses
N don for Crr "I9ut r l3e rlght sort Oh
Hiwn AZ "GsIIg ilHil WIDOW, better
e0uld lesn ~" nun as long as
Uber. N'e uear Gu nome To-
k1idanlv old III. m
hand. burst me- me-" Il, "oher, w lantern
Uttered snow n, 'nv room IKE man
door raye ' nra,, a,'il quickly 4atching
'ss-sn.
into reco,,r H. tiiah'ern, he shook him
Wee' and blurted ont. i'e
Nj room ~ right outer this set
PM. seed him ,er -,'.,Irn' iln ;
~ alole' The limo. nnd inss si;1 w ~,
n a Of i'm. Cuss bipii ~ MI si,I III
Npihqr wonl he icrlnI IT,. nnu without
aH h0of jerkej Iins'i, W. lanlcrh from
ong The hired mon a., ~" wv hii'nhh
|ft = behind Him NUN ana slammed the
hen Jane Tooi.or 100 "a
4, Iehed Mary and Dirl a,,tto w ,,,. ~
r. Ole bet into the Lj,ob n au.n l,I
Instant at the DIOR j H., anu P ,,,is1
III q, remarked near, no., on tue ssnow-banked
les; It's him, p'' ,us,ntlolsiy
SilaS Snntbin,s e;,,, nun, ITS
".htlin ails1 lils golu 10 happen,
y Old lnissr ,'al''eh 9rter mat
"a snapped I'M line WIN which
n 9ir Sldter ,bo "ouf pehlhd her' as
Maple Valiot, cue ,SSeli-m9de great man
lhdma USi,, 'iilagr, IN response "a
ggr 10 his ' iss,i IN no wise cheerful
storm D NE @,i room ,l as though even the
Of him vas siad for a little to be
81 less pssi,. -
b day rSalig, Cynthy. Been havin' a
q orhoase 4 t,,n sypsies outer the valley,
b. am, NY enough now. Tough
~. rad u ~ Thought mebby you'd
III NJ Sc, Sc me a minnit, Romem,
= iae hi Nlader an fatherless' Il 4
law. iiun ai,.n, Cynthy; an bein' h
IL soa, sl'us mind injunctionsr'
zen tslse head was set so low be.
.iouiiy p maied shoulders and he wa,
followed scented t9si 50' TO smart S5ns ehq ss