The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-11-15

fruiiette's tongue. She ioolsod
" come back, an goS ready fur The
"euuih' suspicioned how 'twonld
De- an so did father. who was li,,;r,
,hen; but we didn't like sayin' notb;n,
70 her; She KEEP on waltz, -.-----.ss
IN, till she ;Ssals,.-s-zs7-a-s0 "fstef come
cop3e.----s-ss got sharper than ever.
5he never speaks of him, but some
times she says somethin' bout little
Mandy"
He paused. but only for a moment;
probably he did not have many oppor-
tunities of talking
81 think she's alters he'd secret idee
of runnin' acrost Jim an tndin' he
didn't mean to leave her. Ten or
twelve years ago a neighbor, George
Harker, got some back pension money
an went out west to locate. He was
goin' to come back an get his wife,
but he never did, an she most went
crazy. One of our older sisters, Sarah.
he'd married out in Kansas, an she'd
ben writin' Pruliette to come out an
visit her. Along in the summer. after
haydn, Pruliette s'prised me by sayin'
she was goin'. / heard she told Jane
HarlSer she'd bring her husband back
to her. Off she went; an she KEEP her
word to Jane Harker She found
George, reckless an dead broke, out in
mimi camp in Colorado (he'd lost
the money in some way an want
comm home); an she brought him
back an handed him over to Jane
same's If he'd been a stray COW.
But Pruliette,' says !, when she
got home, why didn't We stay an hev'
visit with Sarah?
II did visit with Sarah says Pru-
liette; 4 got to her house one after
noon, an that evenin' she told me all
she he'd to tell. an l told her all he'd
to tell. So, there bein' no need of stay
in. | lef the next mornin' an went on
west to find that sneakin' George
Harker'
Yes, Pruliette's smart-a real Yer
monter tour folks is Yankees, spite the
name). George told me how she found
him; it was evenin an he was in one
of them dance halls-queer places they
must be, too, from Georges tellin'; she
jest came right in 'mongst them
painted women an swearin' men, an
goin' up to him, her eyes a-blazin'. she
puts her hand on his shoulder. 'Arn't
We 'shamcd? says she; you runaway
husband, you! Come with me back to
your wife, an no words bout it,
AN George says he wilted right
down. The women they cried out:
'Hurraw fur the woman dep'ty sheriff.
An the men they hollered too, an
was goin' to pass round hat fur her;
but she said she didn't want their
money, alters thought she he'd some
idee. of runnin' 'crost her old sweet
heart and little Mandy out there. But
she was better at findin' men fur
other women.
"As Pruliette gets older an more
silent her tongue keeps just as sharp;
it's like razor, gettin' sharper, less
you use it. We hardly speaks, an
hewitt eat together fur years. l
spose she'll alters live with me-" and
Hiram sighed unconsciously fur by
fathers will she has right to home
an Twin on the old place, an kin
pasture six head of cattle on it. an
keep hens. It's bad fur woman, not
hevin' a real home of her own. She's
got dreadfully solitary. She won't
even hev' no cat nor dog-nothin' but
tibet old blue hen tibet she's got used
to, an likes to hev' round. It's
GURUS hen, follers her bout an never
seems to want to set. She takes com
fort with it. ] s'pose women folks hes
got to hev' somethin' to fuss over"
1t was growing late; SO we got up
and babe Hiram good night. He, too,
rose and moved slowly off toward the
house, as if in no great hurry to reach
it.
Poor Hiram said Miss Larned;
Ibis sister must be trial to him. /
suppose he'd like to marry and live as
other men do. OF course, no woman
will marry him, knowing that
Prulictte has got to live with them,
and he's fast getting to be an old man.
But did you notice her eyes?-almost
an amber color. I'm sure she must
have been very pretty girl
A few days later Mrs. Loring and her
little daughter, six years old, Olive
Loring, came TO the camp One evening
Olive walked with me to the Kelly
farmhouse. She was gentle little
thing somewhat shy with new ac-
quaintances.
Miss Kelly was busy in the wood
shed and back kitchen. Takes all
my time coolxin' fur the haydn help"
she grumbled, with unusual garrulity.
"Men folks want to be eatin', eatin',
eatin'!"
She stared hard at Olive, and finally
went into the pantry and brought out
a little cake that looked very dry and
old Here's somethin' fur we, little
gal" she said, thrusting it into the
child's hand.
Olive drew back, receiving the gift
with hardly audible murmur of
| thanks. On the way home she was silent,
and | saw she had been frightened
/ by the grim-look ing old woman.
! The Larneds got their eggs and but
1 ter and milk from the Kelly farm, and
had been in the habit of sending for
them. Several times in the course of
the next week Miss Kelly brought
these supplies to the camp herself.
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