New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06

| sorhed IN the thought of a husband. That was
surely the way OF the ordinary woman But theh
that kind Of feminine human being was so very
well. so excessively ordinary that she could not
continue to think OF her.
The second time that Sally appeared AT the
door OF the cabin she walked in and began 10
pile up the Goals with the tongs. AS she was MT
! ing q log To nut on the fire Temple moved, opened
her ewes. then yawned and stretched her arms
| high over her head.
oh how hungry ann she exclaimed oceans
| Of sweet 'taters. Sally"
Oceans answered Sally.
"Stewed in brown sugar and butter, sally!
Shore doy be- the reply.
Then let's eat. Put the dinner right on the
! table
Temple rose. Yucatan also rose he snliled
in the air toward the yellow woman who had
! brought in with her an aroma Of rabbit and other
| good things.
But Sally made no immediate movement to
60.
"Youse done forgot thing she said.
Temple looked about the room.
de shapron pusson what's come iu'' ue
Norf." said Sally. in her most throaty voice
ter keep yo from destruction" Then she giggied
| deep down in her chest.
Temple threw out her hand in a gesture she
| had unconsciously learned from her companion
| A look Of dsmay passed over her face
! $50 mad" she cried. she must be starved
The girl darted out Of the room. Sally walked
| deliberately into the apartment at the ngh'
where a table stood with some plates. tumblers'
and knives and forks on it. She moved these
tumblers and plates about in a casual manner.
! If was not worth while to hurry. save upon rare
occasions and on those occasions this woman
| liOn-SuDDOSlnE
/ given to working.
This dining-room seemed also to be little log
! cabin in itself II had It's own outer door open
! Of course; its own fireplace. where was pile OF
| ashes from which thin streams OF smoke went
| up into the chimney.
! Temple paused outside Of Miss Drowdys door.
! 1t was now almost five hours since Amina
had stepped from the cars at the junction
| She had taken off her gown the moment she
| had been left alone in her room. Let it be said
! in parentheses that this room also had It's out
| side door and its own chimney and hearth
! Almina had wrapped a shawl about hei, smut
her outside door and carefully pulled an old
trunk against It, not finding any lock. The other
door she had let remain simply closed
| She had looked at herself In the glass: mad de-
| clared forcibly that she reg lar fright,
and had then laid herself down again on the
he'd and drawn quilt and blanket up over her
head and down TO her nose She had announced
| 70 herself that she was lest as wide awake az
a fish" and then Immediately she had fallen
into deep sleep.
She was in this sleep when she heard knock
on the inner door. and instantly began TO dream
that it was Freddy who had grown tall enough
to knock.
But on the second sound she started up with
! an infnltesmal kind Of scream. followed by
the cry. Where be L." as she looked frantically
| round upon the log walls where the spaces were
stuffed with what looked like mud
Aren't you hungry" asked a voice outside
Then Almina knew that wherever she was
she had never been so nearly famished in her
! life.
YES she answered She was going to ask
IL it were dinner time; then. knowing that 1t
must be long after noon, she inquired II the'e
! was meal goin' on?'
There's meal going to go on tho minute you
come out" was the response. And please, please
don't stay to brink; there's nobody here but US.
! and I am starving 7 feel as II I should swear
blue blazes II you stop to put on dinner-gown'
| or any SUCH
Refreshed by her sleep Almina was able 10
answer gliby that all ner dinner rigs were In
her trunk. and her trunk was to that station
It then came home to the girl standing in the
next room that she had entirely forgotten 10
make any arrangement for the bringing Of the
trunk. She found comfort in remembering that
bartholomew had not vet come back from Ashe-
Vile When Bartholomew did come back
At this stage in her remorseful thoughts the
door in front OF her opened crack. and
| Almina asked deprecatngly: Gould l have
about pint Of water? think mebby ! could
! GIT long with pint. | spose you nave water
| In these mountans?'
Temple turned fly, but before she took
| wing her guest detained her by saying:
and some kind OF dish sootable to dab my
! fingers in n to wet a rag SOS | wipe off
my face. ] hate to trouble ye'
Temple did not stay to listen any longer She
! ran to her own ROOM which was at the farther
side Of this group Of connecting log houses
Uncivilized as her manner Of life might be
considered. she was quite up to the enlightened
standard in regard to abutions.
She took her own bowl and pitcher. Her face
was red with vexation at herself that she should
have treated her guest in this way. She ran
back again with soap and towels.
She was waiting before the fire when Almina
appeared with face pink from having been rubbed
with towel. and with hair carefully done on
crimping pins to be taken out before tea-time.'
Salty came striding in with the dish OF rabbit in
one hand and the sweet potatoes In the other.
Alnina tried not 10 show how hungry she was
She made pretencc OF being deliberate. And
Sallys presence embarrassed her And they had
not much more than begun to eat before the white
Newfoundland stalked in through the open door
and sat down solemnly by his mistress. He was
Immediately given the hind leg Of rabbit, which
| was mere nothing.
He was hardly seated before there entered
medium sized mongrel. smooth Of hair and yellow
| OF color. He sat down on the other side Of Tenn
| pie, and he also received the hind leg OF rab-
bit This last arrival was Little Bull. He had a
| square jaw. with underteeth protrudng. One
! eve had been gOuged out. but bad healed in a