Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-06-06

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On this mild September evening Mrs.
Whitford was busy preparing supper,
while her husband sat smoking his pipe
in the chimney corncr-she buxom,
joval and pleasant featured, with the
bloom Of the Derbyshire hills still on
her eheelss-he, silent and thoughtful,
with his honest face corrugated with
the wrinkles OF care
John" the wife said, turning from
her work, and speaking In broad native
accents, which no change of country
had ameliorated, ~ Gamma abide to see
thee so down It'll mouth. Heart up,
now, may happen we shall get word
across the sea from Jacob, an, II the
worst betide us, Capt. Wixon may gle
thee a chance to work the new gang
next week"
Don't 60 on hoping against hope.
BESSIE. Your brother-in-law Is scoun-
drel-nothing but broken promises and
bad faith from him--and as for Wixon
why, he's an American edition of
Jacob in rougher binding. It's bad
lookout, an winter just coming on"
"Well, mon, Oh told thee how 1t nd
be. Thou'st made heap o money
sin we come TO this ughsome spot, but
thy daft head couldna keep 1t in thy
poke. Speculation - allns specilatin'
and allus on the wrong side Of the
fence 10 run"
YES" replied John bitterly, 'hit q
man when he's down. That's just like
woman"
"Oi didn mean to do so, mon," quoth
the repentant dame, brushing away the
tears with the back Of her hand. "Only
there's nowt left, now them Keweenaw
shares be worthless, but the sticks O.
house-gear, and the buds we year,
Nothing" was the doleful reply.
mo dodgers but the schulemeaster
an the two lads, an God knaws Oi
Gamma keep things together WI their
havings."
Then John, Eliminating, changed the
subject by asking his wife,
"Whcres Elsic?"
SIN Won. wi the schulemeaster,p was
the reply. as the dame pointed to door
on the inner side Of the room.
~ don't quite know John said. very
slowly. as II he were propounding a diff
6cult theory, ''if It Is right to let the
las spend SO much time alone with that
vounc man. She's getting nm In years
now. and"
TIA stornad for the snrnr;se and in.
dirrat,or danicted nm his wife's conn.
tononce wave enough 10 checlr the most
,onmaciors
nTohn wh,ttord sho domardod
furiouslv. "has trouble added INV
hra;no chit n, n child no has ma LEI,
~ aho,, frno,,s IN , rorr. mon a,
has lived under thv roof wellv F,
twelvemonth an never so much b,
word or doad ,as showed he wasna ,
nerfoc, oentlemanl Who mt that sill,
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M wnsn,tn
uWho were Il then9 For none sucl
rorsenso ertored ON ;ts own account
swell them n was the captnin,n
uWhat cantain9r
uWixon y
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into n sunercilious laugh uOi thow
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with tbis sho crossed the Kitchen
oronod n door vorv ouietlv trayersed
short passage and abruptly opened
second door at the end of H.
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