The Van Buren press., 1895-01-26
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DRtGDly ffFFEKg W0OfyG-
why He pffns succsed with the
Frsstg sehool-rea acher.
"Tve 9ss TO 1ft married. az lns there's
10 two wars shout thas,' said old
besepn fsafer 10 himself one morning
~ Ne sesotf Ieaafng sesinst she road
kenee s1sverytafa9 about ths house
has Been goiin 10 rack aad ruin stnes
kessy Jaue died. Them two gals 81
nalne sanss worth gAeir salt Two
1azfev critters aevsr breathed, They
domg DO noshgH but dawdle aboue
fsont lnorninf Gill afgis. They WON'T
ehurn.- taaas a wonaaafs work. They
wonft wssd the garden tain't a won-
ans work. md there a5afs no nae Of
my sagfnf anything 10 ssme Juse a.
4nfcis a. begin 10 pint out their
faults 10 se1n they xis mp on thefs high
heels aad 70 20 sasstaf me-. Yess Eve
ges 90 1fe married sgsia. And aows
who shall qfs2 That's the question: y
Producing . lar2e plug of tobaeeo
thedeseosa xaawed off a liberal znouas
and ctewed Il aeditativelg,
There's sAas youag gal 7 let the
schoof tess hc continued, presently
n don q Ixaow an { can do aay better
sIsan 70 efs her She's big enougia and
stout eseazA To 10 Pile Of work. and
~ she's poor she Of course knows Che
valley ef money and won't be apt 70 be
waseefal. To be sure. she won's be ~
Mandy about the house on the start a.
= ceuasry gal would be, but shen she's
4ulck<wItfed and u soon learn. BlI look
her over when she comes along aad
nsal<e mp ny mind whether III take her
or not.
Ne glanced down the road. Some
shiag white appeared IN the distance
and soon resolved itself into a young
= girl Of perhaps twenty sammers she
wSs talIish. with q willowy form asd
o reAaed, thoughtfal face. She had
one Of those exceptionally sweet
ssoeths which seemed 30 say "Cosns
and kiss me-" while the somewhat
k&exhtg eyes that looked ont through
specsaefes seenaed to say Don't you
dare 20 even think of such y thing,
add 10 tbfs that she had literary a.
c5rxsionss and wss IN nowise disposed
w nnderraee herself, and you have
fair idea OF Miss Mand FelIew,
'tsood nornsn', Miss relIew," called
out the deacon az she came abreast
'tsood morning, Deacon PnSer," she
responded In q low voice, bat clear a.
3 bell
ITS nice mofnin'."
Yes; very"
'1low do che scholars behsve?"
Pretty welt"
''f5sve yen hsd 70 lick soy Of 'em
yfty*
ssM0,~
"WsII. give u 70 'ern " they need II"
~ shall, = said Miss PeIlew with der
eisions
~ yeu need any help keepin' EN-
straight just call on me-
Thank goas bws Doubt not shall
be able 10 keep them is proper ssb-
jectiop without any assistance"
II don't doubt il, bether, You look
A. IL gou we're purty strong, They'll
bsve purity big Job on their hands Il
they try ta raa ever yea m bet en
yon single~bsDded sg'in the hall school,
lfec, hees heer
Miss PesIew smiled and passed on.
JJcaeon Fnffer looked at her admir-.
iBQiy.
my mind II made ap III take her.
Skcss bigger aSd solder than thought
she w~s. tell you them arms of hers
..ss +. 70 70 sfs sos TFs.issesso IN EN- They'll inst
make q chafs hum And see her step
OIL Why. she goes like q racer. And
what . good color she's got tell
you she's healthy Prob,ly never was
sick dag In her life. I shan't have
~ he buying medicine for her every
IfttJs white. as I did for Tetsy Jane.
Yes. I'll take her; ri marry her inst
~ som AZ her school IL through with,
and that will be In q very few weeks
III stop her when she goes by tonight
and talk is over with her"
ShopIdering hoe the deacon started
on toward his potato patch. There's
one thing didn't think Of Al frst,s he
Inuttered rs he hobbled along. land
that IA II 1 marry her shall get rid Of
paying her for teaching this summer
that Il, II I marry her right ON the
mark before she has chance 10 pre-
sent her bill. Her wages belong not
" Miss PslIew there won't be no Miss
reliew then but 10 Mrs. Puffcr, and
of course shall take charge of EN-
for her, for don't believe In q woman
that IL. 4 married woman s-carrying
= p0cketbook There's sometbin'
kinder small and mean abont sich q
proceedin'. II looks just as II she
wasn't willing 10 trust her husband 10
support her. And It's contrary 10 the
script@r. too. ~ explained 10 Betsy
Jane. Jhs bible says that they twain
shall be- one flesh, and " they are one
flesh they ongbtn't 10 have bat one
r,ecIfetbook. and of course the man
si10taId nnrry that because he's the
bNAd Of the family"
shortly after four o'clock that after.
noon Deacon Pnffer left his work and
STATED himself on pile Of boards ly