The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-02-22

square looking glass, between TIE win
dows.
'IIeard.' sharply circulated Mrs.
Farley. "Tm sick to death hearin of
her That there cheer has aggra,a'ed
me more than any other piece of fur
niture IN the house. Parev's mother
is dead and buried. but she haunts
me worse than any Oh ., aud always
has,
She eau Int up the offending rock
ing-chair as she spoke and whisked Off
with it into the open shed. which in
common with most other New Hamp-
shire houses, had door of commune
cation with The kitchen. for conve-
nience SAKE.
Mercy on us said Miss Mix.
what be you dom Mis- Parley:'
"'m making kindlin' wood of this
ere cherry VOID rocker" returned
Mrs. Farley, who htd taken up the
Ratchet and split the offending rocker
off, and now flung it on the pile OF
kindhng aud dry tirewood beyond. Il
won be bothered wi h 1t no longer.
And hen, with Il round, red spot on
either cheek and ii nervous quick esS
of step, she returned, gave little Joe a
slice of bread and butter, and Straight
ened the tie Of Rates pink gingham
apron.
Breakfast ready said sh.. We Il
set down now"
A certain sense of grievance seemed
to have taken possession Of her every
time she looked at the rent IN h.r
gown.
Il M 81 Il that rocker out of the
way, she thought, busting around to
bring the de'ayed tide of nous keepins
up to high water mark. 1T S some
how been ii st ,ndin aggravation to me-.
Farley he's always bringin up his
mother, and what >h4 used to do and
what her way, ~. And h. saws, SO
often. Pears o IN. can most fancy
can see IN ,ther seltin' there, where
housed to Sci, in her old rockin cheer.
a-creakin' back and forth, till I've got
downright nervous about it. Farley
may as well understand, first as las
that | amt goln' to stand so much of
MS mother. Yes. I'm glad had the
moral courage to split up that there
cheer. | s'pose Parlev'll miss it when
he comes down from Canadv; but
And she finished the half formed re-
ilec,ion with an energetic manipala
ton of the broom in neglected cor
ner of the back kitchen. which sent
the gray eat and litter of brindled
kittens flying IN various directions.
Yet, aside from these sudden tenn
pests of discomfort and disloyalty, Mrs.
/ Il ley was an affectlonate wife, who
tru y loved and honorel the kindly
natured man whom she called husband.
And, after all. the blue Monday morn
Ing was more responsible than Mrs.
Farley.
Il s'pose. said Mis- Mix, turning Il
paper pattern around and around on
the piece of aforementioned merno
that was about to be transformed into
Sunday gown for Mrs. Farley. the
Widder parlev was dreadful ira 10
you, afore she was took away:
"N-no. can t Justly say she was,
rather reluctantly acknowledged Mrs.
Farley. ".She was quiet, pleasant
spoke creature enough. no more trou-
BILE than a kitten, aud deal Of help
| when Jenny was lit e. She didn' live
long after came here. 1t WASH that.
1t was Parley's perpetually bringin
her up If the bread CHANGED to be a
| trihe heavy. or the soft soap was too
| thin, or the dried sweet corn moulded
his mother done this, and that was the
way his mo her managed. 1t was
enough to try the patience of Il SAINT.
Do ye' s'po e, Miss Mix, It'll trim well
with velvet: Or would We try shade
dark + Of repped silk, the way Sarah
Coming has her serge
"a letter for yon, Mrs. Farley said
the voice of Ozias Breakwater, outside,
as something white and oblong skim
med into the room and alighted in the
midst Of the red merino breadths lin
Hall just came up past the postoffice,
and he left it
Its from Farley" cried the wife
with suddenly Frightening face, as
| SliS olohS olNi WV Si NOioi'O i " VII
me when he's comm home"
A blank expression came over her
face as she perused the contents.
Il dew wonder what he's wrote"
thought Miss Mix, as she furtivelv
watched Mrs Parley's countenance
and sclsSored her way through divers
and sundry side cores at the same time.
Hes we'll, hope she ventured to
say aloud at last.
Yes Mrs. Parl-v succinctly an
swered
And then she read. for the second
time, It's paragraphs, with Il strange
stirring at her heart.
i've got a real pleasant surprise for
you, my dear wife. wrote honest James
Farley. in the somewhat formal phras-
eologv Of the ''Complete Letter Writ
Ell, that had been his gui lie and mod
Ell as a youth, II CHANGED to come
across your aunt Asenath up here at
LAX Edward. 1t seems the saw mill
YOUR Uncle Eben started has proved
IA failure, and he's dead and she's all
alone and has had IA paralvtic stroke.
"And they was sort Of pianln to
send her 10 the town house, poor soul,
| because there didn't seem to be no.
body to take her parF. and she was too
proud to let on who Ii T. relations was.
80 I've told Der Just what m GER
tain YOU would do if YOU were here,
aud hat shes kind y we come to home
with us as long as she lives. lou was
always good to my moth4r, dear wife,
and feel that | owe you debt of
gratitude hat | never can repay. And
50 she's pack d up her few belongings,
and we shall be down home i'll Il week.
Il trust YOU will app. owe what
have done, tor | real Y did not feel that
| cou Il leave YOUR venerable old rela-
tive to the grudging care of the pnbfic
authorizes. The Lord has seen fit to
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