The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-09
HOSEA LURNE1.

Not old Hod Lurvey, of Tick Ridge
..The very same" Hiram Tucker
smiled at his companions ncreduhty-
Il don't wonder you're s'priSed, If You
recoIlect how Mrs Lurvey used To run
things up at the Ridge Hod had no
more to say than that yaller cat down
hv the wall. But there's many
change in these fifteen years you We
been gone
Il should have thought 1t would nave
taken twice. fifteen years to make such |
=, niece Of pomposity out of llod Lur-
vev. lie was the worst henpeSkeH
man | ever saw" replied Jasper bur
roulrhs. tipping his chair back against
the wall, preparatory to a long talk
with his old-time friend and nelghOor-
Il told YOU about the saddle they
bouuht lust before | sold out. dldn -
<op Then | must. They come INTO
the store. and Mrs. Lurvey asked l"
I,nL at saddles. of course Thought
Il was for herself, 50 ! brought out
,yoman's saddle. She shook her head
- want a mans saddle. It's for my
husband
so | took them out into the back
shop where there was a lot hanging up.
She looked them over, asked the price
,f this. and found fault with that, anu
finally. picked out the poorest an"
cheapest of the lot 1t was shhlhv'
| too. for the Lurveys were well-t"-d"
| folks. and it's cheapest IN the long run
! to buy good luther. 'MaNhaP your
| husband might like to see the saddle
before you pay for It, l SAID Pi'S ing
the shamefaced little man
...\Vhy. don't YOU know Mr. Lurvey?
| He ALWAYS depends on my Judgment.
This i my husband drawing HIM for
ward as if he had been a bashiul boy
Make a bow, Mr.. Luryey.'
| ..Ha didn't come into the shop agaln
while | owned it he was that ashamed
or else that shrew of his 'Vouldn t let
him come to the village alone. don
sunDos,. he ever had a cent to call ms
own. And now you tell me that
nompous old gentleman was hod Lur-
vev. Why, it would be nothing short
! of A miracle"
IT'S unite "a story, Jasper; but II you
don't mind listening, III tell you no"
= come about" replied Hiram Tucker
moving his chair SO that he coulu
watch the growing interest III ms
friends face. Things got to such a
mass betwixt the Lurveys after you
went OFF that ! jest couldn't stahu IT.
50 one day, when Hold was cutting
bushes ont in the further corner "l 'h'
pasture. well out of sight OF the mouse
went over TO HIM, and ser ser l.
..,Uod, why don't you assert Your IN
dependence, and take Your la"lu
place. as head of your family
Won orter seen him start and turI
white. If cannon ball had takei
his head clean off he couldn't hav
been more surprised.
: S,.Z l. y a lull
crown man. and orter take your plac
in the world as a man, not mouse l
~. scarf by woman. The ScrIpte
s,vs a man shall be the head OF In
household There's no earthly reaso
why YOU shouldn't be of yourn.
DO YOU think so?' he asked. turn
;r ,,l,it,. =, a sheet. The iLee h;,
struck .hiul all at once, and hal CON
,irh being too much for nm
showed palmer than words could nav
done how it CALLED him to have thing
30 the way they had. Mrs. Lury'
..,,-s I'm not to Toe trusted he adde
hopelessly.
Wen trust you any time sez
Come. ont to the village and get " n
Won want at airy one OF the store
they'll trust You till harvesting
. ,-on'u come ont like man and do yo
own business
DO you know, you've come Jest
the nick of time?' asked Hod, Io"ki
me full in the face Mrs. Lurvey II
harrained the farm away. this old fal
that father cleared, and she says / ma
,rot to sign the deed 10 night
ruther sign away my right hand a
) if You'll stand by me wont do It
We'll. the outcome ont was that !
hut MFS n
hacked her trunk in hurry and We
, down country to her folks. and !
; Uod with everything to see to. a
la,,in' lest comm on. There was
r COWS. and seven calves, and hVe COS
y I,,,,bs and hens, and chickens, :
II Iurl,s and reese, and turkeys, and
+brae children. The youngest haC
!, l,aaD yyeaned and the oldest wal
+ r,ora'n ten wear old. She though
q Uod was conceited enough to THINK
L co,,ld run his own business, he ml
D taod To hern as well. But 1t was
-. hest thing that ever happened To II
n ..Ua come over and wanted my J
of Maria oo and keep house for h
;, Now. Jane was aS capable a girI a>
!SS ,ft.r secs at fifteen, and there was
.,u tn take her place at home, 80 l
O. -, Then he told Ben-the boy
r ,,,.o,viuo up a. lazy and sassy as Il
I'll p.ad be-that he'd pay him every W
IA ~ if he'd tend to the poultry right
Drime. That kept HIM and the II
both out'n mischief
el Twas surprising how self-rel
Uod rrowed from day To day
idn't ask advice from nobody,
went right ahead. 1t seemed as II
,,rowed taller. He sartinly did
L. r1aN
clothes. his first boughten suit, "a
tall hat and buggy, and sold t"'
COWS that had been more plague
:" profit to him, and a lot OF thlhgs
~ he had been bankering to do.
Il The neighbors begun to hope
IL Mrs. Lurvey had gone of for good
was getting on SO much better
,,brT ont her, when the stage stoppe
roots their door one night, and out she
, tae me Jane had just come to the door
uiIds tho babv in her arms. Hod was b
StlS. s,,nS ing in the milk
What are you here for dema
Mrs. Lurvey. looking cross enoug
snap the girls head off Put on
been been things and go home
trErs You won't do any such I
grad Jane commanded Hod, firmly
.iiSl Hism hired YOU to work here, and
Irted. you'll stay till after harvesting,
he looked his wife full in the face
- one who meant to be master.
- They had it back and forth
- week, Jane told me, before
Lurvey would give him init
I tfiy peace, but Hod was firm as
,an!eI She might go or stay, as she chos
,heir he was going to be master in his
start house But such life as she lee
" ..Nya u..s afraid Hnh cnrlhn,t