The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-11-21


her transtixed with horror. But listen
10 reason, Marthy," he said, pleadingly.
you mean all right enough, but it's
a turrible resky experiment. You'll
Spite the hull day for them and us too"
Jest wait and see, 'Bijah."
"a nice Thanksgiyin' We'll hev!"
'Sroancd Farmer Gates. ITS jest rec
dikcrlus the way ye'rc goin' to act. I'll
go and tell Jane about it, and stop her
comm"
Now see here, 'Bijah Gates" said his
wife, turning around upon him quickly.
'''lf there's any Righteousness about
this hull business, l reckon it'll all be
o OWN to you. Here's Jane and John
Roberts hain't spoke to each other for
fifteen year-own brother and sister,
too-all on account of nothin', as We
might say. She's Twin on the old farm
Eli alone with old Jehu, CROWN crank
Ger an bitterer ev'ry day. AS fur him.
he's got u pretty little wife an baby, an
yet I'll bet his heart keeps hankerin'
10 him. An l say it's shame, an I'm
5cst a goin' to bring 'em together!"
He shook his head. 1T can't be done,
Marthy," he said. IF you bring 'em
together in this house it'll make it on
pleasant for cv'ry one. Besides, it'll be
lsiusy, fur we've alwuz had sech good
Jolly times on this day. Wen all be
like chunks O. ice"
Tom and Susy were as blue as their
father over their mothers decision.
Lots of fun we'll have" complained
Tom. Il don't see what mother can
find in Aunt Jane, regular straight
laced old maid. Her very looks would
turn sweet milk sour"
II know 1 shall laugh at her." said
Susy. II do just love to do something
little bit improper. just to see how
shocked she looks. She thinks I'm the
2oldest, worst-mannered girl she ever
met. know she does. And she thinks
Toms the sulkiest."
"Susy," said Tom, scornfully, II do
wish you'd be little more particular
about your grammar. One would sup
pose i was the sulkiest girl she ever
met. Don't underrate my dignity any
more than necessary. tn be crushed
enough when Aunt Jane comes. She
isn't our aunt, either-only our second
cousin, thank goodness!"
"Oh, mother" tauntingly cried Susy,
"herc's Tom talking about losing his
dignity because my grammar made him
out girl. My goodness! Ireckon there
isnT any such thing as dignity unless
its connected with boy, boy"
Now do stop your quarreling," ex-
claimed Mrs. Gates. Its very strange
THAT you two can't talk without saying
so,ncthin' hateful to each other. 1
don't see why you can't behave and
treat each other politely as you do other
peoples brothers and sisters"
"But Susy is SO unladylike," grum-
1lcd Tom.
and Tom is so dignified," sarcastical-
iy retorted Susy, that even his own sis
Ter can't touch him with ten-foot
pole!"
"Besides," said Mrs. Gates, severely,
Aunt James had enough to make her
stern and unloving. She was pretty
girl when her mother died and left John,
, only three years old. She was goin' to
lbc married, but gave that and every
thing oil up, to make home for her
father and John. Then her father got
sick with ola-fashioned consumption,
and for long, weary years she took
caro- of him and managed the farm, and
took care OF John, till her health give
out an her nerves got all unstrung.
Then she grew awful fretty, an ev'ry-
thing bothered her. An John, he never
understood how twas. An after their
fnther died they had few words, which
. led TO bigger, ones, and John called her
N mean. hateful old maid, that the world
would be better off if she was out of it.
and she retorted that that was all the
thanks she got for givin' up ev'rythin'
for him. So they parted. She give
John half of what the place was worth,
q, an he bought another in Stamford. An
they've never spoke sence. But know