The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-15
THE PRICE OF PEACE.
BY MRS. HENRY L. PRATT

lor uayS over some little matter that
a word would Ia set right If he'd only
been plain-hearted.
Mis- Minis was all the other way-
talk 1t out and done with it; q little
hasty and impruaent, maybe, but she is
I. %~e@lyteaning, Mis- Minis is, and as
good q Woman TO neighbor with as /
want to see.
j hev thought whether or no being
OF different persuasions didn't work to
keep 'em apart. See, she was brought
up an orthodox, and ne favored the
M~ethodists. She joined with him and
laid out to do her part amongst 'em,
but she never was to home with the
M~cthodists.
Then, another thing, she hated a
dog, aud Mr.. Minis must always have a
great clumsy hulk, good for nothing
but to bark and eat and lie around
under foot, while Mis- Minis, she
marn't have even u kitten, though
she set everything by q cat. And so it
went.
One day | stepped in to borrow Mis-
Minis cutting-board, and just as | got
to the door L heard her say You
amt going to turn Charley in amongst
my flowers, be we ?"
He didn't condescend any reply-not
as | could hear.
NOW, Mr.. Minis" says she, "he's
stepped on my pansy bed and broke
OF u dahiia already. Amt there any
other place on this whole farm where
you can put him? | don't want him
here" says she.
Mr.. Minis c~ountenance didn't change
more than Il wooden Indian.
II do" says he. There's 81 good
batting of grass to be fed down, and [
calculate to leave Charley here for a
SPELL" says he. And he Judged OF as
stiff as though he'd swallowed Il ram
rod.
Mis- Minis didn't, say q word more,
but she gave tbat old dog a push that
sent him out OF doors with u yelp /;
and L didn't blame her a mite, nuthcr.
j brought the cutting. board back as
they was a-octtin' down to dinner, and
Mis- Minis asked me to draw up TO the
table. She q an excellent dinner
MIS- Minis Is an elegant cooK-but not
one identical word did he speak, only
to askNf I'd have another potato.
She An>Qed clipper enough, but |
soc II shaggy pass over her ~countenance
when thebrd-S9aaesaGeES&iightu under
the window where her piney bed was,
and the dog, that had got back under
the table by hat time, yopped out as
though somebody had accidentally trod
on his tail.
Mr.. Minis was Il great hand for rails
Ing colts, but she was q terrible scary
creature and | expect riding after
ha~lf-brokCn colts has given her a fit Of
the newralogy many's the time.
same rs he general nm ~ 10y
and IL w. it, Grht;nn non ai,,
to trv to move him ontnf IT, Thom " ,mo
nsedto rnminI ma ~ ~, nclh ewo
iawed scissnrs thnt vnn p"t' ~, nary
some mi~ht have MT thn hoft oTth.
blame on To- her and ,snnSn shn "a
mao him some nnd nnsb npUsb S"e ~ ~
better hay ken, still
~ sui
run II one oay 70 borrow a sleeve
p"Iterh, WlSh heard MI. Minis speak
~ ~ Eiul, anu l haiIeo, ior
utUH = VIZ" " '"truuc, u never wear
"i1INS " %H'j uluhC hhu
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bo. -" : PsSI9p YOU says ne. Nlt
JonSS, ~ - noV CvSr Irleu'l on
oati,fnd nJ ntrcu men, you ain
o"nn "l''l my preou Oh COWS, the
and Ihn tnioLin, o"tu y SUI ye,
wa d;n,id 'ta'rhinS youu " nap9'er II
yorn 90" sop"'aso. lou We al
a. O. "norsm noLe o. your prother
bo frna ~" w ~ hle' anu you can
Gyed y ~ NUM- 81 your DC wen
avn NJ, N;.r ,
~, a.n' ana l noaru her hinu
Sd't ~ u suriliseu oy Ine
Ionboa 80 49, N i"ii d Ieacup; l
n" 49, " ncai hcr oursI OUT IN her
Noel sr !" T,u "al1aht ye ne sup
ttIe nrd 80 ""ip up' u 1haC would De
fnnndnI D. H., ~ y she seemed dulno-
49,. ~ w sue salu, quite
WI;,n su,o A.o NICOLA
have mo- tbona " "J TN oe Ple+seu 10
." me oioie' ne mlSSeH Sarah
has 10 ha ImJ ~ Inere
,mnLe thi by d 1ne ledu 10
do E,i ihES 80 nu' "haU "ou'd you
had T." smile for sbo
called hirn iSIisb. 'no so"roelS e'er
"Iran innnG Co., f. .,
no ~ s,n ,DooI ~ ~ nnyacii' says
w"'nt 49, Ui " tho oarh'
oonEI to : - ny 1"iu uessGu
woe naLn, :" - us nlihu. nc
his motGn,. ia ~at no.ne Tor
tnoo,hon ~ ioO aions tney Two
any zoo ~ IN nuuy Nius never was
the snnkinr nnig' Sn NY w. sne nau
Minis S"t rioaPt atta9S ~ oou!u see MIS-,
wonId nn - w. oti'nrus now Chlngs
s,,nh ~ "rSrn "ou rum unuer
900 ~ hnl oio 10 an aWlni
nrcot it"no - .h . aha set "a
sre"U sIotc ny net ChlhgS. II made
ana n"s up o omiHtloor pr9Ity soon,
abo cn 80 W." d SPeii. When
rnG bnt III 10y |Soe were some
az m]atter.nt'S ~, ~ - o"C anu wont OF
bomn = 0'"'' az 'ho COWS coming
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