The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

~ r nU on on yuh, after his mother an me nxvd
We'll. I'd daro-it he wanted Lily, Belle Me.
Mamsra' or Lily Belle anything else" sid
"s"nYSr pGb With 2 iuick nssh In her eyes: -,c,,
he.n : the house. Ali ia she added. with Q
Isst IKE o see him Hi try 70 tn throw oSor on on yuh.
~" She opened the door. Land o. love an
sore eyes to see .yuh, Doug Hodges. Come
right In. Never mind your feet. Whose trunk
."howf"
say whose trunk was that come in on the
"Trunkp | do know. .,
,o well; come in. Here's Minervy, a-waitin'
10 M ifD yTn'T came forward. ,c,r,,t.rsced, and
birds claw.
Yes. STR" she ssid, with poiitcness..
.,,HH e sat down and slid his chair TO the window.
IT is so."
,. Vas los !, warmer N usual"
There. was a beautiful happiness noH on
Minervs's face. which had been so pale and
anxious when the boat landed, but ~ was a
The young man did not seem 70 be overbur;
III at case. Iii; weak blue eyes shifted away
from Mrs. Bunt's steady. asking Look. !.
the eibs oiiins s afav sS' to S ssst It's a ssa sss lSok 'S \ H. cs
He gave a Jump;
MATTER Nothin'. Why2"
."Tuh look sop Been teachin' school over
close to McNamara's, amt choo?"
.HH Is ihe reu oAine paek TO MS lace.
.r ahese was q silence SnS IN Mi merry vas stepping ,s
sIouna spryiy, now ana men enc looked AZ
bobbine ,coquettfshly. on the back Of her neck
and on her sG brow; ., The rsmainssr of her : bali
iiSSopa ssWsd pt OVER ,f IT, once %t,I the hsn Young DST man
his eyes toward the boat just drawing away
Mrs, Bunt poured the gravy into a BOWL scrap
ing gy yhs pan snod de ftsT ssIy, with a tin spoon
The heS S1 s%gT fellow hI5s s eisaRea his throat.
Shippers all ready. Set up. Pa, oh. pa.
where that trunks a:goin' TO-. Mineryy,, is it
still a%-set.in' down there on the worf'"
Mrs. Bunt sighed helplessly. 1T beats me.
Well, set up before everything gets cold. Oh,
my land! I bet it's The Widow Peters's moo
OUTFIT hf bea AZ 'T nsst s.Tnsk me az OF a IS s1 Ybs m,n,.t,r
was a-goln' to git married." said Mr.. Bunt.
II bet"
After supper Mr.. Blunt went out to the barn
iarge.:crooIed finger to the sitting room. YOU
20 While Il an Mi is = reds i up t sSe di in sa, TAX TO yum
He went in with an unwilling air. and sat
dow1 by ths big areplaes: Mrs; Bunt closed
There was a clatter OF dishes. Minerva lifted
up her cracked voice. and commenced to sing:
To.nishs tsere.iI be- but three:
lh npS NAY ns aSm ssa.og ann M ney Sea'0n'
come up in my win'pipe. She seems to lean to
tnrrabie happy because yuh come to stay
lie stirred u%neasily. That so2"
Yes. it's So. You're the only thing she's
enet this hsd Island sG Pc svs sap seno oys she w sssR Rn sssff he te
a Grasshopper; Il anything happened to you.
w Fqss that 4; , cough hlli 4 how ois Sc si yuh m noSP| TO h'F'
Tween ty-Iive."
Huh! Most time yuh was a-settlin' down.
Young Hodges swallowed before he spoke.
he was very pale. He took up he poker and
VI expect so.' - - '~
"Yuh've been engaged to Minervy now close
Amt yuh?"
"Xes,m:" o... a, ,,, m.,,
He realized that az awful ordeal. the mere
nights TO more than one young mar, was upon
him He was being asked si5 his ninfenticns.%
know Just why i don't. Mis- Blunt"
" I'll. yuh'd best think about it; Why don't
yuh live on your ranch lnStlQ o Raddin' TO the
other side o. the island to teach school? Yuh'd
make more"
Ma bees don't fly in December. . . .
How's Lily Belle McSamara?'
shes WELL"
He punched the fire till the sparks sputtered
up the chimney in a scarlet cloud.
"Hunh;"
she he-she's a-comin' over tomorrow
over wheref'
"Heref Here? To our house?'
neLesmi ou,,
~ hats she comm fere ior!'
10 spend Chrtstmas, ! s,pose,a c,.
People don't go pi aces to spend Christmas
without an invite. Ihere was an AWFUL stern
ness IN Mrs. Rants voice.
We'll. III give her an invite
spend Chr:stmasf What made yuh!'
II Thought maybe youd IKE TO have her,
uh thought maybe Ia like 70 have her,
hnnnau Mrs. Bnnts tone was withering:
.whepI want anybody 70 got enough
Eum'tio1 to ask EN- Of myself. amt any;
ooIy,s skim milk-an, my girl amt. neithsr.'
eryq entered.
~ las M III fhrnnOh- m