The Monitor-register., 1896-09-25
She looked at him, but did not move;

'Can't L come in for a while? I've got
something to say to you, Malindy."
At first she seemed to hesitate, but a
rough blast swept around the corner of
the house, and she saw him SILVER as he
stood there.
"Come in, if you will, she said, open
ing tie door wider.
And as he stepped into the warm atmos.
phere of the kitchen, she pushed a chair
toward him, and Immediately turned to
the table and resumed the moulding of
her biscuits.
81 hoIe you're getting along well and
comfortable, Malindy," he said, by way
of opening the conversation.
"Yes;" she answered, distantly, 1--WE
got nothing to worry me-"
That's good thing. For myself, I've
had a heap to worry me-"
81 heard you'd been SICK" she said,
with a slight softening of her voice.
And she turned to place the pan of bis
cults in the oven.
Leo iC'Oi-oACh duu DOHSblCB.'
She made no answer to this, but was a
long time arranging the oven to suit her.
self.
Then she arose, wiped her flushed face
on her clean white apron, and seating
herself in the rocker, took up her knit
ting and said, abruptly:
ST thOuUht uo,, ha1
to me. Business, l SUPPOSED"
mo business, Malindy, but just this:
I've been thinking of this matter between
you and me, and I've come to the conclu-
sion that it was a great mistake for us to
part"
us that ALP"
"Ain't it enough?" His feelings got
the mastery over him. "Aiu't it enough
to be miserable and lonesome, and miss
the wife and the home you'd been used to
for ten years as I've be9n missing them ?
Amt it enough, Malindy ?"
She rocked her chair quickly, and he
saw her fsce flush and her eyes fill with
tears.
I'VE bad no real call to be unhappy"
pursued Wesley, ear nestly. "Things
went we'll with us, and neither of us was
cross by nature. If we'd known then
what it was that made the change in us
both. and we ruined all the peace of our
home, we've could have put an end to
it then, once for ALL"
She looked up, with a curious expires.
sion in her eyes.
"Well, what was it ?" she said.
ut was just this" he spoke slowly
and distinctly. "We both wanted to
have the last word"
Then Malinda smiled.
" found that out Two months ago."
And now" he said, his face lighting
up, now that we know what parted us,
can't we make it up, Malindyq 1t was
jest a foolish habit we got into, and it
kept on growing, like the mustard seed
in the Bible. You remember that last
quarrel We had at breakfast that day =?
All about nothing"
about a fly"
They were both silent for a moment,
and then Malipda rose and opened the
oven door.
"lf you haven't been to supper" she
said, ''you mays we'll have a cup of eof-
fee with me and Lima Green. Shes been
over to her mothers, and Pm expecting
her back every minute"
THANK ye, Malindy. Mrs. Green was
wonderful kind to me when l was sick,
sending me nice things to eat. Her
cooking reminded me nightly of yours"
Did it?" she answered, with a de-
mure sort of smile, which suddenly
enlightened him as to whom he was
really indebted for those nice things.
"Well, Cousin Polly kneW that Sally was
young and lacking in experience. I'm
willing to teach her all l know about
cooking and housekeeping, seeing she's
to he married soon, if folks say true.''
Then she pulled out of the corner his
" arm chair, and set it in its old place
at the foot of the table, and laid before
him bis favorite cup and saucer, which
had been a birthday present from her
years ago.
As he took the fragrant coffee from
her band, he looked up deprecatingly
into her face.
81 was mighty foolish, that day. Ma
Indy"
80 was l, l reckon"
And just then Lima Green came in, and
stared with amazement to find Wesley
there and cousin MaIindy'' looking
brighter than she had seen her for many
a day.
And though that was five years ago."
Lima says, in speaking Of it, "I've never
known 'em to have a quarrel since. They
don't answer back like they used to, and
so they get along all right"