Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-02


the mHantuG If ali this promiscuous
philanucriug round aud ii il was
really 50 hat she had been fool enough
TO 80 sparkling With this young Teller
why. the hing had So, % be stopped
= that Was all. Girls especially girls
who could work as Loo worked were
scarce enough alrca iy
Nan was tall, muscular OLD
woman having tanned and wrinkled
face ami y pair OF round, prominent,
pale-hluc eyes, with no hint Of n smile
anywhere in them
where's Loo" he demanded. as he
entered the back door, hot and breath
less
How should Nuow - she de-
mandrd, ming her hard eyes full upon
him
Nmnt she come home from church
yet"
WANT YOU at church ;"
Course was, hut she came on
here 'traight afore me.
We'll she didn't then, guess
Sne OthCr tiSh 10 Try,
Old man Win turned and hit his
nails as he locked down the road.
Look a-here, Nan" he said, weigh
ing his words we'll "loo's a motherless
girl, as YOU know"
Yves, she is thanks to YOU rNtorted
Nan, folding her arms, with serene
conviction
Mr.. Ilill felt the shot and paused n
moment before answering.
THE Lord gave and the Lord taketh
away | don't see no use Of me rcpin-
ing. We must all so when we're
called and nobody can say didn't get
three doctors to my wife"
"Oh, YES Won did nobody can deny
that And YOU made her take their
advice, too didn't YOU" she said. with
grim, unsmllnE sarcasm
WAS It my fault II she went out TO
the milkin' when She wasn't ahlc?"
"W'as it Your fault that YOU htrcd no
body else 10 do it,"
"Wcll, 1t can't he helped now. My
Wife was good woman, better than
ever her daughter win be And I'm
not going TO allow this here philander~
ing With Joshua Myers hired man to
20 on either, said Mr.. llll in wrathful
impotence.
Better stop it then" uuoth Nan,
grim as fate.
"Nou ought to have told me about
this thing long ago How long has It
been going on, anyhow
"Oh, all summer"
ITS got to be stopped" he SAID, de-
cisively.
"Why?" asked Nan.
Jest because 4 is, can't spare her
and girls amt 10 he had for love nor
money"
on, yes. YOU can get any amount Of
en- both for love an for money. only
You won't part with the money, an yc
don't happen TO have any of the other
about you anywhclcs to give"
It's got to be stopped anyhow" he
persisted, doggcdly, still watching the
road from the wood
Yes, Mr.. Hin, | would stop it ef
was you, an when YOU re about II I'd
stop the trees from buddin in the
spring; ar the grass from sproutin
after the warm spring rains when the
sun shines out I'd tell the robins, too,
to shet up their singin' an not 90
huildn in that old mountain ash up
there. Oh, stop It! DO"
You're about the sharpcst -tongued
woman | ever seen, Nan Meredith,
said Mr. Hill.
Maybe; but what | say is nothing to
what | keep silence on. she retortcd,
Fairly banled, Mr.. Hill went out
muttering something maledictory.
Nan looked after him from the win
dow.
The old skinlIint" She said to her
self, aloud, he'll stop the only pleas
urc the poor girl has in the world Ef
he goes bossin round and putin mis-
chief between them two III tell Loo
what her mother told me on her death
bed, so help me God, will yes. Il he
turns me out Of house and HON" for IT,
Loo will find that she don't take the
heft OF the work of my old shoulders
for nothing all the time"
The more Mr.. Hin thought over this
sparkling Of LOo's the more excited ne
became. Without Loo and Loos young
strength and management everything
would 90 to wreck about the house
He thought of the turkeys she had
raised, the calves she had fed the but
ter she made, the best In the township
and asked himself where he could get
any one 10 put in her place. lie made
up his mind that he must buy her "A
frst-cIass new dress and cloak the
first time he went 10 town; perhaps he
would get the draper 10 take a barrel
OF apples or few bags Of potatoes in
payment anyhow, he must do some
thing 10 coax her 10 stay with him and
in the meantime this fooling must be
brought TO an end, even II he should
have TO ask Joshua Myers TO send the
young fellow away If he could only
meet them somewhere now, he would
pretty soon let the young man see he
was not wanted round II necessary, he
would tell him 80 In 20 many words.