New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01

such rule closely adhered to as II was In TINS
case In a country town. will bring person WIN
frequency to every house. But she dio not s'oP
ut every house. She openly acknowledged 'ha'
she couldn't bear TO visit where the vlctuais
wasn't torrable good: for her stomach wasn't that
kind that could bear everything tossed mo II as
II a person was nothin' moren hog she got
a digestion now. n she meant to Keep IT, anu
so on clack. clack. snap. snap.
There's BEN a lot happenin' this last week
said Rachel. as she ran her "sheers" through her
siles!a lining 81 d'know's you've heard nothih
have YOU. Serissy? You're one OF them Kiho
that don't ever seem to know no kind OF news
even II YOU live right In the midst OF ~.
Aunt LOWRY. who was washing dishes IN the
kitchen. and continually running to the si''ms
room door with dish and tower IN her manu-.
now appeared, passing her tower arouiu anu
around blue-edged pieplate.
CHATS les so. Rachel" she remarked "Seris-
sy don't bring home no news, even "hen she so.'
70 the ladies' aid up to the vestry. News ro''s
off her as II twas water, n she was a iea'"e'
shoe all tailored UP for winter
At this the two women laughed. and mother
smiled She was scing potatoes for the sh'h
stew" for our dinner Her hands did not pause
,r ,be,r work. but Miss Cobb laid down her
shsars and contemplated her hostess. After
moment she said
There was Lyddy Lowndes over tother siue
,he gr,s mill She was Adventist, n she was
les so Some Adventists amt moren nan o"
this earth anyway; they're SO taken up listen
ing for Gabrers trump they can't near ii'uoh
else don't mean no offence, Serissy' resu"
Ing her shears. I'm sure If was expecuh 'he
trumn f. sound I shouldn't one grain mind VINO
was married or dead. But I've noticed that
whan vou're lookin' for Gabriel he don't never
come"
The shears slashed through an extent OF nan
nelette.
but YOU amt told your news. Rachel
1t was Aunt Lowry who spoke; she had uar'eu
back to the sink, pu, down her dried plate. taken
an undred one. and darted back again 10 the
door. M
"That's a fact. so amt" click. clack. with
laws and shears Wall, twas las night Ia
eat some hull corn for my supper over to Lorlh
Waite's: m either there want sody enough put
Tn u or else 'twant cooked enough; anyway IL
didn't set we'll n | was up with my stomach
nrettv much all the ume from 10 o'clock VII gay!
tight broke 'Taint a pleasant thlhS 10 oe up
with your stomach when you ought 70 oe gnu"
bout 'leven | was sppin' some pain Killer
when heard the sound of wheels II Etushim "
talkin'. Somehow the laushlh ,"if., nn, ua =
seem les like folks round here "roppeu
shawl tight over my shoulders. n went 10 uie
front door. There was great big carriage com
in awful slow long the RIVER road Jes. ano" 49, -!
the falls You know the scenery there is Hrs'
rate N folks come from quite ways OH 10 see
the falls n the gorge n the mountains oavK
there. think myself 1t does LOOK "el,' spevneny
when the sun or the moon Is risin ana shihih on
the falls 1t was the moon that was shinih on 'he
water now; n 1t glttered; the mountain was
black whore twan't In the hgh'' " every '"e
kind Of strikin
my house is near enough so en- watch the ex,
cursionists that come from on: II see no" , QUO
they look when they're starin' At the scenery.
Scenery does affect some folks queer enough
sometimes, tell you. 49,
"This was wagon dferen. from what I'd
ever seen; II had two grea; horses to II. n when
II stopped tall woman got out and walked SO"
toward the edge of the river somebody IN me
wagon seemed TO want to come. too but the
woman flung her hand at them-not Ike any one
else hinging her hand-and she said: Cone No.,
at your peril. l would be alone" That's exactly
what she said. and then she laughed ana some
body inside the wagon laughed. to-.
II guess kinder forgot bout my stomach. for
I walked along in the black shadder OF them
hackmatack trees till ! was considerable near
The wagon something Ike photygraph car
you know only hansOmer. There was lunhc
runnin' out Of the roof at one end The harness
on the horses glittered Ike ANYTHING n when
they shook their heads some little bells )ngled
Il stood in the deepest shadder n watched
That woman had gone down to the rivers edge
n les then the moon had got 70 the top Of the
mountain, n struck on her n on the falls.
could see her good n plain-tall with red CLOAK
fain' from her shoulders. n nothin on her head
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kind. Jest the moonlight reached her. she put
up her claspcd hands and began 10 sing. VIII
own UP that ! shivered up n down my backbone.
n goosefesh crept all over me. tried to hear
what she said 1t sounded like Caster deever-
caster deever.' couldn't make out nothn
more. Some foreign language. I guess
She only sung two or three lines Then some,
body on the back steps Of the wagon. where !
couldn't see clapped hands, n hollered
Drawer" though there amt no sense 20 word
Ike that: but what en- you expect Of folks thatN
fray 81 md In 81 wi oil
EN-?
began to be shivery. 50 went back real ca ful
70 my house. l took some more pain-ker 10
keep the cold from strikin' In. ! was jest thinkin
Id run out agin, jest TO see what they was up TO-
when steps come to the front door n then
knock I've lived too long ali by myself 70 git
frightened very easy. So l marched right 70 the
door n opened II a teenty crack. There was the
woman who'd been sngin' Caster deever.' You
amt 'fraid Of nothin' but man, anyway. so
flung open the door and told her 20 walk in. She
ventured to come. ! said yes, I'd been up with
my stomach n had TO take something. She
gave me the curiosest look. n said for her part
she didn't know which Of her internal Origins
she'd ruther be up with
Having reached this point In her narrative.
Rachel Cobb paused as II she were leaving the
chapter to be continued at some indefinite future
She lifted the old nannelette waist and contem
plated IT absorbedly. Aunt Lowry had come in
and sat down with her towel and plate In her
hands Mother had stopped pairing potatoes. and
her pale ia was turned steadily toward her
guest
Il declarew cried Aunt LOwizy That's the
same woman ] do believe. Serssy,
Rachel glanced shrewdly from one TO the other.
As for me. | did not move and didn't take my
eyes from Miss Cobb
"Well|' said mother.
"Oh. there amt so very much more TO tell re-
! sp,nded Rachel. "Thc woman had come In. N
didn't make no reply 20 that remark OF hern.
was sorter nettlcd. | felt as # she was laughin
at me- though she was solemn az nowl
81 thought said she the next thing. that
praps could git milk here. or cream. for
our coffee. n me6by fresh egg or two. We're
les Poin to have suppe:.'
supper. cried out. at this time er night.
"'Oh, yes "a .asy's you please: you Know
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