Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-02-13

woman VINO washed for her came in by
the back door.
Dear me, are We no weele" cried the
woman in alarm.
No hreathed Mrs Marin, scare
able to speak, so exhausted, so pros
trate was she by the whirlwnd OF ex-
citemem she had Just passed through.
III YOU will be SO kind as to lock the
shop door | shall lie down for little,
| feel so faint and trembling. sent
Alec to school, he won't be in for a
little yet Ii you can stay with me |
shall he glad"
The woman readily stayed and Mrs.
Marin for a long time lay quite stin,
with her face 10 the wall
Rut BY and by the sound Of sohhing
filled the room, the floods OF her sor-
row burst forth the bed seemed to
shake With the violence of her grief,
My dear woman said the watcher,
coming to the bed and laying kindly
hand upon her shoulder, we mamma
gle way like this OF course It's
gcyan hard hein' left widow an a
BARN To provide for, an YOU maybe
been better AFT hut ye MIGHT be
waur We ken; We MIGHT hac been left
wi six or seven instead o anc an
altmeal sic an awru' price. saw the
carriage trae Birka' at the door II We
get the Teddy for a customer ven be
Just set up,
That is what ails me. Mrs. Smith"
said Mrs, Marin, somewhat soothed
and sitting up with red eyes; she
came and offered me u bundle Of old
clothes and ordered her out"
Eth, Mrs, Marin, what for couldna
We TAX them an gle them to me?"
cried the woman. My faith an
wouldna been RIGHT thankful to get
them? Sic pity There's lohnny,
We Gamma tell which is the breeks an
which is the patches, Eh, Mrs Marin,
would We speak n word for me- had
to get up an put hale hiunor end IN
Sandy afore he could gang to his wark
this morniu' an rs for Geordie, he's
fairly necin'
"l'll help YOU what can myself, but
| don't want the Nirka' people TO como
near my shop | can live without
them"
So great had been the fright of the
lady of Birl>a' tant she had loapod into
her carriage and driven off before she
could tell what had happened,
well, said her husband. who with
his gun under his arm met the car
ragc rolling up the avenue toward the
house. did YOU call al the widow at
the east end Did YOU see the little
chap"
Il went and no power on earth
would ever inuuCC me } 90 again.
Ihe woman IL perfect virago II iun
attic, | should say, One of the shabby
gontccI sort; flew into n fury OF pas
sion at being offered nst-otf clothing.
Visit these people ms you like, but
don't ask me ever again to 90 down
among them"
"Oh, dear, oh, dear, How unlortun-
ato!" responded the laird in II veXed
tone. cor course there are unmnn-
ncrly wretches everywhere and some
of these Scotch people are very proud
In their way but"
Il don't think this woman was
Scotch at all; she seemed to mo more
like an lInglishwoman in her accent
/ but what Il fury
Il am very sorry, elise very sorry
/ you should have been annoyed in such
a fashion
1T certainly ends my visits TO the
village once and for all | am sorry
we bought this place after all know
! | shall never like IT,
"Oh, you mustn't allow one ignorant
| ill-bred person to prejudice you against
them all There are scores who
would be delighted and pleased to see
you visiting them and showing n
kindly interest in their affairs"
Possibly, Alexander. But | sha'n't
go near them. They seem to have got
on very well without us before we
came; sha'n't disturb their pride
again, Of that be assured"
The lady spoke In n tone which the
/ laird had heard once or twice before
and he knew what that tone meant
The carriage drove on to the house
with the disgusted lady and he re-
! sumed his tramp down the avenue. UNI
consciously signing as he went
(To BE Contlnued.)