The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-08
done, she set about it at once tohaye

ircadfulSy slow comiL e." But glanc.
ng np at the clock she was surprised
TO find she had been at work only
fifteen minutes. 1t usually took ELIAS
rom thirtyminutcs to an hour to bring
the D Ittcr With u doleful sigh which
seemed to originate in her shoes, so
prolonged was it, she thought of her
absent husband again, and then went
ana hunted up pair of old gloves and |
put them on and attacked the churn |
dasher with renewed vigor. In half an |
hour sho had the satisfaction OF seeing
the outter collect around tho opening,
ana IN tivc minutes it rolled up In
great golden balls, cool and firm and
sweet. But how her arms ana should
crs achcd. 81 had forgotten that
churning was such hard work." she
said to herself.
The next day there was q circus In
the ncighboring town, and Jerry an.
nounced his intention OF going to see
1T. Accordingly he trudged or soon
after breakfast telling Mrs. Hopkins
In an independent away, that she need
not lCok for him till she saw him com.
ing. Snc had vague apprehension
that nc intended long stay, as Jorry's,
habits wore not above reDrOach
When noon came, the suucaling of
the pigs reminded her that they lived
by catl' z, and as there was no
one else to supply their wants she
put on her sun bonnet and went
out to the barn. The corn was in
Ilc crib, and after an indefinite
amount OF trgging and painting, she
succeeded in getting Il baskctful. This
she found was too heavy, SO she was
Obliged to unload part Of it, Thcrc
were dozen or more all suucaling at
once. Low could shc c,cr get enough
TO them to stop that dcafcning noise.
The sun shOnG down with sCOrchiuu
zeal and Mrs. Hopkins toiIcd back and
forth between the pen and the crib for
I wat seemed to her Il small eternity,
| but would not have ordinarily i'm
| pressed hcr us being over ten minutes
Inc pcrSplratlon stood in great drops
on her face, which in point OF color
rcscmbled boiled lobster more than
anything ClSc.
v believe shall have Il sunstrokc," ,"
Shr SaSpcd, as she seated herself on Il
hrN in the barn and famed herself
with her apron. 81 think | prefer to
wor in the kitchen rather than under
such u sun aS this
GA Dobbin put his nose over the
feed box and ncighrd gently. Ills
mate, Pet, snulfcd about the cmptv
uangrr, and looked accusingly at Mrs
Hopkins. The hay was in the loft
ana alter ~ most praiSrwOrthy effort
Mrs. Hopkins reached it and pitched
down Il forkful. 1t always looked like
such easy work to pitch hay. She had
seen ELIAS toss it about like so much
cotton many times, and thought it
| must he such fun. Now that She had
the opportunity it was not SO funny as
she had supposed When she took up
as much as she could carry she had no
| more than Il biShcl basket would hold
| so shc pitched down her diminutivr
supplies until she WAS all out OF breath
I again und ready to drop from the op.
prSsAl ~ 4 hAAMa1 ~ l. :s A+4H Al +4H,s, :, work is uwfuiy
I rough, | think,' she exclaimed en-
| phaLicat,y, "s she set loot upon the
ground once more. "But Elias never
comp!aius.'
Then she looscncd the animals, and
led them to thc trough, and pumped
water while they drank. What II
t;tmri-iiKc stomach you must have :"
impatirntly she said to Pet, It's the
creature took in draught after draught
OF the iimpid Maid, with no sign Of crs-
satl"n for several minutes. II wonder
that t.l,na has any back left, pumping
water i"rNou every day. Fortunately
! Tor her tue COWS were in the uuStl,";.
where was Il stream OF running water
~, motw itha,unding the loud suucals
"I the pigs, which were started afrcsh
AI tliG sound OF the pump, she turnCu
Il deaf ear 10 thrm all and went into
the house. How much cooler it was in
the Kitchen than out Of doors. Vet a
HAIL h"ur ago She thought the heat
WAS mn, ldurahlc.
There was no one to get dinner for
) exc PIT hcrsc t. SO instead Of cooking Il
wcnl. she took Il dish OF baked applcs
: nnd cream and biscuit, and went out
| on the poi ch TO lunch. The Wow from
! lncrr WAS very pleasant. ShC could
see The harvest fields and 4 field Of
waving corr, and the Thought came
How hard Elias must have worked to
90 50 much with no help but Jerry.
and he so slow. What tedious work it
must have been, piodling back and
forth across those rough, dusty fields,
round after round, mile after mile day
after day.
Then she fell to thinking Of the
many things that made up the sum OF
life iOr her husband. He rose in the
morning an hour before herself, started
the fires, filled the tcukcttlr, and
swept the kitchen before awakening
her. Then in the winter he went out
in tho bitter cold and driving storms
to care for the animuls while she pre-
pared brcakfa in the warm, COW
| kitchen. In summer she WAS protect
cd from scOrching san, and beating
| rain, and stiiltng wind, while ELIAS
bravrd them all. 10 be sure he was
IA man, and better fitted physically to
! endure these things : but he was flesh
aud blood for all that and tho Same
conditions that affected her affected
him. Then tho management OF tho
!arm-snc never had to worry about
expenditure and income, or debt and
credit, or rack her brain to mako both
ends meet. Elias was what the neigh
bors called "Iong- g-hcadcd," and she
had childishly trusted all to him.
Perhaps she had not been so interest
cd as she should have been. The
thought reprOachcd her. Though
prachcally she had been "hclp.
meet yet she mad not shared her
husbands anXictics to the extent Of
the Scriptural injunction Bear yc
one anOthcr's burdens, and so fulfil |