Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

wear strangely troubled expression
The table was spread with the evening
meal. plate Of home-haked baunocks.
a bit Of cheese. AMI a bottle OF ale.
While John hung the sheaf on a nail
above the fireplace, Kristen filed ont
"a emp OF milk for herself from a iuc
which stood on the dresser. Then
they sat down together. and ate their
supper by the light Of the log fire.
I'm thinkin we'll haze something
over for oorsels this ear efter we pay
the laird, " began John. when he had
quafed OIL glass OF ale.
- We thOcht that mony a time afore.
gut man, yet were aye in the auld
Int, KRISTEN made answer. soberly
'le're no losin' hert. are We. KRIS
ten? Ye're weel eneuch. / hope?
Ne've been workin' over hard this
while back, l boot, he returned IN
one breath. and in the uncertain light
of the fire scanned her face. eagerly.
"Dinna pit yersel' ABBOTT. John.
there's naething wrang WI me, only a
body Gamma help their thochts. an its
gien me a sair bert this day 70 see We
tearin' ON a. we've been dom vi hard
ly "A meenit 20 draw breath / wadua
min sac muckle gin it was 10 bring
ony guild to yerser. but a the siller
we've shaved for this last forty years
has gone to tho laird. only 10 help him
to CARRY DOT his an ends. It's no easy
believin' whites tina. the Lord is mind
In O. His ain. for the maist a. His
mercies seem TO gang whaur they're
neither worked for nor deserved"
"Hoots. wumman. We mamma speak
like ;hat, said John. still regarding
his wife anNiousiy. She was a silent.
reserved woman, who did not often
give expression 20 her own thoughts.
and this sudden outburst troubled him
not little. We've been bare eneuch
whites. I'm grs.'t. we've never wantit
for meat an claes, an a roof aboon
cor hcids.
'Ne're aye wearin' the blacks yet
that We got when we were first marritt.
John. an the last new Coon had was
when Leeby deed, twenty-five ear
yne. We hinna even hal the comfort
IN DOR BARNS that ither folk hae. Had
Leeby been spared, things MIGHT haze
been didevent-a dochter's ave a
dochter 70 the end o. her DAYS. Jock
was a saft chap lrae the first. an /
never cxpecxit '4uckle o. him. he had
has AIM ADDS wi shat wife O his an
th-lc seeyen BARNS. bat oh. john I
ca1 never get over DOR Dave. Nv
hale nope was centred in him. an I
made sure he wai bring honor an
credit 20 DOR name. Ia rather believe
hm deid than think he'd forgotten his
l.,l.Aer an mitheri It's the terrible
gQceriainty OF a that mak's ii mair
taan ! can thole, an though lis mair
than five ear moo stu We heard onv-
tAins O. him, my first ;hocht every
mornin when / rise il. will there onv
word @ DOR Dave the laye"
81 often hae thochts myself. Kir-
stem. said John. drawing his chair
closer go hers. IAN I've ave tho notion
tia, we'll hear something O. the lal-
die afore we've dane wi this life
They we're happy days wneu the BARNS
were a ABBOTT us. gull wif.i Whites
when IN workin oct on the fields my
lame, I'm myself ava back l. the
pass again, an a the troubles an
changes we've hnen slip clean GOT a.
sicht. Dae ye min the day. Kristen.
that we were mairrit doom i the Ellie.
an / brocht We hame To Muircdge in a
caTriaee2 le were as Draw that day
u Ony Teddy i the land "
AYE, john, 1 min it weel 80 she an
swered, and her eyes met his in q
wlStfui gaze. 1T was the only drive
I ever had WI We. but we've waikiki
mony mile thegither sin syne.
An we've never rued the day We
cam to Mniredge, hae ye'. Kirsten?"
NO. John, / can honestly say I've
never tuea Ye've been q guild man
10 me, an though I've a grudge again
the place for giein' Us sac little back
for a cor toll, IL wad be like ruggin'
the moss frae stane 10 tax me ava
frae't moo. Wheesht, what IA noise Is
that OOtside? II was maist awfu' like
a nackine drivin' up TO the hoose
There Il Is again, an it's turniu' 10
gang ava moo. I've heard tell O. SIC
soun 5 comm to fouk as warnin's"
''Dinna speak OF, wcman," inter
posed John, hurriedly; then they sat
IN silence for moment, regarding
each other with anxious. troubled
looks. Suddenly the handle Of the
outer door was turned with a sharp
click, and before they had time to
think, tall fellow strobe into the kit
.ho,