The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-04

with them. Catch her giving up now.
Let this girl-she had never seen her
keep to her sparsies and tights. Her
lips drew into harder lines as she
thought of it.
Despite the anger, however, she could
not still the thought that her brothers
child was homeless. She worked the
harder as she thought, and at noOntime
she looked at the growing roll upon
the beam with considerable compla-
cency.
Not a sleezy yard in it, she re-
marked, as she stopped once more to
reach for the lever to let down more
warp. 81 detest sleezy work-and SLEEPY
folks" she painted with the eNertion,
recurring again to the unpleasant topic,
and if DIR. Beebe thinks I'm goin' to
be browbeat into givin' in and taking
one of the tribe, he just don't know
Peclty Marsh YETI
She emphasized her determination
with last decided twist of the crank as
she rolled up the carpet. But she
dropped it abruptly, with smothered
cry, and caught her right arm with her
| left hand. 1t had come, and no mis-
| take There was no use of trying; she
could not raise her arm to save her.
| She crawled off the seat, holding it pit
eously as she crept out of the loom
room, while Ortonville numbered on
haltingly-almost mockingly-through
her brain:
And storms-of SORROW fall
As she lowered over the kitchen
stove, with the vain hope that the heat
might assuage the pain, she wondered
for a moment if she could really echo
the meaning of old Ortonville after all
She even vaguely began to ponder
whether she had not been too head
strong not to listen to DR.. Beebe's adj
vice. She groaned in despair as tn,
pain rioted over her shoulder down he1
arm. stopping to tweak viciously he
elbow joint before proceeding to he
finger tips with eXasperating, decOrOu
dullness. Her old enemy was indeed
upon her. and by the end of an hOu
she was in a state of savage desperation
as she said to herself that if DR.. Beeb'
knew of anybody he could send sh'
wished he would hurry up and do it,
She did not hear the timid knock a
the door as she huddled closer to TIL
stove, grooming, nor did she note tina
the door was pushed open.
Miss Marsh, DR.. Beebe said Il
thought YOU wanted a girl
Miss Marsh started at the voice tina
reached her ears and caught at tn
clear, CHEEKY tone as a drowning MAJ
at straw. She turned painfully abou
and saw robust young girl hesitatin!
on the threshold.
"No thought about it; I do TIL
poin only made her voice more raspine
Come in and tell me what you can do.
I'm handy at anything, they say,
she answered, with modest flush, a
she came forward, removing her bonnie
a. she spoke.
Somebody handy about anything wa
Miss Marsh's crying want just theI
and a Fiji islander possessed of sue
qualifications would have stood a fai
chance of securing an engagement
Miss Marsh, therefore, did sOmethin
that she could never account for unde
any reason other than acute rheumati
dementia-she asked no further que.
ton.
See if you can make flaXseed pou
tice, first thing. I'm goin' to try heroi
measures at the start. I've no notion {
bein' foored for month dawdlin' Ion
= with campfire liniments an sech.'
The shoulder was soon swathed def
ly in hot, mushy affair the big chai
was brought out and made comforti
BILE with cushions, the kitchen lite
> was cleared up and the girl sat fashion
ing flannel bags.
"Filled with salt and kept hot,
= shouldn't wonder if we got it right out
she had suggested.
1t was then in the lull of pain thu
Miss Marsh bethought herself of her III
. heard-of omission.
81 hain't as much's asked you
NAME" she said.
"Lyddy," was the answer, as the gi
stopped to pick up some pieces.
S "Lyddy who?"
/ "What, ma'am?" murmured Lydd
t nervously, as she raised herself fro
I the floor.
watt, Ell? Lyddy Watt. Humpl
: Lyddy was my mothers name,' 81
l unused. "S'pose you're relation to tt
4 Wattses over on the inlet. WE'LL" 81
continued, 81 like the first part an
Y amt got no call to quarrel with t'othe
T. Lyddy, do you think you could manae
to weave if l could manage to show yo
t howe"
: 81 expect SOS soon's got tt
4 knack. l most know l could" lookin
: up eagerly, with crimson cheeks.
/. She got the knack 'surprisin
! quick" Miss Marsh herself admitte
e In less than a week she could send tt
i shuttle through the warp with unerrir
S aim and rapidity. She easily conquerC
the few mechanical movements an
n Miss Marsh was forced to confess as we
that the strong young arms could be-
r up the threads as closely as she hersel
Then Miss Marsh sat down to thin
& again. The shoulder was improyin
= With such help she could dispense wit
f DR.. Beebe's services. There would
l. 10 need to strain that contrary memb,
of her body. Lyddy was alone-no ne;
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