The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-08

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his hands against the table by way G
propelling himself backward
"Pafher might have made a wors
guess. mother, and your son Randa
might easily do a more foolish thing.
see ThuDderer walixing out yonder, witt
Abe in the saddle ] am going in 70
the mail
The entire family followed hin
through the long. open windows 70 50
him depart Randall never offended be
yond the possibility Of forgiveness To
see him mount Thunderer was one O,
their daily mild settlements The bat
tie for supremacy between man and
beast was perpetually being waged on
the Chamhliss lawn and ,perpetuslly be.
ing decided IN Randal's faror
After his usual display Of pirouet
ting, plunging and bit champing Thur
derer suddenly realized that be had
been saddled 10 take his master out &c
Sessumsport for the semiweekly mail.
and, with a final toss Of his shining
name accepted the obligation for that
time His rider turned az sound Of his
mothers and Anly's voices
Don't stay later than O'Clock. son.
mail or no mail can never draw a
comfortable breath when You Are on
that brute's back -
You promised 10 practice that yio-
lin solo for Mrs Cathcart S party, Ran
Don't forget.
Don't worry. dearest. Thunderer's
bad temper never lasts long. All right,
Amy. II ! find Adrien out there. I'll
fetch him home 70 supper. Shall IT,
A pinkish hue suddenly suffused
Amy's plain. sallOw little face Adrien
Strong was the one romance Of her con-
tracted life Ii was sufficient to make
rbe afternoon brighter for her, just that
bare possibility that perhaps when the
lamps were lighted and the dull, event
less day was done Randall and Adrien
would come riding home together in
the cleaning, and Adrien would STAY 70
tea, and the evening would be made
charming 10 her, and perhaps to moth
er. by the spirited talk Of the men
father and Randall and Adrien Men al
ways had 30 much TO talk about. They
did so much. So much more than she
and mother ever did. She only waited
for the big front gate to shut Randall
and Thunderer from view when she ran
quickly down the steps at the end of the
gallery with pair Of garden shears in
her hands. The chrysanthemums were
In gorgeous bloom. She remembered
once hearing Adrien say he liked them
better than any other flower. Their fra |
GRANGE was all their own. They had an |
individuality of their own. With great |
long stems she cut them. Those parlor |
vases were like huge cisterns. On her |
way back 70 the house she thrust her |
head through the kitchen window. |
Aunt Tempy was smoking her after |
noon pipe and picking the pinfeathers |
from the chickens that were a standing |
dish ON the breakfast table Of the Dell |
place. Aunt Tsmpyr'
We'll, honey"
Have you "A nice supper for tonight
$50 way, you sassy chile. Ain yo'
ma done give out supper w 'en she give
ont dinner? An you question her jedg-
ment "
'Yes, but did she order waffies?''
Waffuls Nosa. Nur / ain gwine
mex any
PLEASE, Aunt Tempy."
"Nosa.
Aunt Tempy, / will make your new
apron on the machine if you will. >"
An my coat too?''
Your dress too. "
WAT fur you so stirred up bout
supper so all of a SUDDEN
Amy buried her hot cheeks in the
cool white blossoms.
'Because-because- like waffies.
and-and-good hot strong coffee, and
ounce preserves, and-and things.
go way, chile. You ain pull the
wool over ole Tempy's eyes yit. Go
long. You mout es well give up tryin
to-"
She went "along," Tempy's fat
,huckle pursuing her Went up stairs
70 her bedroom, where she supplement-
ed her own personal adornment by pin
ming some of the prettiest of the quill
I'd white blossoms against the dark blne
bosom of her silk dress, and by the time
rhunderer had plunged fairly into the
lusty corporate limits of the nebulous
own of Scssumsport poor little Amy
vas in "a huttering condition of over
readiness for Randal's return with
Adrien Strong, whose material tastes
we're all prepared for She was looking
1t life through the narrow slot of "a
wooden environment and saw very
many insignificant objects through the
medium of an i'll nourish-
ID imagination.
The postal service for the sparsely
settled neighborhood about Sessumsport
lid not warrant building of its own.
-four by four wooden box, with
IS pigeonholes alphabetically arranged,
ample accommodation for the
ocal mail. The possession Of this hon
,ycombed box excited the competitive
'pirit in Sessumsport commercial cir.
les periodically as nothing else had
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