The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

them to 90 to strangers, and. so my wife and the
serood to. share the girls out among them. We
never bad seen this one till she came from the
station, but there's a look in her face Ike her
motner, and we took TO her. hope she'll md a
good, steady husband some day. The four
orphans they, are as good as, orphansl meet at
year. Blood 10 thicker than water. You can't
sec your women kinfolks turned out In the
The country may have just passed into the
tampcring with ISSUES of grave moment; the
down, but the talk after tho tea luncheon is
over, when seats have beon, placed in the main
hall I'm the middle. e avoid The glare a. either
tiCular household and that particular noighbor-
hood. Public doings that tie world is regard
Ing with breathleSs interest may receive pass
The view through the. widespread doors q
1 Fi@n Ssf far far BACK ha on Z tho Of S 6 sIn,ui' With SRis0S a a aSTE
doors at the other end the path to the vegetable
cred over. we'll, with chain and windiass, and
various domestic outbuildings beyond, with a
R RSerS is 10 or serS s%0 tp PlaEHS,o o back sR0S hall f9 aoo eO0f n
this primitive mode Of life all unnecessarios are
dispensed with. 1t Is considered no harm for
people to see the domestic wheels plainly In
motion, provided, the wheels turn without
s9neaking. In the midst of conversation the
crumbs along q board to decoy the very spring
broller that win be cooked for dinner.
Through the h. open Lattice q the sSrden ESts
later, much later, as he Sits toying With the fan
hour is near BY the big basket Of green corn
borne up the back steps on the head OF some
lettuce coming through the garden gate. Again
the lively tinkle of forks on q resisting surface,
In the direction Of the dining room and tho
laws or ; SS Ssep hs IF shs %"f famed " n the 3 land fr
or 'ansei food or some other sibilant foma:
ton or hummery Z being prepared as z top,off
Plain yne tho %1 Sight suo OF the wheels ssisi n G motion ito m give
Eest to the appetite even on a summers day.
Eventually some one Of the women folks looms
further end Of tho hall, boston appears with
copious crash apron, reaching from chin to knee,
and the word that dinner is served makes q
oo m nc nn1v in at the So sOm{R sng snrs.t who, ,d,,0.
with a contented freight. There Is a water.
seed. tucked away somewhere for some one
who stayed at home to taste. There is a loaf
the seat for the noighbor housekeoper to partako
of and see II she can rival It, and, before leav-
ing. 1t has been made plain that Il there is any.
visiting household might want or need. 1t is Mt
their disposal utterly and entirely.
o yOuT HOtutT INA i naNtD SCH "dlCulIK
those hgs ripen, and keeping them from being
picked, particularly for her, the head Of the
house charges as he tucks In the buggy robes
solicitously. and speeds the parting guest as
heartily as he welcomed tho coming, and a boy
is mounted on a mule and sent In advance OF
save them the trouble.
II has been q day Of little things, and 1t Is Of
little things, veriest nothings, that the guests
thoughts are full as the sand beds and bridges
and ,turn-outs. and pine, woods lanes are tray
ersed on the honleward route. The new-gath-
cred eggs that the pickaninnies brought in
their battered hats or tied up in squares OF
homespun, and their picturesque poses as they
stood, tongue-tied, in tho presence OF strangers;
the tales Of war and hunting that the host told,
was hunted up, with her hair done up in the
same pattern, only o trife more deliberately
than that of the present mistress. The story
Of tho second cousins long resistance to the
laws fatigue induced by weeks OF nursing
over at the L. place when all Of the children
were sick and the mother down with malarial
fever. One feels that all these people they have
heard about arc real acquaintance, and that
there must be strong bonds of sympathy and
strong antagonism in some cases as well, for
there have been hints OF country families who
have not spoken for years, and who look the
other way whom thor RESPECTIVE conveyances
pass each other In the road.
Well, the day has been spent, has been lite:
ally devoted to doing nothing, and It has left q
store of restful pictures in the mind that stand
out as clear and vivid as they are satisfying.
The charm of a day so spent is Its unaffected.
ness and freedom from artidciality of any
effect. The skeletons that lurk in those house
hold closets, although not paraded, are left
with SO much of the door ajar that they lose
half Of their mystery and righteousness.