The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-04

$ Yes, deary, he. Is my new husband
new ev'ry mornin', an fresh ev'ry even
in. But the good Lords let me have
him 40 years. An I hope He'll let me
keep him always till it's time to 60
home, an then Eli an nell go together.
/ shouldn't know how to 60 without Eli
went, too"
. She spoke quietly, but the love in her
plain old face TRANSPORTED it, to Mir
lam. ..-sS
"Oh." the girl said, softly, II see now.
!, didn't understand"
In the seat behind them, Elfwa lean
ing forward with his elbows on his
knees, explaining things to the girls.
''Most folks don't take their weddip'
journey 40 years afterwards" he said,
cheerfully, ''but I do know but they
would if they knew how good it felt.
Judith an me could tell 'em!"
He rubbed his finger-tips together
and beamed across at Joyce.
1T seems good, tell you'll" he went
on. "Maybe it's partly because we've
had to wait so long, an there's been so
many put-backs. It was so long ago
the put-backs begun, an there's ben
such sight of 'em, that we can't scarce
~ remember all Of 'em.
"There was the farm to pay for first
OLIVE thought we'd ought to put the
weddin' Journey money into that, an
then the babies come along, one to a
time, an it went to bringin' them up.
An when they were up, John wanted to
60 to college, an we wanted to kind of
set the others a-goin'-so we waited for
our weddin' journey, but we never give
it up.
eve had to put mortgage on our
place to help the children along, an it's
took till last week to pay that up. Then
Judith an me got packed up an come.
We'd planned jest where to 20, you
know, settin' in front of the fire winter
evenin's for 40 years. You get your
plans pretty nigh fixed up in all that
time!"
He leaned back in the seat and laughed
over at them.
Land, amt it good to hear Eli
laugh?" Judith said. 1--WE amt either
OF us had much time to laugh till now.
We've ben pretty busy always, but
now we've got fair start laughin,' I
feel as II we should keep it up the rest
OF the time. But, land, deary, 1 guess
you'll get all tuckered out hearin' me
go on SO. Oh, no, don't go YETI as
Miriam half rose, smiling. "stay an
tell me about you. There's a dreadful
lot of you in the car, amt there? |
don't s'pose you all belong to the same
family"
Miriam's sweet face frightened.
why, yes" she said, "we're all of us
Kings Daughters" She touched the
little silver cross she wore, gently sway
ing it back and forth. Were going to
Quimby to the convention"
"Quimby!" cried Judith, in delight.
why, that's where me an Ellis goin'
to! Eli went there once when he wasn't
but boy, an we always said that's
where we'd go to on our weddin' Jour
ney. Eli wants to show me some of the
places he went to. I amt ever ben
away from home, except over to the
Pint, shoppin'."
Eli went back to his seat and touched
arm.
1--WE wore them all out, yarnin', an 1
guess likely mothers wore you out.
guess you'd like to go back to your
friends about now, wouldn't you?''
Judith reached out her hand. "Good-
BY deary," she said. I'm much obliged
to you. It's ben little like havin' a
visit from Emmy; an oh, Eli, she's goin'
to Quimby, too! Amt that nice?
They're all goin'."
Il declare! TO Quimby, be you?
That's good! Maybe you're goin't to put
up to the same place, too? I'm goin' to
take Judith to the same place stopped
at-it's round two corners from Main
street, turnin' to your left both times. |
could walk to it with my eyes shut"
"We're going to the Palace Merriam
said, ION Administer street. But per-
haps we may see you sometime. Oh. I
hope SOL"
She put her other hand over the one
Judith still held, and looking down
into the old woman's face. It seemed
like taking Emmy away from her to go
away. 1t was such little thing to do
to stay patiently-if it comforted EN-
my's mother!
In His Name," the letters on the lit
tie silver cross read. If there were only
something worth while she could do be-
cause of those letters!
1t was getting late; station or two
more and they would be at Quimby.
Eli and Judith Crockett had settled
down together again and were doing a
little, their heads jogging to the low
monotony of the wheels tune. Judith
woke up and nudged Eli.
ELI, wake up jest a minute! r
won't keep you long. Amt it like goin'
abroad on our weddin' journey, where
here's kings an palaces an things?
She said they was the kings daughters,
an they're goin' to stop alta palace"
Eli nodded vaguely, in dozy inditfer-
ence to her words.
"Well," Judith said to herself. che
nights well go to sleep again. I'm 60
in to make believe-same as little |
Emmy used to do-that Eli an mes
journeyin' abroad. It won't do mite
IF harm, an it's about as nigh to pal
aces an kings as Eli an me will ever
get, till we enter into the Blessed King
dom over acrOst."