La Junta tribune., 1898-11-19
THE PINCUSHION.

bird She lived In small squnrc housr
At the end Of the vill,ge-a house with
grcsn shutters and n green fence. white
face that always looked ~ though II had
bern washed that very morning and shin
ting little eyes OF windows There was =
bit Of gnr,icn round the house. In which
AliAs Peckitt grcw the most wonderful
nowerx Pnpsies. forrcfmenots and wood
rufye, wniI.iov.rs and dafiod roses and
iiiic., sunfiowerS and nassurtiums. all In
their due ss.nson II ade blaze Of color In
that garden till the late dDrk days came
ligbt.d by the last chrysaniheiDums anu
the garden settled dow o under its brown
coat To wait the news of spring that should
come nth the first yellow uconiie
Our houss was ln-r,r than Miss Peck
it's. and our garden would have made .
GOOD score OF hers. hut somehow our gar
dener~ never grew snch flowers ns those
Miss Peckitt used 10 eoue to our house 70
sow She srwcd my frocks. and che sewt'd
my pipafor~, and sat among her tares
and pins and yard measurs telling me old
stories that no one else cared about, Tor
Miss Pcckitt had no relatives and had nj
ways, .. she said, kept herself And Of all
her stories the one | liked bet was the one
about the p.rcushiou IL wns large.
heavy cushion. and wondered Thy Miss
P,ckht always brought it with her when
she canc for the day
II will make you q pincustion To keep
here said. and then yos need not
carry that heavy thing nbont WHAT makes
II No hcayys"
1T has u brick inside TO keep Il steady
when I pin my work to II. she snid. and
! carry it with IN. because 1t was the last
thing my yourg man nadc for n'e .
Miss Peckltt smiled and sighed. and
said.
"Oh. did you ever have young rIani
Do tell me ntout him.
AZ 10 ycssrs old one Is not very discrcct
I suppose Miss ccLitt was not inclined 20
bc hard on youthful iGdiscn.tion. though
she would have been tic first To resent it
in tho-c of riprr years She Threaded her
needle and bc<nn
IL was when was n young girl
Sb. could not have hecD niorc than 30
6: this tine. hut to me she sseiued Inn
n,asu rably Id. 50 said
Its n long time Rgo. then" es gym
paihciicniiy M could.
Yes" she snid. "A very iorG time
He was the son Of n farmer. ard We vas
courfiug ever sirce We wns quite little
fhings ard went TO Sunday school And
Willie looked 10 10 taken on to hay.
shnrc In the farm. and we ws~ to bnyo
Iccn married in the spring But II was
not 10 i-.. -
~ hat hnpIrpesi.'
Why. his tail,r died. my dear. and
when is cnme to looking into things is
was found he'd borrowed n ORGY ON thu
lard and he interest hadn't hcen paid
Willie told me- IL was because his father
would grow " heat. and that seems to be
always srnre IN farmers So then my
Willie sn d bed pay the interest ard NIL II
lloyd only waiL Eur they wouldn't. ard
tAe old lac. wns sold up-house and
buildings and the bcnsts nnd the land, with
tho ,rsI,irR oroIs. They may say it's
law, but IL ain justice
shc hit OF her thread sharply. and
faid u MAS share
$50 II was-a lack share Ny Willie
would n Paid them every emmy II they d
only n waited But no: they sold the old
PLACE. and 1t fetched inorc tknn they Looked
for, and therc was near tao0 over. and
that they gave to Willie. Ns was only fair
And after the sale was over ! saw nothii z
Of him for two days. and ti'en he cat.e 10
me looking like q dog that the boys arc
alter with stores
- Ii all W. Blossom be snid He al
ways called NE that on accountof my f-rsh
color " Miss Feekift touched her faded
ch.,uk with her thimble aud sighed
Pm OF. says he With this bit nf
money II make fortune over in America.
which II a irco country, md I'll come
home for you. my girl. or III write ard
you com. tp rlsc.
III IL was To the worlds end. says
THIN he gave me this incu hson. Ii
seemed N funny rsent, being quite plain.
as you ss~. ard IL had big stitches. hut
sewsd very strong. and l almost lourl ID
us took H. was glad after that ] ham,
laughed. for Willie. he says:
'Elo<suni, my dear. do you know what
makes d, 80 henvyf' t
$50 said no, didn't,
Its brick out Of the old south wall
NJ home. says he. where the yellow rose
is, and where the apri,o,s fruit go fi,e
and 1t r covered with bit OF the silk gov n
my mother Was married in-itx fnf.ed
brt you can see the roy sprigs on IL yet
You'll keep II for my elkc,.
$50 I said ] would. and be SAID. When
the cover wearS out, rip IL OF and Eut on
another. I've got the nest OF the dress laid
by with the things my cousins keeping
for me at Maidstone ngainst Icone hack
Then hc kissed NE great many times
God bless him. and off he went =
-.wcll," asked. for Miss Peckits had
stopped abruptly.
" cAk. hAot . u1As vUo naxlu tuoEtly ne
never can back Bet I know he wns
true and - would la come hack u he d
been living. and the Lords will be done.
shc added rescntfuiiy
"Did you keep the ptece Of the old
dress. asked, when it wore out and
you ripped 1t onf IsbouId like to sec Il. =
II never rippcd Il on, : shs said II
covered u over with bis Of danask.
meaning to show Is him fresh and bright
when ho come home, bus ] darc say it .
worn out now underneath with all the
needles and pins I've suck In it-wurn
out and noabira 70 sbow for IL. like u e.
How do you meAn-nothing to show
for II, like jour =
why. child. !. ssid Miss Peckits, with
~ mouth full Of pins. 1T Il hsd been the
Lprdh will - VIII and me shouid marry,
] dare say Id .. looked NO younger than
do. DOS % yuunG perhaps, but that
Wooldn't b., ksassesed II I'D hnd some
thing. 20 show for h-A tidy home and .
kapp0 hnshnDa. 26d-And children may