The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-23
THE SETTLING OF......
ocean OLD DISPUTE.
= = = BY JULIA B. FOSTER. . = y

= > = BY JULIA B. FOSTER 3 8 =

ment with little screech in her voice.
he took his SLOUGH hat on and passed
his rough hand over his head from
front TO back.
81 never s'posed-I never thought
she stammered.
No. you never s'picioned 1 was nigh;
nuther did you-but ! do s'plcion, now,
you've ben about yeFe long enough to
see what's goin' on between my boy an
your girl. l give you mV word, MIS-
Taylor, never drumpt Of It before. an
] stumbled on It, to-day"
II couldn't "a believed It OF my Tiny.
unless I'd follered her a-pIrpose, an
seen Il. ben wonderln' this long time,
what tuck her 50 often In this dlrec-
ton" the woman hate sobbed.
Tom Salisbury came a step nearer ~
heard how she spoke OF her mother.
nom. an hope you likewise heard Test
how Sim mentioned me. fer in the main,
he done me justice, an himself credit.
Sims strong. hard workin' young
man. IN an Improvement on his father,
should jedge. Should you. nom, say
In he wasn't a Salisbury, now, feel
comftable tibet your dotteF should hey
hIm?"
"rlnR's a dariln' good girl, active an
wlllin' an bein' hog and homlny bred.
always healthy an cheerful. Don't seem
aA'ef she was old enough, an yet-well
-ruther'n she shouldn't marry at all,
Ike Susan an Eli2n--terrible old maids,
Doth or em!-why, yes. But a Sauis-
EHry-oh! Mrs. Taylor protested
The old man shifted his weight TO the
l other funk a fs.,ka -.
Mis- Taylor we've been engaged in up-
holdIn' a principle night onto twenty
year, now. an don't know but what
we've about wore It out. san, Of there
paint but a rag left in the old fiag, Pm
bound to grip the nag staff, an sup
pose you're the same"
II Amt changed monet" she returned,
Vindlctively.
but. beln' so well pleased with sim
fer his goln' ahead as he d1rn please,
spite Of the parents on both sides; also,
seein' with my own eyes, which Is Jest
goin' into specs on fineprlnt, whata mod
est an sensible girl you've raised, an
idee occurs b. me by which we can Kit
shet ofthe whole thing in selt-respect-
In manner MIS- TayIor.dn you still hold
your patent from the government. en-
bracin' this here strip Of land?" he In
CURED.
The slat bonnet nodded violently.
AN ruther n go to law about 1t, you
viii consent to leave 1t sorter neutral
strip as long as you llve?"
Again the bonnet agitated.
"Well, l stlll hold my patent, too,
clearly defiuin' It as part OF my domain,
plainly betrayln' tn mistake In survey
In which our mighty goev'ment has
made. I'll never go back OF my prom
ise. nuther. about leavin' It in tn nat
eral prairie while keep my claim. Now,
when In tn course of nature you become
an angel 1t would be proper to suppose
| the old maids beln' otherwise provided
fef. as I've always heard, an heaven,
| as I said, toxin care az tn wilder to
suppose tibet you'd leave your farm,
here, in Ioway, to your sole Issue?"
ut would" Mrs. Taylor replied, Won
deringly.
my farm bein' ekRlly good an pro-
| ductive land. should, in like case an
Glvln'. fer once, employment to a law
| yer, leave It to the only child have In
| the world, an that's my Sim. Then. as
| I understand Il. these two farms, lynn
4 to right an left, could be attached as
wings TO this here strip Of a hundred
/ yards wide, by three hundred and TWEEN
ty acres long. Now, while them two
young things are stealth their weddin'
trip, there might be log raIsin' on this
| this very spot, me to do the haulln' with
the help OF Uncle sim, an my hired
nan, john"
IAN me to furnish two webs OF
cloth Of mV own an, Susan an Eliza's
spinning. an the qpilts an a set Of
pewter dIshes!" said Mrs. Taylor, ris-
ing 10 the enthusiasm due the subject.
with a litter OF pigs to root at the
back end Of the strip" continued Sauls-
bury.
"An' a COW at the far end the other
way" added the widow. eagerly.
"But NUNS the word mum! Let 'em
| run away, an welcome, an when they
come home. bein' as you don't want to
| lose your dotter, an | don't want to
lose my son, we'll give 'em weddIn'
| party on their own farm, even II It Is
only narrow strip Of prairie. An,
nom, In the light of these bloomln' af-
fections. specially sence we've both give
up our bone OF contention, does It strike
| you that we two's got matter fer
] quarrel furder. after twenty years Of
| dretful ouneighborllness? No, nom.
take 1t we're to be sorter mutual faith
| er-ln-law an mother-In-law, an may
God have mercy on US both"
"Amenl" exclaimed Mrs. Taylor, rev
erently, and the moment she said the
word, the sting that had been in her
| conscience for nearly twenty years, de-
parted, and she felt that now. finally,
and at last, she could be the consistent
church member she never yet had been,
While sim and Tiny were making
ready their few and simple prepnra-
tons, they thought tt must be because
their minds soranon their plans that the
little world seemed also making prepar-
atoms Ting even went go far, once, as
to fancy she smelled wedding cake, and
the uunts hung tremulously round her
as II she was about to receive all they
| had missed in their lives As for Sim.
he became really embarrassed at the
way he was pestered to Civ hls opinion
as to the fntest pig the best plow, and
the strongest horse In his fathers pos