Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-12-01

g-DLll-L- Oh So. - d.-fl- 4 = I'LL -
yards w-i.e. running 10th ways Is t2r
a. ne eye Gould rearh, Will On ether
stde H.. ran. %: corn It'd - line.
seemingly AFRAID - clcr94cA ore inca
beyond tte!r mark.
/ WIS deep. fertile prairie land, coy
ere-l now with -Ae characteristic e'ols>s;
grass and gun we'd, bur Is capable u:
good weld under cultivation Is The
fields on either side.
Tiny" sad SIN, IS il dellberac.ng'
you al mes Of age
The g.r. qu!verel llrrle, but SIC
looked az him r.z5iu.eiy.
And there amt 10 reasoa Why -.
should stay here ell our lives In 4
strappiu' Teller. an though hate 70
,4ave Ioway. reckon ther-'s other
S-a-es where 4 nan could work fer
fer hiulse.: an wife"
%. Sim. you never mean fer rs 70 -un
away: Why, 'rwou!d kill nav, an
Aunt Susan an Aun. Eliza" gasp-d
Tiny.
'Twoulla't Kill en-" ne responded.
Think o M. dangl.a' On string nigh
ONO TWO y-,a- already; rs a wonder
II amt killed me, that's what. There
amt 10 other way huI fer rs 70 20 be-
fore the preacher, an when we're man
an wife. 10th our folks can kick all
they're a mind u. There's 10 Use in
waiting neither. IS there, Tiny
Pail never forgive your IA. nor she
) = ia =.
the ragged ,-lce q diskiyery every min
Ute, an -ell YOU ! won't stand !, q
great while more. There. there, Tiny
I amt uleanin' 10 =. cross, bur ef
you've goo women folks 10 leave, I've
got men folks There's father; hos the
obs-,naris. old man you ever So. al
know II: It's jest hin 70 So pre..---g
dot-er right within reach. an him 70
refuse her, because rs you. It's 4
comfort 70 feel ef you'ra raarTy.n' mo
seen an Obstinate family, you're mar
ry!n' outen one about rs bad. All The
same, hate 70 leave n an Cnclc sin,
an old John. thet's ben our hired man
an fed hogs with Us, sense b,.fore I
was born.
but I'm a-so:n' 70 leave m. TN.
an you an neil starr or .nto Tho world
an find 4 place fer ourselves; 5hcn ~
Saulsburys the,'s left can f..r {: on
with The Taylors tl.ct's left. an wei
come. Say you'l come. EJtle CHI. say
you'u cone
Tiny hooked up AZ SIN then, with ne
look a woman gives d mai only olce
IL her lie. and that when she herself
goes with & and then ~ tear, slowly
welled into her eyes.
"O. SIN" she consented. but we'll
come back an BID 'e.n cood-by"
Yes" r. replied. Strengthening him
self . his g feet ., yes, after the
Wedd!n'"
Hardly Tad the two parte-l-.ndetd
the shaking tassssls OF the corn YET be-
trayed the opposite path each had
taken-vhen an old man stepped grim
II into the clear strip. the stubbly beard
on his SET, square Jaw showing a sandy
gray in the gun.
a scan, sk.rted calico dress and a
Stat sunhOnneI with long, pointed
nose and al obstinate chin Appearing
within It, glitled from the stalks on the
other side, as II 70 meet him.
When tpo late 70 retreat they srle4l
each other-oh Tom SALISBURY and the
widow Taylor.
Hem" he said. grufly.
"M-m-n." she said az the sane no
meDt, with a little screech in her voice.
II never stoset-I never thought"
she stanlnered.
NO. you never spicioned I was nigh:
nuther did you-but DO s'p.cion.
now, you've ben about yere long
enough To gee what's goin' on between
my boy an your girl. give you my
word. Ms Taylor, I never drunpt Of
st before, an stumbled On Il today"
II couldn't a believed I, Of my Tiny
unless I'd fonered her a-purposc. an
seen It. I'd ben wondering this long
time what tuck her 50 often n this d.
rectlon," the woman half sobbed.
Il heard how she spoke Of her moth.
er. nom, an hope you likewise heard
jest how Sim mentioned ne. fer In the
main he done me justice an himself
credit Sims q strong. hard-workin'
young man. an an improvement on his
father, should jcdEe. Should you,
nom, sayin' he wasn't a Salisbury
now, feel comftable tibet your dotter
should hev him.
"Tiny's darliu' good girl, active AZ
wllln', an always healthy, an cher
full. Don't seem s ef she was old
enough, an yet-well-ruther n ,,
she shouldn't marry at all. like Susan
an Eliza-turrible old maids, both OF
'ern-why, yes: But a Saulsbury-O"
Mrs. Taylor protested po,ntedly.
The old man shifted his weight to the
other foot and gaze.l into the clouds.
Mis- Taylor, we've ben engaged In
upholdin' principle nigh onto twenty
year, now, an don't know but what