Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-28
Peace of the Past.


Mrs. Drusilla GLADDEN. to her husband,
as he wiped his feet on piece of car
pet at the kitchen door, II thought
you'd never get in. Guess who's sent
me letter. You'd never think in a
month of Sundays. It's from DeYah
Bland-my cousin Devah."
Pa gave smile of interest and
rubbed his hands.
"Well, 1 swan now! And what has
Devy got to say for himself?"
"Hes coming to Ohio to visit. He'll
be here next week. What dye think
of that?"
Pa pulled off his boots contentedly.
'I won't be sorry to see Devy. We
war in school together. What say? Is
he doing well?"
Doing well, but his wife's dead;
been dead two years or more. | bet
you a great deal, pa, he's on the war
path And to think Angelina Culver S
visiting around here just now, and
she's a widow. Pa, it looks like the
'pintin's of providence, don't it,"
Mrs. GLADDEN. smiled benignly on her
husband, and he on her. They were
in love with each other, and had been
for 20 years.
cit truly does" replied pa, it truly
! does. Jest think how them two
courted over three years, wasn't 1t!
I hold the split was all Angelina
folks fault, wasn't it? That old man
Porter never stayed anywhere, and got
a streak to move to Indiana. Her ma
wouldn't let her stay here, and that
made Devy properly mad. They KEEP
it up a while writin' then Devy went
out farther west and married himself
to a strange woman. After while
AngeIine gets married. First we hears
her pardner's gone, and she's a likely
widow, visitin' round Then we gets
letter sayin' Devy's pardner has been
departed two years, an he's comm
visitin'. Now, don't that beat all?"
"How plain you've made it, pa, .
beamed Mrs. ,Drusilla. cit sounds like
them story papers. You ort to have
been a writer for one. I often thought
that. My, amt it plum interesting?
don't want, to miss none of it, do you!
How can we fix it?"
Pa was so appreciative of his Wife's
praise he tilted back in tho rocker and
gave the matter solemn thought.
ct calkilate we kin have this all to
ourselves" he began, 'ef you can hold
out 'gainst mentionin' Devy's comm
It will be hard work fer We, Drusilly,
but it's the only way. Do you think
you kin hold that news over prayer
meetin' and Sunday? I tell you what, y
he went on, excitedly, eve can just
have the whole thing happen right
here, meetin' an ALL if you don't tell. .
Mrs. Gladden's pleasant face fell.
|'I wonder if it'll be fair not to tell
the rest of the folks" she began.
''You see, Devy'H be expecting big
welcome"
Asahel GLADDEN. rose UP in his socks.
"Drusilly, I have just set my heart
on managin' the whole thing. Don't
you disappoint me. I never had SO
much chance as this in all my mortal
life I always wanted to do sech
directin' and managin', and don't you
disappoint me"
"What'l folks say when they find we
held that news?" asked his wife, much
impressed, but giving UP, as usual.
They'll ay you've come to years OF
discretion, though I don't want to hurt
your feelings none, Drusilly. You can
take it all out fixin' up the spare room
and Marindy's room. 1t air lucky
Angelina hain't been down here yet
another clear 'pintin'. Now, hurry up
dinner and write Devy letter, tellin'
him he must come right here, an we
won't take no for an answer. I'll hitch
up the cutter and we'll go over to town
an engage Angelina for the whole
endurin' week.
The two were as excited as children
The letter had to be strong enough to
suit pa, and was the labor of an hour
for Mrs GLADDEN. ere it suited him
Dinner over they tucked themselves
in a green sleigh and drove over to
New California.
well stop on the way said the
small and rosy man. 81 feel SO anx-
ious to get hold of Angelina -
"Oh, you do?" questioned the wife
demurely. ''Well, as our Marindy de-
clares, cher pas younger'n anyone"
Angelina Culver-Angeline Porter
that was-was visiting at old DR.. Nor
mans. She and Cissy Norman had al
ways been close friends. She came
out to the sleigh to speak to Mrs. Glad
den. She was quite dressy and
had on a pink house sack trimmed
with white lace. She had tied little
white fascinator over her brown waves.
81 was lowing to go over to Dennis
Doadno's next week. she said, in her
soft and comfortable voice, "but If you