The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-02-14
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Here the matron began to hesitate.
She shifted her baby from one arm TO
| the other She gave a deprecating
cough.
81 see-they quarreled sometimes.
II never seen 'em, sir, for | scarce
ever see Mr.. Foy. He was off to Grand
chester before / went of morning,
and he didn't come back till after |
left I used to go for the half day,
| you see, sir-not the whole day. But
l don't think the young lady was quite
happy in her mind. I've seen her fret
ting; and people will talk, you see, sir
-neighbors next door to Rose Cottage
have heard them at high words, in
summer time, when the winders was
all open, or when they was in the gar
dem
81 see. Had the sister been long
in?"
mo, sir, not above month.
What was the matter with herr"
well, sir, / can't say azackly. 1t
was a sort of wasting sickness, like.
She couldn't keep nothing on her
stomach, of late, poor dear; and she
had pains that racked her, and used
| to complain of a burning feel in her
throat; out OF sorts altogether, as you
may say. I believe it all came from
fretting.'
"Why did she fret so much? Was
| her brother every unkind to her?'
mo, sir. 1 don't think it was his
unkindness that worried her. But he
used to keep very late hours-hardly
| ever coming home till the last train,
! and that worried her. Not that he
was ever the worse for drink. He was
| the soberest young man as ever was,
| but she was of jealous disposition,
and the thought that he was out en-
| joying himself with other people used
| to prey on her mind
THAT was hardly fair, if he treated
her kindly when he was at home A
sister has no right to be jealous of
| brother
Perhaps, not, sir, but jealous she
was, and fret she did. I've nobody
| but him in the world, Mrs Moff,' she
said-my name being Moff-'and 1 can't
was time when he spent all his even
ings at home And then tears would
roll down her poor holler cheeks, and
| it went to my cart to see her so mis-
cradle l had feller-feelin', you see,
| sir, for / know how it worrits me when
my master stops late at the Coach and
Horses on a Saturday night"
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band. A wife has right to be exact
| ing, not a sister Now, tell me how
they left the place, and all about it.
I'm interested in this poor girl, and
| perhaps I may be able to befriend her.
Where did they go?"
"He was going to take her to some
| place near the sea, on the other side
of Grandchester, and a good way off,
| The name has gone clean out of my
head. He was very kind to her from
the time she fell i'll. She told me so
with her own lips. Castor was never
so kind to me in all his life,' she says.
He fancied it was the air here that
didn't agree with her, she told me, and
| it is rather a relaxing air, here, sir l
feel it SO sometimes, myself, and if it
wasn't for my drop of beer I should
go off in dead faint"
What kind of young woman was
Miss Foy? Was she like her brother?"
No, sir, she were not never laid
| eyes on a brother and sister more I'M
similar She had been very pretty,
! there's no denying that, but her ner-
yous, worriting ways had that worn
and preyed upon her that she was old
and 'aggard before her time She had
light brown hair, and fair skin and
| blue eyes, and dessay she had been a
pretty figure before she wasted away
like, but her ealth were never good
| from the time l knew her..
Did you see her the day she went
away?" asked the vicar.
1T wasn't a day, sir She went late
at night, by the last train to Grand
chester She was to sleep in Grand
chester and go on to the seaside next
morning; and | do say that it wasn't
the right thing for young person in
her state of 'ealth to travel late on a
winters night. But there, poor Teller.
it wasn't his fault. for he had to be
at the Office all day.
"She was wrapped up warmly. / sup
pose?"
Yes, she wore thick Scotch plaid
shawl that he bought her the winter