Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-07-20

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and the black hat on the very back
Of the head knew him. who 5
thatF | asked The rich Engiisnmaa
that Tant' rrana married last week.
. Rich Englishman. I'll rich English
man him. ! said I'll tell rant Trina
a thing OF two My fingers were just
IN his little white curls /? It hadn [
been the blessed sacrament, he would
not have walked so 'sourka, sourka,
sourka any more But ! IAoHg.t
wait till I've had II, and then But
! he, sly fox, son OF satan. seed of the
( Amalekitc. he saw me looking Mt him
I in the church The blessed sacrament
/ wasn't half over when be takes IaEt'
/ rlana by the arm. and out they 20. /
/ clap my baby down 70 Its father. aUd
! 20 after them But" said Tant' San
/ ME rogrctfully. Il couldn't get up 20
| them. am TOO fat. When got 10 the
! corner he was pulling Tant' Trana M
| into the cart Tent Trana, l said.
| YOU ve married Kahlr's dog. Il Hot
! tentot's bIakje.' l hadn't any more
| breath. lie winked mt me-he winked
/ at me-" said Tant Sannie, her sides
shaking with Indignation, first with
| one eye and then witt the other and
| then drove away. Chi.d of the Analc!.-
itc," said Tant' Sannie "if It hadl't
| been the blessed sacrament! Lord.
! Lord, Lord"'
| Here the little Bush girl came run
ming 10 say that the horses would
| stand no longer, and, still breathing
| ont vengeance against her old adver-
sary. she labored toward the cart.
| Shaking hands and aIfectlOnately kiss
| ing En-. she was with some difficulty
drawn up. Then slowly the cart rolled
| away, the good Boer woman putting
| her head out between tha sails 10 smile
| and nod. En- stood watching IT for a
| time Then as the sun dazzled her
| eyes she turned away. There was no
use In going TO sit with Gregory. He
liked best sitting there alone staring
| across the green "karroo," and till the
maid had done churning there was
nothing to do, so En- walked away 10
the wagon house and climbed on 10
the end Of Waldo's table and sat there,
swinging one little foot slowly 10 and
fro, while the wooden curls from the
plane heaped themselves up against
her black print dress.
"Waldo," she said nj last, Gregory
has given me the money he got for the
wagon and oxen and L have $50 be
sides that once belonged 10 some one.
know what they would have liked
to have done with II You must take
It and 90 to some place and study for a
year or two"
mo, little one, / viii not take It," he
said as he planed slowly away. '"rhe
timo was when J would have been
very grateful 10 any one who would
have given me little money, u little
help, little power OF gaining knowl-
edge. But now / have gone so far
alone ! may 90 on 20 the end. I don't
want II. little one"
''Why Is II always SO, Waldo-alway
soY' she said we long for things and
long for them and pray for them, we
would give all we have TO come near TO
them, but we never reach them Then
OF last, too late. Just when we don't
want them any more, when all the
sweetness Is taken out OF them, then
they come. We don't want them then"
she said folding her hands resIgncdly
on her little apron. After awhile she
added: 81 remember once, very long
ago, when / was n very little girl, my
mother had workbox full of colorcd
reels. | always wanted to play with
them, but she would never let me. At
last one day she said might take the
box. | was so glad hardly knew what
to do. | ran round the house and sat
down with It on the back steps, but
when / opened the box all the cottons
were taken out"
She sat for awhile longer till tho
KafIir maid had finished churnlng and
was carrying the butter toward the
house. Then En- prepared 10 slip or
the table, but first she laid her little
hand Oh Waldos. He stopped his plan
ing and looked up.
Gregory is going TO the town to-
morrow. He is going to give In our
banns TO the minister. We arc going
be married in three weeks"
Waldo lifted her very gently from
the table. He did not congratulate her.
Perhaps he thought of the empty box.
but he kissed her forehead grayely.
She walked away toward the house,
but stopped when she had got half
wny. II Will bring you glass Of but
termllk when II is cool" she called
out, and soon her clear voice came
ringing out through the back windows
as she sang the blue Water" TO her
self and washed the butter.
Waldo did not wait till she returned.
Perhaps he had at last really grown
weary OF work; perhaps he felt the
wagon house chilly (for nc had shud-
dcred two or three tines, though that
was hardly likely In that warm sum
mer weather, or perhaps, and most
probably, one OF his old dreaming fits
had come upon him suddenly. He put
his tools carefully together, ready for
tomorrow. and4wnlked slowly out At
the side OF the Wagon house there was
Il world Of bright sunshine, nnd q hen
with her chickens was scratching
among the gravel. Waldo seated him
self near them with his back against
the red brick wall The long after
noon was half spent, and the "kOpje"
was just beginning to cast It's shadow
over the round headed yellow flowers
that grew between II and the farm
house Among the flowers the white
butterflies lowered, and on the old
kraal mounds three white kids gambol
cd, and Mt the door OF one Of the huts
an old gray headed Kafir woman ant
on the ground mending her mats. A
balmy, rcstful peacefulness seemed 70
reign everywhere. Even tho old hen
seemed well satisfied. She scratched
among the stones and called 70 her
chickens when she found a treasure
and all the while clucled to herself
with intense inward satisfaction. Wal
do as he sat with his knees drawn up 10
his chin and his arms folded on them
looked ut 1t all and smiled An evil
world, a dcccitful, treacherous. mirage
Ike world. II might be, but n lovely
world for all that, and to sit there
gloating ln the sunlight was perfect
There nre only rare times when
mans soul can see Nature. 50 long as
any passion holds It's revel there the
Eyes are holden Tint should not sec her.
Go out, II you will and walk alone on
Tho hillside IN the evening, but If your
iayorlte child lies III nt home, or your
.over comes tomorrow. or at your heart
there lies IA scheme for the holding Of
wealth. then you will return ns you