Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1900-01-10
u" remai ksd Mrs. Charles.

1he question was answered. by tina
good woman in person several months
later. She came into the Office with
her husband early one midsummer
morning. They both looked neat and
businesslike in bingham and denim,
but it was Staples who piped exeusing-
ly: "Come in a hurry; didn't fix up"
"Ths clothes he wore before he took
up sherifin are good enough to wear
when he rides with me-" said his wife
in low, heavy ground tones. "They
are as good as be can afford, and, best
of all, they are paid for. The things
he had to mortgage the farm to buy
don't take no stock in myself DON'T
HAS it come to that ~ asked Squire
Charles in surprise.
"Jes' So" piped Staples. "Ill tell
you how 'twns. We've come to get the
papers made"
WHO are you going to mortgage it
to-" asked the lawyer to gain time, for
he would not for the world have had
his wife miss hearing the story.
ooh, Mrs. Staples here-she's got |
money!
eyes, I've got money, but be won't |
git it to sheriff around on unless have
securlty.'
"Tbat is all proper" said the man
IF law. lob, here's my wifel You'd
90 pleased to meet Mrs. Staples again,
ny dear Now let us hear about these
"Waal, twas this way" said the
srmsr, who had left his chair and |
'raced his shoulder against the door !
rams in the old way, where he could /
ook down upon the desk: "All,along |
here seemed to be good many things |
o call me away from home"
"He made up arrantsl" put in his
wife in her low, heavy voice.
"Waal, l didn't 20 no more than the
ther fellers was getting acquainted |
nth all roundabout. / didn't wantsr
o different from them"
"You'd always been different from
I'm in the way that you had owned
our farm an had money in the bank
n staid ter homo an minded yonr own
usinsss willie they was a.hyin on | G
,eir wits or their credit II
well, I nsver'd he'd nv fling AZ Won
light say, an when I went a-sherifn 1 "
OF acquainted, an there amt no gittin =
way from it. I did buy new clothes b
a new hat an q new hoss an buggy fv
q all the fxins," T.
"The fIin's weFa gold watch an !.
nain an gold ring, Jest as true rs :"
on live, an kid gloves-drvin gloves 81
called 'em-an he driy' in 'em nc "
oubt, fur he rid an he rid, carryin M
lem fellers he he'd got in with around. Al
Q went off with 'sm to q polite con-
milton q year ago an left the hay all :,
own. A lain blew up--I told him l IL
1t in my bones thst 'twas eomln-an | h
rainsd, an it trained, an when he got
'ms the hay was spilled. He got it in M
lt'twas musty, AN the critters wouldn't !
It it, an cum winter he he'd ter buy y.
~. He was so Ashamed he wouldn't Oh
~ it around hum, tor never before ii,
o Lord set 'em apart into fanilies / be
4 Staples ever buy hay. So he "a
owe IL miles to the city an got baled
y and brought it hum in Their night ~
hid it in the haymow an fed il out 10
the cows in the barn. WAL, come he
ring there was dunnin letters comm
every day, for not only he'd he spent .r
he he'd laid by in the bank, but he'd
t trusted besides. After while pa
y man he owed for his black beetle OF
nged tail-coat an bis high silk hat tn
me dunnin nm said he'd take up with ayo
Tow for family use, An what did he 10,
but mp and sell him Betty, the best On
n in the barnl I tell you, that struck Ing
spunky, but didn't say nothing or the
so very much" to
Didn't say very muchpn echoed Az
or Staples, bracing his shoulder pee
w. "Twan't nothirg but ksrsheriff. e.
rshsriff, kersheriff, from mornin till n
ht."
WAL, you came near bsin0 ksr.