The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-10

own home-as good a home as hers'
richards said il I'd persuade her "
him he'd sell out his farm ana pus -"
so I shouldn't be separated from -
.evo, didn't agree, because you thousht
John would have the place, and all my
| money BESIDES MISS Luclhos I'm $500
with a sneering laugh.
oNarcia shouldn't have him II ne was
made of gold and strung all over VIZ
diamonds" Miss Marticia almost shrieh-
Cd Marcia. lust back Of her, broke INTO
a fearful laugh. uor
No, wouldn't take him that way
o,,+r,. che said. II should not care 10
bave q husband who had TO be ineiteo
down before he was any good
She was Juggling gently at her aunts
sleeve. John was rushing down the "ai
field lawn-she wanted TO emu thl9 ~
seemlv alteration before ne Game up
Tho combatants had drawn nearer, near
er, Until now they stood glaflns my a.
others ewes. Slowly Miss Luclndy-loHh
roieod on high her clinched right hand.
80, hIt It is hard!' she said. III
only 7 didn't feel myself a Christian ana
= lady I'd tell you what l think OF you
and yo,,r traps. Marticia Ewing. Nnat
hurts Is to think a Warfeld-any War
fe15-can be such a fool as not 10 see
: 49, NtA
right through EN-
come home. Aunt Lucinda John
said. masterfully, laying his hand Oh Z
shoulder to turn her about. Stlil holulns
her. he stepped in front OF Miss Martlcla'
and said around her to Marcia: am
sorry. so sorry, that these two, VINO na'o
been more than mothers to US nave
ouarrelled-but it must not MAKE any
difference with US.
- >, NIoraio answered..
Miss M~articia snatched her in a strangllng
orin an6 hurried her through the gate.
AS it shut behind them, she turned ana
shook her fist. Miss Lucindy-Tom, turn
ing likewise at almost the same instant,
shook hers with equal vigor.
# was certainly a very pretty quarrel
Half the county took sides in 1t-much
the larger number espousing the slde q
the lovers. There was lively speculatlon
as to how it would all end: Warnelu
tanacity was q proverb, and Miss Luclndy-
Tom was a Warfield of Warfields. Against
that Ewing blood was not and heaoy
! Though Miss Marticia had been always Sc
mild, the slight to her pride made hei
5 ready to live up to the fullest measure
? Of her name.
t Her obstinacv was really rooted in love
:. love lOI AIdlt1t. l I ~
+, think anybody dared object to her girl
+ The very darling Of her heart. She trlec
to make up TO the girl for such slightlns
f with all manner Of indulgences. Marcls
was not the sort to peak and pine, no
Il even to sulk. She missed John ever, eve
G 50 much-she really had not known nov
fond She was of im-but that was NJ
reason at all for making Aunty Mari.
unhappier than she was already.
So Marcia vent to all the merry
markings. She was so gay, indeed, Mis-
= Lucindy-Tom flung it in Johns teeth
.Nuch that girl cares about you!' sn'
said. Look at her! She is here, there
everywhere, laughing and dancing all tn
while
THAT shows she is a wise little girl.
John said loyalty, but deep down III
: heart was sore. He was not very hap
~. Sarah Ashbel was still in the house
and Tantv Tom nagged him perpetual,
! ahout Marcia. The worst part was b
could not leave her. She had engage
him formally as manager, the day he wa
free. and the contract had still a year t
"a run. Under it he was to receive a certain
: unconditional share Of farm profits for tn
full term-meantime charging hlmsel
IS with all purely personal expenses. II n
II held out he would have sOmething-JuS
how much he did rot know. If he brok
), the agreement, he forfeited everything.
90 Hence he worked and waited with wha
patience he could muster. He went abou
but little-it cost something to go ate
the manner of a gentleman-and he wa
), set on saving. He did not in the leas
erudge Marcia her pleasure, but it Woul
IS have comforted him if, upon their rar
r meetings. he had seen even a shade {
n sadness in her eyes. They spoke to eac
" otner-not privily, but in open, frlendl
fashion. The two aunts made a point {
&c never seeing each other at such time
as chance threw them in each other
to way.
I'd They had quarrelled in November. l
sc February afterWard the Grabels CAV
their big party. Marcia had a gorgeor
Nv new frock for it. Gossip reported til
IN frock to Miss Lucindy-Tom 50 glOwingl
IN she determined to see it eclipsed, an
that Sarah Ashbel should eclipse it. Mis-
Warfeld could spend upon sufficient OF
ia casi0n. This was she felt sufficient o.
IN casion. AS a result, when the day
IS. the party came, Miss Ashbel was prepare
so to discount Solomon in all his glory.
q Tanty Tom had not been to a party
years, but she was bent on going to tn
no one. even though it was 10 miles off, ar
NO the roads simply fearful. She said notf
SIS ing of her plan to John. He was goir
n. she knew-she wanted the contrast b.
twixt Sarah and Marcia to come to hi
a. with the force Of a shock. Sarah W.
e. certainly stunning, with her dark hea
us and beautiful white shoulders, rising I
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