Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-07-20
CHAPTER XVII.
WALDO GOES OUT TO SIT IN TIE sun
SHINE.

'k8TrOD with a 0eaNy coat OF greer
that hid the red earth everywhere. Il
the very chinks Of the stone walls darl
green leaves hung out, and beauty an'
growth had crept even into the beds o
the sandy burrows and lined them witt
weeds. On the broken sod walls o
the old plgsty chickweeds dourished
and ice plants lifted their Transparent
leaves. Waldo was at work in th,
wagon house again. He was maxim.
a kitchen table for En-. As the lon.
curls gathered IN heaps before hi.
plane De paused for an instant now an,
again 10 throw one down to small
naked uiggcr who had crept from it!
mother who stood churning In the sun
shine. and had crawied into the wasoi
house. From time to time the little AMI
mai lifted It's fat hand as Il expecte,
Il fresh shower Of curls till DOss. jeaI
oCs of his masters noticing any othc
sma!! creature but himself. wouif
catch the curl Ia his mouth and rol
the !!ttlc Kafflr over In the sawdust
muyb ~ that small animals content
ment
\ different life showed itself IN from
of the house. where Tant Sannic's Car
Fteod ready 'inspauned," and the BOcl
wom.u herself sat in the fron. room
drips.1., coffee. she had come to visit
her styr'auluter, probably for tho
last tlE.a u she nrw weighed 23
pounds aad was not easily abie t
move. On c.a r sat her mild youna
huaband nursing the baby. - pudding
faced ,y,ub cod eAild
YOU take q aEG @ot into the carl
with it sG.G Ti.rt Sanuir. what a.
you WIT here. iistr"'"S 20 our WON
ans ta;aF'
II. youa1 mat a'o-.. aul mcekiy
wce, out 's.ti the baby.
I'm Glud you are efinR to be mar
ried. my chat," sa:i fant' s:aEnie aF
she frall.i lhc last drop from her
coffee cC. 4 wouldn't sny so while
that boz Ma here. n ~0t.'l make
him to- couccitcd >ui marriage Is
the Gncsi ding In the world I've
been 1T Il thrce times. ard if It pleased
God 20 take this husband from me
should i.lvc another There's nothing
like 1t. Hy cAil. nothing"
Perhaps II might not suit all peO-
pie n al times as well IA u suits yoo
TGnt' Saunie." said Em. There was a
little shade of woarncss "a the voice.
Not suit every oner said Tant' san
ME ''If the beloved Redeemer didn't
mean ihen 10 have wives, what did hc
make women for2 That's whnt ! Say.
If wonians old enough TO marry md
doesn't. shes SHINING against the Lord.
It's wanting 10 know better thnn
him. What. Does she think the Lord
took all that trouble IN making her for
nothllgl It's evident he wants babies.
Otherwise why does he send them:
Not that I've done much IN that way
myself" said Tant Sannie sorrowful-
ly, but I've done my best"
She rose with some difficulty from
her chair and began moving slowly to-
ward the door.
It's n strange thing" she said, INT
you can't love man TIL you've had O
baby by him. Now. there's that boy
there. When We were first married. II
he only sneezed IN the night l boxed
HIS ears Now II he let's his pipe ash
come Oh my milk clothes ! don't think
OF laying a finger on him. There's moth
ing like being married" said Tant'
Sannie as she puffed toward the door.
'If woman's got II baby and n hus-
band, she's got the best things the Lord
can give her, If only the baby doesn't
have commissions. AS for "A husband,
It's very much the same who one has.
Some men are fat, and some men are
thin, some men drink brandy, and some
men drink gin, but 1t all comes TO the
same thing IN the end; It's all ono A
mans n man, you know"
Here they came upon Gregory, who
was sitting IN the shade before the
house Tant' Sannie shook hands with
him.
''Pm glad you're going to get mar
ried," she said. II hope you'll have as
many children In five years as n COW
has calves, and more too. think I'll
just go and have q look at your soap
pot before | start" she said, turning to
"
plan OF putting soda In the pot. II the
dear Father had meant soda TO be put
into soap. what would he have made
milk bushes for and stuck them all
over the weld as thick IA lambs I'm the
lamblng season.
She waddlcd off after En- IN the di-
rection Of the built In soap pot, leaving
no Itv T.. .rr
dead pipe lying on the bench beside
him and his blue eyes gazing out far
across the fiat, like one who sits on the
seashore watching that which IL fad
ing, finding from him. Against his
breast was "A letter found In n desk ad-
dressed TO himself, but never posted.
1t held only four words, you must
marry En- He wore It In black
bag round his neck. II was the only
letter she had ever written to him.
you see If the sheep don't have the
scab this Year, said Tant sannie az
she waddled after En-. ITS with all
these new Inventions that the wrath Of
God must fall on us. what were the
children Of Israel punished for n II
NfAsh ApA iii'Ah4BE a Ebltlth fhil 4
may have my sins, but do remember
the Tenth Commandment, Honor thy
father and thy mother. that II may bo
well with thee, and that thou mhyst
live long In tho land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee It's nIl very well to
say we honor them and then to bo fad
ing out things that they never knew
md doing things IN n way that they
never did them. Ny mother boiled
soGp with ir..hcs, and l VIII boil soap
with Dush'a. II the wrath of God is 10
fall upon IRIS land" said Tant' Sannie,
with the serenity Of conscious virtue,
1T shall not be through me. Let them
make their steam wagons and their
FIRE carriagesi let them go on as though
tho dear Lord didn't know what he
was about when he gnye horses and
oxen legs. The destruction Of the Lord
~ii folio them. l don't know how
buclt p..... rcnd their Bibles When
do W h.d. II Moses or Noah riding I'm
a railway The Lord sent fire car
riagcS out Of heaven in those days
Yes" said Tnnr sannlc; Il had al
lost ioTEotten 10 ttH you. by inc LOIu
II | had him hcrel We were walking
TO church last sacrament Sunday. Piet
and !. Close in front Of us was old
Tant' Tram with dropsy and cancer
md can't iIyc eight months Walking
by her was something with it's hands
Under It's coattails. llaD. aaD. fiaD. and