The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-09

stuff. But she did not appreciate the
difference between the mild decOCtiOn
and the unalloyed 'cussedness' that
lurked IN the iron-hooped casks in Oba-
/ diah's cellar.
Well de stuff is cold" reflected Mrs.
} Glmley; may be it stop the dryuess if
( j drink enough And so the unsus-
pecting innocent lured herself on and
! descended to the cellar. She drew a
pitcher fun and took a gOOdly draft.
/ How nice and cool it was and sour just
to her taste; so different from the Sos
ton stuff. She took another drink,
filled the pitcher again to provide
/ against future thirst, and assembled TO
the kitchen, where she found bare
footed Jim COlcOrd suspiciously near
the mOldSseS pitcher on the table. He
asked if Obadiah were at home and was
told that he was up the road making
fence, upon which the boy threw a
cOrncOb at the cat and departed. Mrs.
! Gimley sat down by the table feeling
unusually strong and cOmfortable- She
/ thought country life must be agreeing
with her. She sang a German song
with a rollicking chorus, drumming
! loud accompaniment on the table with
/ her plump hands and taking sip from
the pitcher between every. verse Then
/ she laughed loud and cheerily.
Veil. it's pretty funny, anyhow,
! she exclaimed, pounding her knees in
a paroXysm of merriment. Then she
became grave and thoughtful, trying
I to remember what it was that was so
/ funny, and began to feel dry and eX-
/ panSiVe, as If she needed more room.
/ A yearning for sprightly conversation
! asserted itself She took the dinner
/ horn to summon Obadiah from the
fields, but instead Of an echoing blast,
/ only a wavery splutter resulted from
/ her efforts.
( ''Whazzer use, she murmured. din
/ ner amt ready anyhow"
The climbing .hOneysuckle vines that
! decorated the kitchen porch next re-
Z ceiVed her attention, and after cOnsid-
4 cradle unsteady effort she decked her
I ample form in more or less graceful
1 festOOns with a double circle around
/ her head. She re-entered- the house,
\ imagining herself a fairy queen. and
/ tried q fairy dance which shook the
/ building. The cat eyed her doubtfully
I for awhile and left the premises. Her
Z efforts made her thirsty again. She
/ watched the cider pitcher as it moved
] slowly around the Fooun, and when it
{ came near enough she made a grab for
I it, but only succeeded in knocking il on
the floor. That being gone, the mo-
( lasses pitcher attracted her notice
+ Slowly and with great elaboration she
would dip her fingers into it and then
/ endeaVor to convey the sticky contents
/ TO her mouth, but not always with sue
] cess Her left eye always seemed to be
Z a favorite landing spot for the dripping
{ finger. Sometimes her chin, cheek or
& forehead would receive 1t, but she gem
( efaiIy managed 70 drag across 10 nef
mouth in a tolerably straight line. The
/ consequence was that her face was
streaked with many fancifuI chocolate
7 colored designs, which, in conjunction
with the honeysUckle wreaths on her
brow made her resemble a painted
cannibal war chief more than any 9th
er object on earth. Slower the chubby
g finger wandered, heavier grew the eye
+ lids, until at last with a Iurch like a
/ disabled ship at sea, she careened slow
/ ly over on the creaking lounge and
1 slept the deep dreamless sleep Of the
/ innocentt
Elder Coddy's old-fashioned carry-all
came trundling slowly down the wind
/ ing road. The Coddys were the aris-
! tocracy of Bradley Hollow. MRS. Cod
dy's father Squire SAMSON, had once
been talked of for congress. AS the
/ carry-al came to the spot where Oba-
diah was building fence by the high
way, the elder pulled UP.
'Buiidin' fence, Obadiah2"
''Ya-a-s- Pirty hot work, though
Obadiah bcobed his head to Mrs. Cod
dy and daughter
How. is Mrs. Gimley2" the elder lady
inquired.
Fine. ma am; fine
We're going to the village. and