The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-30

+ and never set foot in Pluutree, Hiuock
more Unless, indeed-thOugh pa son
knows I'm "a truth teller by profession
~ can patcn UP story maybe, ana
2 thoI'lI stand by me, lassie2'
Marian. who was in a delicious rev
J erie on her own account, stirred at this,
sire's panic and burst into merry laugh
ter
Take courage dadi' she cried. say
thOu'rt master, and didSt choose to
waste thy silver as IL pleased thee. IN
stand by thee, never fear Only when
the time comes that / ask thee to shell
ter me from her thoult not refuse me,
lovikins27
They made and sealed the pact, then
and there, under the hawthorn bush at
the entrance of the village. How Iibbs
got over his painful confessions, no one
lever knew. For q time, Marian walked
on air, bloomed like an eglantine,
laughed with every one. Then 1t was
that Farmer COttleshin, seeing her in
I creased beauty, made definite proposals
to marry her at Christmas Before
that, the engagement had been vague
" waiting till he could bring himself
TO spend money for the ring and the
wedding feast
BY midsummer, Marian's spirits had
tagged perceptibly; she grew thin and
pale. and was evidently mOping. This
lasted till Ha1lOw' cen, when the nut
she cast furtively into the Goals on her
mothers hearth had blaZed up and
burnt without cracking. This, as all
the world knows meant that the love
she doubted was faithful to her, and
that they would undoubtedly be mar
Tied before the year was out.
"Why didst fear for old COttleshin,
daughter?" said her mother, observing
this experiment with MALICIOUS laugh
Believe me, he's no time or mind to
be wasting money upon other loves
than thee"
Marian had made no answer, but ran
r. earI
= zest. A week later, old Tibbs had
found it necessary to repeat his jour
p ney into Thornton, and, as before, Ma
rian went with him, returning with
splendid spirits
on the eve. of st. GATHERINGS day,
therefore, all was in readiness for the
pageant In Tibbs' house, the floor and
walls were polished brown as ripe
chestnut the hearth was swept, cakes
and dainties to offer to the gracious
visitor were ranged upon the shelves
oven Dame Tibbs herself succumbed
to the magic OF the hour. Il may as
( well tell thee, lass she aVerred to Ma
riau. that I have made up my mind
: : since that -for-naught father o
thjne went on his last CAD to Thorn
, ton. there's no living with him."
/ oh mother, don't I hear thee tell
him so from morn tia nightE' asked
{ the girl YEARLY
-lDost tn. Miss SaucebOX2 Impudent
hussv that thou are, old COttleshin'l
b. soon take the spirit out OF Lnee. MS
f dogs life o. mine must end somehow
! ana when thOUrt married. I've settled
to go home and live with my sister
f Dell But first Z must ask st. Gather
ines advice, and abide by 1T. or else
4, l the whitening sickness viii fail on me
! { God save us. over Thornton way, I've
heard tell of a woman she cOunselled u
/ { wait till next Martinmass, and her
{ I troubles with her man would be ended
peacefully. When it came MarUnmaSs
3 sure as sure, they carried him I'm under
r the Iyohgate-ohi there's some lucky
4 and some uulucky- in this worFd- May
: hap, L needn't De at the trouble o
packing a my things to leave I1bbS.
l. Hast e rer seen ST Catherine, moth
= err" uucried Marian. dnnOcenkly-
4 Once. when L WAS q chit; but I've
= no memory. Of her looks. Some say
r nowadays THAT she's only a jack puu-
= ding youth dresst up, but my mother
= and my grandmother believed in her
= and III not he knowinger than them
p, / Whatever size be. lass, ST. Catherine
= Wise Coda mercy wise. mind ThOt
=, that, and acqua,rted wi all there IS L
- know a bout us poor WOmanlind borI
I, into the world to be trodden down. b,
y men.t
a post counsel me. too, to obey her
mother?" asked the girl l5ueeHng u
- ply the bellows upon the Goals that
leapinE into flame, Redeemed her cheek
"a right royalty.
= s.See. an thou dOst" cried Dam
Tfbts. peeVishly; why, MY own moth
i err told me this saying she mad from
~ hers. Refuse thou to follow thy par
ents, cast defiance on thy husband, g
~ counter To pa'son's preaching an tho
2 must, but ware dlsObeG1ence TO -
"AIethinks I've heard that saying o
- EraUdmUther's before, mother an
Il soered the girl, submissiveiy, then SIN
~ quickly turned aside her face, that tn
dame might not SPY in it a certain tell
r. tale expression lurking in eyes an
n dimples.
- a crisp, cool autumn day; hOar frOs
Il stringing its beads upon the grass be
~ lated nuts dropping from their branch
esq hares scUdding out to see ABOUT tn
change OF weather. sheep beginning
think of budding I'm their pasture;
= ] skylark. undisms yed, because the su
= stil shone, pouring his heart out in
~ matin song.
= The -aearth smoke in Plumtree Hi
~ lock had scarce begun to ascend whe
e. frosu atar St. GATHERINGS cOrtege wa
- espied by some wandering shepher
=. ( lads twho had hid ia the woods
,5 watch 10 coming into the village.
- Evidently the saint was mercifuH
Inclined and did NOT propose to kee
- ( her devotees fasting longer than sh
- [ could help, for no woman WEo eXpecte
~ aid from her could put bit or sup be
!. tween her lips tin after the visitation
~ The eyes Of the peeping shepherd
- / bulged with admiration. Preceded b
= pipe and tabor, attended By aereoinue {
- young men carrying STOUT oak stave
~ the saint sat upon a sort of ambulatin
y ipIatfWn, one hand resting upon a spin
49, ming wheel gaily bedight with ribbon
- ( She was q tan, large woman $50 til
- ! shepherds afterward decIared), ht
- head and part OF her face covered b
~ I the daxen fresses that hung down b'
- low her waist. (Those rresses! III
- Wench hidden to Golf them knew fu
- well that her chance of a husband Ia
- gone by till next year) Her robe ar
ID mantle, gorgeous in gold eInbroider
,a- made sunshine amid the brown leafal
ri and dead bracken. The like of it ha
~ never been seen in Plumtreei The
& amid the shrill bIaring Of hageOlets an
the steady footballs OF her stai4va
nl guard. the lady passed on--and u
- shepherds blinked. then followed.
IL BY the time s.. Catherine reache
or jock Tibbs house the sun was high
heaven. Before this she had visited a
he the others, collecting tribute and deli'
nj ering her Oracles IN a manner nigh
he creditable TO her generosity Of spiri
re- For every one of the maids was prom
- ised a mate, none SO much as invite
or to touch the Lady Of Sympathy's tres
M IS. The matrons We're treated 10 SUI
clever and understanding discOurs
~ ! upon their several needs and sorrow
81 as to win from them golden OpiniOl
- as Well-as silver GrOats.