The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-03-16


caper of the mayors. No use tryin'
to make the girls understand it, but
Henery is a good talker, If he is SO
lazy"
He started again for the yard, but
during his moments delay his wife
and mother. had joined in the discus
sion.
"He amt worthy of her noticin'
him." the older woman said, earnest
ly. "You go right along out there,
Bill 1 don't know what's come over
Doll to take sech a shine to Henery,
after all the good offers she's had!"
Bill looked at them thoughtfully ;
so Dolly's hard heart was really touched
at last, and by shiftless Henery DOH
bins, of all people in the world!
~ reckon l jest as leave smoke
right here" he said, with his usual
good nature.
His sisters-in-law beamed at him.
~ think Henery Is a right pleasant
young man." Jane ventured.
Old and young Mrs. Miller both
turned on her.
/
"Well, SEEM as you are sech judge
but she was interrupted by her
mother-in-law, who said with ponder
Gus sarcasm, "may 1 be allowed to
ask, Jane Kennedy, how many times
you've been married, ma'am?"
| The spinsters were subdued, and
Bill, yielding to the force of family
opinion, joined the couple. in the
yard, but he Fundamentally spent
a large part of the time over by the
morning glories near the alley fence.
~ like the way them glories smell, y
he explained, politely, when he was
invited to sit down on the porch.
"Bill's lamb" Dolly said to her
self, tenderly, 'and l wish them
glories did have some smell to kill out
the one from the alley for him."
Henery's wooing progressed rapidly
in the next few weeks. Dolly,
amiable as Bills sister must neces-
sarily be, was, nevertheless, young
woman of decided convictions, and
when she announced to her family
in pleasant, but firm tones, that her
affairs were her own affairs, not even
her mother rebelled openly.
ut will jest mean Bills havin' to
look out for them" said his mother
"Henery won't work steady, and Bill
will have to take 'em in"
"Yes," agreed Maria, "that's what II
will come to. Bills got good pay
but don't see how he will stretch l!
any further"
Both women sighed at the prospect
before them, but avoided looking at
each other as they did so; theirs were
kindly natures in spite of the frequent
Earring, and while Maria was anxious
that the old woman should not think
she was begrudging Bills care of his
mother and sister, the mother was
hoping Maria did not suspect that she
felt her boy had hard time support
ing three sisters-in-law all these years
Bill himself said little to his family
except when he deemed it judicious t.
throw in few remarks derogatory t.
Henery when the latter's lack o
thrift was an especial source of an
noyance, or little praise of hin
when Dolly seemed depressed in spirit
To one person, however, he gave I
mind, and this was Jim Ruggles, wh'
worked in the shop with him. HI
lived near the Millers, SO Bill had thu
chance to walk home with him eacl
day, a privilege he priced highly, fol
Jim was a man, although there were
people, notably in his wife's family
who asserted that he was not much o.
one. Bill himself had not a higf
opinion of Jim's mental ability, but
he had grown attached to the gaun'
young fellow, with his mildly apollo
getic air.
Jim took great interest in Dolly'l
love affair.
"She amt gettin' much in takin
Henery," he said to Bill one night
The words had a familiar ring to him
he had heard his wife's mother say
something of the sort in another con
nection and it was pleasant to pas
on the criticism.
"No, she amt" said Bill; shut lool
a-here, Jim, I'll tell you how I fee
bout it, if you'll hole yore tongue
bout my views. Doll likes him, 81
she'll be happy-and the other girl
and ma like him well 'nough IL only h
want an unprosperin' kind. Now, it,
me that that will come on, and l dom
mine the takin' care Of 'em so long a
they will be content to live right will
u.s."
"What yer want him there for
Amt yer sorter crowded already?'
asked Jim.
"Yes, sorter," said Bill. He was
little ashamed of his own attitude
and continued with rather hang-do,
air: "But you see, Jim, without run
min down women folks any, 1t woul'
. be sorter pleasant SEEM man nov
and then. Why, I amt enjoyed cleo
ton day and the week before an
after it for ten years the way 1 hav
this last one jest passed. To com
home and have a Teller there tina
, knowed what was what has jest beer
prime, can tell yer. Fact is, DON
mind tellin' yer, jest between you ant
me, that the extry bother of support
, in Henery wouldn't be nothin' com
pared to the satisfaction of havin' an
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