Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-01-10

pressed mirth of the ladies convinced the
widow that she'd made a blsnder, and
perfectly disgusted with .'new-fangled
fashions" she retreated into the kitchen,
where she found things more to her taste,
and thanked her stars she could if she
liked, eat with her fingers, and wipe
them on her pocket handkerchief"
Soon after her engagement Mary had
asked that Sally should go with her to
her city home. To this George willingly
assented, and 1t was decided that she
should remain with Mrs. Mason until the
bridal party returned from the western
tour they were intending to take. Sally
knew nothing Of this arrangement until
the morning OF the wedding, when she
was told that she was not to return to
the poorhouse again.
| "And verify, have this day met with
great deliverance." said she, and tears,
the first shed in many a year, mingled
with the old creatures thanks for this
unexpected happiness. As Mary was leav-
, ing she whispered in her ear, III your
travels lead you near my Willie's grave
| drop a tear on 1t for my sake. You'll
find 1t under the buckeye tree. where the
tall grass and wild flowers grow"
George had relatives in Chicago, and,
after spending a short time in that city
Mary, remembering Sally's request, ex-
pressed desire to visit the spot renown-
ed as the burial place of "Willie and
Willie's father" Ever ready to crafty
her slightest wish, George consented, and
| toward the close of a mild autumnal day
they stopped at a small public house on
the border Of vast prairie. The arrival
of so stlnguished-looking people caus-
| ed quite a commotibn, and after duly in
/ specting Marys handsome travelling
dress and calculating Its probable cost,
the hostess departed to prepare the even
ing meal, which was soon Forthcoming.
When supper was over and the family
had gathered into the pleasant sitting
room, George asked If there was ever
man in those parts by the name Of Fur
bush.
"What! Bill Furbush ?" asked the land
| lord
George did not know, but thought like
| ly that might have been his name as his
| son was called William.
"Lud, yesl'' returned the landlord. IL
| knowed Bill Furbush well-he came here
from Massachusetts, and I from Var
mont; but, poor feller, he was too weakly
to bear much, and the first fever he took
finished him up. His old woman was as
clever q creature as ever was, but she
had some high notions"
ibid she die, too?" asked George.
"No, but It's pity she didn't, for when
Bill and the boy died she went ravin'
mad, and | never felt so like cryin as l
did when l see her a tearin' her hair and
goin' on 80. We kept her a spell, and
then her old mans brothers girl came for
her and took her off; and the last heard
the girl was dead, and she was in the
poorhouse somewhere East. She was
born there, b'lieve."
"No, she worn't either" said the land
lady, who for some minutes had been
aching to speak. "No. she warn't, either;
I know all about 1t. She was born in
England, and got to be quite a girl be-
fore she came over. Her name was
Sarah Fletcher, and Peter Fletcher, who
died with the cholera, was her own un-
Gle, and all the connection she had in
this country; but goodness, suz, what ails
your" she added, as Mary turned white,
while George passed his arm around her
to keep her from falling. Here 30
phrony, fetch the campfire; she's goin'
to faint"
But Mary did not faint, and after
smelling the camphor, she said, Go on,
madam, and tell me more of Sarah
Fletcher"
"She can do It," whispered the land
lord, with q sly wink. "She knows ev-
erybodys history from Dan to Beer
shelby"
"This intimatlon was wholly lost on the
good-humored hostess, who continued,
"Mr. Fletcher died when Sarah was
small, and her mother married a Mr.,
l don't justly remember his name"
"Temple?" suggested Mary.
Eyes, TenGle, that's 1t. He was rich
and cross, and broke her heart by the
time she had her second baby. Sarah
was adopted by her Grandmother Fletch-
er, who died, and she came with her
uncle to America"
did she ever speak of her sisters?
asked Mary, and the woman replied:
Before she got crazy she did. One
of 'em, she said, was in this country
somewhere, and tother, the one she re-
membered the best, and talked the most
about, lived In England. She said she
wanted to write to EN-, but her uncle, he
hated the Temples, so he wouldn't let her,
and as time went on she kinder forgot
em, and didn't know where to direct,
and after she took crazy she never would
speak Of her sisters, or own that she had
any"
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