News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10

Hardly cold in yore grave, joe"
she thought, "an' yet another, a mere
sDindlin' boy. is in wore place an a
feedin' on yore hard savin's." A lump
was in Tabithas throat. She could
not have spoken then without an audi.
BILE exhibition of her emotion.
Mrs. Wittekind's face was rapidly
divesting itself of indications of dis
courteous establishment. She even
smiled at an intimate or two, but re-
ceived no response so cheerful as her
smile. She caught Ike by the arm and
drew his eyes from curious contem-
plation of Lawyer Bates countenance.
"Bates looks like somebody had
kicked i'm in the pit of the stomach
he began, but his wife interrupted
him.
"This'lI never do in the world" she
said hurriedly to make up for lost
time. "Some of us jest must go for
ard an wish 'em we'll"
Huh! Do you mean that we Ort to
sanction sech a proceedin' as the like
of that" he questioned maliciOusly
at was the most ondecent arrange
ment l ever heerd tell OLA slippin up
Oh us that AWAY
EFF she'd "a let it be known" threw
in Hettie Melvin, shed never "a
roped i'm in in this world. Too MANY
would "a talked to i'm about the Will
an Ot-s thing another. My Lord, she
hain't no suckin' babe, that woman
hain't, when it comes to wOrkin' a
scheme, an anybody kin see he is
weak, easy led Teller. She told i'm no
end of lies about the way people mis-
treat her an has simply begged i'm
to stand by her He has agreed to do
it an will hep her spend Menefee's
money an what belongs by rights to
Miz Spriggs an Hal. But, as sharp as
she thinks she is, she has made a mis-
take. She lowed by marryin' a
preacher she could kinder bridge over
the past, but it wouldn't astonish me
bit eff they was aXed to leave town.
We do want a preacher with a leetle
manliness in him."
81 hain't got a word to say ag'in
him." opined Ike, with a grin. He
simply knowed a good thing an ac-
cepted it. He has feathered his nest in
good shape, an many another man
would "a done the same thing
Mrs. Wittekind seemed to have
turned closed ear to this colloquy. 1t
had been said of her that she never
proposed a thing without first know
ing she was right and that she always
acted on her judgment. Ike said aft
erward that she would have gone up
and spoken to the bride and bride
groom that night if there had been a
she bear with wounded cub 'squar'
in 'er track"
The gaze of the entire house Toasted
on Mrs. Wittekind as she rose and
waddled up the aisle. She gave her
his wife.
81 hope you will do WE'LL" she said.
EFF I'd been set to pick fur you both,
I'd "a looked around awhile fore put
tin you two together, but it's done
now, an you must make the best of it.
l.
an shower his blessings on you both"
The preacher smiled as he grasped
her hand in both his own. 1t was eX-
actly the manner in which he received
candidates for membership into the
church. The smile made Tabitha's
pity turn to hate, for it seemed the
unctuous smile of a man whose avarice
had been fed The bride shook hands
affectedly. She had not yet faced the
stony stare of the congregation more
than an instant at a time. She knew
that all depended ON the forbearance
of the church members, and she was
not sure that she was going to secure
it. She was, however, doomed to a
humiliation that she had not counted
upon even as a possible contingency, a
humiliation in her youthful husbands
eyes, for the congregation, as if in
sheer rebellion against the too char
liable example of Mrs. Wittekind, had
somehow got upon its feet and in whis-
pering squads was moving from the
church
TContinuad next week