Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-11

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of course; and if your name,
| 4 reader, happens to be jones' let
INV he was no relation Of yours;
ro+ of the Jones round the cor
nor Of the Jones at the foot OF the
whose wife has just had twins
mo third time, and all living; but
rnpr Jones altogether.
ow 7 lust mention this by the way,
NOT with any intention OF giving
account of my dead husbands an
,donts: for. if there is one thing
Eis,ike above another, it is tracing
\ ones pedigree.
NJ hut what 1 think Mr.. Jones
nj have had an alderman, or even
Eudge. among his great uncles or
t-grandfathers; but l mar
him for what he was, and not for
st anv of his relations were. And
one that none Of my friends who
living on the reputation of their
posed rela will think that l
bnting at them; for 1 am not.
| said before, it is just fourteen
rs since l was left a widow with
child, a girl of eight. We had laid
pe beneath the willows, over the
50 you may be sure 1 clung to this
co,,uco1I q HnaLinr
hen the funeral was over Git was
-e a respectable funeral; there We're
nty-nine carriages, besides two men
horseback), Deacon Wilson was
ed in to look over my husbands
eIs. Mr.. Jones had asked him to do
before he died, and as I knew the
On to be an honest and trust
thy man, I was sure they would be
in his hands, and that he would do
right thing by me and my father
child
fter all debts We're paid, there re-
ned just $400. Of course, the house
lot were my own; I had the deed,
saw it registered myself; but $4O0
a very small sum, and my heart
when the deacon handed it to
with the remark:
I've done the best I could, Mrs.
eS, but I'm afraid it won't go far.
wife and [ were talking of you
night, and we thought it would not
bad plan for you to start a small
gerry. The village is growing, and
new factory will bring a good deal
rade here. Then there are my OWL
ds at the mill; I think i could send
tie your way through them. If this
dtlon were taken down, you would
plenty of room for the shop, with
Kitchen back of it, which would
eal handy" 1 thanked him for his
ICE and promised to think it over.
pc partition pulled down! Well
and my beautiful little parlo1
led into filthy grocery! The pretty
IN carpet and the nice cane-seateC
IFS, that did not look a bit the worse
tell years. wear, put up. perhaps
y the auctioneer's hammer! No
lot this; anything but this; at least
yet! What would poor, dear An
nave thought of pulling thu
e 10 pieces; the house that he ha(
~ sucn pride in, too? I looked
at his big armchair, almost ex
Wy to see him frown indignant,
ne very thought of such a thing
ulefe 1t stood in it's old place
It was empty.
zen | the @r:lt of Hetty's ros,
n.y. and OF The money in my hand
long would it last? Even wit
'1lctest economy, one year woul,
DIG hole in it. These thing
su rapidly through my mind. and
'le evident that something woul
" oe done, and that very soor
ueacon's proposition came II
w., anc l thought OF Tomkins littl
~ =; with its atmosphere of smok
d, it' carpet of tobacco juice; wit
na lS loafers and it's evenin
S,a sy5s' with its unceasing clatter q
,ue and its great outlaws.
nv w. said aloud; sit can neye
VI, VI, 10 use the words Of Charlie
the more 1 thought of # III
thought of it,
WAN o passed py and I had come +
r"slon about my plans for III
bbon "nen one day Mrs. Porter
o5v g'' who had proven "a frien,
n,, many a time, suggested th;
fon, G sood thing for me to tax
nos ~" ooarders; 1 would not fe,
~fSOne Ms like, she said-with a del
W - could not but admire.
PHI strange to say, 1 had n,
n , :, Vi this before, and the ide
nv pLeased hd me, as I prided myse
Nom housekeeping, and had plent
ns ~ ~ accommodate three or fo,
le. ..ne house being a two-sto1
unSta; set about furnishing tt
nsa x'"irs rooms, which had nov,
bs .ea' oe and at the end Of thrf
roaa l,ef my dear Anthony's deaf
al aTaoy for my first boarder
hr tald "a; nothing to Deacon U;1so
cot tm'entions, but somehow h
% tod Wlnd of it, and he called q,
b rSsllfy his approval of tho st,
ID nv was about to take. and kind
N's his two apprentices to sta
b faa and Liza were going back
" SPELL" he said, "and NJ,