The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-24

the young Woman's widest hopes. The
Donoghue household goods had been of
a sort to set teeth on edge, but here,
covered with dust, and scratched and
broken, We're antique bits of purest
beauty.
She remembered to have heard that
the region in question was famous Tor
it's ancient furniture, and warned the
landlord that the pieces he was willing
to sell for so little would bring much
higher prices in the city.
He set the point aside. The city was
fur" away, and ten years ago many
of the things Left with him to sell at
these prices. Under such argument
the listener felt her scruples fade; and
for twenty shillings" a wide-topped,
thin-legged Chippendale sideboard be-
came hers. radiant old blue quilt,
hand-woven and with prudence" in
the corners-the name of the long-dead
spinner-followed for $3.50, and low
chest of drawers with carved feet for
81.
Certain quaint, high-backed chairs
the old man would not sell from sheer
sentiment. He had begun married life
with them fifty-five years before, and
had thrown them aside for newer fash
ions. They really were not worth any
thing, but, since they pleased the
Guy ldNtys Sile was WSlOOIliC W lAAO
loan of them.
In a cedar chest were linen sheets,
some entirely whole, though spotted
with time, likewise spun by the de-
parted Prudence. The young woman
yearned for the sheets. These, how
ever, were beyond price. They would
fall ito holes" in the washing, the old
man argued. But since the newcomer
handled the coarse meshes tenderly, a
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With this courtesy he hauled forth a
spindling wooden settee as a present,
to ease his conscience for all the mon
ey he had taken from her.
Food for Nothing.
Indeed the whole lonely section of
country soon proved strangely indif-
ferent to the value of money, and the
subject, besides, needed to be delicate
ly touched upon. For her 81 rental
the young woman had several pieces of
furniture, sheets, dishes, an occasional
drive, and the privileges of the farm
er's kitchen garden. The argument
was always the same. 1--WE amt usin'
EN-" or 1--WE throw it away, so why
should you pay?"
Even a scrubby little fox terrier
came up as guardian of the night, and
an old bayonet, ground to stiletto
sharpness, was added by way of a
weapon against the possible marau-
der.
The new establishment once in
working order the old mans wide
straw hat ceased to come up the hill
many times a day to see how his guest
was getting along. But the new pleas
ures of her quaint menage kept her
from loneliness; and since she needed
to skirmish somewhat for existence,
the night found her ready for the deep
sleep.
Sometimes she was put to it for a
breakfast, being of forgetful memory
and the supply wagons passing only
twice a week. But the fact did not
dismay her, even though the larder
was bare as was Mother Hubbard's
cupboard.
The instinct of the chase was awak-
ened; and with something of the fierce
zest that was primeval mans, field,
hill and brook were ransa cked for
their life giving treasures.
One by one, as the season advanced,
the wild gifts of nature poured into
the gray house by the roadWay-straw-
berries. raspberries, mushrooms, field
salad, wild cherries, wild grapes and
nuts of many sorts. For all the land
contiguous to the house belonged to
her landlord, and the tenant was priv
ileged to roam wherever she chose.
Expenses just 80 Month.
{ With such delicacies at command
the $40 determined on for monthly ex-
penses soon left a cheering surplus
One dollar a week was all that was
spent for "boughten stuffs" from the
supply wagons. With the monthly
rental, the entire expenses were IS a
month.
The rainy days were the hardest of
all 70 bear, for the solitary householder
had no eyes for books. But soon she
found that II there were neither clothes
nor dishes TO wash she could occupy
her fingers by shipping rags, which,
for % cents the woven yard, a weaver
who passed would resolve into radiant
portieres and floor rugs.
In one way and another she busted
herself and when the end OF vacation
came, she was as strong as any coun-
try bred girl and more than ready for
her work.
IN she had spent every penny OF her
$50 she had made 500 more. Friends
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