The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-01-08

those parts Everywhere else. too. l.,
what | heard
| when the doctor and the Squire came
10 90. Abe spoke up. blindfolded as h'
was and says he:
Doc, how much do you charge 9
fcller for savin' his lifc--makiD' maf
out Of poor wretch-GOin' what Dc
never thought could be done but bJ
dyin' and eoin' 20 Kingdom Gomez
! oh" said Doc Brainard says be
! that ain't what we look 20 az pay
! practice. You didn't call me N; came
Of myself. as though IL was what w
call clinic n all goes well ana If
YOU happen 20 have barrel of applcs
10 spare. you just send them up e
Squire Cations house in Chicago, aHC
III call over and help eat en-"
What did Abe say TO tbatf WHY
sir. be- never said word, but they d
say The tears started out again. out
from under the bandage ana down hi
checks. But then Abe hc had i've.
ycdrOld pet mare he'd raised from 2
cOlt-prctty as a picture, Kind as q
kitten. ana fa't as split lightning anC
next time Doc came down, Abe he just
slipped ont % the barn ana brought
the mare round and hitChed her 10 the
gate post ana when Doc came 10 b'
goin' says Abe:
Don't forget your nag, doctor; eLr's
hitchcd 10 the gate"
Wei. sir. even then Abe had tbo
hardest kind Gf q time 10 get DOC
Brainard 10 take that mare; ana when
he did ride off, leading her. II wasn't
half AN hour before back she came
liCkcty-split Doc said she broke away
from him ana put for home, but a..
ways suspected he didn't have no use
for a boss be couldn't sell nor hire 0ut
and couldn't anOra 10 Keep in Tho
village that was what Chicago was
then. But come along toward fall Abe
he took her right up TO town. ana thtn
the doctors practice had grOwcd %
much that he was pretty glad 10 have
her. ana Abe was glad Ia have him
have her. seem all that bad come 10
him through hayin' eyes like other
folks that's the schoolma'am ! mean.
How did the sChOOlna am take ~
Well, il was this way. After the cat
tin Abe didn't show mp for few
days. iii The inflammation got down.
and he'd had some practice handlin'
bis eyes, 50 20 speak. lie just kept
himself 30 himself, enjoying himself.
lIc'd 20 round dOiu' the chores, singin'
50 you could hear him mile. lie was
always great on singin'. Abe was.
though ashamed 10 so 10 sinrin' school
with the rcst Then when the poor boy
began 10 fccl like other folks hc went
right over to where the schOolma am
happened 10 be boardin' round. ana
walked right up TO her and took her
by both hands and looked her straight
in The face and said:
"DO yoG know me|
Wen. she kind OF smiled and blushcd
aud then the corners OF her mouth
pulled down, aud she pulled one hand
away. and-if you believe me that was
the third time that girl cried that sea
son, 10 my certain knowledge ana an
for nothln' either time
what did she say? Why. she inst
said she'd have 10 begin all over again
to get acquainted with Abe. But
Ephc'S nose was out of joint. aud Epho
knowcd it as well as anybody. Ephc
did. 1t was Abc'S eyes 10 Ephe'S nose.
Married? oh, yes, OF course; and
lived on the farm as long as the old
folks lived. ana aftcrward too, Ephc
staying right along. like the fool al.
a. IR1 fol, Il
have MS much sense as last years
birds nest.
Alive yet? Abe? We'll no Might
have been il /, hadn't been for Shiloh.
when the war broke out Abe thought
he'd ought so 20. old as he was, So he
went into the Sixth Maybe Nouvc
seen book written about the captain
of Company Is of the Sixth II was
Company Il ne went into-him and
Ephc. And ne was killed at shiloh
just as IL always seems 10 happen.
He got killed and his worthless brother
come home. Folks thought Ephc would
have liked 90 marry the widow but
Lord. she never had no such an idea.
Such bait as ne was compared 20 his
brother she never Chirpcd up 10
speak Of. and now she's dead. too, and
Ephc he just toddlcs round taking
care of the children kind OF n dry
nurse: that's about all he ever was
good for anyhow.
My name? oh. my names Ephraim
Eulc they call me. FOR short EphC
Dodge Abe was my hrothe'.--Ncw
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