The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-22


work there unless you keep on with
making hats and bonnets. Now, if
you live in the village yoh can get diff
ferent things to DO. How you like
to take in washing? Maybe Henry
be willing TO go aud get EN- and carry
em home, and that would be lot of
help. Or you could go out scrubbing.
Lots of rich folks have woman come
in once a week to wash floors and
ouch. You might do that Maybe
Henry'd stay at home and keep the
fires going while you was gone. And
then Henryll be hanging around the
store and postoffice, and he find lots
of chances for you to get work to do.
Or you might take boarders. You are
first rate cook, and there's good
money in boardcrs, and lot of work,
too. llcnrys real agreeable, and he d
make it pleasant for en-.
"Well, didn't know what to say
felt sort Of dazed. I'd kinder had
an idea that when we was married
Henry spunk up and get a job and
keep it. I'd never once thought that
d have to work as hard after was
married and maybe harder, than / was
working before.
II didn't say word to Grandma,
but | tell you did a lot thinking, and
that night didu', sleep but precious
little. ! come to my senses fast after
! got started.
"Whcn went home my mind was
made up. ! felt terribly to think Of
giving Henry up, but l couldn't bear
the idea Of the kind Of life Grandma
had mapped out for me, either. SO
Id studied up way out Of it. I'd
have talk With Henry and tell him
that when he got steady work and was
able to support me I'D marry him and
not before. 1t kinder r'iled me to
think how hard Id worked, and how
he'd just set round aud let me--and
hadn't lifted finger himself. I rea-
soned that if he would do as I wanted
him to, it would make o man Of him
and would be good deal better for
him than it would be to have me sup.
port him.
II hadn't told anybody when was
coming home, but that night Henry'd
heard Id got back and he come to see
| ne.
II dreaded to have my talk with
him, but knew I'd got 20, 80 l begun
| soon after he got there.
I'D thought, perhaps, it would
make him feel bad, 30 I put it to him
as delicate as knew how, but L d
neves thought of his getting mad.
He walked around the room wrathful.
Finally he come and stood in front of
me.
1--we planned to be married in Sep
tcmber, he Gays, real stern. And =
he went on, slow and impressive
well be married in September or not
at all.
"Well, was pretty high spirited
when l was young, and what he said,
and the way he said it, made my tenn
ner white hot in minute. I;ns.
stood up and looked down on him
was mite taller than he was-and !
said, very clear, so he couldn't help
but understand, it will be never then,
and | made little bow and went out
of the room and left him.
Of course I thought my heart was
broke, for while. I did hope that
he'd see [ was in the right Of it. !
waited TO hear that he'd gone to work
in earnest. I almost expected that i.
would make man Of him.
"But, good lands You can't make
something out Of nothing, and there
want the making Of man in him.
$50 before long 1 give up all hope.
I pretended I didn't care, and by and
by l real didn't care. That's the way
it works sometimes. You make be.
lieve TO feel the way you ought to,
and pretty soon you'll find you really
do feel that way.
$50 my heart ws'n't broke that time.
And Henry's want either, for he
married another girl inside O year, end
she takes boarders and supports him
in fine style. She seems to enjoy it,
ana I'm glad she does, and I'm dread.
full glad she's got the job instead of
| me-" Suean Brown Robbins.