The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-08-26

when 1t was dry he carried water and
watered the whole row"
"Well, I'll settle with Sim!" said
Joshua in his heart; but the next mo-
ment he asked in sudden amazement:
What dye do with all these bios
soms?"
sI've been sending them up to the
childrens S ward in the hospital" said the
girl. across the fragrant fence. II used
to visit it very often-and thought it
would be so sweet for them to have the
fiowers-and for me to give them-espe-
cially as they were raised along this
fence!"
She flashed a demure glance at him,
from under the pretty lashes. and this
time he was watching for the dimple and
caught il at it's best. He turned with
the heaped-up basket.
EYE reckin could git through them
vines somehow" he asked, looking du-
biously at their unbroken ranks. 4
b'lieve-I sort O. think-Td like to go
over and jaw bit with Abner."
"Oh. there's thin place right down
here!" cried the girl with a joyous thrill
in her tones. She ran down the fence;
and at the place she pointed out, Joshua,
stepping carefully lest he should crush
single tendril, alighted beside the
pretty girl.
Il don't know why We shouldn't have
a gate in here-about here-sO's you
could pick on both sides of the fence y
| he said, shame-facedly, as he looked at
| the fence and his heart began to warm.
s'Stan's to reason, if the sick chil'ern
likes 'em so we'll the sick grown folks
might like blossom or two, along with
| 'em. 1t might be with them like it was
with me" he added, wistfully. 1T might
| make 'em think O. their mothers OF gar
| den at home"
The mothers old garden at home. and
| the sweet peas that were trained up along
| the side Of the porch went with Joshua
| as he walked beside Bessie through the
orchard where the birds were singing
| gleefully over their made nests. He
| found Abner hobbling painfully the
length of the room, with the aid OF q
| stick: and all at once the feud had melted
away and was as though it had never
| been
.Here-lean on me. Abner!" he cried,
| hurrying to his old friend and throwing
an arm around the stopping shoulders.
And before the astounded Abner could
| have time to push him away-if he had
meant to do sO-JOshua hurried on;
.I'ye been havin' the time of my life with
the rheumatics since l seen you, Abner
Say-I've changed my mind about max
ing a paster O. that field-the cattle's
we'll enough as they are. An with NO
cattle there we don't need no fence there
no fence at allan the groun's mighty
rich along where them fence corners
use to be-s'pose we take that four feet
along there an turn it into one big
| flower bed-where she can raise all the
posies she wants? We can help her
Abner-soon's you begin to git 'roun
a little better-an' it'll help us both to
git out into the fresh air-Oh, come, now!
There. there! make me think Of my
mothers OIL garden
There was not much that was articu-
late in the remainder of what he said
but half an hour later, Sim, returning
with wood and aghast at Joshua's unex.
nected coming and filled with trepidation
for himself, stood tiptoe in the porch and
saw Joshua Long supporting his enemy
| along the line Of sweet peas. and show
ing him where the flower beds should
| run.