The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-03
A CASE OF OBEDIENCE.

n T was go ana MSrIa Ellen mad
Just come In from the Wednesday
evening prayer meeting
ITS showing some" she said.
Mrs. Turner looked up from her
sewing and gave her daughter u keen
glance.
Henry says It hasn't showed so
early as this for some years"
The girl stopped suddenly. She had
not meant 10 speak that name. but Il
was too late now.
ibid Henry Watson come home
with your asked Mrs. Turner. sharp
ly.
Yes. mother
That's what thought. What have
| told you about him?"
There was no reply from Maria
Ellen.
do you hear me? Amt | told you
enough times that | don't want YOU
to let Henry Watson pay you any ut.
tentions"
Yes. mother. but"
There amt no butts about II.
You've got TO do as I say. Where was
Elder Burrows? You might have rode
home In his buggy. just as Ike as not"
Il didn't want to ride In Elder Bur
rows buggy. nor have anything to do
with him. He didn't ask me. anyway"
you didn't give him chance. most
likely. l amt goin' Z have you throw
away such a chance as that. You
won't get a man Ike Sam Burrows
every day. He owns the finest farm
In this county. m money in the bank.
You could get him just as well as not.
II you want so contrary. I'D Ike 10
know what you're thinkin' OF. Poor's
we are. IL makes me want 10 shake
you. sometimes"
Il don't care how much he's worth.
mother; | don't think you ought to ex.
pect me TO sell myself couldn't
10 IT,"
sell yourself, I guess you'd BE-
yett'n' the best OF the bargain"
Mother. how can you say that7
Mr., Burrows Is over 30 years old and
| widower with two children. while
I'm only. 10. don't see how you can /
want me TO sacrifice myself by mar
ying him"
"Oh. you've got Henry Watson on :
he brain. that's what's the matter.
HUH It's his red cheeks and curly I
lack mustache. I suppose. What's he
ot { offer " Eight or nine dollars I
week as clerk In a grocery. You
lake me provoked. Maria Ellen. h
ways hoped you'd have some sense" h
That's what want to have. moth
r. and" q.
There, you needn't sauce your own Il
iother. When II comes to that. It's r
me e stop. You go { bed" y
But. mother. -"
Il said for you Z 20 to bed. You
ind. m
Maria Ellen took the lamp from the NJ
ockshelf and went upstairs without Z
mother word. nj
In Mrs. Turner's Utmost heart was
love for her only child which was Dc
lown most OF all in the ambition
hich she had in seeking her temporal m
elfare. She would not willingly have 80
AIRED the girls happiness. but she il
ought that she knew what was for Inf
II good and where her future happf-
50 lay. They were poor. owning W
Ily the tiny house In which they ed
led and a patch Of garden, to which be
rs added what they could make nc
ing modest dressmaking for their be
lghbors. tel
Elder Samuel Burrows, II was not tel
correctly thought was on the look M
{ for second wife. IL was sup ST
sed that the elder would Lave 10
flculty in finding n woman willing III
live In his handsome house and act pc
mother to his boy and girl. aged 20
spectively Z and years. He had I
lied several times, as the whole tn
Ighborhood knew, at the Widow I I
Irner's, and had taken particular we
ms to smile upon Maria Ellen when lllk
err he met her out Mrs. Turner. m
srefore, had spared no opportunity thu
thrust her daughter upon him, al
,ugb the girl herself treated him an
tn bare ciyility and rebelled at her ties
,ther's schemlng. mo
morning the ground was sal
lite with snow, though II was not
sp enough to prevent Maria Ellen
rting out early In the forenoon to tho