The San Francisco call., 1904-11-06

happy over It., but Jim didn't even
thank me for tryin' 10 save.
Just week from the next Wednes-
day came the Old Folks picnic at the
county-Seat. an Jim, knew. was plan
min on goin'- He hadn't never missed
a picnic since they started havin' EN-
nrJeen years before. an when he men
toned it to me that Saturday night, he
looked kind O. surprised when 1 told
him that I'd planned on dOin' some
codortn' that day. that bein' the only
day l could borrow the big kittIe an I
couldn't afford 10 hire the coIorin' done.
An besides. i didn't think We could af-
ford TO go. We couldn't 20 without the
boys, that was understood. Why. il
meant the loss OF the work OF four an
the team for one whole day IL we went.
an ev'ry cent counted toward that
'joinin' farm
Jim didn't say no more about the
picnic then. but he wasn't quite the
most pleasant person 10 live with all
week Seemed as il cake an preserves
an such had been keepin' him sweet.
On Thursday mOrnin' he went to town
on business. After he was gone, fixed
up a bundle OF dress goods an went
down TO one Of the neighbors. She had
a waist pattern that / wanted to use
an she was pretty clever at cuttins out
dresses 1 always make my own
waists, but l can't never get the skirts
10 hang right, so | hire them made
Change work with this neighbor. or
somethin'. When / got the waist cut
out / started home, but I wasn't goin'
70 rug that bundle back through the sun
an dust, so 1 says. I'll leave this here
an when Jim goes past you send il up
oy him. Just say there's the stun you
said you'd send up.
We'll, / got back an started dinner.
an after while Jim come drivin' up.
went out to meet him. for I needed
some OF the groceries he had. an be
handed down the bundle He looked Ar
me KIND o queer an says. What's
this! Mis- Jones said to tell you il was
the goods she was gOin' to send IN T
said. 'Oh, just some sewin' I'm gOin' to
do He looked mad. an asked. You
amt dOiI' any sewin' for her. be you2
You needn't think you're gOin' to take
IN seWinp An he started 20, take the
bundle out OF my hand. but / walked
into the house I knew he'd been
thinkin' all the way up to the house
tnaI SOmethin was wrong with that
bundle Git would take him about that
long TO get as stirred up as he wasl.
a 1 was Just as well pleased that he
id think was SEWN for the neigh
DORIS 10 save money for that 'jcinin'
farm. even II IL did hurt his pride to
have his wife take in SEWN
At dinner he didn't say no more
dOOUl the lNlnS cause the BOYS was
around OF course, if he'd asked me
I'd have told him that it was a waist
that was maxim for myself. though 7
might not have told him was maxim
II Just 10 wear To that Old Folks MIC
nc But 1 was. just the same. But he
didn't ask me. an he KEEP on gettfn'
more an more stirred up about nv
SEWN for the neighbOrs, Just 10 save
money so as TO buy another farm. II
ned seen the goods he'd have known.
II he'd been a woman, that I wasn't
sewIn' for Ills Jones. for she couldn't
wear that color, but he didn't see the
goods. an If he had. bein' a man. he
wouldn't have thought about such a
little thing as color.
L didn't see nothin' of Jim all after
noon except when he come in from the
neid an hitched up the team an
drove over 10 the neighbor's that owned
the farm that he was countin' on buv-
IN He got back just before supper
an ne looked a little less grumpy tban
ne dlo at noon We sat down to the
table. an it did look kind O. bare with
out cake or cookies, or sauce or nrs-