The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-11-25

! ueoOeu. IL time Ter the ScrlQLer
an prayers" he said.
Sarah Jane gave a snort of defiance
as her husband turned to First Tim
othy and read: In like manner
also that women adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness
and sobriety; not with braided hair,
or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
but (Which becometh women
processing goodliness) with good
works.
! 8" Let the women learn in silence
with all subsection.
But I suffer not a woman to
teach, nor to usurp authority over
the man, but to be silence.
| For Adam was first formed, then
Eve.
"'And Adam was not deceived,
but the woman being deceived was in
the transgression.'
Never word came from Sarah
Jane while Silas wrestled long and
fervently before the throne, praying
! that she might be endowed with a
meek and humble and contrite heart.
| But there was curious light in her
eyes when she rose from her knees
that spoke Of anything but meekness.
That light shone still in her eyes
at breakfast, but there was shawd
of smile on her face also, which
Silas, observing, congratulated him
self upon his discipline, and hied
away to the fields for the time was
early spring and he was unusually
busy.
"Wonder what's the reason the
horn don't sound for dinner, Silas?"
asked one of the men at the noon
hour.
IT Dunno answered Silas. ''Meb-
be it amt time yit. Yes, it's too,' he
exclaimed, glancing at the sun. 1T
must "a footed an us not "a noticed.
Come on, boys! Sarah Jane don't
like her kettles ter STAN
Tired and hungary the men hur-
ried toward the house. Silas paused
aghast on the threshold of the kit
chen The fire was out. The break
fast dishes stood on the table I'M
washed. There was no sign of din
ner, nor of Sarah Jane either.
Fearing he knew not what, he ran
through the lower rooms quickly.
She was not in any of them. Up
stairs he dashed, calling her name
frantically. The beds were unmade,
the work was undone Silas came
down and dropped meekly into a
chair.
"she amt up there" he said.
where dye pose she is?
"Hev yer tried the spare room
Silas?" asked one of the men. II
noticed the door wuz closed"
Silas started up eagerly. The
spare room opened directly off the
parlor, and Sarah Jane sometimes lay
there when she had the toothache.
"Sarah! Sarah janet" he called as
he tried the door. "Air We thar"
"Well, what dye want?" came
Sarah James voice from behind the
locked door. 49,:
''I want ter know the reason we
amt 60 mo dinner!" cried Silas.
"Air yer sick?"
''No; amt SICK" answered Sarah
Jane. "I've struck"
| 'Struck!" cried Silas. t*What dye
mean, Sarah?" ).
81 mean thet I have gone on a
strike" answered Sarah Jane. II
want higher wages, shorter work
hours an that belt. An I'm goin'
ter hev.'em too"
"Wal, yer won't git 'em by any
SIGH blames foolish6ess as this,'' OBJ
served Silas wrathfully. "Come out
an git us some dinner"
! cit IT, yerself," retorted Sarah
SADIE. "Let some of the other AMI
mails what's made for yer comfort
wait on yer fer spell. I amt a.
goin' ter be no drudge no longer fer
nuthin.'
| "Yer'll starve then, fer I won't give
in," threatened silas. eyer know
me-, Sarah Jane, an yer'll do we'll
not ter try me too far"
| "Oh, I guess l won't starve for a
spell nohow," laughed Sarah Jane.
eve got the most Nv the cold vittles
with me-"
Come on, boys" said silas, ex-
asperated to calmness. "Thar's no
use argfyin' now. Well rustic
round an git us sump'n an then
I'll go git Martha Martin. Well see
who gifts the wust of the DEAL"
Sarah Jane chuckled as they went
away.
f; Martha is the highest priced an
the most extravagant cook on Sug-
ar Crick," she soliliquized. ."Silas
couldn't "a choosed better. She'll
make his hair stan an end by her
waste He'll give in fust.'
! Martha Martin was duly installed
that afternoon and then the battle
was on. Silas did not go near the
spare room for two days, but to his
surprise there was no sign from Sar-
ah Jane either.
| TITS the fust time in all our twen-
ty-four year together that she ever
def1ed me-" he thought to himself on
the evening of the second day, as he
sat on the porch steps to smoke. U.s.
ually. he smoke in the kitchen, but
Martha Martin was an austere wom-
an who couldn't abide smoke, so he
went to the steps. "Mebbe ort ter
hev given her that belt. I dunno.
She can't help bein' the weaker ves-
sci, I s'pose, an prone ter vanity.
But it seems sinful waste Nv money
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