The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-12-27

that IL had come to be regarded by
members of her family as part and
parcel of her attire first thing
assumed in the morning. the last thing
laid aside ut hight Mary Carmichael
had little difficulty In recognizing Ju
dlth Rodney's stepmothcr. nee Tumlln.
she who Ind been the heroine of the
romance lately recorded.
Mrs. Rodney's interest IN the girl
niighung from the stage was evinced
In the palsled motion of the chair as
II quivered slightly back and forth IN
place Of the swinging seesaw with
which she was wont to wear the hours
away. The snuff brush was brought
into more fiercely active commission.
but she said nothing till Mary Carml-
chael was within few inches OF her;
then. shifting the SNUFF brush to n posi-
! ton more favorable TO enunciu ton. she
said: "Howdyi Ye he Miz Ycllett's
gov'ment. amt YEP There was some
thing threatening IN her aspect. "a IL
the office OF governess to the Yelletts
carried some challenging quality.
Government repeated Mary vague
ly. her head still rumbling with the
noise and motion of the stage I'm
afraid hardly understand"
Amt you uns goin' to teach the Vel.
lett outfit Their spellln'. writln and
| about George Washington. nm how the
Yankees KEN along arter he was In his
grave an fit us and broke up the ken
try so we had ter leave our home In
Tennessee an KEN to this we're outda.
cious place. where nobody knows the
diffunce between aig bread an corn
dodger? | war Miss Tumlin. from
Tennessee"
The rocking chair now began to re
| cover Its accustomed momentum This
much heralded educational expert was
far from terrifying Indeed to Mrs
Rodney's bawklike gaze, that devoured
every visible Item of Mary's extremely
modest travelling dress, there was moth
ing so very wonderful about "the gov
ment from the east" With a dizziness
compatible only. with long practice Mrs
Rodney now put foot on the round OF
an adjoining chair and showed II toward
Mary Carmichael In hOspitable PAM
tomiInc, never once relaxing her con-
tinual rocking In the meantime. Mary
took the chair, and Mrs. Rodney after
freshenlng up the snpff brush from u
small tin box in her lap, put spurs to
her rocking chair. so to speak, and
started off nj brisk canter
Il low it's mighty queer you uns
| don't recognize the job you uns KEN
out yere TO take, when | call II by
name" From the sheltering flap OF
the pink sunbonnet she turned a pair
Of black eyes full Of III concealed sus-
picion. "AIiz Yellett givin' herself as
many airs bout hirln II gov'ment s If
she WIZ gOin' to congress. Queer you
| don't know whether you be one or
| not"' she withdrew into the sun
bonnet muttering to herself She
could not be more than fifty Mary
| thought. but her habit of mutterlng
and exhibiting her depopulated gums
while she was in the act of revivifying
| the snuff brush gave her Il cronsh as
| pect.
A babel of voices came from the
/ open faced room on the opposite side
OF the house corresponding to the one
In which Mary and Mrs Rodney were
sitting. Apparently supper was being
prepared by some half dozen young
people, each of whom thought he or
| she was being imposed upon by the
others. Hand me that knife" "Git 1t
yourself" "I'll tell nav how you air
wolfing down the potatoes as fast as
| I can fry EN-" go on, tattle tale"
This was the repartee. mingled with
the hiss of frying meat, the grinding
| Of coffee, the humping sound made by
bread being hastily mixed in wooden
| bowl standing on wooden table. The
babel grew In volume. Dogs added to
| 1t by yelping emotionally when the
smell Of the newly fried, meat tempted
them too near the platter and some
one with disengaged foot ut his dis
| posal would kick them out of doors.
Personalities were exchanged more
| freely by members of the family, and
| the meat Missed harder as it was newly
| turned. Laws a Massey" muttered
Mrs Rodney, ana then, showing back
the sunbonnet. she lifted her voice in
a shrlll, feminine shrek:
"Eudory! Eu-dory. You-do-ry!"