The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-08-19

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AND HE SAID, KINDER SHORT. THEY
| DID.
| then, but havin' her senses, see,
though she wuz too weak to talk.
Oh, poor GIRL poor girl! KEEP sayin' to
myself, for her story hanted me, and my
tears seemed fallin' in bitter rain on
my heart as l thought ont. | looked
round the low, poor freezin' room, so
poor and cold that Josiah wouldn't let
his cows stay in 1t or even his two-year-
olds, and thought she might had rich
home full of every luxury IL she would
sell herself, but she could starve and
freeze, but could not be bought; you
could read that in her noble face.
And what made it ten times harder
wuz her love for the young chap. She
loved him and couldn't help it; wimmen
are so curious. And with her heart ach-
in inside for the love that meant only
degradation, and her tender body achin'
outside with bitter cold and hunger and
overwork, she wuz in tough place. But
she stood firm. Her steadfast soul looked
out of her pinched, pale face dauntlessly,
and yet with look that brought tears
to every eye as looked into 'em.
1t wuz the look of dyin' hero on a
battlefield; the look of grieved baby
wantin' its mother. And them big eyes
told the hull story of woman's warm,
passionate mater held in check by the
strong mind OF the queeniy soul. Her
eyes wuz so deep blue they looked
black where the long lashes fell acrost
EN-, and you could see she could be state
ly as young queen IL she had half
chance. Proud and poor, she'd gone
down to Deaths very doorstep without
maxim a sign and would have gone in,
| spoze. If 1t hadn't been for Dick hap
PENN to meet US at the tavern door
Happen 1t hain't SO; things don't hap
pen; she wuz watched over by pityin'
God.
Miss Murphy didn't git ready to come
up till eight o'clock, and then wuz be-
lated tryin' to stop the cracks round the
| winder, where the snow come siftin' in.
Her boy got a cab for me, promisin' to
come back in the mornin'. Helen
couldn't speak loud, but her big eyes
follered me as left with gratitude and
| blessin'. Thinks l. 1t Is shameful late
to so and see folks, and like as not III
| find EN- all abed, but seem they lived so
nigh, felt must tell 'em how Helen
wuz. ForI well remembered when Hubby
Bumpus, my old hired girl, wuz took sick
with numony, Deacon Bobbett come to
our house late as quarter to nine, and
1 Josiah and | got up and dressed and
went over there and stayed most all
night, and with the blessin' Of God and
hot water bags and spignut and sasspr-
lila strip, we brought her through And
how we thanked Deacon Bobbett for tell
| in us.
| ! thought Id tell EN- jest how bad of
Helen wuz, and II they wuz in suffer-
in state themselves, I'd hire EN- to make
a shirt for Josiah and one for Thomas
Jefferson, and pay good honorable price
In advance, so they could pay their help
fair wages. Well, 1t must have been nine
O'Clock when I stood on the tall stun
stoop at Mr.. Grindem-Downe. The house
wuz as high as meetin' house, and the
front ont one blaze Of light. I thought
1t strange poor folks should live In such
a palace as this, but thought mebby they
wuz hired out here themselves. and meb-
by charitable folks wuz 'havin pound
party for EN-. But by this time colored
gentleman as slick as minister opened
the door, and SEE: "Duz Mr.. Grindem.
Downe's folks live here?"
And he said kinder short they did.
SEE |: want to see Miss Grindem-
downe."
1T is impossible" SEE he.
Sez I: "Why?" spoze looked dret.
full good-natured and real noble, and ne
SEE, in blander axents: She's not
dressed"
WELL" SEE I, II wuz afraid OF that
comm this time OF night, but only
want to see her minute. Tell her not to
: mind II her dress is onhooked, tell her
to Jest throw shawl round her and
come to the foot of the stairs, for" SEE I
: firmly, st is matter OF life and death. .
Ito be concluded.)