The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-06-29
SURRENDERED
HIS CLAIM
BY ANNIE B. HOUSEMAN


aUV fNufTaI maintain IYrm.r..- Nnf tho
fact was scarcely noticed rv fbe mann
whose ioe-trouine little Jenney moan-
dered stolidy alone.
They were a peculiarly wei. mated
pair-this man and beast TO "a
close observer tbev hore each otbar
a resemblance Most uro,v it WAS n
similarity in tbair lts,ositi.ns tbourb
b,.t,, to ol.soi,.,. Nam t,rtt,. rror,
tho lt,.Io c~.,.,,-..s t,b.~i.,l ,t,r,,.
teris,t. r,r ,nu. no ,,as n,,ollo and
nationt o,1 500 and s.rriI D.. vos
nosses.od of mo- vcr, marked Win now
or. and we all understand fully the
meanine off stubborn as a mule"
II was craving warm and Jcnnov
u.os cottir, tir.I os tbev t,1 come
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and r. her stems were slower thov
we're onite doci4ed while bor ears ncw
forward and ,,.,.ward moro r,n,IIv
rbo ri5.r di5 ,,t nerceiv. This uo
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me bripbt litro dress ne had h1urht
for ber, Die remembered SD vigiIf
the day he met Liza and the child at
the Lowell fair.
The LITTLE ono was trottne along
and ,r,ttlfno .o crnninolv that hr
ear. h.r como coD1v artor which
sho hoc.,no .o friondlv nst sbo in-
s,s,.1 nno, him hoing her escort to
see tbe pies and horses. Oh course
he was deliebto3 al the opportuni,y
of meeting Liza and her parents. and
soon thov were an GOOD friends.
After This Jonnev often made the
trim to lowell which fact oxplains her
tbororgb tnowlodce of the road. and
ono dav Han mover knew how IL ham
,onod liza rrorisod to De his wife
and he went In search of the old man
10 ask his consent. for this kind of
thing il conducted about the same way
the world over.
The old man had couchel and. eas-
ing himself around I'm the chair. srat
unite far of the little portico. then
crossed and rocrossed his legs several
ti,,es and dr,wled ont.
.WaaI va-aes reckon so-but We
know Liza do he fond o. the chile. ]
Guess We be 1owin' TO take 'em both?"
Hail smiled now TO remember that
he grew almost angry at this. and rec
nlied that he would not dream of sep-
arating them even If Liza should De
willing
..uraol va 500 '1ow'd as how we'd
ho.tor tnou that we uns don't know
v.ho tho cbile.s father bo-an'-fur as
onr love fur liza qoes don't give a
dprn we loves 'em both. an is clad
an ,er bnt Of Won an her is sot ON
oacb other an vou've n min 10 take
IAN, an, treat ,em wbife-all right But
iono 90 live lows to see 'em wei
t~ootod"
ron ov,reseo1 the nronor gratitude
ana went hack to Liza. Soon DE took
her IN his utre home and provided
her 0itb ali the rude comforts pos
sible and right bappy she seemed TO
he and the child was a constant JOY.
True she WAS not his own. but she
mo- ,,a,s and eo was his and iu
his ,,yool,lv visits IN town he never
f,-oot a. hrin, Gift with which fo
min fror her q delipbted orv and a
noorty bre
Ia,,ey y.as vorv noar bor GOAL nov.
ond ot tbo sigbt of fits shining sur
ssce ioqged nm a few stems and wadcd
in vim evident delight She went
in nm IN bor knees and stretched her
short recl, opt to drink as She went
~ it,io doe,er while HAN nulIel his
y,o. nm ~, hor h,ck
n. rts nos cool nroaeart
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