Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-09
CEDAR BOX.

Nh CEDAi D
,,,,er day at st. Adams, The
.s.1 in long. struggling lines
~ Gross we'll up st. Peters
T., rabbIe of voices stirred the
i the cathedral city. The
vas still young, but winter
rslid lights and torn shadows
a bInrred outlines showed
. The vegetables ON the
t,n, showed Whitley gray with
NJ we're sodien with water;
f,b Law in glittering masses,
fpoers sid in and out, red
with cold.
-,r. mid d china merchant held
gae bv the town hall. The
,5,nr was content to lurk be-
eo5boys. knowing well that his
,riI be in demand, and that
-n Gained him a greater space.
mDacking great rows OF tins
4 to fill up gaps made by Gus
1, he did so. he bawled loudly,
e voice filling the air, his
fng out in white gusts.
wp gettin' marrid, you gels?
for We, pans for We, a 'nameled
nreoence as We can wash yer
Plates only tuppence each!
Dice to buy, to buy!'
I,ts paid little attention to
ag steady sale for their own
ucl plants and shrubs, and
dies Of tawny chrysanthemums
1as stuck with frost. At right
them, but some space distant,
s ambitious had set up d row
stalls against the pavement.
he worked chiefly by women;
picture books, ribbons and
rit of a mean kind.
,te wide space where the flor
all old man made his lettering
1s pavement by these stalls. He
ne slight attention as the one
igue among the many eoun-
me into market; but few per
be sufficiently interested to fol-
curse. This led him to the
literature, and he scanned with
FINEST eyes Il row of texts and
d That huttered on the line above
for myself. but for a neigh
tod the waiting woman at the
lie STAB hey be marrid-
Seet Home II do, [ do think.
vi the gillyHowers, missis."
nan brought it down with
Gt fingers, and he turned away.
@ne not half a dozen steps when
l,d stood still, bent his head
ashed billycock hat, and peered.
4 was made of cedar wood. 1t
Slt and quantity beautiful,
@lt heap of garish ribbons, a
~! spray carved delicately upon
l-I box what she keeps fardens
ne woman at the next stall.
LOT sale. Here, Missis Miles,
anPa covetin' your farden- box.
7AA fortune, I'll be bound"
..-0 litter.
s'4' stout, coarse, and bold eyed,
''om the back of the stall,
aad been chafiering for or
u. ii a man whose ragged clothing
VII ana creeping flesh. She was
u elderly. both in body and
slams OF sin and shameless
u .on her face, her gray-black
: Ike an mcoUth shadow above
~, NJ at the old mans bent head
'alnt for sale. neither it nor
- ~ IN it, she said.
!. her. but. with the slow facul-
o.Q' only half took in the
" me words. He lifted the
a4o held 1t in his withered
,-lD lie looked from it to the
-, Tatery smile played round
H., IL De tWm-brother to one l
''~ | Wis 4 young man." he
\ IA ran her eye over him, over
\ ~ natures, and the hair like
/, H.. no'f, frost sticking out from
&, "" When the scrutiny was
ID, t >@lo' even more hardly and
1s,,. ,yl2Fe, " faint for sale"
Il ~ The box delicateIy in his
.s5, ~ eyes cleaning with a
Sr5, ''' upon it, taking no heed
HAM,, lou be a stranger here,
P 'I'" You bought the box,
p Stranger I am" she said,
l. f @,u | been here afore, and l
ea..r -',e again. I didn't get the
: - neither; I've had it many
IN l a.: a heap of gaudy ties to-
81 b. ,YSF1 them as CURLY apart,
WIN eyes upon the mingling
& aoa" ''oInor to one carven by
,.ls5 a, repeated the veteran.
) ~n,S " that like I'd "a said it
&ysr no,, only / knowed as she
r,~, part wi the box
i s5ra laughed, not a pleasant
b "1-tu against the Sida IF The
: WIS. Elbows stuck out stiffiy
! he so;s Praps she did part
aa srSne d, at her a glance that
gss ' HE and brightness to the
I M an MS slender shoulders
w. she amt never parted WI