Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-21
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out tn him r. come IN IN WAC a o,,r,,
GUS voice. fiat and strained. as though
1t were an effort to sneak. Expecting
to see an invalid the stranger stenned
into the room. -
A man of not more than thirtv-five
lay back In a rocker. his thin. sickly
hands extended ON his knees his face
pinched and grey.lookine
..Pm afraia ,you,re III" the visitor
said. ~ was going to ask llyour hos.
pitality for an honr. or tv6s wa,ve
been travelling since davhraak and The
horses want 4 rest bnt II von,d rathe,.
not be bothered don't mind saving
So" ~.
..No. don't go-stay.. the man said
4 eagerly. .,.m = hit of an invalid hut
that doesn't matter IT'S treat ~
see somebodv frnm the ontside world
and YOU don't look an II Won helonpe ed
to these parts"
~ come from winn,nep NV nama.s
Z Drummond. and I'm going I'M 10 R,ack.
foot Creek on business. L sunnose
you've heard that they've struck oil
there. 80 - -
81 hear nothing One miybtI 90 na,,
be dead as live here--hattern
Mr.. Dr,mmond p,ancaa aro,na +ha
room r. WAS a. ,ittla wh;taua.has
pl.ce with the. usual stove IN INC oan.
tar. 3ts long nina n,ercins The oe,,,ne
+ "a warm IN. nnnar rooms Thrnmah
the windowl he cou,d 500 Tho notato.
match and tbe acids heyond beg,nnine
n snrout. into ,raanness
VI annnsa q l. = h;t dreorv a, +ha
winter he said arbsra wny,,n,t ~
much n do then ~
.-rhere,s nothing yo,, Fool III. .
+ caslawav nm ! d.sart isIan, Nahoau
comes near Won and Won bear and SO
nothing Won att over the rod hot stove
nnttj vcn,,a ho,f.haraa x, 49, LII. LII
whna the Inv VIVID Anas ;ts ,Sar =
throueb ,.vs,.,, c,o ~ o., s,.oaso -.
on the other Tba lows 80 49,
enough INT the niybta arc uor.e a,hae e
Z Won liz awake l,.tenine !, tha o,,,o.as
bowling down nv fine snr,ng ana tha
wind ytears over tbe ,,tair,, i've ! AZ.
mon let loose : -. /,
.sYou DOM look A. for. tha su,o >,
Drummond said comnass;onate,v Ioor.
ing at tho thin refined 9,aca- ava list.
less figure ..Yon need the comfor+s -
cfyilization n takes strong man
to face this sort ~ exiatance and oct
any. good ont otito ?
.iIt;a mot anv cho,ce ~ mine rva
never been used 10 It NV wife had a
T fancy - come nm bora h,,t .h,.,.
she's almost had enoupb ~ ,tn
NJ shouldn,t have tbonph+ tbare
could he any attraction far = ,odv IN
such Mace There's isn,t even Tnrch
sport !" he conclnded that the mistress
Of the house must he ~ robust INV.
slime With manly tastes :, taLa - tha
wilderness from choice
He altered his mind when ha sar,
4 her come in. l75 .
she was tall and slender v,th r.tbar
q hard face. which had nrohab,vs heen
pretty before foil and eynosura 10 oil
weathers had aged and rnnghenad e
Hers was the .ienderness ~ strensth
and clean proportions. sha WAS 40
STRAIGHT and upright an a dart Dr,m.
rnond thought what . contrast she
made to her husband But though be
was not prepossessed nv her annear.
ance-anda her chilly greeting IN.
creased the feeline-she WAS cnita
different from the loud snoring wo.
man he had imagined.
She nut a howl Of notatnes down hv
her husband.
.This gentleman will ercnsa Won
getting IN with thesa.n abe saia w,th
q nervous laugh. .nrhav are wanted
for dinner Shall i show vour man
the stables pr abe added turning ~
Drummend aYou will want a share.
down for the horses"
Don't let me trouble Won can
ind them myself or anyhodv can
I show me- the way.
.-rhere IL nolmdv hut me- and cr.n,
and he ia engaged inst now NV ms.
I hand. ma Won see ,s MT atrono eno,gh
to do much. 40 we have changed
places. He looks after the house and
does any little ioba he cam
Drtmmond could say no more He
caught bnlf.ahamed hale.n1aadin1
look ON the mans face as he followe.,
NM wife outside. and he wondered
what n all meant n seemed a strange
household. He could not hut admire
the why the place was kent Everv.
thing was SO clean and fidv. there
was no waste or disorder anywhere.
though it was evident to l1is practiced
! eye that it must be a hard fight to
make living here.
you must work hard,p he said with