Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-24

he wouldn't have the dare to speak
up to us SO positive" Mr.. Morn
ingstar gloomily reasoned. "To be
sure. ! wouldn't give in to him and
make over all that there money to the
girl If [ didn't have afraid he'd squeeze
me fur more'n that yet-like what he
sayed he'd do"
"Abram Morningstar. you amt go.
ing to up and throw $4,000 at that
girlr' his wife exclaimed incredulous-
~.
Twill you leave me know, then, how
Pm gettin' out Of it?'' he demanded.
They were together in the Kitchen
Just after Kinross' departure on his
weeks absence. Mr.. Merningstar was
still too i'll from his cold to leave the
settee, and his wife was In the act of
putting mustard plaster on him when
he opened up the discussion OF what
lay so heavily on their hearts.
''He must have took shine to Eu-
nice" Mrs. Morningstar lamented. ito
be takin' up fur her like what he's do
IN. don't know what's got into the
men. such DUNN taste as they all
show. There's Olhe-she's twicet as
fat and has nicer cloes and near twicet
the schoolin' as what Eunice's got. The
girls Just that tricky she makes eyes
at the men behind our backs, pop,
that's wot!''
'Tve been thinkin' 1t out how we
could spite him back" Mr.. Morning
star said. lowering his voice and indi-
eating with a twirl of his thumb the
departed boartler. "If we do have to
give Eunice them $1,000 we kin keep 1t
in the family and get ahead Of that
darned. towner by marryin' her to Abe
right Always. Amt? You see, what
that city sharper's after is to git them
$4,000 fur hisself. 1t amt often girl
even towner-has that much to
bring to her mister. Abe couldn't git
no girl round here with that much. II
we do have to give her the money we
couldn't do better by Abe than to leave
him marry her."
"Well, mebbe," Mrs Morningstar an
swered. considering the matter as she
buttoned her husbands shirt over the
plaster. "But it would rifle me to have
to marry our Abe to girl We brang
up on charity
",That amt neither here nor there"
Mr.. Morningstar sneered irritably at
this, sentiment What we want Is to
settle these here finances without no
more loss than we can't help"
'.There's this to say" Mrs. Morning
star added-"if she marries Abe mebbe
that underhanded Hen Mucklehenny
will be comm back to our Ollie when
he sees he can't have Eunice."
"Yes we'd be spitin' him too" Mr..
Morningstar fairly smacked his lips
with satisfaction. "The hand of Prov
idence would be in it, and 1t would all
work out for his honor and glory. Yes,
I tell you the Lord sees many a
thing head of hisself that way"
you're spitin' every one but the one
I'd like to Spite" snapped Mrs. Morn
ingstar, "and that's that deceitful girl,
with her sneakin' ways and her playin'
her tricks behind a body's back after
all we. done fur her a'ready!'
Seems we haven't darst to talk
about that no more-what we done FUR
her. Seems she done everything fur
u.s." Mr.. Morningstar sarcastica!ly add
ed. sNow, look a-here, nom; We'll fix
it up between Abe and Eunice before
the Doc gifts back. See? I'll go ahead
and tell Abe he has the dare to pass
his promise to Eunice, and you kin
tell her she dare have Abe now with
out workin no more tricks to git him."
1t was a bitter thing to Mrs. Morn
ingstar, this task allotted to her, but
it was to become more bitter still be-
fore she was through with it,
1t appeared for moment that 1t was
going to be made easy. Abe, entirely
unsuspicious of what was brewing,
came to his mother that very evening
after his days work was over with a
passionate protest against her opposi-
ton to his marrying Eunice and plea
that she leave him have the girl.
"To be sure, Eunice she knows
you're agin it, so she purtends she
don't want me- You go tell her you're
in fur tour gettin' promised together
and certainly then she'll be only too
glad to git me-"
This was Abes point of view.
"Glad to git you! Well, I guess
mebbew Mrs. Morningstar retorted.
cts wonder you wouldn't look high
er, Abe Morningstar."
81 have wonderful tired, nom, Of
hearn' of this 'lookin' higher I got
my age-I'm a man-and it's my own
affairs if l look high or low for my
wife Eunice she suits me all right.
Even if she won't have no aussteuer
and amt got nothin' comm to her,
she's anyhow not one to spend at the
cloes or to run, and she's so handy at
the work I'd never have to hire fur
her. So if l am lookin' low, l amt
dom so bad, takin' it all in 70 If you
and pop would only stop k8kin' I'd
soon git her to pass her promise. And
1 tell you right here nom, I'm goin'
to marry her, anyhow-whether yous
like it or whether yous don't. So yous
might as we'll stop your kickin.' To
be sure it would make me less work
persuadin' Eunice if yous would stop
kickin'. She's awful stubborn headed
about it,
Mrs. Morningstar shifted contemptu-
ously.
Och but men is DUNN things! Her
stubborn headed about takin' you
when she's been maxim eyes at you and
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