Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-11

IV STAR held counsel together
 and came to some astute con
 A \ clusions. -s.
 ''If that there Doc didn't have some
 pin up his sleeve to down us witt
 he wouldn't have the dare to speak
 up to us so positive" Mir. Morn
 ingstar gloomily reasoned. "To be sure, I wouldn't give in to him and
 make over all that there money to the girl if I didn't have afraid heA squeeze me fur more'n that yet-like what he saved he'd do."
 "Abram Morningstar, you ain't go. ing to up and throw $3,OOO at that girl"' his wife exclaimed incredulous- ly.
 will you leave me know, then, how I'm gettin' out of it?'' he demanded.
 They were together in the kitchen just after Kinross' departure on his weeks absence. MT. Morningstar was still too ill 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 a shine to Flu nice," Mrs. Morningstar lamented, "to be takin' up fur her like what he's do. in. I don't know what's got into the men, such dunn taste as they all show. There's Ollie-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 wotr'
 ''I've been thinkin' it out how we could spite him back" Mir. Morning star said, lowering his voice and indi- eating with twirl of his thumb the departed boarder. If we do have to give Eunice them $3.OOO we kin keep it in the family and get ahead of that darned towner by marvin her to Abe right aways. Ain't? Ysu see, what that city sharper's after is to git them S3,000 fur hisself. It ain't often a girl even a towner-has that much to bring to her mister. Abe couldn't git no girl round here with that much. If 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 1t would rifle me to have to marry our Abe to a girl we brang up on charity"
 That ain't neither here nor there," Mir. 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 comin' back to our Ollie when he sees lie can't have Eunice."
 "Yes, we'd be spitin' him too" NIT. Morningstar fairly smacked his lips with satisfaction. "The hand of Prov idence would be in it, and it would all work out for his honor and glory. Yes, tell you the Lord sees a many a thing head of hisself that wayr'
 You're spltin' 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'readyr' Seems we haven't darst to talk about that no more-what we done fur her. Seems she done everything fur us," Mfr. Morningstar sarcastically add ed. Now. look a-here. mom; we'll fix 1t up between Abe and Eunice before the Doc gifts back Sect I'll go ahead i and tell Abe he has the dare to pass his promise to Eunice, and you kin i tell her she dare have Abe now with l put workIn' ID more tricks to git him" l It was a bitter thing to Mrs. Morn- I ingstar. this task allotted to her, but i 1t was to become more bitter still be- l fore she was through with it
 It appeared for a moment that it was ! going to be made easy. Abe, entirely i of what was brewing. i same to his mother that very evening after his days work was over with a passionate protest against her opposi- tiOn to his marrying Eunice and plea I hat she leave" him have the girl
 To be sure, Eunice she knows I To1're agfa f, 90 she puTTends she l lOn't want me You go tell her you're n fur ft-oar gettfn' promised together and certainly then sheU be only too lad to git ne-
 This vzs Abe's point of xeg
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