Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-09

There. it was QUIT The lines be-
came = little more rigid. n anything.
and che old w0man'a rocker Increased
the cadence 81 IT. croaktn9 ~ ten
rocks to tia minute. but asil aha kept
her eyes intent upon her work. wh1ca.
tor q knitted stocking. seemed 10 need
an unusual amount Of attenttcn-
As for Joseph, the look % assoniAhr
ment. then CONSERVATION that came
over his face Saa pltifai % So. lie
brought down hIa feet from their
place of ease. half turned In his chair
/ an as could see his aanra rtsta ox'
/ nression. and exclaimed In a Voice IN
which an the trouble of his face vas
/ reproduced;
Alone. why. Runt. what's tho mat.
sess What have / doncs Aint !
tended 10 the weed. and Rln't heiped |
| YOU wash. aud alnt done everything |
for yer that ! coHidF Ne scr alex os
accln' me 'roands Why. Aunt" hia
voice broke a. hta eyes niied. why.
aunt, dtdnt know ! waant a'pleaa'a
yer."
Thr cadence 81 tho chair Increased
y-t again tthe oniy outward evidence
OF the inward diaturhaucel. and Mary
waited u moment before answering.
sTAtnt YOU. toc. ahc said nnAils:
'tt's me. | guvss nut | srll yer, Joe.
I'VE been thinking Il over all aamnrr,
and II am an old woman ! aln't quite
laid an the Aheif Net, and I aiHt $50
IN ~ be, neither
An nhe talked her feelings nveream@
her timidity ~ speech. aud now ahr
set forth her yiewH with TIE faFee ~
ten months u peutup feelings, whllr
poor Joe listened and looked -
though tho end 81 tho world had come
No, air, ain't quite hedriddsn
vet" nhe vent GA .lieFe I've been
A.runnin' this houae for 90 years, aud
; never a day bat what was glad there
want no man hotherin' round. Who
dug the gArdlng and planted q. year
! III an year out. before yop eautef
: aid who threw Ia the wood an piled
{ Il up in the shed everY fall ! did
I who's drawed the water pail At
( time all these yeaFS. aud wha even
{ laid tha shingles On the oil aa' barn
ten years ago. / ala ! did. DOE Ger
n rlnh. aud you know H. Nnw 90 you
4. ,hink I'm a.goin' 81 see my home
taken right ont ~ my hands, m me-
a.dependin' on somebody olaaf Well
Z I Amt"
3, hat the 'fanK~msns. auntie. chs
{. Engagement. said poot Jos. ErasplaF
e IKE ! drow ming man Il the only atFaN
a. II sisht. "ynu know lha 'ranasmrai
q waA that | do The work around ana
: make my homn heFr the reat at mi
II davn. aud that sometime pheu yo'
get through. aunt. I wam a'soln' z
10 have the place Want that the under
!. xgandiu. Aunt Maryg"
a. sProyidin'. Joe. providin that - ~
y end OF a year everything was aatiafar
~ tory. Na'n't that what naidF Didn'
You agrees to that. Howf Tell. rae. uow
: didn't you agree 70 thatfF
W eYas. agreed 10 Il. aunt ! agree
ea u Il. bur | never ones 'aparssd ~
~ wa.nl satisfied wtsh nie lie tried ~
70 fni hard Ia please ynr. Aunt, I've tfie'
- awful hard
Turned OUT Joe looked aFeuna !
~ the h0nsly. OldfnAhlbnsd furniture q
~ the kitchea. AronHd the Kitchen -
ih syes travelled aud into the atttlni
room. and everywhere we're e. b. Sc
!. evidences ot bis hardness With haa
Y. ncr aud maw.
- oh. but il was hard 10 be turned 0t
oa nts4. Not but that hs eeuld continu
10 - a odd tebs and 80 earn iiviH
from The more pFrtentlguH nslEhboFs
as his services wsfe always 10 dsuiAnl
t9nt the old h0ass had hoeSma h0nss
him. To slt down at night and de@
! on MIA heavy boosa. pau on hta wsFt
20 rDosny 4llppera and after wappef. I'll
aH Bses % his kneea OF eipes beslae BIZ
a. a. 49, iii fS9
ed salf. was 10y enough ard ~ spare. 1
aas little realized the inner emotions
ala Mnnt. Sc little Immkinea ~ he y
e thus ia pleasant and peaceful thouNl
! THAI fh0agh outwarilY cAim. ehe vi
Nh saying that be made her nef1gi
81 With his EHikY ways
year before BE hsd come hou
MT from Indiana. = mAn g years Old. 1T
iii nothing bat q pair ~ VILLAS ban
y ana : eleaa nama Igls aunt. ~ 81 &
: time. vas nearly % years eldsf. n
feeling that she hMd lived alone W
10 enough had proposed thar toa ma
mt hIa Aosns w1th hsr. with ne Bna'
70 asaadiag that sesaeIims the hou
g ahasslA ~ bis. Thus h@a the plaes
I'll e5aae aonns ia the cid maa. and
haaFs had he been IN thlm haFen
~. refuge that be failed 10 s@e the sto'
Dms thAt wan rfning. and whsa - Esss
500 broke Ne felt for he While thai
the ssisIt broke As eel. -. wtth oniy
20 staYs 10 So. ~ cried aks shlia q
cak sskht before tired Hesare 81 Last "a
no< way Aaa slaap eiaim@d hmr own.
lnn.
December came ana went. u "a
kaxa sngnth= CYeat storms rasra