The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08

she cadence Of its creaking by ten
rocks To the minute. hut stii she kept |
her ewes intent upon her work, which.
les 4 Matted stocking. seemed TO need
IA unusual afsiosnt or attention
A fot tnseph. tho lnnk OF astonish.
snxpts then Consideration that came
over bis face esa pitiiai to see. lie
brought down hia feet from their
place 81 ease. half turned In his chair
sili he could see his aunts rigid ca
srsssfon, and exclaimed In q voice In
which All the trouble OF his Race was
repseduced
Alone. why, aunt. what's the mat
tar What have I done Asn't
-tended Il, the wood. and ain't ] helped
you wash. and Amt done everything
for yer that eouidg BE yer sick OF
seeia NE round7 Why, Aunt" his
yeise broke as his eyes allied. why.
aunt. aidu't know wasn't a'pieanin'
yer
The cadence Of the chair Increased
yet Axain 1.-THE only outward evidence
~ The Inward iisturbance). and Mary
waited moment before answering
Tain't you. Joe" she said finally;
ITS me. | guess. But l tell yer. Joe,
I've been thinking II over MI summer.
ana IL am an old woman ] ain't quite
Laid on The shelf yet. and ! aint ago
in' to be. neither"
A she talked her feelings overcame
her timidisy OF speech, and now she
~ forth her views with the force OF
ZEN months Of pent.up feelings. while
pocr Jos listened and looked as
though the end of tho world had come,
mo. SIR, ain't quite bedridden
yet. xhe went on. -'iisre I've been
a-runnsu this house for 20 years. and
never day but what was glad there
want no man botherin round. Who
ding the gardlng ard planted II. year
n an year out. before you eamey !
did Who threw In the wood an piled
II ~ IN the shed every fall7 | did.
who's tsAwed the water y pail n q
tine MI these years. and who even
Iskd thu shingles On the ell m barn
tn years ago. did Isdid. jos Ger
rjHh. and yeu know Il. Nov do you
tbink I'm naRolns to zoe my home
takeh right out OF my hands. an me
adepenain on somebody elseg Well
| Aln't
Hut the ranFement. auntie. the
Management said poor Jos. grasping
ilke drowning man at the only straw
In sight You know the 'rangement
was that 1 DO the work around and
make my home here the rest OF my
days. ana that sometime when ycu
ret through. aunt was a.goin' u
4 have thx place. Want that the under
st4hdin Amt Mary
~IsUyidln Joe, proyidin' that al ths
end ~ year everyihing was satIsfac
tory Want fhat what ! saidy Didnf
you agrees 10 that. newf Tell. me. now
didns yoa agree 81 fhaty"
Yes. ! agreed 70 II. aunt, ! agreed
TO ~ but SEVER once spected yei
wA'nt satisfied with me I've tried aw
fal hard 10 please ysf. Aunt. I've tried
awful hard,
Turned ont, Joe Looked around a
the bulnoly. alafashipnsd furniture o
the kssehvn. Around the Kitchen hil
eyes travelled ana into the wltting
Snosn. aud everywhere were 20 be seeI
esiaences 81 his hardness ~ith ham
rnef and saw
on. but n was hard TO be turned on
nows MOI but thAt he could coniinu
20 a. odd Jobs and 20 earn a hyinl
from the more pretentioas neighhors
his services were always Ia demand
gsat ne old house had become home !
him. 10 I'll down Il sight and dra'
On his heavy boots. put on his warn
foamy slippers and after supper. wit
Dtrk on hts knees or close beside hin
think over hls thoughts al by hin
s<if. was 10Y enough and "a spare. n
little realised the inner emotions |
his aunt lie little Imagined AZ be -
thus ID pieasant and peaceful thoagi
That though ontwarsiiy calm. she va
xayinE that he made her naTsot
with his sniky Ways
A wear before he had come hon
from Indlana. man e2 years old. viii
noihins bat pair Of willing hans
and clean name His hnnt. III Al y
tine. ~as nearly 70 years older. M
feeling that abe bad lived alone los
enough. had proposed that Joe mai
Ms home witt her. with the unde
ssnnding that sometime the heal
should be his Thus had the place b
eesna hose 70 shs cid man. and
happy had he becn In this hasen
refuge ina, he failed 10 Aee The ssor
that vas rising. and ~hen At last
broke he felt for the while that b
spirit efnke as well. 80. with oaiy 4
stars To see. be- cried like q etlld n
nixhs before tiFed Mature ~ last ga
way and slcep claimed her o~n,
fsoesnber came and sent Il was
hard uonth. Great storms piled I
streets. and ooantry. city and shippt
suffered. Joe cerFtsh IN HE one lisi
Eson kses his aiminaiise asaye Ger
ly going. and before II he rsbbed
hands xieefaiiy "A snug little barb
> snag little hzreor. be repeated o.
aad oser agaln. ~ " 20 make ap "
hannah cheer Coz the eraeked "a
the bArv. rough 5oor and ths scar
fsrultHfe
so the seeRs passed. The sTth
January was eisar snd bitter. ana Il
Eight. down IN the heass OF Hose q
Groap ef nrsman VAS clustered al.
the stove Idly talking ~hen Sadaei
an alarm came In that called thetu
tke saburbs
The IRE WAS In y large. costly sta
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