The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27

Mrs. MOrnnwstar begin TO suspect
that she actually meant what she said,
and even greater than her Indignation
at this unbelievable Slight 10 her son
was her sudden dread Of having that
$4,000 go out of the family.
Its her thinkin' that there moneys
comm to her makes her so sassy and
high minded about Abe she thought
''Or mebbe Hen Mucklehenny got
chanct to see her unbeknownst to me.
and she thinks she'd be doin' better to
take him."
$50 this here's your gratefuIneSs f,Ir
all we done fur you a ready" she ul-
braided the girl.
A look of wearineSS came into l.1!-
nice's eyes. She took up her lamp and
turned away from the table
'WhO do you want to marry. them"
Mrs. Morningstar stopped her with
the question.
THAT is not It matter that it is nee
esSary to Discuss
Don't give me none of your back
talk! And what do you do with usn'
high language as if ven was educated
YETI
Eunice did not answer
rs it Hen Mucklchcuny you're
afteP?"
HE is not quite SO Objectionable az
Abe, but I'm not after him
Inasmuch as Hen was considered hy
the Morningstars quite good enough
for Ollie, this rejection OF him by En-
nice was an offcmse almost Is great n,
her refusal of Abe
'I'll tell you what" Mrs. Morning
star harshly exclaimed You're after
that there Doc KinrOSs: that's what,
Him and you fixed it up between yous
somehow, though fur the life of NE
don't see when, fur you certainly ain't
never out of my sight long enough to
make up to no man. a body'd have TO
keep you locked up in closet yet to
keep the men away from you or con-
trariwise to keep you from maxim
eyes at the men and temptin' EN-. It's
the $4,000 you thinks comm to you
has made you all of sudden 50 stuck
up about our Abe! And now You think
with all that money You kin marry Il
tOwner yet
A hot color burned III Eunice'S cheek,
but she looked at Mrs. M0rningstar
steadfastly.
"Three thousand dollars coming to
me: What DO You mean:"
"Iou want to purtcnd you don't
know yeti the woman said sarcastic
ally, though her eyes wavprel from the
girls face doubtfully. Was it possible
she did not know:
"Nill you explain to me what yUu
mean? Eunicc repeated
"It amt neither here nor there. |
didn't mean nothin'. Is Doe Kinross
sweet Oh yOu?"
The girls lips quivpred. ard her eyes
suddenly glistened with tears.
"DO you want to know what he
thinks of me-" she asked. her voice Vi
brating with suppressed bitterness.
He thinks so poorly of me as to bc.
lieve me capable of marrying Abc.
Her hopeless tone implied that he
could think no worse Mrs. Morning
star was dumfounded. Such Il view
Of Abe was incomprehensible And
that it should be held by this girl
whom she scOrned, seemed past belief
And yet, deep down in her heart she
knew that Eunice spoke sincerely; that
passing strange as it seemed. she ac-
tually did not want to marry Abe:
that if that $4,000 was to remain in the
family, she must stoGl, to coax! She
coax this pauper girl, her serf, to mar
ry her Abe. 1t was Il bitter humila-
ton.
She began at first AUTOMATICALLY.
She said that of course they wouldn't
leave" their adopted daughter 90 pen
niless to her husband and that if she
did marry their son they would give
her nice purse full of money-up in
the hundreds.
But Eunice did not rise 10 the bait
Then the woman humbled herself to
plead with her and to speak of Abe's
owe for her. But this, too. failed
"Let us talk of it no more" Eunice
gently begged, feeling utterly exhaust
I'd after half hour of the futile dis
'ussiOn. at is Of no avail to talk
Mrs. Morningstar tried then to lash
lerself into rage and upbraid her OBJ
tfnacy, but she found herself strange
Y tongue tied. This was 4 new ana
Eunice, this girl who calm
= refused to obey her, who used as
high language as if she were book
earnt' and who didn't think Abe
good enough fur her." In place of
be contempt with which she had al
rays treated her she found herself
lspired almost with Il sense OF awe
efore her and certainly with Il novel
ceiling Of respect.
When at last Eunice left her for the
light Mrs. MOrningstar having entire
7 failed in her commission. wondered
s she took her lamp to go upstairs
that -"pOp" would say of her failure
nd whether the girls amazing refusal
7ould leave him as dumfOunded as it
ad left her.