Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-06-18
VIXEN Dre ton
Found Out,
GCnuYr11s1t)l


the gate tn the steps only a little in.
cline, but enough to- make the hnuHH
appear tn meet chance cnmefg IN an
attitude at once discreet and cnnH
DENTAL. The hullyhnckH arrow along
the edge of the porch added sense
OF seE1usinn. They we're tail and
lush and hrancllY enough tn screen
the whole porch space throughout the
pleasant weather Peaple wondered
not a. little that the GreefE did nut
plant vines insIead-vineS were So
much more graceful and lasting then,
too, since everybody had Them, they
must be- the right thing,
Drenfnu was sick of right things
therefore, to- see the hnilyhncks. at
their best in a. blaze OF midsummer
sunshine, WIS to resolve that heawnuid
live with them for the next fortnight
at least He turned in through the
saggIng green gate with the free step
OF assured welcome. It did not in
the least asInnish him to- have some
one say from out the hnllyhnek am.
bush.: Come in, though Z DON'T be-
lieve YOU cau have any business
here
You are misfaken,' Drentnn said,
smiling family, Settling oneself iss
always a fearful business YOU'LL help,
me- Oh, know YOU don't take board
ers-there is no look OF bna1,ders,. not
the least you'll let me sIay?.''
It can't tell until Mary sees you.
She's away-wonit be- back for an.
hour the voice replied It VAS a.
mans voice, highspitchet and weak,
yet not UNPLEASANT Pee1ing within
the leafY shade Drentnn saw a. wheel:
chair heaped with pillows. among:
which there sat a drawn figure, piti--
fully Historical. But the man,s face
VAS fresi1-euloreti, almost handsome,
and a little tanned He held out a.
knotted handi To Drentnn as he added:
It sila,nt say word. She'd let YOU
stay il she thought wanted your even
the least bit Z should like to- have
yol-yom lock- new and strange.
Strangers are precious when you've
been fast in one spot for Il years.
AoAAdA- oiI4SSiSu. Jct& St1uOhA I1l0S
crippled hand warmly and sat down
facing the wt1eel-ehai1. 'I s9Ia,nit
make trouble fnr-Mary,'' be- said.
smiling, yet glliping a little over the
name Tell me- about he-and
yuurseif-before she comes Then T
shall know better il Z ought to- ask
shelter here. L want to- stay badly,
and yet
There is little to- tei1-nuw.. Once
thought there was a. great deaI.,,'
the man,, William Greer, said. sigh
ing fainrlN That vas before Z UNI
derstnud-wf1en [ was ready almost,
to curse Cod and die. You see. mar
ried2 Mary partly because E Was SKI
sorry for her She had had hard lines:
taking care OF two on an income nor
half big enough for one It was her
steDmuther- she took care OF, and the
woman hadn't been overly kind. But
she had nubadv elsa, SO when the hus--
band. d1ed. Just after she fell ILL, Mary
stayed by her as though it We're a.
thing Of course. How she did it no.
body knows. There was only the
House,, and two hundred a. vaa1. f1-on,7
Ma1y's mother. The stepmnthea.- VAS
five years. dying, and Mary somehow
saved enough to- bury her. But the
strain told on her,; she was faded and
scraWnN-lnoked nearer 80 than 90
We were Just Of an age, and Z, too,
had been taking care Of penulaa ir.-
stead OF looking out for myself. They
were my own people brothers.: sis
ters; and! grandmother Granny willed7
the farm tor the other boys and what
money She had to the girls-sbecausee
my dear grandson William iH Sol we'll
able to- take care Of himself The
others Thought the will verys lust.
Maybe I'd looked for something a little
different Anyway. married. Mary
almost out of hand, And the vesv
next week came rheumatic feye.-fn
leave ms a8 Yuln see ma''' ~.
And Nary" Dreutun breatflesf
rather than spoke
Greer smiled wanly,. yet with nn
illum1nedl lnuk., Mary didn't COM.
p1ain-then nor ever. Z had a. taiffe,
of money saned-enuuEtn tu buzz tfifs.
place. Her old hume had gone tn nayv
sOmH of her fathers debts aa snan an
1t waH free of the duwer rirhts
Theres9 bit Of ground beiiind-i.4
been our salvation. She pIants THINGS
there, and kepe8 me- out in the SIM.
shine while she lis tending them,
You look to- her everyt1iinur''
Drentnn asketf.
Greer smiled again. THERE'S newer
anY question OF InnkinE to- batwaen
uz," he said At f1rstt:-fnr a winnie
mnntti- q praYad tn die Say rather
= fhnGsit tn dis the ifiRH of a ma,n NV.
ing On and ON, a. clog and burden -,
tiiH woman hH had marriss1-,.
Il unIiHrstand,,, Drantnm int,,,x
nptsE "DAatti, whatever nav cnmrs
after, must bH iuy hesilie ttiats,',
Mary must talk tn yu,l.-w1iv VIM,
der aiiH cnmB8s'' Greer said hiH fa.a
lighting vtvtd1N A. t1uliHin wnmun
Eunt'nrnad and slightly stunned h,r
rtHh alnn8 t1H pattl..
Drentnm rnsB,. hnlltinE o,,t hix Hu,,,,,
tn her,; hH dhrasf mt raai,ap His 60, ..