The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

per, "you've been mournin' him all
! this time!D
But her mother answered practical
| ~, 81 We be N real thankful his row
in disposition never took him of TO
| sea. 'Twould ha' been terrible in
| ! We laid awakc-well, | We got faith
vet. -
Then they sat still for time. There
were more questions the girl longed TO
ask, but the atmosphere had changed
between them.
Presently womans figure caue
along the path. Annie saw IT first.
"Aunt Nabby,' she said. rising.
Mother, II e, in. | don't feel like
seeing folks tonight
Nabby came stalking through the
path between the borders
Beats all how his miEnouettc docs
smell. she SAID, in voice of soldier
like quality, as she reached the steps
Pick sprig.' said Mrs Marvin
You always was great on smells -
No, ] got some lemon verbena
here, said Aunt Nabby. tanning her.
ST won Z do to mix 'em. / haruesscd
up this afternoon an drove down TO
the Junction 60 git bottle o cologne
Tor Annie tomorrcr. ] Thought mcbbc
she d like TO scent up her handscr.
cher.
"That's complete. Well, Nabby, to.
morrcr s most here
Yes. IT don't seem moro N yes
tcrday Annie was trottin of TO school
with that little waterproof on, the hood
up over her head
NO, it don t. Mrs. Marvin i'm.
puisiyol ly put out a hand and touched
her sister. 'Nsbby.' she said, ''what
if ! should tell you suthin 2"
Yes, y said Nabby, comfortably. $50
''Wcn, sometimes I think Annie $
Weidln am the only thing that S GO
''Wbat do you mean. Sarah7',
don believe in signs an omcns, >;
Sarah went on, brcathlessly. ''But
We got II into my head suthfn's yojn
10 happen right here. It's goin' TO
happen TO me"
| We'll, what kind of thing is it7,,
Aunt Nabby spoke with abatod curios.
| NY, not yet knowing what form of sym.
pathy was to bc required of her.
., .. Nabby, think I'm goin' to be
called away
for ye'" S " ''"'
No, oh. no. he never would. I
thlnk m goin TO die
Cat s grandmother, Sarah Marvin,
what 8 got hat into your head7V
MIS-. Marvin spoke solemnly now. as
If she told the story to herself re-.
gardlcss of her hearcr
1t s partly because nv mind dwelya
SO on the past. Grandmother Marvin
always used 10 say that was n sion
She SAID when old folks got ready TO
90, there was a kind of a forcrunnnr
We'll; Nabby, that S how it's BIN with
me TINS last week. I seel as If [ was
kinder preparn TO he gone
cats grandmother!i' said Aunt
NabDy again. in her comfortable bass
nou re all ncrved up over Annie IS
wcddln' that the matter with Won
You re all beat ont, Sarah, with This
frostin cake an packin' things am
losln Annie an alll'
| but Mrs. Marvin shook her head.
"No,' she said solemnlv. "mY time
has come But I've talked with Annie
an she knows what / want she should
do If ever there's chance. Annie
wouldn I disregard il. She d saw twas
mothers wish. Well, Nabby-', Her
tone had changed to quick alertness.
lie 8 we get TO bed. There s lots to
do IN the mornin The school children
are comm early with brakes an things
ehiny.. It's goin' to be fair. I'm
thankful for that"
Aunt Nabby rose more slowly. She
was vaguely troubled by her sister Is
confidence. IL was as if Mrs. Marvin
had taken off the mantle of her gloom
and thrown il upon her. She turned
away thoughtfully.
Sarah, -" she hesitated. "Now,
Sarahl''
"No, said Mrs, Marvin brightly.
..no, ] ain & a-goin' TO fuss no more
You needn' t say it, T got kinder
nerved up, ] guess. Annie's goin am
all. an after tomorrer S over / can
settle down again. -
But that night in her own room. with
Annie breathing at her side; she knew
this for no spectre of the mind. She
Law there looking out into the moon
light, where the linden bGeathed frorn
countless blooms, and thought anew
that something was going 10 happen
quite different from anything that had
happened TO her before. This did not
seem to be one of the calamities for.
ever ATTACKING her husband in her
dreams They were less real 1t WINS
something very large and it was near,
] II was bringing with it, too. a strange