The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
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Mn. Sarah Wincheil. owner OF the
winchell farm, was Z widow and In
the matrimonial market.
One day q calamity came. Two hives
Of bees started to swarm at once. The
widow rushed out and began hammer
Ing On q pan and got the bees to ulight
for the ponce. but that was us far as
she could 80. She stood yelling for
help when help came. A traveller Oh
the highway stopped and hitched hi:
horse and walked up the path. He
saw what should be done, and be went
ahead and did It. In q quarter Of an
hour be had the swarms In the new
hives. and after a look at the others
Informed the widow that 1t would be
several days yet before they would
come out. She had time to look ut him
while be was at work, and she rather
liked his looks. 30 far as she could
make out he hardly glanced at her. and
he certainly had but q few words to
say. When he had finished his work
he looked over her head, said he was
elad to have been of use and took his
departure. The widow had saved the
bees. but she vas piqued. Any widow
would have beeu,
Three or four days later the other
h,va. svsrmed and were taken care of
nv thu hired men. Then the stranger
.nnesred again to ask how the insects
wara getting along. He seemed en-
n. r., .sed and In = hurry and refused
ths i~nvitatton to enter the house. he
Also .nneareA to look everywhere else
hut At the widow. Her hair was nicely
combed hsr snron snow white and her
ch.eks aks roses. hut he paid more
.-ttantton "a the nssr tres and the soap
Hattie and the summer sauashes than
n her. Hs Iust wanted 70 know, you
knov. and was glad to and out and
then was eons.
~ courss a widow that had turned
down . dozen Offer, Of matrlmony
could not do otherwise than look after
the retraot,nu stranger and toss her
hesd and sav that he was a man that
Ala not snnraciata = GOOD thing. New.
.rthalss. .ba made some cautious In.
,r,r,es ~ IN. hired men and In that
uev found out that bs was a new res.
tAant ~ Ellsrton lint No mora.
Then .noth.r veek nsssed and the
..r.r.sr c.,lea IN .av that be was
look,ng around 70 purchase a good
t.rm and he w,sbed 70 INQUIRE IL the
w,dov,a was for sale. On this occa.
a,on h. entered tho house, but evident.
Nv With reluctance He was certainly
hssht,l man In that he was a nov.
.,tv WIEN deacon Graham. widow.
=, ..ms n INV the farm a wear be-.
Sora ha had stnod in the kitchen door
INA ho,dl .nnounced.
"u,dder Wincbell I'm a-lookinp to
huv . farm ~ YOU 90 with this, III
nav sA0 an acre"
That meant sao an acre for the farm
ana s1o an acre for her. and. though a
hunt vsv az nuttine IT. she was not
"a vsrv indignant. The stranger, who
had At last Introduced himself as Mr..
bingham brew out nc hint of want.
inp ANYTHING but the farm. Most any
widow would ha va felt the slight. And
than. too. when she had replied that
the farm was not for sale he ut once
ross nm to depart without speaking of
NV what and corn were looking up
ar e.stine q second elance at the bar
ri Of aoft scan she had made the day
hefor. and lsft At the kitchen door to
cool. II hurt and It aggravated. Mir.
bingham mtsht be . bashful man, but
there AZ, time. when even a bashful
man should force himself to talk.
Two weeks passed away, and then
a. the widow sst on the piazza one
s~ftsrnoon loskins 10 nice that Farmer
Johnson's mouth vatered a. he drove |
mast Mr.. Bingham called sgain. This
time II was to see II the widow had
4 COW to sell. He was invited to sit
down. and cows were discussed. He
vas looking away into the garden In
stead Of at the woman, as he sought
to do his share Of the discussing. The
widow had no COWS to sell, but she
didn't nv 10. she left the impression
On the callers mind that IL he came
AGAIN he might possibly buy one. She
Jumped from cows to calves and from
cslye. to sheen and la mbs in homes 10
detain him. but he got away az soon
a. possible. Others had rat around
until fairly driven out of the house
With III. h~roomstick Othars had hold.
" battered. but he had said nothing
IN nra,.. Tho utdow to..od her hosS
and said she didn't care. but we know
she did. 1ust the same.
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