Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-02-10
WEEKLY SHORT STORY
rUNE,s oIIkRRY ND.

From hia schsolboy days. when his
short. brown Lsgs lan other people b
errands NbsR his slate pencil and
books. the cookies lea ais DINNER FliI
and hls pscket heard OF marbles.
strings aud iack-kntfe were az the dis
posal OF his companions. down 20 old
age. when bis kousa. his money and
his heart we're expended on the NOT
thy and unworthy alike. Tunis was
every body's friend his haltinE spee, n
and shy manner seemed always limit
Ell % the one expression OF his inward
impulse toward AL mankind-a gene
ra and undiscrimlnating formula OF
hospitality. To stop him iu the street
and exchange a few words with him
VAS 90 be asked to a meal az parting.
while 20 do him a favor vas 20 b.
pressed To- spend a week. lie would
/ hardly give you time Co nnish your
/ business before bis eye would wander
/ ia inward speculation and his face
| brighten az the thought of something
/ 90 offer from basket or store.
The pears are ripe. he would
/ break In. EenJy. or. i guess the mel
/ ons are about good nov, come up 90
night and Try EN-
! often nothing but his own irresis
I tible hospitality tempted him 90 reck
less Invitations. scattered far aud Wid'
/ along his daily path. Like an people
/ with that superabundant virtue. h'
! Was sore trial 20 his family au'
friends. when. az often happened. th'
/ burden OF his miscellaneous entertain
meut fell upon them. While his moth
or lived. she bore with him Tn he
plaintive. indulgent nay. and his onl'
serious fault IN her eyes wAs his oe
| stinAte resistance 20 every matrtmc
NAL plan she could cOncoct Tor him
! During the long bachelor Years su'
| csedinr her death. black Jane tide
him over the difficulties that we're eve
I arising from forgotten or une1pscte
guests.
The oufy woman be bad ever san
I'd to marry bad never suspected hl
> desires. nor. indeed. did be DO 50 bin
self until abe had united her fortuns
{ 20 those OF his neKt-door neighbo
: she had 10 dominated his life frol
, the time they wore pinafOres togeths
and sat At the same desk. bad 50 cor
, handed his time and affection IN 10y
affection that she became 20 him
- natural part o. himself re came ar
! went. fetched and carried az her 4
| bftrAry bidding. with unconscious al
! patient obedience. when she ma
= ried. he aWoke 20 his loss. but h
way OF bearing 10 Was chAracterist
s OF his sim pie. self-devoted nature. !
- never by word or deed betrayed b
- feelings toward her. but kept on 3
d course as her devoted slave and frten
:, " providence Her husband. who "
a sea-captain. had a kindly. half-cO
temptuous regard for him Sometim
he would say. nOnchalRntly. as
vife's grateful mention OF those dai
q services. "Oh. yes. Tunes q good Z
: Iowa little soft ia the horn. but
D.. blamed good fellow. you know"
: No one knew 80 she did during {
/ years that followed just how mu
e OF a blamed good fellow Tunis VI
81 Brunt could be Every morning d.
~ ting her husbands long absences {
~ lanky figure would appear in ,
doorway with a CHEEKY. We'll. ESth
what's up today? Any errand de-
town." He was mail CARRIER. s0sin
- man. general manager ana bUrd'
:, bearer. and when the children ear
he constituted himself nurse. al
His sandy-haired. pink-faesd and vh
NJ eyebrOwed exterior was not beautif
but Il carried vith II strength q
G heip ana Aoou ChccE 70 tnc litNaC hVo
hold next door. and often Ia deltcs
~ concealed ways little streams OF
freshment from his aHiuence fou
~ their way into the frugal helds VII
"a had been TRANSPORTED his one flov
y, 81 all the world The blossom oDeT
for another. but his were the hidC
streams that wafered its roots
AZ harvest Is not always 20 him Who {
"a tivates the seed
In time the adored Esthers TN