The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-18
How Sarah
Was Converted

fortably into a rocker. God rest her
SOUL" she said, devoutly.
And her tongue" added Sarah
Potts. tartly.
WELL suppose it will rest, now
she's gone" admitted Priscilla. Then
she added 81 low it's earned rest,
anyway"
1T want exactly in need Of exer
cise," observed Sarah dryly.
1T seems strange to think OF Het-
ty gone-that we won't Sc her comm
out of the back way any more with a
plate to borrow butter on, Priscilla
continued. Il remember her comm
over one afternoon when she had COM
pany to tea, unexpected like, with that
old blue plate-you remember that old
blue chiny one her great-grandmother
handed down-no. you don't either
because you amt ever been inside Of
their house as | know of-but anyway
let her have a piece of my last print
of butter an me not gettin any more
till Saturday, which was Dave Jenks's
reglar time to bring it in, an Het.
ty goin' back home so careful like an
slippin' where some one throwed out
dishwater, and losin' the butter an
breakin' tn chiny plate all to pieces
an her lookin' all around to see il
any one was lookin' an then pickin
up the butter and wipin' it off on
her apron. But the plate was too fur
gone for savin' although l believe
she did afterward gather up the pieces
and glue 'em together. Poor Hetty!
1t seems strange to think of Hetty
gone-in Paradise"
at does seem strange" Sarah ad.
mitted.
WHAT" said Priscilla. abgently.
ITO think OF her-in Paradise"
Sarah said. 81 don't s-pose sheN
make any great stir in Paradise" she
continued, in half inquiry.
We'll, mebhe not as much as she
will after she gets her bearin's," Pris-
ella agreed with qualification. "Het-
tvs bound to be busy, in the flesh or
in the sperrit Hers amt no sperrit
to sit by with folded hands and watch
things takin' place. It's my belief
she'll be active even in the sperrt.
She was a powerful cleaner, Hetty
was. ! don't know of any one in
the neighsorhood that had rugs an
curtains out on the line oftener n
Hetty did"
AN certainly no one had her
tongue out oftener," observed Sarah
bitingly.
I'VE don't want to be too hard on
them as is departed, Sarah" Priscilla
said, with mild rebuke.
Truth don't hurt nobody, livin' or
dead" Sarah declared, epigrammati-
cally.
well. it amt so apt TO hurt tn
dead as 1t is tn livn," Priscilla
agreed.
AN it amt told about tn dead as
often as 1t is tn livin either" Sarah
retorteS.
Sarah" she began. you won't
mind if / talk to you like a sister o.
yourn, will you?"
IF you talk like a good many sis
ters do. mebbe you better not" an.
swered Sarah, with a frown and a
drawing down of the corners OF her
mouth.
81 wouldn't feel hard toward her,
now she's dead" Priscilla volunteered,
feeling her way along cautiously. Il
know she-she did you lot o. wrong,
but mebbe she liked him better'n you
did, an it was al years an years ago,
an she's dead an he dead, an"
A tear trickled down Sarah's cheek.
"Mebbe she did" she admitted: "she
talked faster'n l did, anyway" She
brushed the tear away impatiently
and left shiny streak on her face
THAT amt neither here nor there"
Priscilla declared.
We'll, there was a good deal OF il
here when she was" observed Sarah,
"an' there's apt to be a good deal Of
1t there-if sperrits talk, an ! fancy
they do-when they get rested up,
anyway" she finished sharply.
Priscilla rocked again.
You've got nice things Sarah" she
said, looking about her through the
big room. 81 remember when you an
me was girls together how we used
TO build dollhouses an wonder about
all the nice things we'd have when
we growed up an got-married Inc
last word came with an effort.
An then when we got along about
the marryln' age who should co ae
along but Peter Pipp, with nothin' but
poverty an prospects, an before |
knew 1t we were married, an while
we amt had no money to brag Of,
we've always been comfortable, an
Pipp's made good husband, aside
from his mothers interferin' some.
times. An afterwards ! remember
how you an'-well you fell in love
an sOmeway it got broke off an he
married Hetty, an you lived with your
father on tn old place 70. so many
years, an then he died an left you
comfortable for the rest Of your days"
Il never knew what broke it off,
Sarah" Priscilla said, suggestively.
I'm goin' 10 give 'em to tn guild