La Junta tribune., 1911-04-15
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THE WILLOW
TEAPOT
a Mistake Of Twenty Years
Explained
B, oLARlssA MacKE
Copyright 1910. by American Press
Association.
B, CLARtssA MAckIE


years they had mol exchanged word
No one in I:os..dale knew why Abb.
gail had suddenly taken up her resi-.
dcDce In il. north wing of the Old
hous. and Sophip had settled her bee
ioncingS In the sunny south half AT
the time conjecture had been rife. bu,
the nine days wonder had settled Infu
strong conviction thai they had dix.
agreed over the ''prUp'ty." for II was
shortly after old Judge UpruerS
death that the estraugem-ni began.
Every Sunday morning the sisters
stepped primIy down the graveled path
to the gate aud In wordlcsS silence
wcndcd their way to church and up
the aisle to the Horncr pew. In vain
had the pastor demonstrated with them
sinGy and together While open 10
reason and conviction on every other
point. they were dumb regarding the
cause Of their wnrdlrSS sriifc.
II was Iuhe now. and Sophia was
digging among her pnnsie-. She was
slight and pale. with a pleasant. mild
by settling into firm lines around the
mouth AhlgaIrS fcntnr.- wcrr east
IN a Slern"r mold. and the lines ntnu'
her mouth were d.cI,cr and this char
acteristic feature In both sisters WA
known as "IIornrr srnnk." and II wns
generally ugr-rd thar "Hnrnrr spunE
WAS ~ the rnui Of the trouble.
Abigail stood under the crdnrs with
a copy Of the rnunty paper In her
hand She was slowly reading nn ar
ilcle Tor the nth timc.
The Rev Paul wsefnrrs pastor %, the
Park Methodist church. New Ynrg viii
preach In the First church az Rasedale
on sunday evening next Il will De- re-
memb"rcd that the First church ~ Rnzs.
dale was Mr Wremsrs nrst charge and
his return viii D. the occasion of much
pirasur" 10 hu DID friends and r1fishIou-
.rH SIR Weemsrs win be accompanied
hy his vifc
She looked acrnss the boxwoud hcdg,
into sophin'~ garden. The news would
Interest Sophia as well aS herself
Abigail thought Of this ns she stood
there looking nj Sophia's STOPPING
form. There was q certain stern In
tegrlty about Abigail that urged her
to break the long silcncc and to i'm
pnrt the news she had read in her sl~.
ter There was nu underlying tender.
ness. too. toward her younger sister
THAT the bitter resentment ~ years
could not destroy Sh. resolved that
Sophia should not be taken unnwnr,.S.
She leaned over The hedge aud drop
ped the newspaper under Saphia's
nose
Sophia squcaked with surprise as The
paper ratified among the pausics. and
there was hlank nstunIshmcnt In her
nrnr-ishicd eyes ~ she lifted them in
gaze upon the grim. uncompromisinr
face ~ her sister
The latter painted 90 the paper With
au old time r,s.fure ~ command aud
Sophia. adjusting her sp-,Ilclrs.
sought the wrlns pIsc With Bgi'atcd
rlsrrnrs~ Tlau She turned the sheet.
aud presently nervous ,lurk aud the
dun r-ld"nIus ~ her cheek announced
that she had found the Item Ia her
excitement the Younger woman spoke
lie win ull she said softly. rs II 10
herself
The urNi dHy was saturday and ~
day luus Sol,hia'S laycudrr muslin
hung "u the sinihr>llnr. brnding and
swaNius iu the -ufi west wind like q
misty wrath II Sophia hrr,rif. All
Elil l""L-i ,irruiy upuu the dress She
hai been an her way tn the front
chamber ~ iunk over well preserved
summer silg. but he ~lrht ~ the dress
s""med to prerluih the b"ldnc-s ~
Sophia l-,ldn-s- that was uurxps-ri.
I'd aud thai s'rmed q" ruu-r stern
muid"nlin'-.- Ia tho Older Wuinhu Sb.
r''iien~d darkly aud went haIll,
downstairs again.
In the solitude ~ her own from,
rum she sni aud thought The strrn
npbrinsing ~ ia. llurnrr girls had
discouraged 10. coming of suilurs. nnd
4 wns not until after their fathers
death that i'nui W--m.rs rnm. to
preach ~ the First churrh. II. had
h'rn equally attentive to bath sister,.
rnj u wns perhaps natural that each
should believe herself Ia b- the pre-
f"rr-d one nnd ih. other nm ini.riot-r
When raui received n call To u larger
Parish he came Ia .ay gooiby. and
when he ssk~si old Hannah u Miss
ilorn~r wss la the sisters ss~ar~i
simultaneously. said~niy Abigail "a.
rallied away. aud when she returned io
the parlos the yoang minister hsd gone
sud Sophia sss standing st the win
dow ~iih . bsw,lderesi ,ook on her
pretv fsce.
Thes ssms raUs hsd taken pos.
seuseoa os Abigail. and her tongue had
pessd utps ~ frightened Rcrhis. Vim
'urued eerc~ly siih upt,rst tilas -ostrs.
Hts'iious Amer tbs, s~oe. whkh ""
me witnessed. tsssn sbs mag ail~wce
n Vas ~ these things that Abigail ~a.
thinking
The neat duV Nas aun,inv snd T.,