Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1913-12-19
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little, but as we went downstairs the
quiet of the place sat on my chest like
a weight
THE Jenningses are still here" said
the doctor. 'The old man is madder
than any hornet ever dared be, and
they go in the morning. But the stu
alton was too much for our German
friend. He left with the Others"
Well, we went out and 1 took the
path | knew best, which was out to-
ward the springhouse. At the little
bridge over the creek Doctor Barnes
stopped, and leaning over the rail, took
a good look at me.
when you self-contained women go
to pieces" he said, you pretty near
smash, don't you? You look as if you'd
had death in your family
"This was my family" I half
sniveled.
But" he said, you'll be getting
married and having home of your
own and forgetting all about this"
He looked at me with his sharp
eyes. There's probably some nice
chap In the village, eh? p
Look here" l turned on him, "if
you're talking all this nonsense to keep
my mind off things, you needn't"
'I'm not" he said. I'm asking for
the sake of my own mind, but we'll
not bother about that now. We'd bet
ter start back"
We went back to the house and
Strengthened the news stand, Amanda
King having taken a violent toothache
as result of the excitement. The
Jenningses were packing to go. and
Miss Summers had got bottle of per-
oxide and shut herself in her room. At
six O'Clock Tillie beckoned to me from
the door of the officers dining room
and said she'd put the basket in the
snow by the grape arbor. ! got ready,
with heavy heart, to take it out. /
had forgotten all about their dinner,
for one thing, and l had to carry bad
news.
But Mr.. Pierce had been there be-
fore me. saw tracks in the fresh
snow, for, praise heaven! it had
showed all that week and our prints
were filled up almost as fast as we
made them. When l got to the shelter
house it was in a wild state of ex-
citement. Mrs. Dick, with her cheeks
| flushed, had gathered all her things on
| the cot and was rolling them up in
| sheets and newspapers. But Mr.. Dick
was sitting on the box In front of the
fire with his curly hair standing every
way. He had been roasting potatoes
and as l opened the door, he picked
/ one up and poked at it to see if it was
done.
"Damn!" he said, and dropped it.
Mrs Dick sat on the cot rolling uI
pink ribbon and looked at him.
IF you want to know exactly my
| reason for insisting on moving tonight
I'll tell .you," she said, paying no atten
ton to me. "It is your disposition"
He didn't say anything. but he put
his foot on the potato and smashed it
'tIf l had to be shut in here witt
] you one more day." she went on, "T't
hate YOU
"Why the one more, day?" he asked
without looking up.
4 But she didn't answer him. She wal
in the worst kind of temper; she
threw the ribbon down, and coming
over, lifted the lid of my basket AND
looked in.
Ham again!" she exclaimed un
/ gratefully. Thanks SO much for re
membering us, Minnie. dare say oul
dinner today slipped your mind!"
/ 'T wonder IL 1t strikes you, Minnie,
Mr.. Dick said, noticing me for the frs
time, that If you and Sam hadn't beeI
SO confounded meddling, that fellow
Pierce would be washing buggies il
the village livery stable where he be
longs, and I'd be in one piece of prop
erty that's as good as gone this min
ute."
1 was in bad humor, anyhow, an,
I'd had enough. / stood just inside tn
door and I told them I'd done the bes
l could, not for them, but because +,
promised the old doctor, and If Z,
made mistakes I'd answer for them t.
him If l ever met him in the mex
world. And in the meantime 1 washe
my hands of the whole thing, and the.
might make out as best they could
was going.
Mrs Dick heard me through. The
she came over and put her hand o.
mine where it lay on the table.
You're perfectly right" she said g
know how you have tried, and that tn
fault is all that wretched Pierce's. Yo
mustn't mind Mr.. Carter, Minnie He
been in that sort Of humor all day."
He looked at her with the most mis-
cradle face I ever saw, but he didn
say anything. She sighed, the littl
wretch.
plodded back with my empty bas
/ ket I had only one clear thought
that wouldn't have any more traml
ing across the golf links In the snow
wanted to get back to my room an
. go to bed and forget.
But as l came near the house I sa,
. Mr.. Pierce come out on the fror
. piazza and switch on the lights. H
stood there looking out into the snow
and the next minute l saw why Con
J ing up the hill and across the law
was shadowy line of people, blac
, against the white. I thought for
minute that my brain had gone wrong
, then the first figure CAME into th
} light, and it was the bishop. He stoo
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