The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-04-03
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long years of widowhood alone, and
as / am in the same condition. l will
rent my cottage and move right up the
street into your house to protect and
console you" And she did.-the NOV
ing and the protecting.
Mr.. Henderson has been dead forty
two years. He only lived three months
after he married Aunt Adeline and her
crepe veil is over q yard long yet.
Men are the dust under her feet. but
she likes for Doctor John to come
over and sit on the porch with us be-
cause she can consult with him about
what Mr.. Henderson really died OF and
talk with him about the sad state OF
poor Mr.. Carter's liver for 4 year be-
fore he died. Just go on rocking
Billy and singing hymns to him in
such a way that can't hear the con-
versation. Mr.. Carter's liver got on
my nerves alive, and dead 1t does
worse. But 1t hurts when the doctor
has 10 take the little sleep-boy out OF
my arms to carry him home; though l
like It when he says under his breath.
Thank you. Molly"
And as l sat and thought how near
he and l had been to each other in all
our troubles. excused myself for
running to him with that letter and l
acknowledged to myself that had no
right to get mad when he teased me.
for he had been kind and interested
about helping me get thin by the time
Alfred came back to see me. couldn't
tell which I was blushing all to my
self about, the luscious peach" he
had called me or the lovely lily" Al
fred had reminded me in his letter
that had been when he left me.
Why don't people realize that a
seventeen-year-old girls heart is a
sensitive wind-iower that may De
shattered by a breath? Mine shatter-
ed when Alfred went away to find
something he could do TO make n nS-
inf. and Aunt Adeline gave the hard
green stem to Mr.. Carter when she
married me to him. Poor Mr.. Carter.
No, l wasn't twenty. and this town
was full OF women who were cunts
and cousins and law-kin TO me. and
nobody did anything for me. They all
said with n sigh OF relief. "lt Viii be
such a nice safe thing for you. Molly"
And they really didn't mean anything
by tying up a gay. dancing. frolichins.
prancing colt Of a girl with a terribly
ponderous bride. But God didn't want
to see me always trotting along slow
and tired and not caring what happen
ed to me. even pounds and pounds OF
plumpness, so he found use for Mr..
Carter in some other place but this
world, and I feel that He is going to
see me through whatever happens. II
some of the women In my missionary
society knew how friendly feel with
God they would put me out for con-
tempt Of court
No. the town didn't mean anything
by chastening my spirit with Mr. Car
ter and they didn't consider him in the
matter at all. poor man. OF that !
feel sure. Hillsboro In like that. II
settled itself here in a Tennessee val
ley a few hundreds OF years ago and
has been Matching and clucking over
its own small AFFAIRS ever since. All
the houses set back from the street
with their wings spread out over their
gardens. and mothers here go on how
ering even to the third and fourth gen.
Grafton. Lots OF times young. long
legged, frying size boys scramble out
OF the nests and go on to college and
decide to grow up where their crow
will be heard by the world. Alfred
was one OF them.
And. too. occasionally some man
comes along from the big world and