Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-08-14

book found that out on me and stopped
1t the very first thing on page three.
The command is to sleep as little as
possible to keep the nerves in good
condition-"eight hours at the most
and seven would be better" What
earthly good would seven hour nap
do me? want ten hours to sleep and
twelve IL get good tired start. To
see me stagger out of my perfectly
nice bed at 6 o'clock every morning
now would wiring the sternest heart
with compassion and admiration at my
faithfulness-to whom?
Yes, 1t was the day after. poor Mr..
Carter's funeral that Aunt Adeline
moved up here into my house and set
,, tied herself in the big south room
across the hall from mine. Her furni-
ture weighs ton each piece, and Aunt
Adeline is not light herself In disposi-
ton. The next morning when I went
In to breakfast she sat In the "vacant
chair" In way that made me see
that she was obviously trying to fill the
vacancy. am sorry she worried her.
self about that Anyway, 1t made me
take resolve. After breakfast I went
into the kitchen to speak to Judy.
Judy" said, looking past her
head, my health is not very good, and
you can bring my breakfast to me In
bed after this" Poor Mr.. Carter al
ways wanted breakfast on the stroke
Of and me at the same time, though
he rarely got me. Judy has two dead
husbands and she likes a ginger col
ored barber down town. Also her
mother Is our washerwoman and In
fuenced by Aunt Adeline. Judy under
stands everything I say to her. After
l had closed the door / heard laugh
that sounded like war whoop, and l
smiled to myself. But that was before
my martyrdom to this book had be-
gun. / get up now!
But the day after came from the
city I lay in bed just as long as I
wanted to and ignored the thought of
the exercises and deep breathing and
the icy, unsympathetlc tub. / couldn't
even take very much interest in the
lonely egg on the lonely slice of dry
toast. 1 was thinking about things.
Hillsboro Is very peculiar little
speck on the universe; even more pc
culiar than being like hen. 1t is one
Of the Oldest towns In Tennessee, and
the moss on 1t is so thick that 1t can't
be scratched Off except in spots. But
1t has lot Of race horse and distillery
money In 1t, and when 1t gets poked
up by anything unusual 1t takes a gulp
Of its own alcoholic atmosphere and
runs away on its own track at q 2:05
gait, shedding moss as 1t goes. 1t
hasn't had a real Joy race for long
time, and felt that 1t needed 1t. 1
rolled over and laughed into my pill
low.
The subject Of the conduct Of widows
Is serious one. OF all the things old
tradition is most set about 1t Is that,
and what was decided to be the proper
thing million years ago this town
still dictates shall be done and spends
q good deal of Its time seeing Its d.
rections carried out. For year after
the funeral they forget about the poor
bereaved, and when they do remember
her they speak to and Of her in the
same tones of voice they used at the
obsequies. Then sooner or later some
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home from church with her or hear
some old bachelors voice on her front
porch. Mr.. Cain took Mrs. Caruther's
little Jessie up in his buggy and helped
her out at her mothers gate just be-
fore last Christmas, and II the poor
widow hadn't acted quick the town
would have noticed them to death be-
fore he proposed to her. They were
married the day after New Years, and
she lost lots of good friends because
she didn't give them more time to talk
about 1t.
don't intend to run any risk Of los
ing my friends that way, and / want
them to have all the good time they
can get out Of II. I'm going to serve
out mint juleps Of excitement until the
dear old place is running as 1t did
when 1t was two-year-old. Why gel
. mad when people are interested IL
, you? It's compliment, after oil, ant
just gives them more to think about
/ remembered the two trunks acros,
the hall and Rugged my knees up un
, der my chin with pleasure at tn,
, thought Of the town talk they con
, tanned. .-- -. ---.