Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01


E%N1Z on his deathbed hehad said that he been
@&S9 greatly blessed in her and was cruel sorry
to leave her and his little girl. Death
come welcome or unwelcome, as the case may be;
and in Tom Bunts it weren't welcome by any
means for he only eight and twenty in the full
of strength and prosperity, with fair future and
good money, and we'll thought of at the slate quarry
where he rocknlan. The roclnen, of course, be
those who go down into the pit and break blast out
the slate, while the hlmen be those that work above
at the pappot head, in the slate dressing Sheds
the engines and
And poor Tom Blunt, in the course of his regular
business, to grief; for he'd hit off fuse and
getting clear in good time, as he thought when
thing went wrong and the charge exploded within
feet of him. Even then only rock hit him; but
that enough, and he died four days after leaving
Julitta and his little three yearold Betsy to end for
themselves
And none was better able to do so than his widow;
for she comely piece and had good brains and held
her head high. The dark sort she was, with brave
color in her face and brown eyes and brown hair
match EN-. quick, decided way with her and good
of herself but into PRIDE for
she was sensible and self-respectng And another viz
tue she had for she loved bit of fun and could take
joke in the right spirit. which you'll find very
gift in any woman under seventy.
Four and twenty Jutta when the JOY of her life
taken from her, and she mourned with all her heart
and kept in black weekdays well Sundays, and put
up very good piece of ST. lid slate to Tom.
MAN or two offered Tor her before her husband
grave green; and so ashamed of EN- she
that they could lower themselves do So that she told
EN- that if they worth their weight in gold she
wouldn't take such indecent creatures. But those who
knew bit about her, including her godfather, old
Jimmy Mute of the quarries, rather thought that it
going to he case of virtue rewarded for Simon Keat
hlman worked of the guiotines in dressing
shed. He bachelor, up home thirty years old,
fair and faxen man, and very famous for his strength
SIMON felled every middleweight wrestler in Cornwall
three years running and few heavyweights had
thrown him. He shone also a stcler Iunpire; for
none beat the in judgment of the game in his
of Justice. He very quiet and unassuming
chap in company and oped his mouth seldom that
many people, especially the females thought him bit
of a mumphead but it weren't so by any means. He
had lot of and fair amount of general know
edge which he'd picked up thanks to his habit of listen
ing instead of talking.
And he knew his mind very we'll, and he'd known
ever since she that he wanted marry
Julitta On his twentysecond birthday he'd first Of
fered to do SO, and on his wentythird he done the
same and he do the like again the year.
and hoped that the third time would be lucky. But
meanwhile came along Tom Blunt. So there end
of Simon! He lost with good grace for he level
minded and had fine sporting instincts; but he
felt he couldn't have Ju;ta that he'd go without
anybody and he stopped along with his parents quiet
and fairly contented with his lot, and he always
very good friend to the Bunts.
And then Julitta in the market again. But
Simon held off in very gentlemany way; for he knew
the depth her grief and only matter of proper
feeling did he respect it, but matter of business Also
because it quickly out what she'd said the rash
who thrust in with offers of marriage upon her
green widowhood
So he waited, and just gave Julitta the time of day,
and brought a toy for little Betsy sometimes and
planted very panSieS of his own raising on