Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-09-25

pin trips O. his'n he haint wastln
time on no men-folks. But, Blossy.
yew better give me q chance ter talk
to him this AFTERNOON. an mebbe III
speak a good word fer yer"
Blossy. not always keen to see .
Joke, and with her vanity now In the
ascendent, felt the color rise into her
withered cheek.
"Oh, you needn't take the trouble
to speak a good word for me. Any
man who could ever write letter like
this doesn't need to be coaxed. Just
listen:
The man you take for a mate is the
| luckiest dog in the whole round world. I'd
rather be him than king Of all the coun-
tries on earth. I'd rather be him than
strike a gold mine reaching from here to
| China. I'd rather be him than master Of
| the finest vessel that ever sailed blue wa
ter That's what I would. Why. the man
who couldn't be happy with you would
spill tears all over heaven.
Blossy's cheek was still flushed, but
no longer with piQue. Her voice qua
vered and broke; and finally there fell
upon the faded page Of the letter two
| sparkling tears.
Abraham shuffled uncomfortably
from one foot to the other; then. NUT
tering something about the "pesky
apple hook" went scuf1ng across the
floor in the direction Of the chimney.
Blossy, however, called him back.
Il was crying. Brother Abe, because
the man l did take for q mate once
was not happy, and-and neither was
II. was utterly wretched; 80 that
I've always felt l never cared TO
marry again. And-Samuel's wig is
always slipping down over one eye
and 1 simply cannot endure that trick
he has of carrying his head to one
side, a. II he had q left-handed spell
of the mumps. 1t nearly drives me
frantic.
Brother Abe. now tell me honestly
do you think he would make . gooc
husband?"
Abe cleared his throat. Blossy wal
in earnest. Blossy could not OK
laughed at. She was his friend, AM
Angy's friend: and she had come te
him as to O. brother for advice. he
too, had known Samuel az man u
man, which was more than any O
the sisters could say.
Stroking his beard thoughtfuily
therefore, he seated himself upon
convenient wooden chest, while Boss!
slipped her old love letter In ana on
Of the envelope. with that essential!
feminine manner Of weighing and con
sidering.
"Naow," began Abe at length. "thi
is somep'n that requires keerfui de
batin'. Fust OF, haowsomever, ye'
must remember that wigs an way
never made o man yit. Ez l riccole<
SamI, he was pooty good ez men e
should say he wouldn't be any NOR
of q risk tew yew than l was te'
Angy; mebbe less. He's got quite
leetle laid by, understand. an i
tidy story-an.a-half house. an from
stoop. an. by golly. can't he cook
He's a splendid housekeeper."
"Housewifery," remarked Bloss
sagely, as she began to gather her mil
sives together. ''is an Accomplishment
to be scorned in a young husband, b.
not In an old one. They say thel
hasn't been q woman inside Samuel
i. house since he built 1t, but It's
~ clean as soap and sand can make it
d Il bet YER" agreed Abe. "Hain
n never been no fly inside It. neither.
" warrant yer. Fly can't light art
SAINTS cleanin' mp nohaow; he's 8
10 ter skate"
le He says he built that little houl
T. for me-" said the old lady. a. 81
closed down the lid of the trunk. The
I'd was q wistful note In Blossy's voic
II which made Abraham declare with
. burst of sympathy:
Il, "'Tain't no disgrace ter git marie
- at no time Of life. SAINTS good pr
y. Wider; why don't yew snap him
co terday1 Well miss yew lot: but
sn Here's the apple picker right ov
your head" interrupted Blossy TART
ID. and Abe felt himself peremptorily d
IT. missed.
u. Scarcely had he left the attic, no
10 ever than she. too, FASTENED down t
in steep, narrow stairs. She spent t
r: remaining hours before train time
ne DOMINIC her beautiful lace gown, q
"a In making the woman within 1t
ke young and ravishing a. possible. A
lovely, indeed. Blossy looked this d.
q? with q natural flush of excitement
nd her cheek, new sparkle In her brig
Of dark eyes, and with her white hair
'er ranged in a fashion which might ha
all excited q young girls envy.
nk The hour for the train came q
nm went, and. 10! for the frst time in I
history of twenty years Captain DaE
sp- did not appear.
" Blossy pretended to be relieved. p
Of testing that she was delighted to
or. that she would now have an az,
m hour in which to ponder the quests
in But the second train came and we
put and still no Captain Darby.
All the afternoon long Blossy VI
iad her lace gown. thinking although tn,
Dip were no more trains from the q
I've ward that day. that Samuel would Q
ing find hiss way to her. He might dri
his as he usually did In June. or he mi,
ere even walk from his home at r,
the Coves, she said.
the cro BE CoNTINUED)
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