Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-01-15
CHAPTER lll-continued.

Nov the Amazonian Mrs. Holman,
widow for the third time. made sturdy
@etort:
That's lest like yew old maids-ai-
WAYS a-blamin' the men. Yew kin Jest
bet / never would have let one OF my
husbands go ter the poorhouse. IL
would have mortified me dretful. IL
must be purity poor sort of woman
what can't take the care of one man
and keep a roof over his head. why,
my second, Oliver G., used ter say
"Oh!" Miss Ellie wrung her hands,
cant we do somethin'?'
81 could do a-plenty," mourned Miss
Abigail "ef | only had been savin'.
Here git salary O. four dollars
month, an not one penny laid away.
"Yew fergit," spoke some one gently,
THAT 1t takes consid able ter dress
matron proper"
Aunt Nancy, who had been sneezing
furiously at her own impotence, now
Mound her speech again.
Were a nice set ter talk erbout
dewin' somethin'-a passel o poor ole
critters like us!" Her cackle of en-
FILTERED laughter was interrupted by
the low, cultivated voice Of the belle
of the home, Butterfly Blossy."
We've got to do something" said
Blossy firmly.
When Blossy spoke with such de-
tcision every one Of the sisters pricked
mp her ears. Blossy might be "a shall
1er-pate;" she might arrange the
golden-white hair Of her head as be
lifted the browning glory Of a young
Kirl, with puffs and rolls and little
Surls, and-more than one sister sus
pected-with the aid Of rats" she
hight gown herself deliberately in the
mended fnery Of the long ago. the
better years; she might dress hel
lovely big room-the only double bed
chamber In the house, for which she
had paid a double entrance fee-in al
sorts of gewgaws, little ornaments
hand painted plaques of her own pro
ducing, lace bedspreads, embroideret
splashers and pillow-shams; she Nigh
sven permit herself sutton who cam
twice a year more punctually than tn
hine-storms, to ask her withered littl
hand in marriage-but her heart wa
In the right place. and on occasion sh
had proved herself a master hand
~fixin' things"
YES" said she, rising to her fee
and fiinging out her arms with an ele
auent gesture, we've got to do some
thing, and there's Just one thing to d.
giris: take the captain right here
here"-she brought her hands to tn
Races on her bosom-"to our hearts !
At first there was silence, with tn
9adies staring blankly at Blossy an
then at one another. Had they hear
alright? Then there came murmul
and EXPLANATIONS, with Miss Abigail
voice gasping above the others:
What would the directors say?"
What do they always say when v
ask a favor?' demanded Bloss
How much will It COST It wor
cost a cent"
Wont, eh?" snapped Aunt Name
"How on earth be yew goin' to witt
himY l haint had second dish
peas this year."
Some men eat more an some Less
remarked Sarah Jane, as ill-favored
spinster as ever the sun shone O.
generally 1t means SO much grub
no much weight"
Miss Abigail glanced up at the CO
ing, while Lazy Daisy, who had
fused to tip the beam for ten yea
aurreptitiously hid an apple into whi
she had been biting.
LES have EN- weighed" suggest
a widow, Ruby Lee, with a pref
wellpreserved little face and figu
IAN of tergether they don't come
TO the heartiest one Of U.S.
Miss Abigail made hasty inter-
ton:
Gals, hain't yew never noticed t
the more yew need the more yew {
Before Jenny Bell went to live W
her darter didn't know what sho
dew, for the 'taters was gittin pc
low. Yew know she used ter
twenty ter meal, an then look b
CRY at the platter An then eff
SQUARE Ely didn't come a-drivin'
one mornin' with ten bushel In
farm wagon He'd been savin'
fer us all winter fer fear we might
short In the spring. Gals, thar's
thing yew kin depend on, the +
siehtedneas OF the Lord. hain't AFT
ter yisk aStrstchip' tho board
keep o. thirty tar pervide AMPLE