Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-04-02

Two had q chance to take the wust OF IL
The old couple bid good-by to the little
house Terror Of what folks will say
sends them along by-paths to the gate OF
ths Old Ladies' home.
CHAPTER Ill-Contlnued.
Now the Amazonian Mrs. Holman. .
widow for the third time, made sturdy
Totort
That's jest like yew old maids-al-
ways a-blamin' the men. Yew kin Jest
bot never would have let one Of my
husbands go ter the poorhouss. II
would have mortified me dretful. 1t
must be purity poor sort Of woman
what can't take the care Of one man
and keep q roof over his head. Why,
my second, Oliver g., used ter cay"
''Oh!" Miss Ellie wrung her hands.
cant we do somethin'?"
Il could do a-plenty," mourned Miss
Abigail. "ef ! only had been savin'.
Here l git salary O. four dollars .
month. an not one penny laid away"
''Yew tergit," spoke some one gently,
that II takes consid able ter dress .
mAtron proper"
Aunt Nancy, who had been sneezing
furiously at her own impotence, now
found her speech again.
Were q Moe set ter talk erbout
dewin' somethin'-a passed. O. poor ole
critters like us!" Her cackle of en-
Uttered laughter was interrupted by
he low, cultivated voice Of the bale
4 the home. Butterfly Blossy."
We've got to do something" said
Blossy firmly.
When Blossy spoke with such Dc.
cision every one of the sisters pricked
up her ears. Blossy might be "a shall.
ler-pate:" she might arrange the
oolden-white hair Of her head a. be
fitted the browning glory of q youns
girl. with puffs and rolls and little
curls. and-more than one sister sus
pected-with the aid of rats" she
might 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 q double entrance fee-in IL
sorts Of gewgaws, little ornaments
hand painted plaques Of her own pro
0ncing, lace bedspreads, embroidered
splashers and pillow-shams she Nigh
even permit herself q sutton who came
twice . year more punctually than thu
Ilne.storms, to ask her withered httl'
hand In marriage but her heart wa
in the right place. and on occasion sh'
I'D proved herself master hand .
akin things"
YES" said she. rising to her fee
end Ringing out her arms with an elo
Quent gesture. we've got to do some
thing, and there's just one thing to dc
girls: take the captain right here
here"-she brought her hands to tn
laces ON her bosom-"to our hearts!
Al frst there was silence. with tn
ladies staring blankly at Blossy an
then ct one another. Had they hear
arightf Then there came murmur
and ordinations, with Miss Abigail
voice gasping above the others:
What would the directors sayf"
what do they always say when "
ask . favorf" demanded Blossy
How much will It costr It won
cost . cent"
Wont, ehf" snapped Aunt Nanc,
How on earth be yew goin' to With
himf I hain't had second dish I
peas this year."
Some men eat more an some less.
remarked Sarah Jane. as ill-favored
spinster a. ever the sun shone on
generally 1t means 30 much grub te
50 much weight"
Miss Abigail glanced up at the cei
ing, while Lazy Daisy. who had r
fused to tip the beam for ten year
surreptitiously hid an apple into whic
she had been biting.
Les have 'em weighed" suggeste
widow, Ruby Lee, with prett
well-preserved little face and figur
~an' Of tergether they don't come u
to the heartiest one Of US"
Miss Abigail made hasty interru
ton:
Gals. hain't yew never noticed TIL
the more yew need the more yew 81
Before Jenny Bell went to live vii
her darter didn't know what shou
dew, for the 'taters was gittin' poo
low. Yew know she used ter O.
twenty ter meal, an then look hu
cry at the platter. An then eff o
Square Ely didn't come a-drivin' I
one mornin' with ten bushel In Il
farm wagon! He'd been savin' e
fer us all winter fer fear we might r,
short In the spring Gals, thar's Oh
thing yew kin depend on, the fol
sightedness of the Lord. hain't afra
ter risk a-stretchin' the board q
Seep O. thirty ter pervide ample