The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-01-25
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sweet unSefdahHeSS, ought not to be
associated In any way with mine. ]
! brought this thing on myself. She used
to warn me against my hot temper and
plead with me 20 control it. If I had
I listened to her advice I'd never have
1 been accused of this crime, and so now
some people are saying that she and j
are engaged to be married. She is the
most wonderful girl in all the world
and deserves q long life of happiness
! She doesn't deserve having her name
dragged in the mfre like this. don't
care SO very much for myself now
I've passed that point, but the CON
seriousness that that dear girl is suffer
Ing through my worthless existence and
may suffer even more is unbeara ble''
Don't say that, my boy Abner
pleaded you now know what wo-
mans love means You now know
what many husband don't know even
after passfn' long life with a faithful
wife. You have proof that Mary Trum-
bIey would die fer you. Amt that
aome'n'2s
Howardss breast rose under a biI1ow
of emotion We've never spoken of
our love-" he said Eve talk chiefly OF
our work. You see, L am not in DO
sftion to tell her how feel. I didn't
before this, and can't now. want
her to know how L have grown to love
her and lean on her since came here,
and yet can't honorably mention it,
II understand . .Abner said tenderIy
ssYou needn't bother about that, though
Mary knows. Shd shows 1t in her gem
tie face when she comes back to the
Office after SEEM you. She has been
my naainstay in this matter, Howard.
She hain't never Ter one second doubt
ed yore release. She gifts that from
God direct. She is suferin' keen pain
over the way you are bein' treated
but she believes In her heart that it
Will end
Within half a mile of Trumbley's were
the Hflldale camp meeting grounds,
which were used annually by several
Protestant churches for open air union
services for q week The time had
come around again, the farmers hay
ing laid by their crops to wait for their
ripening and being free to attend
On the first Sunday of the meeting
the spaces in the surrounding level
woodland were well staked off and
filled with housekeeping tents, each
having its fireplace, where food was
prepared
On that first Sunday morning "A bner
rose and looked out of his window
upon the road. He dressed himself
carefully, putting on his best black
trousers and coat, which was a long
frock and, worn without a vest in the
summer, and then went out on. the
dew wet lawn. Here he met Mary. an
empty pan under her arm She was
ccGMfz1g from the barnyard, where she
hm6 been to feed the chickens
thought yore ma did that job since
Tuu become up to date newspaper
AwnEzan? n he TESTED as she greeted him
with welcoming smile.
do it on Sundays she answered.
I'll don't want the chickens to forget
m@s'
big meetin' they are goin' to have
DOWN at the shed, he remarked, brush
ing some lint off the sleeve of his coat
They say Brother Wellman is a reg
uamr wAaeeI boss at whoopin' up sinners
NM baeksliders- You are a-goin', amt
y0mT
She shook her head, put down her
pan ON the grass and began to retie
hAg cravat, which she said looked like
90 shoestring. II don't feel like it, she
Iwm1d, with swift glance into his eyes,
her lips Quivering- Last year Howard
Rnd went together, and-and-well, I
don't want to CO.,
81 remember" Abner said, seeing
chat her voice had completely failed
her. 4T remember when he come by
fer You. HE an him had chat thar
on the steps while you was prfmpin'
UP am putin yore hat on. La, la,
things have changed, hain't they7 I
the gate an strolled across the mead
0w to escape the dust o. the road, both
or you pick1n, flowers. 1 went on to
meet1ns an set thar good half hour
fore you an him finally come You
made q purity sight, as purity as I'd
care to see. remember I thought that
you two didn't need no cut an dried
religion. Thar was youth an happi-
ness, good win an faith shinins out o.
yore faces I remember how you am
him gfggIed out loud when the bench
give way an Brother Carroll had sech
o. tumble In the straw an got up SO
Rad that he refused to pray when they
aEed i'm. Them seem happy days
when you look back on 'em. We ort
to look forward fer happiness instead
o. back, but we don't as a rule
Fl can't go to the meeting, simply
can't Mary half sobbed.
ssYou don't know what you are taIkfn'
about, child. I've a good mind to be
more plain in what I say. Don't you
see Gods hand in it all? After the
time o. which I jest spoke, when you
an Howard was so happy, things be-
gum to happen agin the harmony of it
all. He INDUCED his natural pride an
hot temper an this trouble came on
him. An what was the consequence?
why, he's learnt a great lesson. An
y0u-you have showed that you are
woman o. brain an power an heart
an have won his very soul. Mary, my
child, he loves you with love that is
ms rare as a flower CROWN on a noun