Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-02
....,o,,. 1890, bv pabHo Ledger Co.
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,,., T. Burton Francis, q pomag .
.,;ah iigh ideals aud more mM ,m:,. 9 ~
o,S;nory measure ot Ms .,,,"n m hcy h
%pnmon % kindness conrsng ihrynnw 80
ss .s;ms notices that hor %ds~.0gT ~ II bo,,
ssm Wrs' watson, Is performing me. Doi "So.i
% "a sluggish manner, 'nqa,es avo". aro".
~, health aud about ner "ayo ani;a,;nc
children, subjects her, 70 .. some ,nppn. ,mpnty toy
snih on motherhood, ss9oesSs oGv" !",c,cst, ~
ssy hssbond 70 reao, % he tomiiv.'
igseT IN the 'oe'taro OF '"o '''
xp,rT III do it," Pearl said, swal-
B lowing the lump that gathered IN
,,.oot "I can work. Nobody never
nel ,hst none of the Watsons couidn I
sa,r sanut in stay out me time II II Kills
me; saving, Pearl knocked timidly at
ey soI door. Myriads Of f.es buzzed
tne ,he screen. From within a tired
"; on;cs said, "Come in. -,
'oie Pearl walked IN and saw large bare
with A long table in the middle.
room, roo,,;ng machine Uttered with papers
ait,od in front of one window: :.
hpTS TSo aoor had been painted dull
,..b hut the passing of many feet had
u,Sy nsrr tbe paint away in places. A stove
v.ood WI in one corner. Over the sink u
al soI, ropnd shouldered woman bent try
;o ;og TO get water from an nsthmatit
| pump. I. ..,n ala. s.;a 4, ,
,ore so very unpleasant that Pear
thought she must have expected some
one else. =. =, .c,
were We expectin
"SM Mrs, Motherwell stopped pumping foi
a minute and looked at Pearl.
why didn't ye git here cnrlierg
gu. ."WSll," Pearl began, II was lat,
spttin' started by reason Of the washin
Ind the ironin'. and Jimmy not gettin
hack wild the boots. lie went drivin
cattle for Vale the butcher. and he hst
10 have the boots for the poison ivy 1,
that bad, aud because the sugar o lead
s all done and anyway ma don't lik,
10 keen it in the house, for wee Damn,
might eat it-he's that stirrin and m,
moi there to watch him now" ....
Lord what tongue you have
Put down your things and go out anc
pick chips to light the fire with in th'
morning"
Pearl laid her bird cage on a cha
and was back so soon with the chip
that Mrs. Motherwell could not thinl
Of ANYTHING to say.
"Now 20 for the cows" she soid
",pd don't run them home ="
"Wherc will / run them to then
ma a'am?" Pearl asked innocently.
Good land, child, have to tell 20,
Folks that cant do without tellin
can't do much with, / say. Bring tb
cows to the bars, and don't stand ther
staring at me-"
When Pearl dashed out of the door
she almost fell over the old dog VIII
lay sleepily swapping at the flies whic
busred around his head. He sprang NJ
with growl which died away into al
apologetic yawn as she stopped to pa
his honest brown head.
A group of red calves stood at tn
bars Of a small field plaintively callin
for their supper. It was not just a
ordinary bawl. but a double. jointe
hyphenated appeal. indicating yer
exhausted condition indeed.
Pearl looked at them In pity. Th
old dog, wrinkling his nose and turn
ing away his head. did not give the,
ganre' ne knew them, Noisy things
Let EN- bawi' Come on
across the narrow creek the
Eounaed, fearl ana Old nap, and u
lne other mn where the silver willow
rev 80 tal they were hidden IN then
ine soiuenrod nodded its pi9mS hea
IN tne oreeze. ana the tail Gaillardit
oroMu anu !ei'o"' nickered unsteadil