Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-08-16

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why, how funny y she murmured.
| / Three days later the two ladies
again met ut the outer door.
I sOh. how dye do? Nice day, amt
Her began Sarah, hurriedly. You
/ you 1--we here. don't y6n q .,.#
t 'Whyyea,' said the woman, snail-
ing q little. s= . VI : . ...ss
! Z DO. too-on the top floor.
oil settled, now" announced
Sarah. stumbling over the words lit
tie. *5.
s., rs that so7' returned the " woman
/ politely, but without enthusiasm.
4 Sarah nodded. .=. - N.
r. Eyes, all ready for callers. IL
hope you'll come soon,"' she finished
with sudden courage. n. II
THANK you; you are very kind"
imurmured the woman, as she smiled
and turned away. s..l:: .$s: 4. .E:
The tall woman did not call, and
Sarah never asked her again.. A few
words from Cousin Johns wife at
about this time opened Sarah's eyes,
and taught her not to expect to-
come acquainted with her neighbors.
I; Sarah was not the only member oof
/ the family who had. found trials By
+; The way. Ethel and Fred had entered
|:isehool, and at first they came home
leach afternoon with woeful faces.
New methods Of study, recitation,
discipline, and even Of recreation puz-
'zled and frightened them: So,
To Caleb, the city was a thing Of
noise, hurry and more people than he
had thought existed. Early and late
he worked in the store. s..
II don't like It," he would say some.
times to his wife; II don't like it,
Sarah
i December, January, February and
March passed; and the first Of April
brought letter from the lessee Of the
farm asking IL he was to have the
f|place through the summer. - >s*
"Of course he can have it." declared
Sarah. Just as IL we wanted it
again :s YES \:
*'Yes, yes, Of COURSE murmured
Caleb. "I-Pll write later on.
|; 1t was an early; and wonderfully
beautiful spring that year.
& Sarah. grew restless indoors. {
(. Downstairs, on each side Of the big
front door was sQuare-yard patch
OF puny, struggling grass; and it was
these two bits Of possibilities that put
L. happy thought into Sarah's head.
! She bought trowel and some flower
seeds and set resolutely to work. She
] had dug the trowelsi into the earth -four,
7, times, and was delightedly shifting
the odor from the moist earth when
the janitor appeared.
Did We lose something, ma'am p
he asked suspiciously.
Lose something p laughed the
woman. '"Of course not! rye found
something. William. I'VE found a
flower bed. I'm going to have the
I prettiest one ever was y.
"T won't do, ma'am. ----'t won't, real
", now. I'm sorry, but the boss won't
stand it, t ss.
81 twas that night that Caleb brought
4 out the paper and pen to write the let
ter which would lease the farm for
another six months. Twice he dipped
his pen in the Ink, and paused with
no word written, Finally he spoke.
Tint going to- give him some
hints, Sarah. He won't know how
to run some of the things, I'm sure.
II he should plant the meadow lot to
| potatoes, now, tt tt.
/ 49, Z e a
"And, Caleb cut III Sarah, .be
t sure and send word to his wife about
the roses; IL she don't spray 'em rea!
early; the bugs and WORMS win get an
awful start. {:
There was another long silence,
broken this time By the children's
/ entrance. Z s l
Mother" began Fred disconttented-
y, don't they ever 60 fishing down
| here, or swimming, or: anything?"
IF Sarahssprang to her feet with q nsrv-
Gus little laugh. Ns
7 Caleb, we've might 60 up home
just for for a VISIT she said. 4
"Hurrah let's r, crowed Fred, and
Ethel clapped her hands.
It was jubilant four that left the
! North station a few days later, and
Int was q still more jubilant four that
arrived IN the village at the foot OF
the green hills. :
/ ;s..Dh, don't. It. look: splendid and
| roomyll y cried Sarah, as they reached
Il; the turn where they could see the
4 q rni-houset And don't the air smell