12
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
August 3o, 1800
AH TNCORRfGTBLE.
""Csla Ferry baa rrtsrsed frosa li
r.fedrtjr." asnoeee4 Mrs. Bra .
lrfc laying ows brr ppr. I
riX MwrUser, tbat be would marry
aM att 4vl B&t 1 frar be'a laeor-
Sir. Ur&iM!.bTr lacrb'-l. I rapp
ywBr already pickrd ft tb girl. a ad
Jrey wi2 ha to brr for disaT ard tea.
fi. hn'J n&4 tvxhom. at tarmiag little
jim sawMrtiftjc. te-. e&tiJ be'Jl tare
to ii tram aLrr L-' ;!--. a&4
carry brr."
"1 fail to itirtis4 yoa. Mort!mr"
al L. wife eroiy.
c4sa. iw, Soet rt arrry, FIo;
fwef. yws ye ler atotbiag half a
w-J as ssakiag A tsatrh fr fjp'e who
sra eo c?cp4 t arratr. f u" tLrna
eHa. Bat ya saast cw&frsa tWro are
jvt v y eaaxt do anything"
wjLfc, fVrry nd VarricU Tr Jtca."
"Go anoy, .Mediae, atd dos't be so
nij. I tell yoa tLey wrro mad fwr each
Hir. 1 am vtdj doing tuj d&ty ia
brier's' iba terrtbor. aafc! Mr.
IkaL&4brf. tijr ber had drSaotly.
tias.s yrr owa fait. isiGa. replied
trr bst&d souliag'y, at4 & with
4rfrat. Jit IH i(r that k as yoil
aa."
"tat"JJ 7s warer?" e.cTi"d iLe little
woman bok!y.
"Tb prW of your portrait paiatrd by
C"hatras." b rpa4d. conkSrat tLat
L wweld er bar to pay it.
"Ie! iad 1 li.tu4 t wla," Mra.
BraifK rrid ifa!y jtsst as. t-y a
trac e!iirAc tl door was thrown j
f-a ax-2 Vlrriaia Tarta waa aa- '
Boxi4. Ur. lirfed.Urr et a juix-
srai zuc at la u a L rapa )
frswo tLe rtas. bet t was mlrmdy eta
meit.g Ur art Virfixiia a ad tlvl not
axcie ttzA. Mis Virisaa waa a rather
m.Mir jvaztf westaa t tt or tti&e as4
lwemry, fcaa4ccu. arvalith! acd Vbea this poison accumulates taster
ry waltty; bat. aariac Wa ruk-d by t than It can be eliminated, which al-
saya a att U Lad otrt.witli a 4ia- ways occurs unless the muscle has
roaiia-mt a ia rariy bf ao4 had Iguj interval of rest, then will come
U eiqbf tcn.4 Itio a vrnuble fatigue, which Is only another expres
oaa batrr Vitia fcaj IM f toi,e ,nfecUoa.
t b-rte ttat km Uat mrftatrc-t- ,f , j j fln Intervl oC
Blt.tlr La sted l,y a fear cf fortaae ! 60 that e ceI1 01111 &e off Its
fcai a&l waa alct ft&appvoaeabW -waste product to keep pace with the
t li fcartird tsa. nesr prodartlcns, the muscle will then
Fkr Brm&d-abtf& h waa rery ; liberate energy for a Ion:; time. This
food et hrr, bad cad -rra! ft&saecras- j latter condition Is what we call en
fd att-stpt t tsaiuf br hary for lif dGT-nce
by tfcrry tir Lf to sorn T.tor-oin
suitor, feet Virginia foit Ly f alt aaca
ir0 &ract aU.
Wta, ttrrfr. frin-J ber&a t
tMwat tlsp -ty attrarfwca a4 rirtea
tf Lrr ria Ferry. Virrmia litrs-l but
eoddiy. Jr'taay. bnajr ratWr LaM peah-
4. a&e turxW at I J
fear. JTUmjJ be raid. -&rrt- f
lcail, ti ay ftiatx E-r aWat
ff.if4 to ta. Ill bare ma j
-iLWr eiftfft Mra. Braadea-
brrr tartly. -Wfcy, Virginia, r m tae
if X ay wiat air ii;4itt1t.tary. '
bst Pi-rry I'retarM w&aid tt rzarry j
jv L&r any Xr vgesa caJer aay coo- ;
todmrmta."
wfcy tat, jrayr ietat4l Vir-
t-' . .
If, "lefTy haa jct a lut-tie a Iwaltus
tot s&atriBjecy aa yoa Lar. I rerer kaew
c ma mo ia.sljr crHI to asythior aa
l ia t takajnar. And it'a a abat&e, too.
for lvrry a racab.e. omoi- flourishing' ages of the witchcraft de
ly waaiUjy. baa trarl-i the world over. Insicn. Witchcraft, in the early ages,
paiaia. iay dirisiy; m tort. 1 kouw f .was consMered one of the greatest of
mhv&g tfcat be ia tot Easier of." crimes, as much so aa murder, robbery
"Jufcd atotlfc vmid idr bim to car- r anr other serious offense against
ry? Are yws atsre, il? Virriaia ia- !
q,aiwi aetcaly.
attm nv waa th dridM repae.
TLr. aaid Virrisia. drawtcc a
trratk cf rriirf, mym stay i&troda biio.
Mra. Brajsdttbx tad auddrely t
Xc aid iatrrrat ia Cosaia I'erry. She
atCd a yaw brfore rrf-Jyiac rrles!y:
lafliilwirt cfcaare. bat Perry !
lST,5I5r-
Mia VL-rait'i fratbrra were rc2W.
EL. rtlnrd cp aariiy. Tray dan't pot
y&vwLf est o esy intMoiL lta of not
tb aUrbit iitr-t to d," ahe said
rtij, aj4 tbra p!ttrl aoiiaatMly into
dcaario of tb fcew piay. Bat wbea
abe bad taaraber 4eprxtore Mra. Bran-
pjj-
lst ired.'
Tbe day was as ewstfel erne fr Mn.
Mrtiisr BraaJo-tt-rr. for Mia Tarel-
tio bad bardly i-ft the turn w bra I'rrcy
J'mtacoatt raa ia to pay bia rpert.
"Yea csjsm Jt too late to cseirt oce of
rar moat Itrt rrtiar friad," bia ft-ssn '
tail aa abe rr-i biai wiralr. afirr
wairb abe broke Isto jcraia of Viripnia
aid left it np u.til I'erry ittrrrcptrd
tr aarrarricaby.
Ia fart. ba s perfect frtaal para
foa. X aeppsip." be aaid-
"Se rrtorcrd Mra. BraadeaWrx.
lookicr aad. "far from it. I Wry. Khe
wocIS be if it were SKt for ttr vc&atcral
rtijatby ahe baa for raarna. I wish
it wera pwfbie tct y&a t tat her,
Ferry, for y bare o Eaay conreaiai
taste aa4 rsHita. asd yots would be
Perfectly safe ia ber aorirty and eoold
etipy it frrly. kaowia that ern if yoo
wbb'-i rbe cca&kl uvt be iadaced to tiarry
Tcs win It were poaaitV. Vbtt do
ya sseaa by tbitT" d"maadl Mr. I'ea
taewaat, atacr irto isterrt at lart.
Oa. Tirritia baa bailt ao h a Cbtreae
wa2 atet Taeratif tbat abe'a almokt iiuac-
ytM&t,m abe rrj,!iL
mmz to CI7"-i "rrMr , ,
wosaaa X wotJJ do aa. wtrtbrr ale Willed
It er BitL"
TtVrt raise, retry, tsy boy. bat
y2 fed !A!y be tpted ia Virrieia'a
. aa roa'Il pr&bably tft oet ber.
And tbec. baritj aecasipbabed ber ead.
1W wi waaa caz.x4 the sabket.
WTfeea ber nestia left ber, be araa piedrej
to attemd a arsali dinaer tie reat week,
wiick abe gave ia bia boaor. and. singa
lari escri. be t.k Miss Tarel t?a ia to
dlt&r.
"Mortiss."' aaM Mra. Brasdeaberg to
ber ttaba&d tw raouths after ber diaaer
party. yeis4 better arratige with Chat
raa fcr txy portrait-
. -Wtat?" cried Mrtlser, jssping up
Is aiirpris.
I waa rr X etreld It. tal bia
wife, dkspticg with delight. Tbr are
oere ways tbaa -e te raia aa end. toy
dear. Virriaia writes to acooucce ber
ecsrsfff-iTsemt to Perry. 'FLe. frara 1 will
be aaocbed asd surprised. I am. dread
foiJ.vr Asxl the fair plotter broke into
coca as irreitit4e peal of laejchter that
fee? butbaal. defeated aa be waa, bad to
pm. CTaicago UrsJ4 - ,-
Tt a-ald mwe pretty h.zh waUt tad heard of a rickey, but he was
at. 2 troika tbrsh xaaey others,- Mr. ' ashamed to admit bi3 ignorance, so he
XV2rf-aT aaid rather aclkiiy. -ftcd if X . mMritr ete i:n,lor tliA hnp nn,t
D. H Moody was always full of fun.
ITa raw tb comic aide of things, and
as boy enjoyed put tin? practical
Joke upon any one whoa he well
fcsew. Ia the rear of bia Uncle Sam-Dt-l'a
retail shoe store In Boston was
ft cobbler's repair tit seat, tools, awls,
f tc Jtad th tefit v. as, as usual, a piece
of k&ther coiucavf 1 shaped downward
ut Us center.
Oam day th? workman oa this saucer
ahitsx-d ant felt It booming uncom
fortably damp, then rvally ruolst. He
rose mod saw a damp spot oa the seat.
Eupposlcff that a few Cn of water
Lad been accidentally 3ropped upon the
eeat before he sat down to his work,
be folded aa old newspaper and placed
it tuoA sat comfortably down to resume
Li work. But the moisture seened
strangely persistent. Itislng again, he
fuciid the paper becoming soaked with
water, cad he stood perplexed, his
hammer la one hand and the soft, wet
paper In the other.
Iooklns this way and that la his
perplexity, he soon beard a half chuc
kle, half snicker, which could no longer
be repressed, and there behind the
door mi the country boy, learning
bow to be useful la a city shoe store,
La he really and rapidly did, but tak
ing bia fun as he went along. lie had
placed a shallow dish of water dose
up to the ucdersfde of the center of
the leather seat, which only touched
the water when the weight of the oo
cupant waa upon it, so three or four
small awl holes served his purpose for
tijLt time. Congregationalifet.
Oar Cndoranr.
Thuig life each member of the
human body produces poison to Itself.
IJke &zj ether ponderous and In
tricate machine, the body requires
time to get la harmonious working
i order. Tht brain, nerves, heart and
skeletal muscles, must be given some
j warning of the work they are expected
to perform. Imorance of this fact has
broken down manr a voung man who
ircd to honors oa the cinder path.
necessity of getting all the parts
ct ln irking order Is
nnderstcl by trainers and Jockeys
the race track, aa Is evinced by the
preliminary waming tip" they give
their horse, although It Is doubtful If
the trainers could give any physiologic
re.9on for their custom. Popular
iScieno.
Wltebcrttft.
Tte sixteenth and seventeenth cen
tnrles, said John Flake, "were the
the aw, and the belief ha it was shared
by the whole human race until the lat
ter part of the seventeenth century.
"In England. la 1W. two women
were tried t?fore Sir Matthew Hale,
charged with bewitching severai girls
and a baby, and tbey were put to
death, for at that time the evidence
perfectly raticmJ. In 10!o. in
C, pjople -re burned to
;deUl oa the cLar-e of witchcraft It
the proud 1 cast of a noted execu-
i tloner la tiorthern Italy, at this time,
, that la 15 yenrs he had assisted ia
burning 000 jrsons charged with sor-
'eery. In Scotland, between 1500 and
lcoo peepj,, were ,mt to death
i&a average' of 200 a year. The last
execution for witchcraft in England
Pl a ia Scotland in 1T22.
la Germany In 174D and ln Spaia In
; 17S1S
"ViTinl It TTattrd For.
An Inspector of Irish schools tells a
! good story, says the Newcastle (Eng-
land) Chronicle. At a crhool where be
; made a surprise visit a little boy hap
I peaed to come in for the first time and
s4eppd up to the Inspector at once,
j fc?lt there fer the present," said the
lnpeetr. Indicting the desired spot.
The boy obeyed readily, and when
! the inspector had finished his multitu-
cinona lrquiries Into the knowledge of
geography, gramtnnr and arithmetic
pt8essed by the children he found that
the boy still sat In the same spot.
What are you waiting for, my boy?"
"Please, air, I em waiting for the
present"
Ilia Gin nic-Uey.
The Irishman who had never tasted
a gin rickey ordered cue so as to im
press his friends. The bartender never
i rsnt mlTlnir cri
raaC a guess at lb
! , , , . t4. ,t
j Then he leaned back to await results.
t The Irishman sipped at the beverage
and shook bis head approvingly.
1 "By gorry, 'tis a fine rickey," he said.
? It ought to be. said the bartender.
! n nut In everything except the II-
cense Chicago Itecoid.
Brakes.
Hand brakes, to assist In the stop
ping of trains, were Introduced as ear
ly aa 1S40. Twenty years later the air
brake was patented, which enabled
power from the locomotive to be trans
mitted through hose simultaneously to
the brases cf all the cars In a train
a wonderful Invention. In 1SG3 the
coaches were connected by patent
couplers. ar.other'measure of strength
and safety.
Metallic Terma.
Speech Is silvern, s Hence Is golden,
giggling la brazen, and laughing is of
tea IroclcaL Columbian.
- i
I JOHN SMITH, :
I MILLIONAIRE.
It was a typical autumn London night,
the streets flowing with greasy mud, the
air yellow, with smoky fog and a cold,
sleety drizzle falling as Hilda Szoith ar
rived at Paddington station.
It was her first experience of the great
metropolis, but she had received her in
struetions, and, selecting her portman-"
teau, she bad it removed to. a cab and,
jumping in, ordered the man to drive to
the Ballarat mansions in Victoria street,
Westminster.
Hilda was not a little anxious, because
she had arrived in town a day ahead of
her invitation, and she was not certain
whether her bachelor brother, with whom
she was going to stay for a month or six
weeks, would be ready to receive her.
The door was opened by a hard faced
looking woman of the charwoman type,
who stood gazing at her without moving
away from the entrance.
"Ik this Mr. Smith's?" asked Hilda.
"Yes, miss," replied the woman, with
out offering to let ber in, however.
"Ik he at home?"
"No, he ain't, and I don't know when
he -will be."
"But did he not expect me? He is my
brother, and I have come to stay with
him."
"Oh, indeed, miss. Well, he didn't say
nothing to me about it," answered the
woman. "But suppose you'd better have
the spare room," and she stepped aside
with a grudging air as she allowed the
fair girl to enter.
Turning on the electric light, she show
ed Hilda into a handsomely furnished
bedroom, whose white and gold paint and
blue satin furniture caused her to open
her eyes in wonder, for her brother was
not supposed at home to be in luxurious
circumstances, and tfy the time she had
washed her face and hands the house
keeper brought her a cup of tea and some
bread and butter, after which she retired
to rest and did not wake until late the
following morning.
"Mr. Smith came home late 'last night,
misr," said the housekeeper when she
aroused her with the hot water, "and told
me to say that he would join you at
breakfast."
The breakfast table was a picture to
the eyes of the frugally brought up coun
try girl, for it was covered with every
delicacy in or out of season, and Hilda
was admiring the priceless china when
she heard footsteps approaching and
turned around to welcome her brother.
"Oh, Jack," she exclaimed, dancing to
ward the door with her arms outstretch
ed, "I'm so glad"
Then she stopped suddenly, as though
she had been shot, for a tall, dark, hand
some man, quite the opposite of her
brother in appearance, entered the room.
"I am afraid that somebody has made
a mistake," he said in a soft, kind, reas
suring voice. "But I cannot be sufficient
ly grateful to whoever is to blame for
sending me such a charming guest to
breakfast."
"I expected to meet my brother1 Mr.
Smith," observed Hilda, nearly choking
with confusion. "Mr. John Smith."
"My name is John Smith," said the
stranger, with an amused smile.
"Of S Ballarat mansions?" continued
Hilda.
"Ah, now I see how the mistake oc
curred!" exclaimed Mr. Smith. "This is
No. G, but there is another John Smith at
No. 8, and our letters frequently get
mixed up. I can only say that I am sor
ry it is the other John Smith who is the
lucky man on this occasion. And now,
my dear young lady, let us go to break
fast." At first Hilda could neither eat nor
speak, but her host in a short time had
succeeded in putting her so much at her
ease that she was chattering away to
him about her family, her home and all
her little domestic affairs.
That breakfast must have lasted an un
conscionably long period, but Mr. Smith
did not apppar to be desirous of hurrying
it, and everything was so delightfully
strange and novel to Hilda that she did
not notice the lapse of time until her
companion suggested that if they went
around now they would likely find "the
other Mr. Smith" at home to lunch.
Hilda hurried away to put her hat on,
and the more she looked at the exquisite
ly furnished room, with its cut glass per
fume bottles, chased silver powder boxes
and all the hundred and one little addi
tions that go toward making a woman
happy, the more she wondered for whom
it had been prepared.
Fortunately, when they arrived at 8
Ballarat mansions they found "the other
Mr. Smith" at home on the top floor, and
Hilda could not help noticing how won
derfully civil he was to her host and how
eagerly he accepted his offer to dinner on
the following evening for himself and sis
ter. After he had gone, however, the mat
ter was explained.
"That is John Smith, the millionaire,"
said her brother impressively, "and he is
the managing director of the company I
work for."
The dinner was followed by a theater
visit and a supper, and so it went on un
til the niht before she should have gone
home, when Mr. Smith asked her if she
would change her appellation from Miss
to Mrs. Smith.
Hilda had always had an overwhelm
ing desire to penetrate the mystery of
the spare room, but all the information
she could obtain from her husband was
that he kept it fitted up in that manner
in order that he might be able to enter
tain an angel if one called upon him un
awares, and he always added:
"And if it had not been for that nre-
raution, my dear, I should not have had
the dearest and sweetest little wife in
the world." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Don Cameron's Lunch Counter, 114
to 118 So. 11th st., Lincoln, Neb.
DR. REYNOLDS
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November 10 for 15 cents. '
f Tke Future ef Onr Iears. "
Professor" Yung of the University of
Ckief, Switaerlaad, entertains great
fears concerning the future of our
lower limbs. This sage is of the opin
ion that wtthln the next thousand
years human beings will have forgot
ten, how to use their legs, and that
these limbs, if evolution will not do
away with them,- will serve ar. mere
ornaments to the rest of the body.
Professor Yung states that at the
present age human beings show a de
cided aversion to personal or physical
locomotion, and this is more manifest
every time a new automatic traveling
Instrument is invented and rendered
practical. Steam, electricity, cable
power and the different velocipede ma
chines all bear an influence over us
and create' a dislike for walking, and
the future generations will likely have
the convenience of steerable airships
at their windows and electric auto
mobiles at their doors, and these con
veyances will be so cheap that almost
every one can own them, and this
means the doom of our legs.
The latter will be regarded as super
fluous appendages, no use will be made
of them, and who knows but that they
may disappear altogether? But so
much more will our arms develop in
length and strength. These are the
cruel laws of evolution, and it will be
due to their pranks that future gen
erations will again resemble the apes.
There will come another epoch of short
legs and long arms.
Compiled WttH the Law.
"A certain well known Mobile law
yer, who was lame and had something
of a reputation as a fighter," said' a
southern gentleman, "was at onevtime
attorney, in a suit that caused much ill
feeling. He won the suit for his client,
and the loser vowed vengeance. 'In
pursuance of that same,' In the lan
guage of Truthful James, he xne day
went into the lawyer's office and sub
jected him to a tirade of abuse that
would have caused1 a salt water cap
tain to die from pure envy, such was
his talent in vituperation.
"The lawyer answered him nothing,
to the surprise of two or three men
who were present but, getting out of
his chair, began to hobble backward.
His enemy, thinking he was retreating,
followed him up, 'with more abuse and
threatening gestures.
"The lawyer's foot finally struck
against the walla when be suddenly
straightened up ' and. saying, 'Gentle
men, 1 call on you to witness that, on
account of this wall I have retreated
as far as possible (the general law of
homicide), drew out a derringer and
shot his- opponent'
"At the trial he was acquitted, his
witnesses being the men present at the
time of the killing; who testified to the
lawyer's having retreated as far aa
possible. New York Tribune.
' - '
A Cold tgbt In Canada.
The sky at night Is a deep dark blue,
and the stars are like dropping balls of
fire, so close they" seem to be almost
within reach? The northern lights look
as if a titanic paint brush had been
dipped in phosphorescent flame and
drawn In great, bold strokes across
the heavens.
As you pass the electric lamps you
see very fine particles of snow caught
up by the wind and glittering high in
the air like diamonds. But it Is a cold
night, and you are not 6orry to get into
your room. First of all. you take a
blanket or so from the bed, for there
are people ln Canada who sleep all the
year round with only a sheet over
them, to such a pitch of perfection
have they brought the heating of their
rooms.
After you have tucked yourself hi
the stillness of the night is broken oc
casionally by a report like a cannon.
Have you ever been Inside a bathing
machine when a mischievous boy
threw a stone at it? And, If so, do you
remember how you Jumped? When the
walls of a wooden house crack In the
bitter cold, the effect Is similar, only
magnified. BiVt you know what it
means ' here, so you only draw the
clothes closer round you, thankful that
you are snug and warm. And so good
night. Blackwood's.
Alwayi Fee tlae Engine.
In his prime the late Mr. John Cook,
the great tourist agent, was a man of
Iron frame. But when years of rail
way traveling, which averaged annual
ly some 40,000 miles, produced certain
alarming symptoms, he made a dis
covery that may be worth giving to
the public. He found that the threat
ened trouble, something spinal, dis
appeared when he no longer sat with
his back to the engine. He always
thereafter faced It, and that the prin
ciple is sound will be borne out by
others whom he advised to do the
same. All who are called upon to do
much railway traveling will be wise to
sit "facing the horses."
Reason For Hate.
Mr. Terirash Talker (who did not
catch the name of his partner) You
see that man ' behind me. Well, If
there's one man In this world that I
hate, he's the one.
His Partner (In surprise) Why,
that's my husband I
Mr. Verirash Talker (quickly) Yes,
of course that's why I hate him, lucky
dog! London Fun.
If Cncoirasement.
Mrs. Short Oh, dear, 1 do wish we
were rich! Just think of the good we
could do if we only had lots of money!
Mr. Short True, my dear, but we
caa do a great deal of good In a quiet
way now.
Mrs. Short Yes, of course, but no
one will ever bear of lb Chicago News.
The Batter She "Wanted.
New Wife I wish to get some
but-
ter, please. : .
Dealer Roll butter, ma'am?
New Wlfe-No; we wish to eat it on
biscuits. Chicago News.
The Fire at Simras'.
It was late in December and 100 de
grees below zero. The frozen footed
fowls crowded together in the old hen
house,, and if a glint of sunlight shot
across the pen the old hens fought to
stand in it The rooster sank ipto him
self until his hackles looked like an Eliz
abethan ruff; when he crowed, it sounded
raucous and cold, and the hens shook
their heads at each crow, as hens have
done since time began. They stood on
alternate feet and seemed to envy Mrs.
Sims her coarse shoes. "
She, pocr woman, was on her way out
to the barn to milk 40 cows before sun
light should fail. The dull, flat, hopeless,
dreary, dismal, bitter, sour, doleful, hard,
inevitable, disheartening condition of life
on a Garland county farm was imaged
in the bleak landscape and in her weary,
haggard face.
She walked as if she had several cob
blestones in the toes of each shoe, and
she wished that she had a millstone about
her neck. Jim, her husband, was drunk
again, which meant that until he returned
from towa she must sack 1,000 . bushels
of buckwheat a day, feed and water 700
stupid fowls and provide meals for seven
pairs of vicious, quarrelsome twins of her
own raising.
She entered the low doorway of the
hideous barn and seated herself on her
haunches beside the first of the 40 scrag
gly, half frozen cows. She was an expe
rienced milker, but the deftest fingers in
the world cannot guard against a sudden
bovine flank movement, and she saw 33
pails of steaming milk overturned by 33
suffering ana fractious beasts.
Something like an oath issued from be
tween her thin, bloodless lips, and she
audibly wished that the day that saw her
birth mig'at be blotted from the calendar.
In the house she could hear the seven
pairs of twins shooting at each other
and throwing kerosene lamps about and
slaughtering the cat; but she did not care
a bit. Time had been when pretty Eliza
Simms would have, cared a good deal,
but that was a score of years ago, before
the twins began to come so frequently.
"If the house burns up I won't have no
more meals to get."
Poor woman, she did not realize that
another house would take its place and
the eternal round of ill cooked, greasy,
uninteresting, indigestible meals would
continue as before. She had lost the fac
ulty of thinking, like all farmers' wives
ia Garland county.
A couple of odd twins came out to her
Buck, one of the oldest pair, and Jen,
next to the youngest.
"Jake has set the house afire again,"
said Buck.
He would have kissed her if he had
been sorae sons and she some mothers,
but the very name was unknown in the
Simms family. A kick and a cuss they
knew too well, but the union of the two
sounds meant nothing.
"Belle has killed the cat again, and
Luce has torn your weddin stif kit to
smithereens," said Jen, with a malicious
grin.
A grim smile sank into the tough, leath
ery face of. the despondent toiler, and
she milked two vicious streams into the
girl's eye. Jen did not know, whether to
laugh or cry. but the crackling of the
flames turned the thoughts of all three in
to another direction.
"Ain't yeh go'n ter put out the fierrr?
The insurance ran out last week. I heered
pap say so."
Mrs. Simms rose to her feet. It was
true. She must save the house if it took
the rest of the milk. .
- "It's a wonder your pa can't stay to
hum when the house is liable to burn
down aay day with them youngest
twins." t
It was the third time in two weeks that
they had set the place afire, and milk was
high that year. Of course the pumps
were frozen hard.
"You bring a couple of pails apiece,"
said she, taking a pail in each hand and
balancing another on her head, but the
children only jeered at her and began to
fiebt in the hay.
She toiled toward the house, over
weighted and cold. The flames were
pouring out of every window, and the
sun was just setting, a red ball that
looked as if the dwellers beyond the
patch of pines on the horizon could warm
their hands on its glowing surface.
The squawks and squeaks of the fowls,
fighting for the warmest place on the
roost, broke the frosty stillness of the
air, and the dull, black smoke of the
burning house floated in long, trailing
streamers to where the upland was
crowned with an orchard of young peach
trees. It was all beautiful if she had
but known, but this sordid woman was
bent only on putting out the miserable
fire that had attacked the house.
What do farmers in Garland county
know of beauty? From their birth on
ward the grindstone whets their noses
down to the bone, and, look as they may,
there is nothing but a whirring grind be
fore their eyes. .
A creaking farm wagon toiled along
the road, the wheels making a cranklmg
music ia the frozen ruts. Jim was com
ing home from his seven day jag, singing
in a raucous voice that jarred harshly on
the winter quiet of the night. He saw
the flames of the burning building, but
he did not hasten his pace.
VI never saw the thing that Liz
couldn't down from me to a spread oak.
The twins has be'n at it again."
And they were still at it. The flames
had driven them out of the house, but
they had all gone into the barn to quar
rel, leaving their mother to fight the fire
single handed. As Jim drove into the
barnyard the flames succumbed to her
efforts and the watery milk. She came
out to the side door and looked at him
under singed eyebrows.
"What yeh got fer supper?" he asked.
"Smoked beef an b'iled milk," said she.
T wish I'd 'a' burnt up," she added in a
harsh voice.
"Gad, I wisht yeh had. Your life in
surance ain't lapsed."
It was a brutal jest, but she did not
perceive its brutality any more than she
woxild have admired a nocturne of Cho
pin's or an etching by Whistler or a
statue by Phidias. Criterion.
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