THEBES TO BE A WEDDIN IX THE NEIQH
BOlinOOD
said she and I know all about her
from A to Izzard not that shes told
me much herself Letltla never was no
great hand to talk shes a close mouth
ed woman especially when It comes to
anything concernln her own affairs
but you cant help plckln up n mite of
Information as you go along Hviu so
close that Is if youve got any eyes
at all
She worked awhile In silence before
she began again
Letltla wore her crape a good long
time for such a pretty woman and it
was a long time too before she began
to notice as much as a year or more
So when Tom Jones took to seeln her
home from meetln and hangln over the
gate with her till the moon went down
nobody was much surprised Even if
Letltla aint as young as she used to be
shes a mighty pretty woman mighty
pretty And smart There aint a
smarter woman In Plalnville then Letl
tla Kinsman
Seems like even if them widows
aint pretty theyre kinder takin some
how or other put in Eliza They
alius catches the eye of the men
Tabltba nodded assent as she ran her
long needle through every other stitch
In the diminutive latticework she was
weaving In the spot where the heel of
the stocking had been
Thats true enough said she and
as I say It begun to look like Letltla
was bavin things all her own way She
was a widow and pretty yet and smart
There never was n church soclnble but
what Letltla had every man In the
room around her a spllttln of their
sides laughln at the funny things she
said right off plank down while the
rest of us thought of what wo mought
have said after wed got half way
Lome
She slapped her hand over her mouth
In the effort to conceal a slight yawn
Yes she concluded she was
smart theres no denyln that about
most thjngs But there was one thing
she want smart about
And what was that demanded
Eliza
When everything was goln her way
and Tom had popped the question or
was about to pop It and that here
she grasped the stocking more secure
ly and looked cross eyed as she ran the
needle back the other way the point
toward her was one thing I never
could quite make out whether he ever
asked her in so many words to marry
him or not If he didnt all Ive got
to say Is that he was mighty near It
sendln her little sweet smellln bokays
and scttin out on tho front porch with
her till all hours of the night and as I
eald before hangln on the gate not
only that but comin sometimes early
In the mornln before Id had time to
get my dishes washed so early that if
you hadnt known better youd thought
hed been hangln there on that gate
the livelong night
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BY ZOE ANDERSON NORRIS
TTnbitha Alloa took Elizas hat laid
It on a table near by motioned her to
a sent and stood In the middle of the
room looking solemnly down at her
If I tell you somotliln said she
creasing her forchend Into an Impress
ive frown will you promise not to
telir
I promise snld Ellzn
Ouyour word of honor
On my word of honor repeated
Eliza I wont brentho It to a llvln
soul Seel I cross my heart and
body And she laughingly suited the
action to the word
Tabltha took her seat at the window
and searching In a cumbersome bnsket
for a hccllcss stocking found one slip
ped the darning ball Into It and slowly
thrust her nccdlo through an emery
ball In the shape of an overgrown
strawberry while Ellzn leaned eager
ly forward waiting to hear
Tabltha threaded her needle before
she spoke
Theres to be a weddln In the neigh
borhood pretty soon she sale then
A weddln cried Eliza What
You dont mean next door Letltla
Kinsman and Tom Jones
Tablthas thin lips wreathed them
selves Into a sphlnxllke smile
Thats what everybody thinks I
know said she but therell be a lit
tle surprise waltln em It aint Letltla
this time as It happens
Then who In the world can It be
asked Ellzn breathlessly
Tablthn waived the quostlon
Ive been llvln next door to Letltln
Kinsman ever since her husband died
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Eliza was In n spasm of suspense
What did sho do that want
smart she begged to know
Tabltha had llnlshcd darning thu
stocking She laid It across her knee
smiled complacently at the deftness of
her own handiwork and slipped the
darning ball Into Us mate
Sho brought thnt big girl of here
home out of tho bonrdln school sho
announced with an Intonation of dis
gust Thats what she did
And Tom fell in love with her
Of course What else could sho
have expected Id like to know Lctl
tlas pretty but her daughter Is pret
tier Besides she Is 17 years younger
and that makes a good deal of differ
ence with a man
Tom Jones Is every bit and grain as
old as Letltla Kinsman declared Eli
za iudignnutly
She snipped off a strny thread with
her scissors
And I was right sho went on It
was From thnt time on It wns Tom
and Letltins daughter a settlu out on
the porch together and hangln on tho
gate together and It was the girl that
got tho little bokays and put em In
the vase on tho mantelpiece In tho par
lor where they could scent up the
whole house while Letltla stood by
and looked on
When she llrst come Letltla was so
bright and cheery youd taken em for
sisters If youd seen em settlu side by
side but It want many weeks beforo
Letltla begun to get hollow eyed and
white and showed her age every day
of It Jest when shed oughter been
a bloomln her very prettiest If sho
wanted to be nny sort of nintch for the
girl at all It was pitiful to see tho
change In her She got so she didnt
mnke nny more of her cute little jokes
nnd sho never laughed nuy more I
missed thnt laugh of hers I used to
like to hear It settln here by tho win
dow sowln The girl laughed a plenty
but Letltla she got quieter nnd quieter
until at last youd thought It was a
ghost of a woman creeplu about the
house at her work Iaggln sort of tired
like and worn out as If shed somehow
come to the end of her row
She sighed as she unwound the darn
ing cotton from a blnck ball bit off tho
end and once more threttded the lnrgo
eye of her needle
Dont I knov that But hes a man
remember and men dont get old they
say Anyway the older they get the
better they likes to hang around a girl
thats Jest about fryln size And thats
the reason I says the mlnlt I seo that
young thing Jump out of the bus and
run up the walk to the house her
cheeks a bloomin like roses nnd her
eyes n shlnln Its nil up with Letl
tln Them wns my very words Its
nil up with Letltla
One night last week she continu
ed I saw Tom nnd the girl out In the
moonlight together as usual hangln on
the gate I could hear It creakln
swlngln backwards and forwards The
girls laugh come floatln to me once In
awhile too a pretty laugh like Leti
tias only younger and gayer So I
thought now Letltla is in the house In
the dark all by herself and Ill go In
and keep her company I had borrow
ed a spoonful of tea from her the day
before It would be a good excuse to
pretend Id come to pay It back I
went around to tho kitchen door It
was the nearest way besides them
two was out in front and I knew they
wouldnt want to be disturbed The
door was open Letltla and me has
been neighbors so long that I didnt
think nothln of walkln right on In I
went through the dlnln room to the set
tin room and stood still in the middle
of It lookla around for Letltla There
was a couch by the window with the
moonlight streamln over It and Letltla
was layln on it face down like
SHE WAS EHAKIV ALL OVER WITH SOBS
bodyd thrown her there She was
Bhnkln all over with sobs She want
cryln sos you could hear her but Jest
sort of catchln her breath tryln hard
not to cry for all the world liko a
child that had been whipped
What did you do panted Eliza
I stood there replied Tabltha She
hadnt heard mo come in so she kept
on sobbln till by and by sho kinder felt
that I was there you know how that
Is and started up brushln the tears
away with the backs of her hands
How you frightened me I she says
trytn to laugh with her voice all
THF NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY AiMUL 2fi 1011
blln Then sho went on to cxplnlti
about how she hnd ono of her bad
nervous homlnchcs thnt shes subject
to and wns layln down to seo If sho
couldnt sloop It off
I never snld n thing not a single
thing I Jest wnlted llstenln same ns If
I wns tnkltt It nil In Then whon she
was through Mvo brought back the
ten I borrowed from you yesterday 1
told her nnd I handed her tho cup
with the spoonful of tea at tho bottom
of It
Yoi neednt a minded about
brlngln back that little bit of tea sho
said Lotltlas n mighty good liberal
hearted neighbor to have Ivo nllus
said that of her nnd sho went on out
Into tho kitchen nnd found tho tea
canister poured the tea Into It wiped
the cup and hntvled tt bnck to me nil
without nny light The moonlight Is
bright as day snys she npologlzln but
1 knew tho reason slid wouldnt light
tho lnmp Sho didnt want me to see
tho tears on her cheeks
After that she asked mo to como In
and set down but of course I wouldut
w fOBy
whats Youn nunitvf snit asked
I marched myself straight back home
And how did you find out about tho
weddln Inquired Ellzn
It wns tho next mornln I wns tyln
up some mornln glory vines on the side
fence between her ynrd and mine
when she came out of the house nnd
stood across from mo with tho vines
In between us
If youve got a spool of white
thread No 70 snys she Id like to
borrow It nnd with thnt sho goes on
to tell me about tho weddln smlllu
brave as you please with her face like
a ghost My daughter Is to be married
soon says she to Mr Jones and I am
real busy now worklu on her weddln
clothes
Ill get you the thread In ono min
ute I said to her and I started for
the house On tho step of tho back
porch I happened to look over my
shoulder at her Btandln there with the
mornln glories up to her waist nnd
bloomlu tit to kill sort of mnkin part
of a frame for her Tho smile was all
gone sho thought I want lookln you
seo and your heart would have ached
Eliza If you could have seen her face
By this time she had finished darning
tho mate to the tlrst stocking She laid
them together rolled them In a neat
roll and turned the hem of one over
both
And bo gasped Eliza Its tho
daughter hes goln to marry after all
and not Letltla My Innd
Its the daughter said Tabltha con
clusively drawing the big basket
closer and laying tho stockings In It
with others like them carefully darned
and folded away in pairs
Eliza arose nnd reached for her hat
In her haste she pinned It on n triflo
crooked which hnd the effect of giv
ing her n rakish air but nothing
daunted she made for tho door
Tabltha followed her
Whats your hurry she asked
Oh there are a lot of things Ivo
got to do this mornln explained Eliza
Im up to my neck In work as usual
but Im awfully glnd I found you at
home Tabltha awfully glad Como
over soon real soon and bring your
knlttln Why cant you stay all day
Well If you ennt do that make me a
little visit anyway Goodby
Qoodby said Tabltha
As she watched her hurry out of tho
gate and make her way swiftly across
tho street she added She declared up
and down she wouldnt tell but I
know that Eliza Banks like a book If
she kept a secret half a day shed die
of It Shes gone right now to hunt up
somebody to tell It to
She shut the door and walked back
into the room
That story will be all over Plain
vlllo with a thousand frills and furbe
lows by night she muttered
A Terrible Warning
There was a mnn who was too stingy
to subscribe for bis home paper so
sent his little son to a neighbor to bor
row one As the boy was going home
he fell down and broke his leg The
father heard his cries and ran out to
Bee what was the matter but slipped
and fell dislocating his knee and tear
ing the bosom out of his 10 pnnta
loons Ills wife ran to his assistance
leaving a 2-year-old baby on the floor
Tho baby crawled out and fell down
tho well and while the mother was
fishing the child out tho house cnught
fire nnd wns totnlly destroyed Moral
Now is the time to subscribe Cam
bridge O Sun
A Transient Population
Every Friday evening New York
loses thousands of Its residents who go
to other cities In the state and to Bos
ton and Philadelphia Theso people
are citizens of Albany Utlca Syra
cuse Rochester Buffalo Elmlra Blng
hamton and the travelers to Boston
and Philadelphia have their homes In
those cities All of theso men do busi
ness in New York city They return to
New York from their homes on Sunday
night arriving on Monday morning
and from that time until Friday even
ing they are going after the almighty
dollar Baltimore News
A Ilnnnclnl Nnr
They havent been married long and
thoy are ns loyal ami duoted a yotiiitf
couple ns ever mndo tho continued
bachelor search for a now argument
ngnlnst mntrtiuouy She ban pronounc
ed and original Mens upon domestlo
economy and In this and other ways
sho striven to make her hiwbandH
homo a perfect Utopia
There wns a lovo lit smllo upon her
pretty face when hubby ennio homo
from the otllro tho other evening
What Is It dear ho naked ob
serving the glow of cuthUNlnHiu that
shono through tho soft poach blown
cheeks and sparkled In the Kohluoor
llko eyes
I made 13 cents todny snld she
nnd her rosebud lips parted In n prldo
ful curve
That so denr How did thnt hap
pen
Why I sold 0 cents worth of rngs
nnd nnd 3 conbV worth of bottles
and lot me see
Yes Hints 12 cents Whero does
tho other cent como In
Oh yes yes now I romembor an
old pair of your trousero for tho other
penny
No Napoleon of finance ever looked
more satisfied or smiled with so much
self complneency after n successful
monetary deal than did this fair young
wlfo when sho hnd related her llttlo
commercial accomplishment And she
looked sorely grieved whon he smiled
audibly It wns really their first mis
understanding Detroit Freo Press
The Clnqnnnra
The work of tho clnqueurs Is not
fin will bo readily seen Intellectually
of n very high order Tho chief Is sup
posed to have taken voluminous notes
nt the rehearsals of the play they uro
seeing performed to have consulted
with tho mannger to havo chatted
with the author In short to havo
made a close study of tho entire work
on which his brigade Is to bo en
gnged lie Is the Mprlng of the claque
Tho men under his orders scattered
hero and there under the chnndellcr
are merely parts of tho machinery nnd
they would no more think of uppluud
lug on their own account than they
would think of flying
Once upon a time thero was a daring
claqueur wlio did not wait for the sig
nal but his short connection with the
profession lie wns Immediately reliev
ed of his fnuteull for breach of disci
pline hardly entitles him to the honor
of mention In the same company with
eminent claqueurs Tho part lie ap
plauded happened to be the only good
scene In the whole piny Ills sense of
art unfortunately wns stronger than
his Idea of duty Seized with uncou
trollnblo cnthuslnsin he the only mnn
of tnste nmong tho cinque mndo tho
house ring with applause He Is now
ono of the most eminent drumntlc crit
ics In Parls Wlde Wide World
The Grent Seal of England
The seal consists of a large mass of
sterling silver mensurlng nbout Gya
Inches in dlnmeter by li Inches In
depth or thickness It Is In two pnrts
both smooth on the outer side but ejnb
orntely engraved within Theso two
surfncea nre Impressed upon n lump of
wnx attached lu an Ingenious way to
any document to which her majesty as
sovereign gives her royal assent Tho
weight of tho seal Is 185 ounces Each
seal Is engraved during the reign of
the sovereign whose namo It bears
and the collection presents a curious
and accurate epitome of English his
tory
All lord chancellors have taken tho
greatest care of the seals In their
charge and have contrived recesses
and elaborato devices for their safo
custody Ono of them In tho reign of
Charles II actually slept with the seal
under his pillow nnd by this loving pre
caution saved It from thloves who ono
night broke Into his house nnd carried
off tho maco belonging to tho house of
lords aiid other valuablo property
Chambers Journal
He Doeint Mean It
When you hear a young man say
I dont believe in a woman having
anything to do but sit and read or
manicure her finger nails all day I
dont want my wlfo to be busy about
anything why of course you know
that the young man Is simply talking
against time Ho doesnt mean a word
he says and It Is safe to warrant that
he Is the first man who would be bored
to death by such a girl This young
man may like to fancy that he Is a be
liever in srch false sentiments and
perhaps ho does believe In them for
the moment of saying But this may
more than likely bo only his way of
protesting against tho wave of energy
which the girlhood of today Is respond
ing to out of which perhaps may
come salvation even to man Or else
possibly there Is nothing more than sly
method In his old school assertlou
Philadelphia Inquirer
An Unwelcome Visitor
While camped In the Wallapal
mountains recently there camo to my
camp from off the Santa Fe Pacific an
English overland tourist and after
passing tho usual salutations and
greetings tho Btranger proposed to Join
tho desert express train of burros and
try his luck prospecting The first
camp was made at Maggie Springs
where stood an old miners cabin In
tho morning ho proposed to help cook
breakfast and built a rousing fire in
tho old fireplace of the cabin and start
ed to fry the bacon All at once n
startled expression camo from the em
bryo cook and turning quickly I dis
covered a largo king snake sizzling In
tho frying pan The chimney getting
hot had dislodged his snukcshlp and
down he came Into the hot grease
Yuma A T Sun
The first law In tartans Is that every
stripe of whatever breadth or colors
must bo tho same In both the length
aud breadth of the web
HUMOR OF Thfi HOUR
One day when 1 was In the customs
service snld an ox fcdeial employee
1 went down to moot a llnltlo Hhlp
that hnd a number of emigrants on
board Tho first one 1 inn iiciohh wan
a bfg loutish fellow with the Htupldest
countenance I oversaw In my lire Ills
features worn of tho Hcitndlnitvlan type
and as a venture I tackled him lu Nor
wegian but lie only grunted mid shook
his head
In tho Inspection service one lins to
ho a bit of n linguist and I pride my
self on hnvlng u working knowledge of
four different languages besides holm
able to nHk n few sUuootypetl questlotii
lu almost ns tiinuyVfinre Ho I repeated
my Inquiry In lormnn nnd It wns
iignln evident that the fellow didnt un
derstand Thou I tried French think
ing he might be n ponsnnt from one of
tho provinces but ho only shook hlsi
head mid another effort lu Italian win
equally tu go
By that time I was greatly puzzled
I llltll IlltVitt Ituf ntWtlVil II II
lirillllt on n ltnllr vitnual ivlut illilnt
know n llttlo something about at least
one of tho four tongues 1 havo named
and thin chnp didnt look ns If ho be
longed to south Europe When t fired
off tho question Who nro you lu
Hpnulsh Portuguese nnd Itusslun nnd
still got nothing but a shako and a
stare 1 wns nbout nt thu end of my
string lust then tho mnto happened
along
omo hero I rnllod and toll mo
something about this big ciiuullml Ho
dont spenk nny known Inngungo
At that the emigrant slowly opened
his mouth
1 speak English ho said very de
liberately
The dickens you do I oxclnlmod
Then why the mischief didnt you say
so Instead of keeping mo here Jabber
ing
You didnt ask me he answered
cool ns n cucumber and taking plenty
of time
I wns innd I tell you To thlH day
I dont know whether tint man wiih
having fun with me or Just merely n
blame fool Now Orleans Times
Democrat
What n Siorohrr
It was In n Saturday afternoon run
of tho AnnnliiH 0 thu captain re
lated thnt my shadow somehow got
In front of me
So I plugged a bit and soon left the
bounder behind
After dinner at tho Lyre I went
out and saw my shadow comlug In
I looked at my watch tho shadow was
exactly one hour and ten seconds be
hind me
Then tho assembled company silently
mounted their machines and wabbled
home Ally Slopcr
Her Cnmfnrtlnir Reminder
Gradually tho mementos of tho no
ble red man are disappearing ho ex
claimed with pathos Soon there will
be no trace or memento of tho Indian
left
Cheer up Charley dear answered
young Mrs Torklns We will nlways
have the state of Indiana you know
Wushlngton Star
A Girls War
I like to take a girl to n game of
football
Why
She doesnt know a thing about tho
game but she always Jumps up and
down and squeals Chicago Record
The Dclter Thins to Know
My ledger shows that I did a busi
ness of 50000 last year said the gro
cer who was trying to sell out
Yes but what does your pocketbook
show asked tho prospective pur
chaser Chicago News
An Improved Plan
Mrs La Salle YoU said Mrs Wa
bash got her furniture on the Install
ment plan didnt you
Mrs Dearborn Yes shes hnd four
husbnnds nnd got a llttlo with each
nillvlllea Hxlillilt
One blind mule with a mortgage on
Fought for fill country with Waahlngton
Biiteen bulleti paaaed through hit ear
Age one hundred and thirty year
Sheriff that Inled on that mule
Oot him too ai a fust claaa fool
Baw the tar at noonday ihlne
Kicked clean over the county line
How inuch how much
Rood folka for him
Ilia Jiearlnga gone
And hit eight ia dim
But time thii truth in that mule reveali
Itl net er tackled bia lightning heelal
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