The Yukon Sun (Yukon, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, June 11, 1915 Page: 2 of 8
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THE YUKON SUN
Old Lady
Number
=31=
Py
LOUISE FORSSLUND
Author of
** Tha Story of Sarah"
**Thc Ship of Drcama"
Etc.
Copyright by The Century Co
SYNOPSIS.
Captain Abraham Ros< and Angellne.
his wife, have lost their little home
through Ahe'H unlucky purchase of Term
fly Hold mining stock. Their household
K<*(ids sold, the $100 auction money, all
they have left, will place Abe In the Old
Man's homo. or Augy In the Old I.ady'8
home. Both are self sacrificing but Ab *
dMltfM "My dt&f, thin If tho fust tine
J'vs had a chance to tako tfie wust of It "
The old couple hid good-by to the little
houM. Terror « f "what folks will say'
rends them along by-pat lis to the gate of
the Old L&dlofl' homo MIhs Abigail, ma-
tron of the old Ladles' home, hears of
the III fortune of the old couple. She tells
the other old ladles, and Bloasy. who has
paid a double fee for the only double b ^l
chamber, voices the unanimous verdict
that Ahe must be taken In with his wife
-Abe awakens next morning to find that
he Is "Did I>ady No 31The old ladles
*:lve him such a warm welcome that he
1h made to feel at borne at once. "Brother
expands under the warm reception
<>f ihe sisters, and a reign of peace begins
In I lie Old Ladles' home. Abe is the cen-
ter of the community The semi annual
visit pf Bossy's Aged lover, Capt Samuel
J>srby Is due. Abe advises her to marry
film For the first time tho captain fails
11 Hppoar Blousy consults Abe so often
regarding Darby, his old captain In tho
anniversary of the Hoses' arrival at the
home, Abe lauris Bloasy In his speech,
and Angle Is sent from the room
CHAPTER IX.
A Winter Butterfly.
Tap'n Rose," began Aunt Nancy.
Brother Abe pricked up his ears at the
formal address. "Cap'n Rose," she
repeated, deliberately dwelling on the
title. "I never believe In callln' a man
te,w account iu front of hla wife. It
Kives him somebody handy ter blame
things on tew jest like ole Adam
Naow, look a-here! What I waut is ter
aak yew Jest one question: Whar,
vrhar on 'arth kin we look fer a decent
behavln' ole man ef not in a Old
Indies' hum? Would yew—" ahe ex-
horted earnestly, pointing her crooked
forefinger at him. "Would yew—"
Abraham caught his breath Beads
of sweat had appeared on his brow.
He broke in huskily :
"Walt a minute. Aunt Nancy. Jest
tell me what I've been an' done."
The ladJos glanced at one another,
contemptuous, Incredulous smiles on
their faces, whlLe Aunt Nancy almost
wept at his deceltfulness.
"C?ap'u Rose," she vowed mourn-
fully, "Pre lived In this house fer
mauy, many years, an' all the while I
been here I never heard tell o' a breath
u' scandal ag'lu' the place until yew
come an' commeuced ter kick up yer
heels."
Lazy Daisy, who had long been an
9nuiate, also nodded her unwieldy bead
In continuation, while a low murtnur
of assent arose from the others. Abra-
ham could only pans his hand over his
brow, uneasily shuffle hla maligned
heels over the floor and await further
developments; for he did not have the
slightest conception as to "what they
were driving at."
"Cap^A Rose," the matriarch pro-
ceeded, as in the earnestness of her in
dlgnatlon she arose, trembling, in her
seat and stood with her palsied and
shaking hauds on the board. "Cap'n
Rose, yer conduct with this here Mis'
Betsey Ann Blossom has been some-
thin' reedlculoua! It s been disgrace-
ful!"
Aunt Nancy sat down, Incongruously
disreputable In appearauce, her pink
bow having slipped down over her
right ear during the harangue Over
the culptit's countenance light had
dawned, but, shame to tell! it was a
light not wholly remorseful. Then
silent laughter shook the old man's
shoulders, and then—could it be?—
there crept about his lips and eyes a
senile of superbly masculine conceit.
'Hie sisters were fighting over him.
Wouldn't mother be amused when he
should tell her what all this fuss was
a>iout.
'Now, kindly, shortsighted Miss
Abigail determined that it was time
for the matron's voice to be heard.
Of course, Brother Abe, we under
stand perfectly that yew never stopped
Ler lake Inter consideration haow sua
ceptlble some folks Is made "
There being plain evidence from
Abe s blank expression that he did not
understand the meaning of the word,
Kuby Lee hastened to explain
Susceptible is the same as flighty-
headed. Bloasy allers was a fool over
anything that wore breeches."
Abe pushed hiB chair bacg from the
table and crossed his legs comfortably
For him all the chill had gone out of
'he air Suppose that there was some-
thing in this? An old, old devil of
vanity came back to the aged hus-
band'# heart Hs recalled that ho had
been somewhat of a beau before he
learned the Joy of loving Angy. More
than one Long Island lassje had
thrown herself at his head. Of course
Jlloesy would "get over" this; and
Angy knew that his heart was hers as
much as it had been the day he pur-
chased his wedding-beaver; but Abe
could not refrain from a chuckle of
complacent amusement as he stroked
bis beard
His very evident harduobs or neart
bo horrified the old ladles that they all
began to attack him at once.
"Seems ter me I'd have the decency
ter show some shame!" grimly avowed
Sarah Jane.
Abe could not help it. He sputtered.
Even Miss Abigail's, "Yew were a
stranger an' we took yew in" did not
sober him.
"Ef any one o' my husbands had
acted the way you've acted, Abe
Rose," began Mrs. Homan.
"Poor leetle Angy," broke In the
gentle Miss Ellle pityingly. "She must
'a' lost six pounds."
Abraham's mobile face clouded over.
"Angy?" he faltered "Yew don't
mean that Angy—" Silence again fell
oil the group, while every glance was
fastened on Abraham. "See here," he
Mashed his faded blue eye, "Angy's
got more sense than that!"
No one answered, but there was a
significant shrugging of shoulders and
lifting of eyebrows. Abraham was
distressed and concerned enough now.
Rising from his place he besought the
sisters:
"Yew don't think Angy's feelln's
have been hurt—dew yew, gals?"
Their faces softened, their figures
relaxed, the tide of feeling changed in
Abraham's favor. Miss Ellie spoke
very softly.
"Yew know that even 'the Lord thy
God is a jealous God.' "
AbVaham grasped the back of hie
chair for support, his figure growing
limp with astonishment. "Mother,
Jealous of me?" he whispered to him-
self, tho memory of all the years and
all the great happenings of all the
years coming back to him. "Mother
Jealous of me?" He remembered how
he had once been tormented by
Jealousy in the long, the ever-so-long
ago, and of a sudden he hastened into
the hall and went half-running up the
stairs. He took hold of the latch of his
bedroom door. It did not open. The
door was locked.
Angy!" he called, a fear of he knew
not what gripping at his heart.
"Angy!" he repeated as she did not
answer.
The little old wife had locked her-
self In out of very shame of the rare
tears which had been brought to the
surface by the sisters' cruel treatment
of Abraham. When she heard his call
she hastened to the blue wash basin
and began hurriedly to dab her eyes,
lie would be alarmed if he saw the
traces of her weeping. Whatever had
happened to him, for hlseake she must
face it valiantly. He called again.
Again she did not answer, knowing
that her voice would be full of the tell-
tale tears Abe waited. He heard the
tramp of feet passing out of the din-
ing room into the hall. He heard
Blossy emerge from her room at the
end of the passage and go tripping
down the stairs. The time to Angy,
guiltily bathing her face, was short;
the time to her anxious husband unac-
countably long. The sound of wheels
driving up to the front door came to
Abe's ears. Still Angy made him no
response.
"Angy!" he raised his voice in pite-
ous pleading. What mattered if the
sisters gathered in the lower hall
heard him? What mattered if the
chance guest who had Just arrived
heard him also? He had his peace to
make with his wire and he would
make It. "Angy!"
She flung the door open hastily. The
signs of the tears had not been obliter-
ated. and her face was drawn and old.
Straightway she put her hand on his
arm and searched his face inquiringly.
"What did the gale say ter yew?"
she whispered. Abe, yew made a mis-
take when yew picked out B1—"
"Poor leetle mother!" he inter-
rupted. "Poor leetle mother!" a world
of remorseful pity iu his tone. "So
yew been jealous of yer ole man?"
Angellne. astonished and indignant,
withdrew her hand sharply, demand-
ing to know if he had lost his senses;
but ths blinded old gentleman slipped
his arm around her and, bending,
brushed his lips against her cheek.
"Thar, thar," he murmured sooth-
ingly, "1 didn't mean no harm. I can't
help it ef all the gals git stuck on
me!"
Before Angy could make any reply.
Blossy called to the couple softly but
insistently from the foot of the stairs;
and Angy, wrenching herself free,
hastened down the steps, for once In
her life glad to get away from Abe
He lost no time in following No mat
ter where Angy went, he would follow
until all was well between her and him
again.
But what was this? At the landing.
Angy halted and so did Abe, for in the
center of the sisters stood Blossy with
her Sunday bonnet perched on her sil-
ver gold hair and her white India
shawl over her shoulders, and beside
Blossy stood Capt. Samuel Darby with
a countenance exceedingly radiant,
his hand clasped fast in that of the
aged beauty.
"Oh. hurry. Sister Angy and
Brother Abe!" called Blossy. "We
were waiting for you, and I've got
some news for all my^riends." She
waited smilingly for them to Join the
othore; then with a gesture which in
eluded every member of the household.
I she proceeded: "The pink tea, I want
you all to know, had a double signifl-
ance, and first, of course, it was to
celebrate the anniversary of Brother
Abe's sojourn with us; but next it was
•ny farewell to the Home." Here
dress him directly. 'You gave 3 am us i
so many good recommendations, dear
brother, that when the time sp
proached for his June visit, I felt that
1 simply could not let him miss It as
he did in December. Last year, on the
day you entered, he was here through
no desire of mine. Today he is here
at my request My friends," again she
included the entire home in her glance,
"we'll come back a little later to Bay
good-by. Now, we're on the way to
the minister's."
The pair, Samuel tongue-tied and
bewildered by the Joy of his finally
won success, moved toward the door.
On the threshold of the home Blossy
turned and waved farewell to the com-
panions of her widowhood, while Sam-
uel bowed in a dazed fashion, his face
still red as it was blissful. Then
quickly the two passed out upon the
porch. No one moved to see them
oft. Abe looked everywhere yet no-
where at all. Not a word was spoken
even when the carriage was heard
rolling down the drive; but the sound
of the wheels seemed to arouse Angy
from her stupor of amazement; and
presently Abraham became conscious
of a touch—a touch sympathetic, ten-
der and true—a touch all-understand-
ing—the touch of Angy's hand, within
hiB own.
CHAPTER X.
The Turn of the Tide.
From time immemorial the history
of the popular hero has ever been the
same. To king and patriot, to the
favorite girl at school and the small
boy who is leader of the "gang," to
politician, to preacher, to actor and
author, comes first worship then
eclipse. The great Napoleon did not
escape this common fate; and the pub-
lic idol who was kissed only yesterday
for his gallant deeds is scorned today
for having permitted the kissing. Oh,
caprice of the human heart! Oh, cry
of the race for the unaccustomed!
From that first anniversary of his
entrance into the home, Abraham felt
his popularity decrease—in fact mors
than decrease. He saw the weather-
vane go square about, and where hs
had known for three hundred and
sixty-five days the gentle, balmy feel
of the southwest zephyr, he found him-
self standing of a sudden in a cold,
bleak northeast wind. The change be-
wildered the old man, and reacted on
his disposition. As he had blossomed
In the sunshine, so now he began to
droop in the shade. Feeling that he
was ssspected and criticized, he began
to grow suspicious and fault-flnding
himself. His old notion that he had
no right to take a woman's place In
the Institution came back to hla brain,
and he would brood over it for hours
at a time, sitting out on the porch with
his pipe and Angy.
The old wife grieved to think that
f&thefr was growing old and beginning
to show his years. She made him some
tansy te&, but neither her persuasions
nor those of the whale household could
indues him to take it. He had never
liked "doctoring" anyway, although hs
had submitted to it more or lesa during
the past year in unconscious subservi-
ence to his desire to increase his popu-
larity; but now he fancied that whers
once he had been served as a king by
all tfcese female attendants, he was
simply being "pestered" as a punish-
ment for his past behavior with Blossy.
Ah, with Its surprising ending that
had been a humiliating affair; and hs
felt too that he would be long in for-
giving Mrs. Darby for not having con-
fided to him her actual Intentions.
Now he www afraid to be decently
courteous to one of the sisters for fear
that they might accuse him of light
dalliance again; and he scarcely ever
addressed the new member who came
to take Blossy's little room, for he had
been cut to the quick by her look of
astonishment when she was told that
he belonged there.
In his mental ferment the old man
began to nag at Angy. Sad though It
is to confess of a hero honestly loved,
Abraham had nagged a little all his
married life when things went wrong.
And Angellne, fretted and nervou^
herself worried almost sick over
father's condition, was guilty once 1?
a while out of the depths of her anxU
ety of nagging back again. So do we
hurt those whom we love best as we
would and could hurt no other.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
ENDED TIT REPAST
Federals' Disturbance of Confed-
erate Breakfast.
Virginia Man Now Recollects With
Amusement Some Humorous Inci-
dents That Were Connected
With the Occurrence.
"I think the funniest sight I ever
saw," said Doctor Clagett of I.eeBburg,
Va., as he squared himself into his
armchair and lit his pipe, "though It
didn't seem funny then, was the sud-
den transformation scene that took
place at my breakfast table early one
morning in the fall of '63.
"Along about day one morning three
or four of Mosby's men, under com-
mand of young George Slater, the dare-
devil Irish cavalryman of the Balti-
more Slater foully, who had joined
Mosby at the brjfoning of his career,
because there didn't seem to be enough
danger and lighting for him in the reg-
ular cavalry under Stuart, dropped in
on me at my home at the end of a
long suburban street. They were on
one of their daring scouting adven-
tures and, being hungry as wolves,
stopped by to have a bite with me.
"Of course, anything I had was at
their service, and so out of bed we all
hopped, routed out the cook and along
about sunrise sat down to a comfort-
able breakfast.
"In Leesburg we usually felt happy
at seeing the Confederate uniform, so
we lingered over our meal, swapping
stories of every kind. George Slater,
who was full of all kinds of plausible
and entertaining yarns, had Just told
some Irish tale, for whose truth he
pledged his patrimony, and I had just
started in to tell one that taxed the
hearer's credulity even more, when the
door from the kitchen opened and in
stole little Julius Caesar, a small negro
boy of about eight years, who was as-
sistant to the cook.
" 'Doct'r Clagett. thar's a—" com-
menced Julius Caesar,
" 'Don't bother me!' I bawled at him.
Irritated at being Interrupted in the
story that, I flattered myself, would
top that of young Slater's. 'Shut up!'
"And then I continued with my tale.
Hut hardly had I progressed half a
dozen sentences when Julius Caesar
broke in again.
" 'Doct'r Clagett, thar's a—'
" 'If you Bay another word I'll chop
your head off!' I roared at the little
pickaninny and then proceeded with
my story. But young S*ater, who was
full of Irish acumen and who, being
in command, fully realized the danger
of his position, Interrupted me him-
self.
" 'Look here, doctor,' he said, 'we're
In the very paws of the enemy here;
hadn't you better hear what this an-
cient Roman ruler has to say before
you trump my last story? We soldiers
don't want to get gobbled up.'
At this I straightened up; it hadn't
occurred to me before of the hazardous
position my guestB were in.
'Here, Julius Caesar,' I said, 'what
is it you want to tell me? Out with
It!'
"Julius Caesar scrubbed one dirty
bare foot against the shank of his
other leg and shyly stuck a dirty lin-
ger into a dirty mouth.
Disaster of a Century Ago.
Several lives were lost and much
property destroyed by an explosion of
gunpowder which occurred at Wool-
wich 100 years ago. Woolwich Is the
most ancient military and naval ar-
senal in England. In Its dockyard men-
of-war were built aB long ago as th«
beginning of the sixteenth century.
The royal arsenal contains a factory
for the making of shells and car-
tridges and a mammoth foundry fof
casting armor and ordnance, in addK
tion to vast magazines of great guns,
powder and other warlike stores. The
Koyal Military academy, where offi-
cers are trained for the British army,
also Is a part of the Institution. Dur-
ing the centuries of its existence the
arsenal has been the scene of many
disastrous fires and fatal explosions.
One of the moBt recent of the explo-
sions occurred In 1903 and resulted lnr1
the death or serious Injury of more
than thirty persons.
Peerages Lacking In Permanence
British peerages have little of the
Blossy gurgled and gave the man at j permanence of pyramids. Forty year*
her right so coy a glance that Samuel's ilgo R careful calculation whs made
face flamed red and he hung his head which showed that of 217 peerages
lcw r to one sldo than usual, like a lit- ,.rPatrd during the preceding 4f> year*
tie boy that had been caught stealing ; >niy 133 remained upon the rollB Of
apples. "I loft the tea a trifle early— . the Plantagenet peerages only 14 sur-
you must forgave me, Brother Abe, hut yjved; of the Tudor, 11; of the Stuart.
I heard the train-whistle." Abe stood ifi. During the reign of George 111
bealde Angellne, rooted In astonish j more than 400 peers were created, of
spent, while Blossy continued to ad- j wblch In 1875, 2 7 0 had disappeared
"••Taint nuthln' 'tall, doct'r, 'cept
thar's a whole passel o' Yankees up-
town a lookin' fur dese hyah sogers.'
he murmured in apologetic tones,^ itn^
right now dey's a-comin' a-bustlu' an'
a-bilin' down de street right ter ciis
hyah place. Dat's all I wanted ter tell
yer.'
"That ended that breakfast' 'Come,
men!" cried George felater, and was
through the door in a wink. I'uryear,
who sat on the side of the table oppo-
site the door, instantly resolved him-
self into a human snowplow. He dived
across the table, heading straight for
that door and shoveled aside on either
hand a venerable aunt and a dignified
cousin who was visiting me. He didn't
stop to apologize, but with the others
bolted for the rack where their horses
were tied.
"We hastened to the window-. Sure
enough the I'nion cavalry were com-
ing at a hot gallop—and hardly fifty
yards away! Luckily the horses of
George Slater's men were but loosely
tied. It took but a moment for those
veterans—young in years, old in serv-
ice—to vault in their saddles and
away. Down the road they sped, the
Yankees, outnumbering them a hun-
dredfold, vainly popping at them 1
am glad to say that no one was either
killed or wounded In this incident, and
that the boys got off safely.
"But I have alwayB thought the tab-
leau of that little black boy. standing
obedient, waiting for me to tell a
trifling yarn while the enemy was
sweeping down upon my guests, and
their utter astonishment at his news,
when finally he did speak—the com-
plete transformation of that breakfast
table and Puryear's dive between my
two sedate female relatives without a
word of apology—1 have always
thought it the most ridiculous spec-
tacle In fact or picture."
A Cinch.
"My big brothw is a printer." said
the boy who worked In a downtown
office.
"That's nuthin' to brag about," re-
torted his bosom friend.
"Maybe it ain't, but It's mighty
handy just the same. When I want
to go to a ball game, 1 get him to put
a death notice in the paper, bo the
boss has got to believe I'm goln' to
a funeral."
VARIETY OF POSTAGE STAMPS
Government Makes Them of Three
Kinds, to Suit ths Conditions of
Weather.
Sometimes you takie precautions tfc
place a few postage stamps inside a
note book, where you would think they
could not possibly stick together by
carrying the book in your pocket, be-
cause there seems to be too much
thickness for the body heat to pene-
trate, and yet you discover them, per-
haps only a few hours later, stuck bo
firmly together that they are spoiled
Then again, you may carry postaga
stamps about for many days or weeks
and they never stick together. And
! the explanation of this is that the
stamps that stick are probably "win-
I ter" stamps. This is because the gov-
ernment makes three brands of post-
| age stamps, "summer," "winter" and
\ intermediate." The intermedaite
| stamps are supposed to be used dur-
ing the spring and fall, or during the
seasons when It is neither extremely
cold or excessively hot.
{ This does not mean that the govern-
: ment printing department makes these
stamps with any different design or
color The seasonable part of stamps
is all in the glue, or gum, tllat Is used
to back them For the summer sale
i the gum used is slightly harder than
for the other sort. This is so it will
not melt as readily with body heat or
room heat, and is intended to assist
in preventing them sticking together.
In winter such hard gum is not ne-
cossary, and again, too hard gum 5n
the cold months will frequently crack
right through the paper of the stamp,
spoiling it. And so a thinner, lighter
gum is used, which is more pliable,
not bo apt to crack with the cold and
Is better all around. Of course, for
spring and autumn the intermediate
grade of gum is used, of a consistency
between the hard of summer and the
thin of winter.
Ashamed of Them.
"I see the Sayre baby cried with
loud protest when It was made a
Christian."
"Well, when you see the way Chris-
tians are acting Just now in the world,
can you blame the baby?"
Styles.
Bill—I see the Atlanta convicts are
no longer required to wear Btriped
clothing.
Jill— Perhaps that's the reason some
of the fashionable women are breaking
out In it.
Awkward.
Noah beheld the flood
"And net a blessed place to intern,^
he cried.
The Usual Thing.
Singleton—Does your wife listen
when you attempt to give her good
advice?
Wederly—Yes, she listens—but
that's all.
When a woman plans to do anything
out of the beaten path she always
wonders what the neighbors will Bay
about it.
His Status.
"That baseball player is an ugly
mug."
"He Isn't. He's a pitcher,"
Close Enough.
"Where would the pverage 'speed
king' be without his mechanician?"
"My first guess is under the car."
There's a Reason.
"Why didn't you laugh at the boss'
joke. Bill?"
"Don't have to; I quit Saturday."
Buck Kllby Bays a man of leisure Is
one who has time to finish a game of
three-cushion billiards.
What has become of the old fash-
ioned soda fountain which yielded
sarsaparllla?
Troubles and thunderclouds usually
seem black in the distance, but grow
lighter aB they approach
In trying to get her rights many ■
woman goes at it In the wrong way.
Whisky has caused many a man to
go to work—in order to get the price.
What the average man really should
have Is not his rights, but his deserts.
"An Old Man at 40
How often you hear that remark! How
many such men there are! And how need-
less it is!
Wrong food ir the big cause.
When one feels old at forty the first thing
is to correct improper diet, the- main fault
with the dietary is often a lack of the
vital mineral salts in food. Without these
mineral elements old age steals on rapidly.
To meet this very condition a food was
devised which supplies those mineral elements
such as phosphorus, iron, sulphur, etc.
99
That food is
Grape-Nuts
Made of whole wheat and barley, this delicious
food retains all the nutriment of these grains, together
with the priceless mineral elements—notably lacking in
white flour foods—which the system must have to
build and maintain vigor and elasticity of body, brain
and muscle.
One can avoid this "old-age-at-40 business by proper eating and living.
"There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts
—sold by Grocers everywhere.
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