jt
IflE PH1CE Of PEACE,
wt arm BKMitx l. nun.
la til my travels, from Main to
Rhode Island, I've new come across a
eouple more nnlilte than what Mr. and
ails' Niros was.
Mr. Nima waa one of theae shut-nn-to-himsolf
men, and he'd glum "round
for days over some little matter that a
word would 'a' aet right if he'd only
been plain .hearted.
alia' Mima waa all the other way
talk It out and done with It; a little
hasty and imprudent, maybe, but she
Is well-meaning, Mia' Kims is, and aa
good a woman to neighbor with aa I
want to aee.
I hov thought whether or no being
of different persuasions didn't work to
keep 'em apart. See, she waa brought
up an orthodox, and he favored the
Methodists. She joined with him and
, laid out to do her part amonmt 'em,
but she never waa to home with the
Methodists.
Then, another thing, ahe hated a
dog, and Mr. Kims must always have a
great clumsy hulk, good for nothing
but to bark and eat and lie around un
der .foot, while Mis' Mima, ahe marn't
have even a kitten, though she aet
everything by a oat. And so it went
One day I stepped in to borrow Mis'
Kims' cutting-board, and Just as I got
to the door I heard her say: "Ton aint
going to turn Charley in amongst my
flowers, be ye?"
lie didn't condescend any reply not
as I could hear.
"Now, Mr. Nims," says ahe, "he's
stepped on my pansy-bed and broke off
a dahlia a'ready. Aint there any
other place on this whole farm where
yon can put him? I don't want him
here," saya she.
Mr. Kims' countenance didnt change
.more than a wooden Indian.
"I do," says he. "There's a good bat
ing of grass to be fed down, and I cal
culate to leave Charley here toraepell,"
says ha And he budged off as stiff as
though he'd swallowed a a ramrod.
Mia' Mima didn't say a word more,
but ahe gave that old dog a push that
sent him oat of doors with a yelp: and
I didn't blame her a mite, nuther.
1 brought the cutting-board back as
they waa a-eettin' down to dinner, and
Mis' Mima asked me to draw up to the
table. She had an excellent dinner
Mis' Nims is an elegant cook bat not
one identical word did he speak, only
to ask If I'd have .another potato.
She seemed chipper enough, but I aee
a shadow pass over her countenance
when the old horse sneezed right un
der the window where her piney bed
was. and the dog, that had got back
under the table by that time, yopped
oat as thongh somebody had accident
ally trod on his tail.
Mr. Mima was a great hand for rais
ing colts, but ahe was a terrible scary
creature; and I expect riding after
half-broken colts has given her a fit
of the newralogy many 'a the time.
Be was dreadful set in his way
same as the general ran ol men sir
end it waa like fighting the east wind
to try to move him oat of it Them
two used to remind me of a pair of
nana jawed scissors that yon can't cut
with. Some might have pat the heft
of the blame on to her, and 1 e'pase
she did nag him some, and flash oat
when she'd better have kep' still.
I run in one day to borrow a sleeve
pattern, when I heard Mr. Nims
speaking out kind o' gruff, and 1 halt
ed, lor I didnt wish to intrude. (I
never wear squeaky ihoes myself). I
didn't find out what went before, bnt
the first i heard was this:
"I cant please yon," says ha (It
beat me If he'd ever tried.) "Yon
don't like my hired men, you ain't sat
isfied with my breed of cows, the color
of the corn barn don't suit ye. an 1 I'm
thinking you'll be happier if we divide
and separate. You've always thought
more of your brother Asa than you do
of me, and you can be free to go to
him, so you'll be well fixed."
"Why, Mr. Mima!" I heard her kind
o' gasp out, and I surmised by the
sound that she let fall a teacup. I
I looked to bear her burst out in her
quick way, and I'll warrant ye he
supposed she'd flare up, and that would
be the end on't But she seemed dnm
founded. By 'n' by she said, quite quiet:
"I'm sure Asa would be pleased to
have me there. He misses Sarah Jane,
and so do the children. There has to
be somebody at the head to make
things so. Bnt what would yon do,
Elishar
I had to smile, for she scarcely ever
called him Elisha
"I can look out for myself," says he,
and stalked off to the barn. a
1 went right in, and said I guessed I
could tell what was in hie mind. He
was calculating to make a home for bis
mother, and get along they two to
gether. Old lady Nims never was any
too particular, and now she had the
shaking palsy. So I could see Mis'
Nims set right to thinking how things
would go to wrack and ruin under such
no management She is an awful nice
housekeeper herself, nnd set a great
store by her things. She made an ar
rant up chamber pretty soon, and was
gone quite a spell. When she came
down her eyes were some red, but ahe
stuffed it out and went on aa matter-of-fact
as the cows coming home.
"I've got to flax around," says she,
"and get Elislia's new shirt done; and
there's the pickle-vinegar needs scald
ing, and the brine, too. And I was
laying out to put up a few more
quinces. Elisha i very partial to
quince sauce." .
The next day I went over to offer my
help, and she seemed glad to have me
there. I guess she felt she must let
out a little to aomobodyi and site
knows I'm do hand lu.rjn and toll.
She told me tbey werooing to Squire
Ilosley's to get his help about a divi
sion of the property. She wanted to
wait till after Monday, so she could
get one more wash done, but Mr. Minis
had laid out to begin cutting corn
Mondavi and Saturday suited his time
best. Pretty soon the said: "I hop
you'll look in and da what yon oaa to
s that fcitsaa it aawfcwtaaU," Kl ,
I had my thoughts, but I kep' "em
to myself, and only said I should ad
mire to do anything I could.
Then she hashed sp and sail so
mora.
Squire Hosier's wife is second cousin
to me, and ahe had been after me to
help about her sewing. So I thought
I might a well go there Saturday aa
any day.
The squire's office Is at one side of
the house, with a door opening into
the orchard and another door opening
into a little back room. Mis' Hosley
uses this for a sewing room. So there I
waa I had set the door into the office
on the jar the room being so small
and close.
It was still work that I was upon,
mending stockings and the children's
elothes, and I couldn't help but hear
all that was said in the office.
Mr. Mima made the explanation of
what they wanted, and said it was un
derstood between them that he kep'
the house and farm.. I'll warrant yel
I knew he'd never yield an inch of his
ground. He waa a man who wanted
all the land joining his, and to plant
in your garden.
' vThe bed 'and table stall is hers,"
said ha
"Oh, no, Ellahsl" says ahe, "I don't
consent to that Sarah Jane had a
good setting-out and Asa's house is
full. Besides, if I find I need more
things 1 can make 'em, and your moth
er's eyesight plagues her. She can't
do as she could once," she saya
"The bed and table furnishings are
hers," Mr.Mims repeated. "What she
didn't make she bonght with her but
ter money."
"No, "Liana," Mia' Nims began; but
Squire Hosley interrupted her. I see
they was beginning to wear on his
patience.
"Why not put the property in two
piles and draw cuts, if you've no
choice. That would be fair," says ha
I knew by the way 1 heard her snuff
that Mis' Nims hadn't give up, though
she said no more not then; but from
that they went on to wrangle over
very stick of furniture. Sheahould
have no use fortius, that and the other
thing. An' no more wouldn't ha
I could hear the squire drum on the
table, and I knew he was getting rest
less. Finally he made an end of the
talk by saying: "Why not let Mr. Mima
keep the downstairs furniture, and she
take what is above? How would that
they demurred, each one being
afraid the other would be cheated,
bnt at last seemingly, let it go. and
worked their way on to the live stock.
"Three cows for her," says he. "Two
will be full and plenty for me. She
waa alwaya more for a dairy than
what I was," he saya
"Why, 'Lisha, you are g&ag to make
beef of old Brindle," saya she, "and
that leaves only four:" -
"I've concluded hot to beef her,' she'
is such a favorite of yours," says he.
That waa a great piece of newa
Mrs. Nims had felt awful .cut up
about having Brindle tatted and
killed, for she called that cow the best
for butter in the herd. But Mr. Sims"
appeared arm. ' . . ,, ; .' . .--"
"And the pigs," he began. "I dont
want any pigs! I've no use for 'em
What can I do with piga down to Baker
street?" ' ' '
And she burst out crying. She had
set a good deal by that litter of piga,.
bringing 'em up by band, as yon might
say, for the old mother died when they '
were eight days old. .
After that it was still as death for a
minute, then Squire Hosley spoke no.
"My good friends," says - he, "If you
can't agree about living apart, my best
advice is that you agree to go on liv
ing together." ",
For a minute or two all was still
again, and the old clock ticked up like
the Day of Judgment By 'n' by Mr,
Nims spoke rather low: . V
"What do yon say, Louisy?"
"I waa thinking whether' we' hadn't
oughter drive over to your mother's
and see how her cough la I'm some
worried abont that cough," says she.
"I'm agreeable to that," says ha .
As I was leaning forward, I caught
sight through the cracky of the door of
him mopping up his face with his old'
red handkerchief; sol sen he'hod felt
it some. Squire Hosley, he said noth
ing. .. . . - .'.. -
Well, I made my way home middling
early, and was keeping a watchout .as
they driv into the yard botwixt sun
down and dark, and 1 see her atop and
pat the yellow dog that was Sopping his
tail on the top step of the piazza. Old
Boss was so tickled that he jumped
'round aa graceful as , a cow; and 1
knew by the looks of the back of Mr.
Nims' neck that he took it in. 'After
awhile I made an arrant tocarry. over
a dish of Dutch cheese, and there they
were, eating their supper as cheerful
a a basket of chips.
"Set ap and have a cup o' tea," says
she. "We've bad quite a ride this
afternoon," says aha "We've been to
see Mother Mima, and Elisha drove
'round by the bridge. It is all of a
mile further, but he knows how skit
tish I be about cross ing the ferry in
Uncle Seth's old scow. I'm silly, I
s'pose. Elisha and I, we think mother
is getting too old and feeble to live
alone, and we hare abont persuaded
her to break up and come tmus." - '
She ran on for a spell, but that was
all sha 'said concerning their arrange
ments. And would you believe it?
from that day to this oils' Nims has
naver opened her mouth to nio an the .
subject though she knows I never re
peat And now. to see thorn two jog
ging 'round together ofter oldCharley,
as content as ducks in a tnllipond, no
body mistrusts it took e'ena'most a
separation to unite them. I
Nobody knows but ine and the old
squire. It won't get out from him he
is as elose-mouthed as a lish. And I
was never one to talk. Outlook.
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II 7 recovery I owe to Hood's Sananarllls.
AH my ills hive gone snd I feel Ilk s
aew ji--in. I lep wsllanflMt heartily."
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