December,
I
9 I 9
THE L A NDSWOMAN
Rosalind of the Farmyard
By Mary Pakto gton
Tht'r" (I no /U on thl., pi«6, but pmnh•itni'M& {ro,.l tM ol4li1 } COtJfttU, ttorli "9 n {., C!J.Itl]lll. btl ~,~ Ln~etiptfo,• et~ lnto lhA trt• trtmk,
and ''" clrop1 tM buM/A of llra••·
Owr.. Ro~llnd I Jln•y I Ju.;t corn" b ,,, '-'M look.
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11 you·u Olllj ~lvo tll\' a ~h 'om of st tin;
my t buo fl'VI'I tlmass---
O»rt. Jlu.t; 1! you're RI)lt n<'i!dn't.
n.os. R e'd no bu.sin~'&f U> cnll ml\ 110:4..'\llnd, o.nyw"ay.
Cm.. H e dJdn't. H~'< only carved you.
RO!-l. ThAt's \YOn:t'. I prt-fH to be ca,Urd ){h.'~-hy him.
CEL. To tM onlv Jliu RQflllllld. IIum I It. woulll •po•l
lt rather, wonldn't ·~ f It would so\ll\d a.c1 1f there mu~ht ~ 1\
,u ,.. Roiallnd, you~.
Ros. Oolla, 1\ow dMG you--
OiilL. My dNn, I wasn·~ thtnking of vn•'·
lt.os. You're tc\lking p 1rfect non~~. And anyway I
h#.V~~n't time to wute on any·--
On. J,\t.tlo bl~ ptq.
R.os. S1Uy old troe trunj( I I'm gomg. [liai'Chu up R .
Om;, Whe.re t\J'6 you gowg m sucb n hurry, dArling f
n.os. To get the rest of tb.o potat.oos up, dP~r.
On. Th~>y'l'O done; t ftnt&lled them tlli'5 morning oazly.
Ros. I don't. cam; l'U do them aqam.
[Ezit R .
OEL. B.ulfy I [&tuisri"'7 wcriptitm.] "To tbo only Rof&-
ltnd.." "To tho only Oehl\," Sotn<'how lt doesn't sound 10
nloo.
On.
[Etlltr Otu.ANOO J, .d.t tntgh.t ~ ~rp&:Ud, M il
" rathtr poillt deoi~ \R kif accOt4lr~."
~/1 at llv• ~t~m4 lirM 1w ~ut• an open-4tr
lift
(bOWU'III). Good mornmg. You Me l t iss OeUa, I
bello>e ?
Cm.. Howovor did you lmo\v that 1
ORL. Why, you live wtth Rosnl.tud, don't you ?
OIL. ll.o.ialJnd I Well, upon mv word, you'n- cool I
Ou.. .\h I 1'm airrud tMt'a on)y ~CIL!l$> 1 haven' t dont'
u.ny work to-dl\y. Allow me. ('l'a.tu eullbonr~ with wlhch
,,. (I famrbtl} htr~elf arid f