That Girl of Johnson's — page 65: what you’re looking at

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54 : THAT GIRL OF JOHNSON’S. there—and there were many men—liked to talk to Cinthy | and to be with her. She wasn’t like that girl of Johnson’s, thank the Lord! She had never allowed her to be much with Dolores, and now she was glad since there was this mystery about her errand to the town on the previous day ; it took so little in even their world to spoil a girl’s life. Cinthy should marry the best man in the place or she should not marry at all. Both she and her husband had made up their minds to that. Yes, Johnson had a temper, and had shown it several times lately when the men joked him about that girl of his and her feeling above him and them, and her liking for young Green. He got in a furious rage about young Green not long ago, and swore that if ever he came there again it would be a sorry day for him; he vowed to be even with him if ever the chance came in his way, though he should wait for years. He was sullen, too, and would brood for days over a quick word uttered in a joke. Folks did say that he killed his wife with his fits of temper. His wife was one of the bookish sort; she cared little for him or for anything out- side of her books. She did not know that she blamed him for that though; his wife was a stupid creature. That girl of Johnson’s was like her, only worse. Had they seen her? Did they see what young Green could find attractive about her? Her girl could talk better than Dolores; she must talk better, for the men liked to talk with her, and she hoped some day she would make a better match than ever the other stupid creature would for all her fine friend. The Johnsons were a shiftless set anyway excepting Lemuel. He went away when he was a boy, and folks did say that he had made a fortune for himself in New York, and was married and well pleased to be rid of his brother, and no one blamed him. Yes, Johnson might be over at the town, but she doubted it; he was shiftless, but he was no fool. He did not like young Green, and would never help on his case if he could (E(@) AA) K¢ ,00 {cS (eo)