The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-06-10
CHAPTER IL.
FUNERAL TRAPPINGS.

The mules were never found.
Reginalds heart-brOken mother took the
body home to her unfortunate sons widows.
But before her arrival she discreetly sent a boy
to bust the news gently to the afflicted wives,
which he did by Informing them, in q hoarse
whisper, that their "O.d man had gone in.
The wives felt very badly indeed.
He was devoted to me-" sObbed Emily.
"And to me-" said Maria.
eyes" said Emily, she thought considera
bly, of you, but not SO much as he did OF me. "
81 say he did! !"
- And say he didn't" '
s'He did,"
"He didn't" .i....-. -...
Don't look at me, with your squint eyes !"
"Dont shake your read head at me !"
s'Sisters!" said the black haired Henrietta,
% cease this unseemly wrangling. / as Regi-
maids first wife, shall strew flowers on bis
grave" .yfAq8 ...l..l y.s.5 .....t.
wife, shall strew flowers on his grave. It's
ny business to strewI" ...-;
"You bet will I" said Susan, with a tear
suffused cheek.
"Well, as for me-" said the practical Betsy.
I" I amt on the Strew, much, but shall ride
at the head of the funeral procession"
"Not five ever been introduced to myself,
you WON'T said the golden-haired Nelly !;
that's my ;s ~, position You bet your bonnet
1Children," said Reginalds mother, "you
must do some crying you know, on the day of
the funeral; and how many Professionalism
cheers will it take to, 20 rOdnd2 Betsey, you
and Nellie ought to make one do between you. "
"I1l tear her eyes out if she perpetrates a
sob on my handkerchief" said Nellie.
F" Dear daughters-in-law," said Reginald 8
mother, how unseemly is this anger. Mules
a. <Svn him. voA a and eHps,-
txcal mule my poor boy had has been gobbled
up by the red man. L knew when my Regi-
nald staggered into the door yard that he was
on the Die, but if I'd only thunk to ask him
shout them mules ere his gentle spirit took
flight, it would have been four thousand dol
lars in our pockets, and no mistake! Excuse
those real tears, but you've never felt parents
d "Its an oversight" sobbed Maria. Don't
ai---, -s Dust TO DUST.
The funeral passed off in very pleasant
manner, nothing occurring to mar the harmo-
ny of the occasion. By o happy thought of
Reginald,s mother the wives walked to the
grave twenty abreast, which rendered that
part Of the ceremony thoroughly impartial.
/ That night the twenty wives, with heavy
hearts, sought their twenty respective couches
But 10 Reginald occupied those twenty re-
spectiye couches--Reginald would never more
linger all night in blissful repose In those
twenty respective enthusiastically head
would nevermOre press the twenty respective
pillows of those twenty respective couches--
never, nevermorel
In another house, not many leagues from
the House of Mourning, gray-haired woman
was weeping necessarily. He died" she
cried, without signifyin, in any respect, where
them mules went to-"
a..q MARRIED AGAIN.
Two years are supposed to elapse between
the third and fourth chapters of this original
American romance. ~
A manly Mormon. one evening as the sun
was preparing to set among select apartment
OF gold and crimson clouds in the western
horizon although for that matter the sun
has right to ''set where it wants 70, and
60, may add. has hen-a manly Mormon, 1
cay, tapped lightly at the door of the late
Reginald Gloverson. ugM ero ,vr-7 m
The door was opened by Mrs. Susan Clio
version e~-.o aiiif. 1s.s ttotGvg esf a1
{ us this the house of the widow Gloversona"
the Mormon asked. 1i4H z..,fs
a,t' It Is. said Susan. so sa4g a;.s iilr.l
/. sand how many is there Of she - inquired
the Mormon. a 3aE 1oss5 it ese,s
! .'There Is about twenty of her, including
myself "c0urteously returned the fair Susan.
:" Can see her2" fre ~
"You cant" aoliU yaa t-a
Madame," he softly said. addressing the
twenty discOnsolate widows, 81 have seen part
Of you bef0rel And although I have already !
twenty-five wives, whom respect and tender