Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-11-30
MRS. fEauSiy's Bargain.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.


.F-'s TOO atingv for anything" said
Mrs Moua~lv irateiy. N It new tin IN
the house. and the cullen Ter wore TO a
sieve, and p hole rivht through the bot m
of the 7ish.pen. T'd like to know if Fam
wopselv thiuk4 dish-pana grow on bushes.
And the evarlpstin' old plea Of poverty II
| r~r him for oen+. l don't blieve but
what he's got money hid away some
wheres-the Mnu~ely's always had the
.ana rs bin a dreadful miserly tribe
Rnt T 2ciH have a new dish-pau, or III
know the reason Why
A wolnan's wit st turning the blocked
wheel. 81 An emereetcy il prov@rhl4l'
and Mia. Mouae7y was net long 10 t9din2
her wav out Of th> dilemma.
'Thera'a them old uilIers up garnet that
belonged m Elauu's mother she Thought
securing AWAY ut the defective par, with
all tho rDiyht and main of q well-trained
New FaqIaud arm. Il meant To a-GIn'em
tn Pachel. bnt since she's mp and married
that poor stick If "a mtller. L don't care
whether sle has 'ern or not, more special
| iv IA they're chock full o, months /
rinned one on 'ern open t'other day. to
get SOM feathers for the set'in.room chair
icnAhior. hut I spwed it up again pretty
opick. when SEQ what was inside ont.
| in trade them pliers of to ito peddler.
/ I've al'4ya had 8 Eyu7ga GEln the whole
race e Dfddlers, eger since Jethro I"lf
sold ne a broom that fell to spsints the
/ first time undertook to sweep the car
pet with it. I only wi"h-Whv, bless
nv soul, if there ant Jethro now. And
he's drivin' by, "a cool as any cowcnm5er
Hellow, yoni Ha-a-ay
As Mrs. Mousely lifted up her shTill
voice on the sunny autumn Sir, waving
her dish-aloth high above her head, the
ioyerlosdad wagon of tins, brooms, pals,
mats aud ather numbarless ct ceters,
came TO IurDbarjng stop.
'Wal. [ declare cried Jethro TAFT, with
well simulated surprise, IF 'tan't Mis-
Mousqlv! And I was drivin' by in a
brown study. Wal, 1 never Naything
I can sarve ye with to-dAy?'
In the instant in which Jethro TAFT
wipAd his forehead with scarlet cotton
pocket-h.ndkercbief. Mira. Mousely had
resolved on her taotics. She would ignore
the broom entirely To insure victory
she must b. cool and cautious, and she
felt that she could not trust herself on the
sore sufiect.
well. yea. there is.' said abe. I've been
wsntin' new dish-pan.'
Lots on EN- eaid Mr.. TAFT, briskly,
with sudden movement of come hidden
rope or brace, which brought a glittering
multitu 1e of tin pans around his feet on
the green turf. Cheap, too. dirt cheap 7
Il have no money said Mrs. Mousely.
II was sort o cslculatin' on trade
| sA1l the same said Mr.. TAFT, smoothly.
7 don't ainerally DO business that way.
but [ always like to ohleega an ola friend.
| Mrs. Mousely smothered a snort of con-
semptuous derision into a cough, and
went up garret after the two condemned
pillows which had belonged to her hus-
bands mother.
Real nice feather pillera,' said she,
ufth tap on the ticking. 'Only nay beds
ia all supplied, and ha'n't no need for
any more
.What'll ha take for EN- p demanded
Jethro. seeming profit afar off.
sWell. I don't fairly know what they're
with, only I wanted dian pan. and a
ouIleuder, and new steamer-Mousely
he will have the vegetables all steamed
and door mat Mr.. TAFT listened TO the
enumeration with his head meditstively
on one side.
sTbe feathers amt worth that said he
Feathers is dreadful low, just now, in
the NJ arket.'
Just as you choose said Mrs Mousely.
beginning to bundle up her pillows again.
There is three good pounds of them,
and
Now, nowr interpoaed Je.hro. with
an eiiy persuasiveness of tone and man.
ner. sYou always was 8, quick, Mrs..
Mouseley. Yon did not wait TO hear ne
ont. I was eoin' t, say, ssein' 'tw4s you
I couldn't let door mat stand in the
way of trade. Tn clear out of CULLEN
ders, but I've nice article of wire
sieve-'
WELL said Mrs. Mousely. trembling
all over with inward delight Of having