The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-22
WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR HOUSE.

! AFTER we NuS 1narflety We ii say abou
/ q year, wun mccnin' thar wus a terribl
! commoshun in our house, wimmin Il run
min in an out, an i finally the doctor he cum
l was in great hurry myself, wantin t
/ heer, l hardly noed what, but arser 5
while, an ole granny of woman, as ha
I been very busy about that, poked her hca
/ into the room whar | WAS waikiki aboU
and SEES:
Ses she, Mr.. Sporum, hits a gal"
"What," ses /.
a ga" ses sac, an with that she pop
her head back agin.
Well, thinks !, I'm the daddy NV "a
and begin to feel my keepin' mitely- L
rather it was a boy tho, thinks l, fu
/ then he'd feel neerur to me, as how he
bare my name. and there be less chanc
fur the Sporums to run out, but eonsiderii
( everything, a gal viii do nifty well. Jis
/ then the ole nuss pokes her head out agi
and ses:
/ Ses she, !" Anuther wun, Mr.. Sporum
a fine boy
/ Anuther," ses l, chats rattle
crowdin' things on to Teller
/ She LATED and poked her he'd back
Wen, thinks |, this is no joke sure, a
this lick LII have family enuf to DO me i
a few years.
Jis then the old she devil (always sha
hate herr pokes her he'd in, and .es:
/ Ses she, "Anuther gal, Mr.. Sporum.'
Anuther whot," ses |.
4 -Anuther gal, scs she.
4 'Well, ses |, . 90 rite strate and tie
( Sal won't stand it, don't want EN-, an
l amt goin' to hay EN-; dus she think II
a Turk ? or a Mormon? or Brigham
Young? that she 80 fur TO have thribbles
three at pop. Dus she think II
wurth hundred thousand dollars tha
/ I'm JON Jacob Aster. or Mr. Roschile
that ] kin afford tribbles, an clothe al
/ feed an school three children at time
! | amt a goin' to stand it no how, / diln
want EN-, don't want EN-, and amt
/ going to want EN- now, nur no luther time
/ lIain't l bin a good and dootiful husban
to Sal? lIain't KEEP in doors Nv nit
/ an quit chawn tobacbcr and smokin' segal
4 Just to please her? Ifain't attended d.
/ vine worship reg lar? Iiain't | bough
/ her all the bonnets and frocks she wanted
an then for her to 90 an have thribb:
/ She noed better an hadn't orter dun it.
didn't think Sal wud serve me such
trick now. Have | ever stole a horse
Have l ever done emmy mean trick, that sh
should serve me in this way An wit
that laid down on the settee, an fe
orruI bad, and the more l tho't about i
the wus l felt
Presently Sails NANNY, ole Miss Jones
Gums iii an scS:
SEES she, peter, cum in and see VIII,
purity chllun you've got.
"ChiIIun = says l, - You i better say
hole litter Now Miss Jones, l luv 5,
you no, an have tried to make a goo
! husban, bat call this scalv trick an {
there's any law in this country m go;n to Sc
if a woman kin have thribbs, IAN make a ma
take keer Nv en-. amt goin' to begi
to do it," ses |.
With that she LATED fit to kill herself, a
made all sorts of fun Of me, an sed enn
uthcr man would be proud to be in IN
shoes. | told her I'd sell out mi ty chea
eff emmy body wanted TO take my pac
Well, the upshot ny it wus, that she pu
suaded me that l wus 'rong, an got me
90 into the room whar they all wus.
When got in, Sal looked so lovin' ;
me an reached out her little hands 50 muc
like poor, dear little helpless child, tn;
I forge. everything but my luv for her, =
folded her gently up tn my hart Ike
/ precious treasure, an felt | didn't keer
she had too and forty Nv EN-. Jist the
number wun set up whim like youn
pup, AN all the balance follercd. The
. HuiJJles neeI tier daddy,
Wen, everything wus made up, S.
promised she wud never do it again; a
sense then | have bin at work sertil
workin all day to make bred for the
thribs, an busy nusn NV EN- at nit
The fact is, Ct didn't have nifty goo
constitushun, Ia had to Civ in long az
Number wun has the colick an wakes Il
number too an he wakes up number tire
an SO it goes, an me a flying about all II
time a tryin' to keep EN- quiet.