The Hickman courier., 1873-02-15
HIS FOLKS.
How the HiuIxIes Settled their Matrin
niRI DiRruIties.


How the HinLIes Settled their nlatrimo-
niRI DiSruIties.
81 can't stand it, and, what's more, 1
won't. said little Mrs. Hinkle, clutch
ing the bars of her uncomfortable old
cage of a rocking-chair.
Mr.. Hinkle placidly hung up his
almanac, and went ont to SOW the early
peas. He could stand almost anything,
and vet remain as serene as a cabbage
head--which, indeed, his fee often said
he resembled. Lawn - tantrums
troubled him about as much as mus
keto's buzzing would trouble an ele-
phant but he Thought they were kind
of wearing to her, and that she ''came
to quicker" alone SO he left her
swinging herself seasick in the rocker,
and shufled off to the garden with a hoe
and pint dipper OF peas. At the gate
- how's your poor wifi 30 said
lei-.eSSrs- ng. She suffered with a
chronic cold in the head, which gave
her an extremely sympathetic manner.
cable to be stirring" replied Mr..
Hinkle, shuf1iing on his brown leather
moccasins. Even a cabbage-head may
be. as it usually is, rufled inside and
deep in his slow-beatg heart MIR.
Hinlzle was annoyed Okthe sight of
| Miss NiddIins and the embroidered bed
ticking bag which betokened a week s
visit.
"Laviny's putchiky enough without
being set on, " said he, leaning ON his
hoe in the favorite attitude adopted by
scare crows. eyes, really think she
is, - he went on, weighing the PROPOSE
ton deliberately. "Not that l mind
her being spry-tempered and splitting
out at me. It's only way she has, and
comes of her enjoying such,poor health.
She'll cool down; but that old maid
bain't any call to rile her; and here
! Mr. Hinkle gave the hoe-handle re,
sentful poke, as if it personated the
spinster aforesaid Like many mel
not gifted in public speaking, ne was
much given to talking aloud when alone
In-door, his wife claimed exclusive
right of speech.
"And here I've stuck, like dab o
putty. from the day / married Will
Reuben, y she was saying to Mis-
Niddlins. ''Tve had to walk on eggs
or his folks would be in my hair
They've had their remarks to MAKE
about all my doings, and, you ma,
depend upon i. it .grTnds.
-. Mrs. Hinklsss-nilst have ber4l groum
= ~ sharp indeed, Judging by he
cutting tongue.
"Poor thingl" groaned Miss Md
dIins, using her handkerchief just the
because it would produce the effect Q
J pity
.sSee how was put isspFbn this morn
by his sister Phebe, said Mrs. Hinkle
{ moving the end of her nose rapidly bac
and forth with her fore-fnger, as if sh
were playing on a Jewis,harp. "Tha
+ woman had the impudeNee to twist m
of neglecting Reuben. because / leav
/ him to get his own supper sewing g-circl
d nights -
1 Don't tell me- SO f" shifted. Mis-
Hiddlins, aDid Mr.. Hinkle conHplai
. lc,.sA Aes I l'siaiss A.. erie
Mrs. HinkIe .she hasn't got spun
il enough. Why he's no more grit than
Q hay stack, and he's as sot. 1 couldn
make him break with his folks if / ws
to suffer. Wish I was single; then
/ wouldn't be nosed round by 'em. No
. here you are, free TO go when yc
9 please I"
t Miss Niddlins sighed an affirmative
!, 1t was her peculiar trial that her rel
tives never opposed her going.
/: eff you was to separate, 1 suppo
= you've got enough to live on, sugges
S ed she cautiously.
/ Mrs. Hinkle's rocker jerked itse
4 into full stop. She had often sa
that Reuben must choose betwixt b
= folks and her, that "she would tai
Is herseIf-off, " and the-like- -;-but to have
n third persop hint at a separation startl'
. her.
Y ssWell-yes; said she, hesitatingi
n q I've got the property L brought WI
!. me when ]. was married. I won't de
: but what Reuben has done the fair thi
20 there but then, if he'd been some me
y he might have doubled it by this tin
to Thes1ong and short of 1t is,- he's b
zsd asleep. I llaye6 deep stirring him 4
II II and, after all, Eon't appreciate me
81 believe it would wake him pre-