Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-07-31
NUMBER 81.

called up the stairs, Emma, how near are
you ready? 1t is time we were off,
Now, knew better | knew the train
ala not leave for good hour at least, but
somehow, when David gets into one of his
hnrrylng hts, 1t is always contagious, and
In few minutes | was flying around the
house at rate that was "a caution to all
slow folks.
Bennie's bath, of course, must be omit
ted. l would only have time to wipe off
his face and hands little, which, of
course, he resisted with all his force of fist
and foot A regular bath in his bath-tub
he always enjoys, but wash-rag, he'll
fight it to his last breath. Under the cir
cumstances | did not wait to put much of
a polish on the chubby cheeks, but hur-
| ried his clothes on, and to keep him out
of mischief, seated him in the middle of
my nice, clean bed. He must have some
thing to amuse himself-anything to keep
him still, l thought, as | crowded the
cover tight in the pomade JAR and handed
it to him, greatly-to his delight, for it was
new plaything.
Dennie disposed of, | hurried to get my
self ready. | had just taken down my
| hair, when another call came from below,
Come, En-, hurry up" Now, nature
has given me switch only yard and
quarter long, and thick oportionately-
not like chignon, that can be pinned on
/ at moments notice-but with shaking
| nngers ttor the hurry was already begin
ming to tell on my newes) | twisted it up
IN about two minutes, and was hurrylng
| on my clothes, when again from the lower
regions came a call, "Why, wife, what are
you about? You surely will be left, do
hurrym Oh, wasn't that exasperating,
| When every nerve and muscle | possess
| ed were strained to their utmost in my
efforts to move fast, to be told to hurry
| My emotions were indescribable but GER
| tainly my strongest desire was to get my
fingers around that mans throat, and, if
possible, choke off, for five minutes at
least, that everlasting hurry up.n
a noise from Bennie attracted my at
tention, and turned to him to find the
! little mischief had taken the cover off the
| pOmade jar, and with his little fingers had
taken out dabs of pomade and spread
| them all over the counterpane, pillows,
and everything else within his reach
Never mind, we must not wait now to fix
things, for just then came another call,
| 'Do hurry, En-; are you never coming?"
| and | hurried down stairs wiping Ben
| MES fingers as | went, and we hurried in
| to the carriage-and the horse hurried to
| the depot at a rate that sent people flying
| across the street crossings-tor David al
ways will keep horse that will go like
| the wind he can't wait for a slow
| horse.
| When we reached the depot trembled,
so that Bennie's heavy weight fairly drag
| ged me down, but we were there in time,
surely, for no train came for forty five
minutes. Weary minutes they were to me,
for | was ashamed Of my dirty baby, and
tears of veXation would come into my eyes
| when | thought of the room | left in such
disorder, when there was plenty Of time
to make it neat and tidy.
And yet, my dear, old, kind David, l
am already conscience smitten to think |
| have been complaining of his having even
| one fault-ChrsSttdn UniOn