The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-04-30
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Squills has ono weakness stronger than
another, It is for dozen fried, nice and
brown, and not too much butter.
Tsct the pacifcutOrs down on The out
side mat, so as not to burst too gOrgcousIy
all at once, but directly | got up in tho
room, | knew there vas something up
Mrs squilIs had piled up allth' pillows
in q heap and was prOPped up reading
GOOD evening, my dear"
Mrs. Squills replied not. She is a wo'
man ola good deal Of natural dignity, said
Squills, when she's getting up steam, -
The silence was becoming oppressive, so
remarked in tones that were referential:
Lodge kept open unusually late, my
dear"
Though! this was good time to in
troduco the dozen fried, said Squills, but
The storm barst
80 you went to The prize fight, Mr.
SquiIls?"
pledge you my sacred word Of homo,
said Squills, the baby could have knocked
nc down with feather. Nature over
shocked, failed to sustain the legs Of her
squilIs, and sat down.
went to what, my dcar?"
"DOn't provaricate, Mr.. SquiIIs. In
tho depths Of your degeneration, be q man.
"How did | come to know III" That is
my business. know it, and that ought
to be enough for you"
"TIOW can you sit there and look me
in the facet"
n wasn't looking her in the face, said
Squills, far from it,"
"Apd not sink through that lhrccply
into the front parlor, Mr.. squills, is o
miracle, A nice lot Of friends, you've
picked up. Mr.. Benjamin McIoOnGy and
Mr.. Patsy 0'Allen. "IIow do | know
their uames?" | read tho newspapers
How should | know!
1.-The next thing you'll be sIake'hold,
erOr second. "Bother?" No bother
aboutit sir. Where's tho difference, |
should like 10 know, between, your paying
Eve dollars and"
"You didn't pay five dOllars% Don't
tell me you didn't. And there's Tom
wants bootiug. What? "YOu think you
arc getting the ,tooting" Don't cause
me to dcspiso you, Mr.. squills, under
such circumstances, And Gussy wants
q winter bonnet to match her dress, and
the house wants painting next, spring and
s7all The Goals not in, and then pew rent
is due, and Charlie ought,to have q quar-.
ter's dancing, aud-what's tbal2 "You
go in for q dollar?" Wbat?"
You should have heard that WHAT said
Squills.
"DO not dare to sit there and tell me
that you sneaked your way into a dog
fight for dollar. Itwasnta dog fSht?"
Yes, sneuked is The word, Mr.. SquiIls; de-
fraudiug those poor fellows who we're try
ing to make few dollars to support their
families. should 10 ashamed, Oh,
that tho mother Of children should live to
hear her husband sneakcd his way in
toa dog eight for dollar"
1t was too much for her. said Squills,
and sho sunk back in among the pillows
II ever there was q moment in the his
tory Of q womaD's wrongs, when, dozen
fried could be iutroduced as atoncmcnt for
the past and indemnity for the future,
said SquiIls. that moment had arrived.
placed dozen fried before hOr, and
said, aEcctionately, Fanny"
She looked around aud said:
"SquilIs!"
The appeal was too touching TO be sue
ceSsfully resisted, and | never saw The
mother Of family hoist in q dozen fried
at two o'clock in the morning with great
er determination.
The next morning however, | had to
shell out for Tommy and Gussy aud the
pew rent.