Smyrna times., 1875-03-31
What Three Women Said.

! sat behind thrc" women for an hour or |
two They were ali iric,, "a 4-rI.!, !,
and they didn't mind my presence.
Did you hear about Sarah LAMB" |
asked one.
'Goodn.s~! Mo- answered the Other.
Well Sarah got her pay, tell YOU" |
continued the first. Iou know She was a |
Who'll" year trying to catch that red d-hcadcd |
widowcr. Well. She finally married him
and, what do YOU think? They say that he |
sn"cr~ at hcr-actually Uses oaths-whrm |
things 20 wrong. keeps her from going to
church, is set against company. and won't |
let her use above TWO eggs in a ~wrct-cakr!" |
Mon-stcrou~!" exclaimed the others.
There was moment of silence. and then
ON" of the trio spoke up.
" Did You know that Mrs. Ianccy had
new cmprcs.-cIoth dress 2?
= You don't say" exclaimed the others.
" Yes. do know il for a fact-for
She wore ii past our house the other day
That dress never cost less than seven dol
lars-thc bar" cloth: and then there's the
making and trimmings thrown in! Just
think Of 4 woman in her circumstances
goin. to such an expense Why, il had
not seen il with my "nn eye. couldn't
believe il.
:" It'e awful! exclaimed the others
=" And the worst of it is, she seems to hold
her head 80 high, :. continued the first
live heard that E,rr grandfather had to -
To the poor-hou<r wHcn he broke hi, Ir..
and yet She holds her head up with the best
Of IL. OF course. ! don't want to backbitc
amy onr--it i~n't nly nature to talk behind
people, hack~-but will say, that / should
not wonder if such rXtravagaucc brought
that family 10 want for bread before spring
comes.
Nothing was said for the next five min
utr- and then one Of the two exclaimed;
Land ~alsc~ hut I'd almost forgotten
to tell You Lizzie horbun ha, a nrw bat.
"What! Anothcr?'
Yes. another. She wore il to churcl,
last sunday. Think of tl:,t-a Girl having
! three hats IN one year
shameful :" they cried in chorus. =
! don't know what the world is coming to,
/ contiul..d the first when was Il girl.
one ha, had to last me seven years while
now. girl wants ~ least two year. if not
] three. tell yoh. wh", "a. jn church
/ last Sunday, and saw Lizzie come shy ing IL
with that new hat must have cost three
dollars at the least felt queer The fate
of the sinful people Of Sodom and Gomor-
rah came To my mind in second; and
shouldn't have been surprised if Lizzie had
been stricken then right down.
They pondcrrd over it for two or three
minutes. and then one of them replied;
$50. Mary Jane Doolittlc is dead. is shr?''
:" Yes, poor thing" was the reply, dead
and buried. week ago. Hannah was at
the funeral, and She says that Doolittlr
never she'd II trar-nry " even blew his
nose :!
" lie didn't?"
NO. he ndn't. Hannah watched him
all through. and she says he has heart
like stone. If he should be arrested as
her murderer. | shouldn't be the least sur
priscd. Poor woman! met her only last
August, and | could see that She was Kill
ling herself. | didn't ask her right out
about it, but could understand that boo
little was II coldhcartcd wretch. He didn
have much to say. but Just one remark he
made convinced me of his cold.hcartcd-
ness. lie asked for soap To wash himself,
and when She handed him piece he look
ct at it, snccrcd like. and says he: Mary
Jane, you mustn't buy amy more yallrr
SOAP
"Did he say that
lie certainly did. I'll 20 before amy
court in the land and swear tu it.
had to get oil the train then, and mis-
scd further conversation.
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