The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-02-11
THE SNUFF. .COLoReD SUIT.

scarcely know how IT happened,
but timber must have icli and
struck me on the head.
The first thing that | realized after
/ it. was that wa, sstralght aud suil
|on something hand. and when | tried
/ ,o,mpyc myself AMI spcak. ! ioaui ID
imp, s.ibic 10 do so. | concluded
/ must hr in some very tight, jN.n
lplscc. for could nos sec iu fact &
soon learned tuat. though perfectly
clns,i1ls. | could 10 nothing but
ihpa 4 door op.ucl aHl footsteps
iappraarlcd; bat | fit u cloth taken
i'r.m my face, aud voice which J
ccosuilrj a. that ot Mr. Jono7--thc
Iftb.g Of my wife tlmt vas to be
lsaii:
"Ilc hasn't changed much and
l his c.uplu,on. whose voice ! knew
1t5 be th, village undertaken, Hop.
iii.s by namc. lightly:
"B,'ter-lo.l.ug dead than alive.
| How does JorushH feel about it ,
Take ON mucA ~
"Du. NO. Sho had her eye on another
fellow anyhow, and II better match,
to-. excepting the money part
Though | had nothing against Ben,
only he didn't know much. and WAS
Iubuut .hc homclicst man ! ever knew.
Such II mouth; why it really seemed
as though hc was going TO swallow
knife. plato. and all, when hG opened
'itnt dinner.
"Wcll,' sGil the cheerful voice OF
! Hopkins. "he'll never open his mouth
again :; and then he proceeded to
measure me for nycoilin. for it seem
cd that WAS dead | had heard Of
lGndcrtakors who always whistl,d
ljoylu.ly when they got measure.
hut never believed it before. But
that man actually whistlol asuhducl
I 'dmriug tune while he measured mc.
,and II seemed to me that three or
four iciclos were rolling down my
.lack, TO the music OF lis whistle.
: II, duty done they covered my
. iac. again end left 10 my own 10.
. .i,,.ou-. which were uotparticulu'y
comforting, although | Lad often
heard il remarked, that meditation
Twas good for the soul, and this was
the best chance ! lad ever had OF
, trying if.
IN hour must havo passed. when
ithc door araiu opened, aud two per-
sors cauo whispering along where
! lay, ml tho voice Of my promised
wil, l,.l upon my car.
81 dread to hook a., lin. Bob; he
was 500 mortal lomp,y. ulirc, hc must
, be frightfuI. dead
! | s,um. m, tooth in imoginpt;ou
.'' : .''...
/ l.. ... ...... .tp.u.,uc,l g..
over my mobile brow, uid o.pr, b,
'mouth and how sho had often de.
.cioy,l t.Ut if | were nl.uawuy from
.la. she would surely pine away au
.ai.
! Ore cf them raised the cloth, anl
. knew they wcgo looking at mo.
, Bob WIS her second cousin, aud |
Il.ucw Cha. Ao was that "othcr frl.
Ilaw, whom Lcr father had muution-
Ted.
Seems TO me you don't rocl very
bal about bis living, Ru8Aa,' To
marked Bob. mcdltatiycly.
"Wcl, t,',n tlc tu.h.' said my
dca. bctrulh.d. Il don't care very
much about it If nc should have
lived / should have married him, be
cauSc he WAS rich. and father wants
ed me to: but | was gotting about
,sicl Of my bargaiu. for knew /
should always be ashamed Of him,
ha looked so Ike Laboon.
but You loved HIM" remarked
Bob.
no. didn't, Nv affections were
waited long aoo upon enc who never
rc urucl my love :" aud iny fast
fadin., idol sighed heavily.
'lhcv had covered my face by this
time, and were standing u few steps
from where lay.
about how long ugo, 'Rusha -
asked Bob.
"a year, or such matter" with
another deep sigh, which ended in II