The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-07-23
TWO SIDES TO A BUREAU.
BY HARRIET PRESCOTT sPOFFORD.
ONE SIDE.

ONE SIDE.
When I turned round and she was com
ing in the door, I'm sure thought | was
dreaming. If it had been the Queen a
coming IN. shouldn't have been more
surprised: and the three children with
their three faces like little pigs. %''IIere,
you" whispered | TO Benjamin Franklin,
''you iueI 90 'l0ng and stick your face in
some water, quickmcter! And give John
ny's 4 scrubhing too" And I wet the cor
neT of nv apron between my lips in a
hurry. and Rubbed Sues mouth; and then
[ made believe | hadn't seen her before,
and busted the other chair for her: and
she So down. and | sat down, and we
looked Il one another. Lord. she was
that fine Her LOUNGES were silk, and
they We're >calloped like 30 many roses,
and lace showing under the edges OF
them: and she had such boots, setting
like gl0veS-iuSt enough to make your
eyes water. But the flowers in her hat
YOU should nave seen them declare you
should nave smeIlcd them. Well, she
seemed % fill up the little ROOM, and if
ever | was glad of any thing, l was glad
that FL scrubbed the floor that very day,
so that : was clean enough to eat off
Of-glaG. TOO, that ia taken Jim'S
old hat out OF the broken window and put
in the smooth bottom ola box with a good
respectable-Io0kiGg tack. Jim might
l- 49, ,,,;,J,,,r 60, h. n ,n,-
Feet Observation-Disclosures; but he'd rather
play the fiddle than eat, and he was a
playing il ont in the tie-up that moment,
with all the wind there was blowing.
However. [ couldn't complain, for he'd
Just mended the chair, so that it was al
most as good as new, and had put me up
as tidy a shelf as you please over the stove
for the brush and comb and the hair-oil
bottle. If I'D been a little sliCked up my
self, with my new print and my pink
apron. OF if Td emily had my bhang on, |
wouldn't "a minded. But when Benjamin
Franklin came back with just the top dirt
rinsed OF, and the rest all smears, | did
feel so vexed that | gave him as good a
shaking as a nut-tree gets in harvest.
Bless my heart" says she, ''what are
you doing that for"
Because he's so aggravating," says |.
" There. you 90 long; :" andI give him a
shove.
"Why." says she, "don't you remem-
Der how it used to feel to be shaken
yOurself:"
81 don't know as | do" says |.
AS if you were flying to atoms? And
your body wa as pOwerless as if it had
been in the hands OF a giant, and your
heart as full of hate"
"Why, look a-here," saysI, "Be you
q missionary"
"A missionary" says she, laughing.
"No: I'm Mr.. Mulgrave's wife. And
came up 20 see how the new house was
getting on but the house is so full of
plaster dust inside, and the whirlwind is
blowing the things off the roof so outside
that | thought [ would venture in here
till the cloud passed."
"Oh.' says l..
4 knocked, but you didn't hear me-"
Pm real glad to see yOu," says |. ats
adreadful lonesome place, and hardly any
body ever comes. Only I'm sorry every
things SO at skies and sevens. You see,
where there's a family of children, and
the wind blowing So" says L, with a lucky
thOught-it's always good to have the
wind or the weather to lay things to, be-
cause noboay's responsible for the ele-
ments-"t things will get to looking like
ride-out.>
"Children do make confusion" says !
she but confusion is p~leasanter with
them than pimlico order without them"
well, that's So" answered for |
remember when Johnny had the measles
last year | thought if he only got well I'd
let him white the door all to pieces if
ever he wanted to again. Here, Benny"
say [, for l began to feel bad to think I'd
treated him Soft he'd mortified me, twas
no reason why | should mortify him, and
right before folks So" take that to little
sister," and / gave them something to
keep them quiet. 81 suppose you
wouldn't care for any water?' says to
her then. "NOt if [ put some molasses in
i t? Ididn't know but the wind would