Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-14

he vas tall and slender, and clad In the
.sphaments OF woe BE entered the odi,e,
T sdp so shs q chair: Removing bis IA. he
MS pose thouentfully Tor . moment, put hts
eesnakerchief In bis hat, his bat up IN The
You didn't know Mrs. Smith p,
hsan tnst pleasure. Who was sheP''
She was my wife. She's been sick sons
took vors a a sss s sesore yes.srday sne was
evening, when she gave . kinder sud len
jump couple OF times. and then her spsrit
,nss DEAD. you know. Passed away
$50 am I. And called around 70 see ~ I
couldn't get some Of you literary people TO
the paper"
|" dunno; maybe we might"
81 Oh, you didn't know her, say? Well, she
was a sipg'ler kinder woman. Had strong
characteristics. Her nose was the crookedest
In the state; all bent around sideways. Old
like the Jib-sail OF an oyster sloop on the
windward tack. Only his fun, you kuow.
But Helen never minded IL. She said herself
that IL aimed % much around the corner
that whenever she sneezed she blew down
her back hair. There we're rich depths of
humor In that womanl Now / don't mind
n You work into the poem some picturesque
ailusion 20 the condition OF her nose, 50 her
friends Will recognize her. And you m ght
also spend verse or two on her lame eye"
What was the matter with her eye,"
"Gone, SIR, gope' Knocked out with q CD ip
while she was splitting kin'lin wood when
she was child. She fxed it up somehow
with glass one, o nd II gave her tue oldest
would stand still, while the other one was
rolling around, so that bout half the time
you could't tell whether she was studyiu.
astronomy or watching the hired girl pare
potatoes. And she lay there ~ night, with toe
IndisrSsed eye wide open glaring al me-,
while The other was tight shut, so that some
shake her TO MAKE her get mp aud Ak Il.
Once got some mucilage and glued the lid
down, but she didn't like it, when she woke
In the morning. Had 10 soak her eye In
L reckon you could run In some Language
about her eccentricities of vision, couIdn'
you? Don't care what 1t is, 30 I have the
WAS she peculiar IN other respects?,
wen, yes. one leg was gone; run over
by wagon when she was little. But she
Bothered her sometimes, but most general v
gave her good deal of comfort. She Was
ION lone OF maShlnery: And then. you know,
the hatrack In the entry and 60 TO bed with
only one cold foot. She was very srateful
for her privileges. Although sometimes 1t
DOW and then; and maybe In church her IeS
ID give squirt and begin to kick and ham.
mer away At the board In front of the pew
until it sounded like boiler factory. Tnen
I'd carry her out, aud most likely IL d kick
me all the way down the aisle, and end up
by dancing her around the vestibule, until
the sexton would rebuke her for waltzing ia
church. Seems 70 me there's material for
poetry In that, isn't there? She was q self
willed woman. Often when she wanted "a
| go to q sewing bee or to CAD about some
| where, maybe I'd stuff that leg up The chin.
ney or hide IL In the wood pile. And 1 then
wouldn't tell her where 1t was, do you know
| what she'd do?"
| "What?"
| "Why, she'd lash an umbrella to hel
stump, and drift of down the street Is IL tina
umbrella was born there! You couldn't gel
are1d OF herl She was ingeniousl I've knows
her when the baby was playing with the
| potato masher TO unbuckle that leg and usl
| 1t for mashing. Take IL by the knee and
work the joint backward and forward splen
| didly.
$50 I thought I'd mention q few facts &c
| you, and you can just throw them together
and make them rhyme, and I'll call round
and pay you for them. What day? Tuesday
Very We'll; IN run In on Tuesday and SCI
| how you've fixed her up"
Then Mr.. Smith smoothed up his hat with
his handkerchief. wiped the accumulated
sorrow from his eyes, placed his hat upon
bis head, and sailed serenely out and do WI
| the stairs towards bis desolated hearthstone
Mar Adeler.