The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-02-24
MR.. AND MRS. sHOTT.

| III seven years Tnen, Lne o.uST Gay
| business called him to Chicago. Mrs
ohott wanted to go along, but he said
that times were too hard. he didn'i
want to have the bother of taking care
of her, and she was compelled to re-
main at home. He reached home in the
evening after an absence of two days,
and as he sat eating his supper he OBJ
served:
81 tell you it was a long ride, and
I'm glad you didn't co.
Lonesome, was itl'' she asked.
SIT would have been fearful if I
hadn't had young lady in the seat with
me, " he replied.
What A young lady in the seat
with you'll
THAT is-that is-you know the car
was crowded." he said.
"And you offered her half your seatl"
'I- that is, she sat down there" he
stammered.
Mrs. Shott's ears grow red and her
eyes snapped.
s'And SO it was lonesome, was it ?"
inquired the wife.
"Why, II spoke once or twice, of
course"
''Nice young lady, [ suppose?"
Tell, no, 1 can't sag as she was"
"And there you sat and looked your
sweetest, and LII bet you passed your
self Off as single man."
81 don't know as [ did," he replied,
as he drank his tea.
''Did you inform her that yon were
married and had three children2" she
demanded.
81 don't remember, though presume
I did"
''You presume you did Well, I pre-
sume you didn't. I know just how you
sat up there and pretended to be rich
widower, and took care Of her satchels,
and bought popcorn and illustrated pa
pers for her -
Mr.. Shot5 inquired if there was any
more biscuit.
''It's nice operation, your coming
home and expecting to find hot biscnit
for your she went on. "Why didn't
you ask if that young lady could make
biscuit9 Why didn't she come home to
tea with you2"
''Nancy, don't be foolish" he OBJ
served.
"Don't be foolish Who is foolish
Here was, scrnbbing around and bak-
ing and patching, and breaking my
back ,,aud you were braced up in /. seat
beside young lady, stroking those yel
low whiskers and talking about your
bonds and mortgages and your lonely
widower life."
81 wasn't" he briefly observed.
"Daniel. did that girl ride all the
way from Chicago with youa" asked
Mrs. Shot, as she toyed with the han
die Of the milk-jug.
''Did she Lemme see!'' he mused,
as he helped himself to the butter.
"You know she did ?" shouted Mrs.
Shott.
eff she got off at any of the stations
I didn't see her," he admitted.
"And there you sat and sat, aud rode
and rode, and you paid out the money
we need 80 much in The house for pea
nuts, and popcorn, and juba paste, and
picture papers Daniel. let me see your
wallet''
''My Wallet"
eyes, sir, your wallet!'
"What for, Nancy2'
.sI want to see your wallet %
''Its the same one [ always had"
s'You left home with twenty-six dol
lars. and I know exactly what the trip
cost. Fare to Chicago and back, sew
enteen dollars. Hotel bill, two dol
lars. Til allow one dollar more in in
cidentals, and now where's that six dol
lars p
sI--I-!" he stammered.
"You what p
'.I met Green down by the depot and
lent him four dollars"
s'Daniel Schott, who is Green, and
where does he live 2"
Daniel didn't reply.
':Daniel Schott, you've lied to me !"
she exclaimed. ''Iou didn't want to
take me along owing TO the hard times.
You said I'd bother you. If I'd been
along you'd have growled four times a
mile about the bother and the expense,
and there you went and bothered with
a young lady and squandered four dol
lars on her, and here I've worn those
old shoes seven months to save ex-
pense -
ssI1l get you a new pair pretty soon"
he replied.
''You will, eh ! When y
s'Before the Fourth of July, anyhow"
''You can squander four dollars on
an unknown girl and make me wait four
months for shoes, can you2"
'What unknown girl p
''Daniel Shott-i'
And the mix -pitche came down on his
head, she caught him by the necktie,
and the Oldest boy ran out doors and
yelled sire p Several of the neighbors
ran over, but Mrs. Shott net them at
the door and said it was only burning
chimney. When they asked for Mr..
Shot she remarked
ssMr. Shot doesn't feel q bit well and
is covered up on the lounge !''-Detroit
Free Press.