Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-04-27
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MIR. PEEWIT'S QUIET EVENING
ASto1y Of Domestic Life.

One evening last week Mr.. Peewit re-
turned home tired out after the worry and
fret of the days business, and, after in
dulging in a light supper, drew his chair
up to the light, cut the leaves OF a new
magazine, and remarked to his wife:
'"Here's new story, EN-, by that fav-
orite author of yours" ...
AO!is there? should like to hear it
ever so much," she replied. finishing
her cup of tea in three cheek putting
gulps. .,...F
Now if there was any one thing Peewit
considered himself ''boss'' at, it was in
reading, and nothing made him SO angry
as the slightest noise or interruption
when he was so engaged Turning to
his wife, he remarked, condescendi. gly:
II think we're going to have a quiet
evening of it, so I'll read it aloud to you.' y
Mrs. P. said that she would be more
than delighted to listen 10 it, and Peewit, ,
after wiping his glasses, commenced. He
had only read few lines when his spin
ster aunt came down stairs, slammed the
door, and asked:
s1What's the matter with him now 2
Amt going to deliver a lecture, is he?"
eff you hadn't been brought up in the
woods along with the COWS and wood
sticks, you'd know enough to keep that
big mouth of yours shut when you see a
person reading," said Peewit, raising his
ewes from his magazine, and frowning at
her. ......f-
'sHigh diddle diddle! s'pose a per-
their teeth cause you want to cackle,"
said S. A. aoidly.
Peewit went back to his reading with
out making any reply. He found the
place with some difficulty. and was get
ting right down to his work, when his
wife, who was gliding noislessly around
clearing the table off, let cup and sau-
Ger fall with crash.
8 Jumping hop-toads! what are you
trying to do?' shouted Peewit, dropping
the magazine, and looking around.
"Nothing at all, dear; only a cup and
saucer fell. Just go on with your read
ing," explained:hi his wife, comfortingly.
s'Cup and saucer!'' exclaimed Peewit.
"Heavens and earth, it made noise enough
for whole china-store:"
When he had partaken of glass of
water, and got cooled down, he resumed
the story, and was getting along nicely,
when the hired girl came down from an
swering ring at the hall door, and said
there was getleman in the hall who
wanted to see him.
aThere it goes again! A person can't
ing interrupted a hundred times said
he, slamming the book down and going
out.
Fifteen minutes later he returned,
threw himself down in the chair, snatch |
ed up the bsok, jerked it open, and said
s'You tell that idiotic servant girl Of
yours that tie next time she sends me up
stairs to be buttou-holed and talkeo to
death by life insurance agent, she'll |
have to get another situation.'
"How d'you 'srect the girl was goin'
to know the man was a 'surance fcller
anv more'n she'd know you was a born
fool ?" inquired his spinster aunt, in a !
emonish voice. !;
'I'm going to read, Inn. If YOU want
TO get up any argument, you'd better go
out in the back yard and talk to the cats
he replied, trying to find the place he had
eit off, which, owing to his s. y. turning
over the leaves in search of pictures while
he was absent, was work requiring time
and a perfect command of ones angry
passions.
''Hy the everlasting mules of Mahomet,
wish folks would keep their fingers off
hings when l lay them down for min
1te!' he shouted, finally.
He took a few minu.es to compose him
self, after he had found tine place; then
1e commenced reading in an excited and
high key, but getting in
crested after while in the story, he
luieted down, and was sailing smoothly :.