Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-07-25

looked behind the pictures, and in the
books, and in the flower vases, and
shook all the shells. | then ran up to
our room and looked in my boots, and
in the pockets of my Sunday coat. and
then in all of my wife's pockets.
came back into the dining-room and
found my wife and cook and the house
girl and two children all looking fo- the
key. asked my wife if she was right
certain that she mad had the key to-day
but she looked so hurt at me that j
asked her to forgive me, kissed her.
vowed | would never doubt her again,
and went up stairs declaring | would
find that key or die. got step ladder
and looked on top Of the wordrobe, in a
hat box, and batch of raw cotton,
and sixteen paper collar boxes. Then
went in our room and took every thing
out of my wife's trunk and shook them
all carefully. and in the soiled clothes
basket, and laid each piece i'll separate
place on the floor. | looked up the
chimney. | went back in the dining
room and stirred in the gravy dish, and
run the fork through the butter, and
looked in the match safe, under all the
plates and under the beef steak.
went in the kitchen and looked in the
cupboard, the cooking stove, the refrig-
orator, the rat trap, the coal pile, the
cider barrel and rat hole. | came
back in the parlOr and moved the piano,
and the book case, and the pier table,
turned the chairs up side down and
looked under their bottoms. | appolo-
gized TO the company and said We had
only misplaced a key little. They
looked hungry, and seemed truly 10
sympathize with Us. heard my wife
and the cook and the house girl and the
two children in the cellar moving cord
wood, sheet iron, empty barrels and
flower pots. ! got ladder and went
up into the attick looked under the
onions and on all the strings of red pep
per, and then looked out on the root,
and just 10 feel sure that | had not neg
lected any place, / looked down the
chimney and at the lightning rod. Com
ing down stairs | met my wife and felt
like telling her the key could not pos
sibly be in the house; but she looked
so troubled and worried that my heart
was touched and | couldn't say it; but
determined that | would have that key
If | would have 10 take up the carpets
and all the loose plastering. So | got
the step ladder again and looked oyer
got down on the floor and felt all over
the carpets. | looked in the dogs
mouth, and down both barrels OF my
shot gun; happened 10 think about
Major Andre. and felt in my boots. |
looked at the baby to see if he looked
like he had swallowed anything. 1
shook the broom and looked in the
clock, poured out the ink. and looked in
the cainphor bottle; and then | came
into the dining room and felt inside a
cold turkey with a spoon, looked in my
pocket-book, blew through my flue,
looked up at the ceiling, felt in my hair,
and down the back Of my neck: looked
under the eat. and opened can of oys-
tiers had to be opened any how }. broke
open a loaf of light bread, and felt the
pound cake Cdurned thing might have
got in the dough-. hated to say so,
but | told NV wife | would Just have to
give it up, but | told her would have
that door oped if had Ia blow it open
with glycerine. ] got = hatehet and a
monkey-wrench, and a poker, and "a
bOotjack. sen. 10 six of the neighbor,
and borrowed all their keys. Ipicked
out one. and when | went to stick it in
that pantry lock there was that pantry
key sticking in the key hole.