Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-05-11

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Baringer that the carpet was ready
to be shaken. Mrs. Baringer, with
her head in an apron, came out.
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Baringer got the start of her and.
shook roll clear down to her hands.
exploding in loud snap and a vol
cano of dust in her face. Then she
dropped the carpet and sneezed and
protested. :
"You shook too quick, deary,"
she said.
"But you said you were ready,
sweety, replied Mr.. Baringer.
&C But you shouldn't be so rough.
lovey," she protested.
Well, I have to shake hard
to get the dust out, ducky," he in
sisted.
We'll, you needn't be SO cross
about it, deary," she said.
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expect hard work houses cleaning
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II never jerked you around, hs
retorted.
Why, Aristarchus Baringerr'
exclaimed his wife, making very
large eyes at him and speaking in
tones of the greatest amazement,
"ani maybe you didn't tear the
carpet upstairs, either"
81 wish your carpet was in Hall
fax" he said, savagely. "Pick up
that end; let's get through with it.
This is sweet work for dry goods
salesmen, anyhowt Ready?'
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ready. Now wait. There. Hold
on now; don't be in such a hurry.
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was snapped out of her hands, and
it did seem as though her fingers
had gone with it, while Mr.. Bar
niger, pretending not to know that
it had fallen from her fingers, kept
on shaking violently at his end.
filing the air with dust and grit.
At this juncture Mrs. Baringer's
mother. who had been a quiet spec
tator of the carpet shaking scene,
approached and called him to desist.
Then she gathered up the vacant
end Of the carpet.
"Aristarchus," she said, kindly
but firmly, "Olivia is not strong
enough for such wolk."
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