The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-03-16
She "SOt'' Down Oh Him.

CHC CUt DOhH
liter making inquiries of every per-
sol they met, no matter if pedestrians
wee only ten feet apart, old Mr.. and
Ms. Jones reached the Detroit & Mil
wslkee depot yesterday in good order,
AMI were shown into the waiting-room.
Tley did not enter, however, until the
oil man had read the sign over the door
ari remarked:
!" Waiting-room, Ell? Wonder what's
.sle's waiting for. Well, we can wait
as long as the room can-eh, NancyP"
Il told YOU" she replied as she de-
posted her heavy satchel on one of the
wooden sofas-''I told you to see all
you could and say as little as possible"
That what I'm doing" he growled,
as he drew his coat-tails right and left
and backed up to the red-hot coal stove.
He had just become interested in read
ing" Broad-gauge, double-track three
hours time saved to New York"
when the back of his blue coat began
rapidly fading to brindled brown, and
several parties called out in warning
way. He leaped away, pulling his
pants away from his legs, and the old
lady pulled him down beside her and
hoarsely whispered:
eff you were boy I'd spank you
good and sound! The back of your
coat is falling light out, and everybody's
laughingr'
Its no such thing hain't laugh
ing!n he snapped as he wriggIed
around. Glow did l know there was
any fire in the stove? How could | see
my back?'
In few minutes the troubled water
settled down. The old lady was hunt
ing her snuff-box, and the old man was
sticking his four or five teeth into an
apple, when he complacently remarked:
Pm going to Git this coat off and
look at the mortal injuries"
You keep stilln' she warned.
You'd make nice spectacle here in
your shirt sleeves, wouldn't you?"
"Hain't this a free country?n
You keep right stilln'
That settled that. 1t was all of ten
minutes before he suddenly announced:
"When the old man Barnes was here
last summer he got the best blony sas-
sage he ever stuck his mouth into, and
I'm going out to find the place and buy
one.h
"You won't do any such thing; you
axe going to stay right here and keep
your head shutr'
| II am, am IP'
Eyes, you arer'
And that settled that. He leaned
back, signing like the last turn of BIG
fy-wheel, and the old lady was almost
oozing when he made a move that
startled her. He was trying to scratch
the sole of his left foot with the toe OF
his right boot.
Then chilblainsr' he whispered, as
she faced around.
"You stopr' she commanded.
81 tell you they itch so l can't stand
it,
"All the folks are lookingr' she ex-
claimed, "and you'll soon be the laugh
ing stock of everybody in the room
Let your feet go till night, and then you
can rub 'em with sand-paper AGAIN.!
I'm going to pull my boots off now
this very minit-and dig them 'ert
chilblains right to the hearth he said,
in determined tone.
"No, you won't!''
Eyes, willr'
81 see what I've got to dor she said
as she rose up. You foller mer'
"Why?"
"Come right along without Il wordr'
He followed her out into the depot
and to the lower end. Her clenched
hand was seen to " tick" his long nose
as she INDUCED in emphatic gestures,
and when he followed her back he looked
pale. As he was going into the door OF
the waiting-room merry traveller re.
markell
1.-THE old lady rather runs this house,
doesn't she?''
"She doesn' whispered the old man,
as he halted for an instant. "She's my
third wife, and she's got heaps of town
lots, piles of pine land and wagon-loads
of mill-dams and saw-mills. | hain't
got nothing-nothing but religion-and
that don't back me worth a cent when
the old lady puts her foot down! Yes,
I'm sot down on-good-by."
Five minutes after that he was lean
ing against the wall, doing off to sleep,
and big tear resting on either cheek.
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