The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-01
What Mariar Died Of.

49,. lmmen is the most euriousest
thing l ever seed even tbs hest on 5eu-
as 1 make no doubt poor Mariar vas
gro9neu the bereaved husband.
| w nat did she die of pr asked
al y you don't mind a-steppiul I'm
a mint, Pll show YOU yyb,t sbe Ill rs
/ You see that there wiuJer nv The
chimbly? Wal, that's what she died
/ Of" u'eu
"Died of window ?"
"Yes, ma'am; and if you don't mind
a-settin' down mint, l guess Tll tell
you hOw't was.
''YOu see, when we fust come to live
here, nigh onto ten year ago, there
want no winder there, and Mariar she
looks around, and sez she, quick as
flash, sez She: 4 wish there was wiu-
der on that side o. the ROOM sez she.
Wimmeu is allus a-lOokiu' for suthin'
as amt there; aud the more 10 amt
there, the more they banker arter it.
oval, Marian, she began to banker
arter that wiuder. She couldn't live
without that winder. Sue wanted more
light and more fresh air, and il would
he so kinder cheerful a-seitin' by the
stove and a-seeini what was gOin' on
outside, she said For it's just like a
woman to want to be hot and cold at
the same time.
oval, she kept a-wishin' aud a-talkin'
about that there winder TIL got kinder
tired a-hearin' ont. So seZ 1 to her, sez
[: If you wait spell I'll pnt in that
there winder for yOu,' seZ ]. Aud L
meant to do it, too, seem as we'd one to
spare, and ! am kinder handy like but
we'd been alvin here nigh onto seven
year without that there wlnder, and we
want dead yet, so 1 waited awhile.
For it amt my way to rush inter things
kinder mad-like.
"But wimmen hain't no faculty for
waiiin'. Leastways Marian hadn't.
"YOn see, Pm kinder easy TO live
with, and that's what spilled her temper
Mariar allus had her own way. There's
no woman ever had her own way more
nor what Mariar had. When she
wanted anythin' she'd ask an ask for
it, and she kinder jawed me about it
awhile, then she'd 90 and do il herself.
She allus did, and | allus let her, fort
amt my way To counteract woman
Aud then-laws-a-m massy lit want no
easy thing TO cOunteTact Marian.
"Wal, one murnin', that was about
three weeks ago, she got up awful cross.
"'Air you guin' to put in that win
der, or air you not? That's what /
wauter know seZ she, kinder scOrnful-
like
" Not on sich cold day as this sez I.
Yes says she, it's allus too not or
too cold, or too suthin' or other, for
YOU sez she. Which no man could say
it's my fault il our climate amt reg'la
oval, she went on a-talkin' and a.
rakin' up things as was past and gone
and had nOthin' to do with it, as VIM
men allus dO-its their way.
'Ill have that winder afOre | die,
sez she, 1T l put 1t in myself sez she,
kinder sarcastical.
q. 4 bet yer can't do it, sez I, kinder
mild.
Il bet I can,' sez she; 'pve had to do
wus nor this sez she.
oval, she went on a-talkin, you
know, and as il want just kinder peace
ful enough to hum to suit me, l went
down to Jim's place. Jim amt mar
ried, you see, so it's kinder sOOthiu'-like
to man as is.
SIT was an awful cold day, and the
wind a-blowin' like mad, but when I
come hum at night what do yer think /
found No supper, nor nOthin' ready
for me, but, declare for it, if that there
winder wasn't in II was put in
crooked and IL want much of winder,
| but il was sorter convenient, for all that.
oval, / felt kinder provoked at fust,
out the OLD woman was took sick that
night, and 1 kinder forgive her afOre
she died. OF course, if I'd a-knOwed as
she was a-goin' to die for it, I'd let her
done it without so much jawin' about
\ it. Tho / amt so sure as she'd like
that either, for she was the jawingest
woman as ever ] heerd on.
/ "NOu see, Mariar allus had her wav,
so she couldn't give up for anything.
/ But she was a real smart woman, too,
and / feel kinder lonesome without her.
And | know it amt good for a man to
be alone, especially about his vitiles
and things, but / amt so sure as it is
allus good for him to be married,
neither.
"Yer see, it's mighty hard work ter
please a woman. Wimmeu is the most
Oueasy and Onsartin critters I ever
knOwed. Things don't never suit iem,
and wheu they 10 suit 'em, why, then
they want more of it; so there amt
never no pleasin' 'em clear through
Leastways, that has been my expert
ence. And it's a doubt in my mind
If it's good for a woman, either; vet I
alius was kinder easy TO live with.
"And that's what poor Marian died
Of."-AHlCric0ul Home.