Richland beacon., 1878-05-11
ECHOES FROM THE PHONO.
GRAPH.
What Mrs. BarstinglOw Heard
After Three Days Absence
From Home.
Burlington Hawkeve I

"a 1t happened that Mrs. Barstinglo,
was going down to Kcokuk for fe,
days, and MIR. Barstinglow was in
consolable. At one time be proteste
that she should not go: he could NJ
endure the lonesome house during hel
absence. And then again be de
clared that /: she must 20, be woul,
neglect his office, and let bis business
60 to the bow-wows, and he woul,
go with her. At length, h,wever
e she persuaded him to be reasonable
n and on her repeated assurance tha,
she would not remain away longer
than three days, he consented to le,
her 60 He even bought ber ticket
and ordered the carriage and paid for
1t two days ahead. lest his resolution
should give way, aud be should forbid
her going from him. And from that
time I'LL the morning of her departure
MIR. Barstinglow spoke in subdued
tones, and moved about with the air
OF man whose heart was buried un.
der mountains Of grief
Before she left the house, Mrs.
Barstlnglow set the pbonograph in
the sitting room, behind the clock
Then she kissed her disconsolate bus.
band, and begged him to preserve his
precious life for her sake while she
was away, aud then she was gone.
Every day, during her three days'
visit to the Gate City. she received
letter from her mourning husband, beg.
glng her to come back aud telling her
how lonesome he was without her.
and how like grave the empty house
seemed. and bow the hours dragged
over his aching heart with leaden feet
And in three days she came home.
and filled the solemn house with sun.
light and laughter again.
The evening after her return To
Burlington, she took down the phonc-
grph.
L WONDER she said, what we said
last in its bearing? 1t must have
been something while we were dis.
cussing my visit Or may be it has
caught some of your poor, longing
meanings while l was away
And then she turned the crank
Lord. no, croaked the pbonograpb.
in tones of hearty reinsurance, mo
danger Of that; she's safe in Keokuk
for three days: saw her safely off
myself, this morning. Light your ci.
gar while l light another lamp and ,
make the room look cheerful 8
Why exclaimed Mrs Barstinglow, i
IN countenance of amazement, what +
On earth is it saying?'
Oh, some nonsense some of your I
visitors have talked into it some time r
'r other replied her husband, nery. +
'usly; people talk all kinds of stuff :
q phonograph, you know. They I,
ay anything for talk n
Mrs. BarstingIow, looking only Il
'alf convinced, gave the crank anoth. a
r turn. :
This is devilish good whisky, Bars O.
y. CALCULATED the machine, very :,
arnestly. You don't get It iu Bur. f.
ngton, do you?' ~
Mrs. Barstinglow gave a little h,
brick. - -
My DEAR said her husband, look. re
g now quite as worried as be had b,
'oked when be was begging her not ia
90 to keokuk; put it away, some dc
ody has had it out in the stable, and IN
might say something perfectly IN
'ocklng. you know. Put it away in
But Mrs. Barstinglow, upon whom on
e spirit of investigation had de. tb
ended with great power, ground fiji
way, and the pbonograpb, 10 voice tn,
like her husbands, went tn,
morselessly on. ba
Not much; they don't make this IN,
1d now. It's some old Monougs. no,
la. copper distilled, that Mrs. Bars. dir
glow's mother gave her for medici- mr..
purposes three years ago. Fill isl,
, there's plenty of it, and / can re. ALI
ice it with any kind of beverage of
len it's gone. TIE old girl won't sba
Ow the difference ,ho
Mrs. Barstinglow felt herself turn. i
to stone, but The next turn of the fou
nix brought out an uproarious {
Ha, ba. ha Here's to the o. g. the
That famed her checks into q flame. rail-
For mercy's sake. Malashi Bars las,
glow she shrieked, what does this 7
amp bo.
dr. Barstinglow now looked as of ,
ugh be really did wish she had and
er gone to Keokuk. wer
lts just as tell you,' be said with era,
effort to look unconcerned that was mer
humorous book, a colossal sue The
;, so far as its utter failure was est
cerncd. Somebody has been talk nan
all sorts of uoncop,o ;o,o :. -. -