The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-11-11

shabby vido~s7vsGh She wanted
Q machine fnes hessdI end dauRhse,
% Ieeen. and stlih sbe had heard
thatI would Re the money by in.
stal Dent. nev jsse half On hour
.ha)bte By enr dAsp 6opsk. I had made
sow that I'd give up ill that par
Of the tr.de. and I was very rough
With her-just % I am when In
crIss-snd said "No."
But you will II the lady give
security " aays my wife hastily.
1he P00e W0oeo gave SUo6 Voc
begooe look as ~ that it made me
more oue Of temper than ever. for
could feel thst it ! stopped / should
have to let her have one at her owl
tsrms. And % It was: for there. Il
l didn't let Der have . 6rsf-class ma
chine. - good - new, she only pay
ing ssveu ani oae-half down, and
undertaking tn pay half . crown q
week. and no more security than
nothing!
To make il vome, tn, IL I didn'i
send the thing hone without charge
Luke going with it. for he w.s back
at homo now keeping INV books.
being grown into . fine young fellow
Of Eve and tweaty; and l sat and
growled the rest Of the day. calling
myself Ill the weak-minded idiots
under the sun. and telling the wife
that business was going to the dogs,
and ! should b ruined.
"You ought 70 Be ashamed Of your
ell, Tom. she nid.
80 I an" ays 1. Il didn't think
] could Be sueb . fool"
''Such . fool - to do kind action 70
one to hear the clicking Of my sewing
machine. who was evidently . lady
boro. and come down in the world"
"Yes,' l ays. ito living 10 Ben.
nets place. where I've sunk no les
than ten machines in Eve years."
"Yes." nys the wife, " '.aud cleared
hundreds Of pounds, Tom, I'm ashamed
Of you you . man With twenty work
men busy upstairs. . couple Of thou.
sand pounds worth. Of stock. and in
tho hank a."
Hold your tongue. will you!" I
said roughly, and went out into the
shop to try and work il o.
Luke came hack soou after looking
very strange. and I vas at him direct.
".
"Where's the seven an six r I
says, anerily.
He didn't answer. but put three
half-crowns down on the desk, took
out his b,ok. made his eotries-date
Of delivery. 6rst payment. when
others due. and oil the rest Of it.
aud was then going into the honse.
"Mind." I said sharply. "those
payments are TO Be kept up to the
day: and tomorrow you 20 to the
R'Ilys. Who lives nearly opposite to
EN-. and tell en- to keep sn eye on
the window, OF 10 shall lose another
machine"
"You needen't Be afraid. father he
mid co'dly; ''theyife h"uest enough
only pour"
/ was just In that humor that I
wanted 70 quarrel With somebody, and
that did it.
when I ask you for your opinion.
young mat. you give it me: and
whan ! sell you 70 d. . thing. you do
4" ] says 10 % savage . way - ever
| spoke to the lad. "You "a over
Tomorrow and tell the R,llys to keen
, strict lookout On those people: do
you heart"
"Father,' be says. looking me full
10 the face. II couldn't insult them
By doing such . thing when. with.
out another word. be walked
quietly out Of the shop. leaving me
worse than ever.
For that boy had never spoken to
mo like that before. and / should
have gone after him feeling like mad.
,nly some people came in. and I
iidn't zee him again ill evening. and
! good thing, t.,O. for I'm sure !
Dh0uh have aid oil sorts of things
10 the boy that I should have been
Dorry for after. And there | Was.
Funing and fretting about, savage
With everybody. giving short answers.
at the wife. and feeling % .
man does feel when be knows that hs
aas been In the wrong and hasn't the
,eart IN own Il.
Il vas about 8 o'clock that I WA
itfing By the parlor firs. With the
siie working and very quiet. when
Luke came 10 from the workshop With
. book under bic arm, for be had
zen footing up the mems piece.work.
'0d what VA due to them, end the
ight Of him made me feel % If I
wanted to quarrel.
He saw Il. too. but be said nothing,
My put tho accounts awav and
'eGsn to read.
The wife ~ the storm brewing,
nd 10 knew how pat out I va. for
bad not lit ny pipe. nor yet had
~ evening nap. which l always have
fbes tea. She did what she 70 veil
new how to do-lilIed ny pipe,
orced 4 into ny hands. and just o. I
~ going 70 dash il to pieces in the
shss. che gave 10 one Of her old
ooks, kissed me on the forehead. .
nth one hand she pressed ne back
nto my chair add then With the
ther she lit . spliut and held it to
~ tobacco.
I was done. She always gets over
ne like that and after smoking in
Hence for half an hour. I Was lying
ack. With nv eyes closed. dropping
q to deep. when the wife mid What
ID zone before I hadn't heard
"Yes. bee ss)oep now