, 1880-07-08

one OF them houses to pieces THIN he
read oS man with six wives, when we
know j; is hard these days to take care
Of one. All lies. Im ashamed OF
Brother Jones to pay two cents every
day TO buy a paper that is full Of such
storics, he bad better Put his cents IN
tie poor box Il is bad enough TO hear
Of such works. without buying paper
toIeaa them. But such taste some folks
have. There sat Sister Jones locking
at her lord and master (as I've heard
some folks saw taking it all in Ike law
and gospel. vT,sr..
Everything Brother Jones says, Sister
Jones will swear by, | think its
wicked to place such trust in poor hu
man nature. ! demonstrated to her st
once.
"We.!, said she, "Sister Scott when
a woman has rot a nice likely man she
oughter to look up.to him and please
him. You know, the man is the head
Of the woman. sDl .caaJtJ
don't want 10 make folks believe
Sister Jones is out OF her head, but she's
a, leetle shaller--just . little-or she
.woalh not say sash things about a man
being woman's head. See how many
poor, miserable kites of men thers is
aronrd, ready to hang ohlsome yoman's
apron strings | detest the whole lot ON
'eml- l. tell the deacon so. He says |
don't hunt ties scriptur, or I'd treat
him better Jest hear that, when I'm
all the time trying to keep him out of
mischief '''-''''''''''--'''--.''
The deacon likes to go down the har-
bof with his class, and the girls like 70
have him spend shis .meaey on them
buying them iSe:cream ana 'sody, and
such-like fooleries, and / don't like it.
He says I'm Jealous. l couldn't be So
mean. But I've got q husband. and,
Issy, let others get one, too He says
|IIike to scold him. 3 Now, it's no such
thing; but what is the use of having a
husband if you can't telk to him when
You feel it? Some people have said that
If am a terrible balkeE It's nothing of
the sort. lust mind my own business,
and say nothing to nobody;
But T must finish about Sarah Maria's
pianher GI went in again the other
might The dopr. Was open r and l went
right up stairs. / opened The parlor
door and stood looking atthe professor
giving Maria lesson. They sot side
10y lside;by the 'pianner;i one of the pro-
fessor's arms was around Maria's waist.
His other hand held hers, and he was
docking fright down into her crimson face
and TthoughShe,was teaching her some
uproar music, as he kept saying ~
love YOU. 'Itswas a picture to see the
professor, with his big black mustache,
hanging over little Sarah.y If be hadn't
been her teacher, should of thought he
was trying to court her. But | knew
better than that, AZ uyFO ~ lIp
i.Allfat once he dropped his head, and
q loud noise, as if "a bunch of tire-crackers
had went off, sounded. II was kinder
scarf and said4-sSNy6 1esNJo&J
30, myt",o65pl bN.n .s
You had -oughter see him jump! The
Professor acted mad, and said, kinder
ugly ,"xQjlft,,r.." 81
"Some people don't know their place"
/ guess he was mad with Sarah Ma
ria, for he ketchsd, up his hat and said:
81 don't mean toendnre this any lOngee,"
AVID went out, 400"
Sarah ksMaria felt kinder bad, too, for
the tears came into her purity eyes. /
told her to. keep q stiff upper lip, and
not to be, bpllied by her teacher. She
said she was going upstairs to bed, SO |
had to go down stairs again. Just as |
got three steps from the bottom |
stepped down and felk My ankle was
doubled up under me- ~ 'faL,Nt o
The noise noise brought Brother Jones.
He tried to lift me up, but Lor' sake
alivel he was notwithstanding stir
me a peg. It wasn't because. i was 50
heavy, for I only weighed one hundred
and nipetyseyen Nshd d haif. There 1
laid until they called the deacon, and
between the two, they brought me home
and laid me on my bed, and there | was
for . longsYhile. -
|IRAtlaAtlI got so lonesome that I
asked the deacon to buy one of them
lying newspapers, for ] should go Oft the
handle if / couldn't hear nothing, even
il it, wasn't true, He bought it, and
|. the fiHSt thinc he read to me was "Mar.