The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-11-06
HUNTING FOR A RECEIPT.

Now my dear. said Mr.. Spoopendyke
you needn't hurry, but you'd better
get ready pretty soon. Train don't 80
for an hour and half, and We'll have
plenty of time to get there
I'm all eady," chirped Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, bustling about. Its hot and we
want to take plenty of time
Trunks AL packed? GripsackS? Bask-
ets' Everything packed:?''
"Yes. indeed" Uttered Mrs Spoopen-
dyke, gleefully, land sent the trunk
over by the expressman. So all you've got
to do is to check it at the station.
That right, said Mr.. Spoopendyko
kissing his wife That's the way to dc
things. Did you nail a card on Tic
trunk?'
No /"
on didn't. How re we going to find
it? Expect that trunk to walk up and re-
cognize us: think that trunk going to
get up and make speech and say its
Spoopendyke' trunk
THE cXpressman said it didn't need
any card. He gave me a receipt for it
and said that would do smiled Mrs.
Spoopendyke.
Il don't know but it will. reckon
he's right about that Where's the re-
ceipt?" asked Mr.. Spoopendyke cheeri-
ly.
Lets see, rcjoined Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke, putting her fingers to her lips. Z"
put it somewhere. Now. | wonder
Take your thumb ont of your mouth
You didn't stick it down your throat. did
you? Don't you know where you put ii?
Mrs Spoopendylie searched hurriedlH
in her pocket book and then looked il
the bureau draws.
Don't be impatient, dear, Sh" said,
hunting behind the clock and rummag-
ing in the vases 81 put it somewhere.
| know
What sort of thing was it, check:
What did it look like'' demanded MI
Spoopendyke.
1t wasn't a check. 1t was long ano
wide replied Mrs. Spoopendyke.
So is COW. Did he give you COW:
Did it look like COW? What did you
do with it? Got it tied up in the yard?''
1t was a regular receipt on piece OF
paper sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke. u
had it when commenced dressing. Now
what did do with ito
"What do you think you did with it:
Hang it upon on nail? Did you cook it:
What are you standin. there for? Why
don't you look for it? Suppose the blast
ed thing is coming to yon? Did it have
legs? Was it on whccls?'
Mrs. Spoopendyke clustered arouno
and searched again just where she had
searched before.
What do you want to look there for:
Why dom you stop and try to think what
you did with it? Amt you got any sense
at all?' howled Mr.. Spoopendyke. Sup
pose the measly think crawled into the
clock?-Got an idea that it climbed ovcl
the side of two vases and hid itself il
both? Why don't You put things where
You can find them?'
Il generally do sighed Mrs Spoopen
| dyke.
"Oh. yes. you do. You always do,
don't you? When business gets dull I'm
going to fill you up with little boxes and
start a safe deposite with YOU. Haven
you found it yet? How am going to gel
at that trunk without receipt? Suppose
that dod gasted railroads going to wait
around like fly on doughnut while
swear to which is my trunk? Think that
the only trunk they've got over there:
Here you sit down here and let me look
for that thing. You won't find it any
more than a heather would find consola-
ton in the Thirty-nne articles. Sit down
there while | take the house to pieces
you hear me-.
Mr.. Spoopendyke jumped up and tore
around like a green apple in small boy S
stomach.
Look here" said Mrs. Spoopendyke,
pointing to the chair her husband had
vacated There it is now. You've been
sitting on it