The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-08

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read Of a man with six wives, when we
know it is hard these days to take care
of one. All lies! I'm ashamed Of
Brother Jones to pay two cents every
day to buy paper that is full of such
stories; he had better put his cents in
the poor box. 1t is bad enough to hear
of such works, without buying paper
to read 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 bike law
and gospel.
Everything Brother Jones says, Sister
Jones will swear by. l think its
wicked to place such trust in poor hui
man nature. demonstrated to her at
once.
"Well," said she, "Sister Scott, when
a woman has got nice likely man she
oughter to look up to him and please
him. You know, the man is the head
of the woman"
don't want to make folks believe
Sister Jones is out of her head, hut she's
a leetle shaller-jjust little-or she
would not say such things about man
being woman's head. See how MANY
poor, miserable kites of men there is
around, ready to hang on some woman's
apron strings. | detest the whole lot on
EN-! l tell the deacon so. He says |
don't hunt the Scriptur, or I'd treat
him better. Jest hear that, when I'm
all the time trying to keep him out of
mischief d.
The deacon likes to go down the har-
Dor with his class, and the girls ike to
have him spend his money on them
buying them ice cream and sody, and
such-hke fooleries, and l don't like it.
He says I'm jealous. l couldn't be so
mean. But I've got a husband, and,
/ say, let others get one, too He says
l like to scold him. Now, it's no such
thing; but what is the use of having
husband if you can't talk to him when
you feel ii? Some people have said that
l am Il terrible talker It's nothing Of
the sort. Last mind my own business,
and say nothing to nobody.
But | must finish about Sarah Maria's
pianner. l went in again the other
night. The door was open and l went
right up stairs I opened the parlor
door and stood looking at the professor
giving Maria lesson. They sot side
oy side by the pianner; one OF the pro-
fesso:s arms was around Maria's waist.
His other hand held hers, and he was
looking right down into her crimson face
and thought he was teaching her some
uproar music, as he kept a saying 81
love YOU" 1t was picture to see the
professor, with his big black mustache,
hanging over little Sarah. If he hadn't
been her teacher, should of thought he
was trying to court her. But | knew
better than that
All at once he dropped his head, and
loud noise, as if bunch of fire crackers
had went of, sounded. 7 was kinder
scarf, and said
80, N.Y.
You had oughter see him jump! The
P, ofessor acted mad, and said, kinder
ugly
'Some people don't know their place"
guess he was mad with Sarah Ma
ria, for he ketched up his hat and said:
81 don't mean to endure this any longee,"
and went out.
Sarah Maria felt kinder bad, too, for
the tears came into her purity eyes. l
told her to keep stiff upper lip, and
not to be bullied by her teacher. She
said she was going upstairs to bed, so |
had to so down stairs again. just rs l
got three steps from the bottom l
stepped down and fell. Ny ankle was
doubled up under me.
The noise brought Brother Jones
He tried to lift me up, but Lor' sake
alivel he was nowheres-couldn't stir
me a peg. 1t wasn't because l was SO
heavy, for I only weighed one hundred
and ninety seven and half. There l
laid until they called the deacon, and
between the two they brought me home
and laid me on my bed, and there l was
for long while.
At last l got SO lonesome that
asked the deacon to buy one Of them
lying newspapers, for l should 60 off the
handle if l couldn't hear nothing, even
/ if it wasn't true. He bought it, and
the first thing he read to me was MAR
rage Contentious" Now that wasn't