The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
N0F AAET0GETHER SATISFACTORY.
Mrs. sposps sayss'. rsrpssxity conserhing
the Morey Letter.
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@Bntwhat Ican't understand !" said Mrs.
Spoopendyke argumentatively, after her hus-
band had carefully explained to her all
about the Chinese letter what L don't
understand Is, ii Mr.. GARFIELD says he didn't
send the letter, how did Mr.. MQSey get :t.'
~, "Esj didn't get a they say' -. returned Turned
never saw or heard of it, Don't you seer
Perfectly. But who got it2 If it was
mailed to Mr.. Morey how could anybody
else get it? If Mr.. Garfield should write a
letter to me, would a newspaper get hold of
itTi
well. If he ever does, they'll know it.
Can't ye understand anything a. all scarce
ly2 The Democrats say that M Garfield
wrote the letter and the Republicans say he
didn't" NA-
what do the Greenbackers say9 That
would be important-n
dad CAST the Greenbackers!" retorted
Mr.. Spoopendyke. "What have they got to
do with it? The question is whether Mr..
Garfield wrote it,
al don't see why he didn't, if Mr. Morey
got it. Now, If Mr. Morey hadn't got it,
there might be some question; but"
"Whats the matter with you?' demanded
Mr. SpOopendyke. What are We thinking
with--your elbows? If Mr.. Garfield didn't
send it, how could Morey get it? Spose he
went fishing and caught it like an eel?'
That's the point" conceded Mrs. Spoo-
pendyke. Hjut il Mr.. Morey did get it,
who sent il? He must have got il. because
it was directed to HINT (s
THAT settles it, groaned Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke. Nobody thought of that before.
You've got the whole postal system in a
teaspoon. If somebody would fit you up
with pigeOnholes and an iron safe you'd
only need to be, assessed 10 per cent bya
Campaign Committee to be postoffice. If
Mr.. Garfield never sent that letter, of course
Morey never got it. Amt that plain? If he
did get it, then the chances are that Mr.
Garfield wrote it. Can We see that?"
That's Just what / said. Now, If Mr..
Morey didn't get it, how did the newspapers
get hold oft? Did Mr. Garfield send il to
the newspapers"
-A'Ohl didn't he?i howled Mr. Spoopen-
dyke. He took it around himself, and
sprained his leg in dOingit. OH you've
struck it. LII took your logic to fetch out
the facts With your metaphysics yon only
want red and green light TO be drug store.
The Republicans say that Garfield didn't
write il or send il, and Morey never got il or
saw it. Can you get that through your
head? Is there room in your skull Tor that
idea?'
Plenty rejoined Mrs Spoopendyke.
''But don't the Democrats say that Mr.. Gar
field did write it and Mr. Morey did get it?
They may know as much about il as the Re
publicans and then they've got the letter to
prove it. Ii they didn't have the letter il
would be different, and it shows that it went
to Mr.. Morey Now, the only thing is
whether Mr.. Morey was a Democrat or Re
publican. If he was"
'.Are We an idiot? Have We got 10 90 to
night scnOOl TO be fool? Don't you know
MOrey's dead? He amt Republican, or
Democrat either; he's an angel, if he's had
luck. He left that letter among his papers,
and his wife gave il out for publication"
ssTheata that ao,1S n cold Mrs
dyke. If his wife gaYe it out Know he
never got it. That's just the way with some
women. Always getting their poor dead
husbands in trouble She ouRht-to- be
ashamed. And so Mr.. Garfield amt to be
Presidentg' -a .a.I .fsr
do you know what you want? You
want high chimney and graveled walk
TO be a funatic asylum. Who says he won't
be PRESIDENT Why can't he be PreSident?'
1.-The didn't write the letter, how can he?"
argued Mrs. Spoopeudyke. kcA
What do you suppose the letter was, a
tower? What dye s. pose il was, anyway"
why, his letter of acceptance, waSn'tit?
Wasn't il something abouthis nomination."
mo, il wasn't it, sneered Mr. SpOOpen-
dyke. cit was a confession that he was old
man Bender. That's what II was. 1t laid
the blame of knocking Nathan's brains out
with Charley Ross on George Washington
that's what it was Got il nOw2 Think you
can talk about it like a human being another
timer and Mr.. Spoopendyke shot out OF
heh0use. az ~ ~
We'll, well" said Mrs. Spoonpendyke. as
she held the bed spread up and figured on
whether she would turn il over or have il
washed. I'm glad I'm beginning TO I'M
derstand politics But if Mr. Garfield didn't
write the letter and Mrs. Morey was alive,
it would go hard for Mr.. Morey in giving it
out. \ woman cant be too careful about
what she does in politics. and having de-
cIded to turn the spread, Mrs. Spoopendyke
tied a towel around he- head, and having
busted her private papers, put them away
them ~ M "