Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-06-26

dearss aaaas MrzSpoopendyke, fcei
ing uptbe, chimney, shave YOU seen my
gold COLLAR batton2"
81 saw i the day you bought il, ," an
!awered Mrs. spoopendyke, chseriiy, "and
] thought j. very pretty. Why do you
"Cause I've lost the measly thing" re-
spondsd NJ. spoependyls, running the
broom handle up in the corniee ap5 Ahak-
ing it as il il we're 4 carpet |
"You don't suppose it is up there, do |
youg;s ;saaked Mrs. spoopenayke. where |
did yanleaye iti"-. = q 7 1
"Left it in my shirt. Where do you
: suppQse "a leave tin the hashl" and
Mr. spoopsndpke tossed oyer the things
in his wife's writing desk and looked
out Of the: window after it.
where did you leave your shirtf
asked Mrs Sp9opendyke.
"Where did 1 leave-my shirt Where
q sdo yoa suppose left it, Where does
man generally leave his shirt, Mrs.
Il apsaNadyke2 Think I left it in the
ferryboat,. Got an idea left it at prayer
meeting haven't you9 Well / didn't.
T left It off, Mrs spoopendyke, that's
were left it. I left it of. Hear mer
And Mr.. spoopendyke pulled the winter
clothing ont of the cedar chest that hadn't
been unlocked for month.
"Where is the shirt nowl' persisted
Mrs spoopendyke.
!. 'Whsre do you suppose it isq Where
jaoyou imagine it isl I'll tell you where
~ is, Mrs. Spoopendyke, it's gone to
Bridgeport as witness in land, suit.
Ideal Ask q man where his shirt isl
You know I haven't been out of the
room since 1 came home last night and
took IL of" and Mr.. spoopendyke sailed
down stairs and raked the FIRE out of the
kitchen range, bu. didn't find the button.
aMaybe you lost it OH the way home,"
ipggested Mrs. spoopendyke, as her hus-
band % came mp, hot and angry, and began
to pull stuffed canary to pieces, to see
if the button had got inside.
~ ''Oh, yes! Very likelyl I stood up
as. sagainst a tree and lost it. Then hid
behind !. sfsneo SO I wouldn't see it.
That's the way it was If I only had
your bead, Mrs. spoopendyke, I'd turn
loose as razor strop, don't know any
thing sharper than you are" and Mr..
q SPosfendyke got up in chair and
c!utched handful of dust off the top Of
IA sthessrdrobe.
"It must havo fallen out" mussd Mrs.
spoopendyke. 5.
:..!Oh, it must, eh! 1t must have fallen
soaN WE'LL i declare, never thought
Of that. My impression was that it took
" So buggy and drove out, or balloon and
hoisted out" and Mr. Spoopendyke
= sSrarisd hehinsd the bureau and CON-
menss1 tearing up the carpet.
"And if it fell out, it must be some
whore RearJwhere he left his shirt. Now
heMSAys throws his shirt on the lounge
and the button is under that"
= "a A moments search established the in
fallibility Of Mrs spoopendyke's logic.
''Oh, yes! Found it, didn't youl"
painted Mr.. Spoopendyke, as he bumped
his head against the bureau, and finally
climbed to q perpendicular. "Perhaps
you will fix my shirt 30 that it won't fall
"a, out any more, and maybe you'll have
sense snough to mend that lounge, now
has made SO much trouble If you
only tended to the house as I do to my
business, thered never be any difficulty
about losing collar hutton"
sIt wasn't my fault" began Mrs
Spoopendyke. .. .
90 Wasn't, ell! Have you found thai
Coal bill you've been looking for since
Marehf' = = -
"Yea1 -afts.e e
"Haye, ehl Now where did you pu
iH Where did you find itl'
IN your oyercoat pocket "-Brookly,
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