The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-11-03
SnaopendYke's Picture hanling.

| "Well, my dear. splu MI opoop-
eudyke, With nail 10 his month, and
balancing himself waveringly on q
jiuiugroom chair, "all you've got to
10 now is TO get yonr picture ready
aud I'll show you how 10 hang the
thing"
Its a~tnl sweet OF you, pct.
said Mrs Spoopeudyke, alternately
rubbing the frame Of very hectic
chrome aud sucking tue thumb sue
hud been hamperiuy for the last
twenty minutes. "lts awful sweet
aud thoughtful OF you, dear, To offer
your assistance at slcl a tua, tDr
[ do believe never wolll have
got nail drivoo IN that stupid
WALL
"Of course you wouldn't my dcar,
laughed SpoDponlyke. "Wlp ev,r
saw a woman that could drive nail!
You couliu't drive a galvanized car
pet tack in 'lcven pound bladder Of
putty. Anl speaking Of driving
uails. ia like to know il you're over
going to haul up that hammer, or
meat pouuder, or whatever you 'e
been using. Think | eau drive nails
with my elbow !"
Its the stove handle, love- and
Mrs. Spoopepdyke meekly handed
up n mysterious. locking implement
With a wooden handle Mt one eui
aud the uuderjaw Of shoemaker'F
plyers at tue other.
.Oh. it's Il stove hook, i, it I said
Mr.. Sp,Dpeu lyko, rcslr'ilns the
weapon with II sinister expression
Now, if you'd handed me up a dog
iron, or a pair OF steelyards, I'd have
been right ut home, bnt II stove
hook Really. my dear, Ia rather
undertake tO drive u nail VITA II
,cythe handle"
"Bnt tho walls 70 soft arl lovely,
dear, i. real i.y drives taein bcantiiT''
iiv, dear, it ready drives thcm beau
,ifilly 1T they woiii only stIci,
sail Nr4. Spnlpen lycs, rolssar'i'y
"Oliy s;ict Z" siil Str. SPoopcn'
lyke, cuntemptuonsly nov III bet
Yoh never wet the mno.hgc on u
siugle nail before yOn started It
That's why they didn t stick for you
-onca !eIlfating AIse4 d! Are yoi
1o;ng TO stand serepely by anI see
me beat my k0ucAles !uto "A shaptlcs'
pulp with this dpl-sastel melslS
marliusspike ~
Poor DEAR" sail Mrs, Spoopen-
dyke, consoliugly. "fou d. act 50
inpatient --aul ut the irst ;ria',
too. Maybe it struck s1nething
hard in the plaster. Try another
! place-thats . the way | managed
TINT "
"Oh, yes" said Mr. Spooponlyke
that's tho way you managed. and
you have punched holes enough In
here to play cribbage in Wal you
gimme another mil 7 DON'T yol see
I've knocked this one dat, AMI can't
pry it up again y
Cant unpry it mp again
calculated Mrs. Spoppeniyke IN a
very gentle voice, handing bim an
other nail. "Gau't unpry it mp again!
Nell, il that amt giammer y
"Oh. aiu't it = said Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke, with most horrlied smlle.
"Of course it ANT, you old female
seminary with cracked ocll Ia your
cupola I An going to school to
you, ur a.u | driving nails ("
"We.i, dear, signed Nrs. Spoop-
endyke, you're surely not driving
nails"
"No, you can just bet I'm not
driving nails, aud you can bel ! aiu't
a~goiug to try no more nails, nelth-
or. Aud you can bet" continued
Mr., Spoopeudy he, with still density
ing intensity, aud II war.dance
flourish as he leapei to tue hbor,
"aud you eau nst bet your high
muck, ,a-nuck. il you'd set that meas
ly old chrome of yours on the side
table. I'll throw this dod gastel
thing 80 far tlrolgh it tnat it wDu't
uet back in century, BF00kiyH