The Red Cloud chief., 1882-08-10

we maven I e0Befe1 30 iutouseu-
ience." returned Mrs. Tom. icftily.
1T sin't TO be sneezed af," aid
Lucinda
As luck would have II. however. .
cold snap set In about this time. MR..
Dodd piled on the coal and shivered
surrcpti,iously. -.
..Your what-you-may-call-it don't
seem TO keep out the cold like n door,"
suggested Mrs. Jerry in another Of her
nelghboriy calls. Il don't believe
they'll be popular in MillviIiage."
They're popular nj Lawyer Brownies
and in the first families to Hfngham."
returned her sister in-law.
well, Is'posc they have . furnace
there. and the price Of coal Amt no con.
sequence to 'em. For my part. /
shouldn't be able to reconcile II TO my
conscience TO waste Jerry's substance in
q yorfiere."
If Mrs. Dodd had wished to set the
neighborbood agog she succeeded; Mil
village wasn't used TO esthetic ideas,
and the report that she had taken q door
of the hinges and hung up q curtain in
its stead seemed TO their unenlightencd
minds the he ght OF absurdity.
but il really does look ever so
pretty" said one genial soul nj the sew
ing circle" only my teeth chartered in
my head all the time ! stayed at Miss
Dodd's"
'Lucindy tells me it's q n~ew-fangled
notion they got up to bingham; she
says it's all around there. As If it was
the measles. It's what they call .Art
Decoration" explained Mrs. Lutte
string. the milliner.
"Art iiddlesticks." snapped Mrs.
Jerry. 1.-THE art of taking cold, I reckon.
Pamelcy had the doctor last night and
a mustard plaster! ! calkilate she's
decorated with a blister by this time"
I'm afeared Miss Dodd's getting
dreadful worldly to be so took up with
coflce-baggiDg and cotton-ilannel when
there's missionary work to be DONE"
sighed old Mrs. Preacher.
Miss Dood's got gentility on the
BRAIN" put in the village drcss-maker.
"She wants to lead the fashions in Mill
village
'.fthing IT'S BUR duty TO get up a pc.
t;tion aud ask her to hev the door hung
again, seeing's the sewing society's 90
ing TO meet there next week; it wouldn't
be- convenient for all Of US to hev the
infuenzy together" suggested the Pres
ident of the society.
Its flying in the face Of Provi
dence." suggested Mrs. Jerry.
But before the week ended Aunt Han.
nah dropped in from Neariield TO make
Mrs. Dodd a visit, as the weather had
moderated.
81 thought I'd take advantage OF the
warm spell," she exclaimed. "You see
I'm going over to bingham next week
to hev Lawyer Browne make my will.
and I thought I'd stop awhile along
with you. Pameley, on my way. You
know" she continued. dropping into a
whisper as though the heirs were all at
her elbow, "if I don't make it-and IL
seems as il | was old enough-every-
thing'n go to his folks! seeing's I'm
ONLY your aunt-in law. having married
your own uncle Roger Hill for my first
husband and my good-for-nothing cous-
in Tom Jackman for my. second; If !
don't make il, you see, not a dollar q
belong to you, rs ] brought you up till
YOU married Mr.. Dodd! Laws is queer.
YOU know; SO l thought l wouldn't wait
no longer. but take advantage Of the
thaw and hev Lawyer Browne cut his
folks of with n dollar"
But the thaw was followed by another
cold wave before Aunt Hannah could
start for bingham.
1T won't last long" Mrs. Dodd con.
soled her, land then Tom'l drive YOU
over in the pung."
Its proper pleasant here.' CHR.
ruped the old LADY, land | wouldn't
crudgc staying all winter, il his folks
had ONLY been cut oil. How well Ben's
WOODEN carpet wears. and the horse haii
furniture looks so gentecl. When you
ret my legacy-aih't there a door open
somewhere, Pameley? I've got cold
water a-running down my back
..Do put OF this shawl. Aunt Han
NAH" begged Mrs. Dodd; "Tll stir uT
the fire and bring nv foot-stove and 8
bottle OF hot water; the houscis old, you
see. and full of cracks"
..When you get my legacy you car
have a new one. Pameley. What have
YOU got that counterpane hanging up tc
the doorway for? To keep out the ARP
"That's a portierc. Aunt Hannah"
"Lor'. l heard up TO Neariicld that
YOU had q portiere, and ok wondered
what il was like, and said they no. ed i,
wasn't nothing catching; I've beer
meaning to ask YOU about il ever since
| come, but the will and the cold snap
nut it out Of my head. So that's {
portiere. ell? Can't you afford a door
Pameley?"
1--WE took it Oh a-purpose." said In
cinda; doors amt anything beside
p,pticres. nowadays"
.rm AFRAID il ain wholesome sale
Aunt Hannah. her teeta chatter.ng II
her head. 10 >peak tigura'ivel T. "ibe
lieye I'm com y down with n of m,
Gods" rs though Sire hal n monopol,
of them. .. hope il won be nothing
serious till | see Law ,er Browne: Iii
folks would laugh in their sleeves il the!
was to come in Tor all the property.
guess I'll go 10 bed
ri Just slip the warming pan int
your bed first. Aunt Hannah, and buil'
a fire in Your room and put some pen
nyroyal Ia steep. You don't feel fever
ish. DO youg'
But poor Aunt Hannah never reaches
bingham, an | the will was never made
Pride goes before a fail" Tom Dod'
reflected aloud. You paid q prett,
price for your portiere, Pamelcy; hop
YOU feel as though yoa'd got your mon
ey's worth"
..It's like locking the stable after tn
horse is STOLE" remarked Lucinda whel
the curtain was taken down and tn
door replaced.
IL don { never want to hear the nam,
again, Lucinda Dodd; don't talk TO m,
OF porfieres." said her mother; 1.-THE!
oughtn't never to have been invented
NARY ". Prescott, in Oar Continent
Glasses OF American Tourists
The Americans in Europe may b
roughly divided into three classes