River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-12-14
HOW A WIDOW MOURNEn

HOW A WIDOW MOURNEh
She Grieved Ten thousand Dollars W0sth nj
The Start, ous Ueaaened as She Gr.s
Oider.
She was a handsome and wealthy
young widow, aud had inst lost her Lus
band. Full Of grief over the loss of he:
beloved one, she sought dealer in mon,
uments, friend of the dear departed.
Seeing the sympathetic face of her
husbands friend, the tears burst afresh
from her eyes as she greeted him.
:" You have heard it then; George Is
gone"
Yes, he had heard it.
Sand now" said she, ST want TO get
monument, the finest and most inn
posing monument that you can make. |
don't care for the expense. You have
them costing as much as $40, 900, doyou
not ?" she ventureI.
Oh, yes, he could build q splendid
monument for that. He would prepare
design and submit it to her.
You will have it ready soon. will
you not?" she pleaded. "This even
IngP"
"No, not this evening"" ne replied.
but he would hurry it up as fast as pos
sible and bringit to her residence. Aud so
it was settled, and she went away very
grateful for the ready sympathy AID
anxiously expectant for the design.
And then the monument man got out
an old design and had 1t transferred TO
a clean piece of paper, and in fifteen
minutes was ready for the widow, but OF
course it wouldn't do to show up for a
week or SO. The long days dragged
out their weary length finally, and the
marble man, assuming an appropriately
funereal countenance, sought out the
widow and submitted his work. He
found her somewhat more reconciled to
her loss and little inclined to be crit
ical, but on the whole she YVES pleased
with the design.
But" she said, 81 have been talk
ing over the matter with my sister, and
she thinks 5000 ought to buy very
nice monument. Couldn't you make one
like that for $5,000?"
"No," responded he, "but I can
build quite handsome monument for
$4,000. Shall make q design of one
for that figureP"
"Yes, wish you would. please, and
I will cometo your Office and examine il
in week or two"
81 can make some alterations in these
plans and have it ready very soon" he
urged. "Indeed, Icould bring it around
to morrow just as well as not.
"Oh, no; l won't trouble you to dc
so. There is no particular hurry abou,
it, and I viii call upon you; it's my
turn, you know" and she smiled gra
ciously upon him as she bowed him out.
Well, what was a poor monument
man to do? He could only wait, and he
did wait, busying himself meanwhile in
getting up elaborate and really beautiful
designs. Que day he met the lady on
the street, dressed in the merest apology
for half mourning. He bowed obse-
auiously and informed her that the de.
sign was finished, and he thought would
not fail TO be perfectly satisfactory.
son." she said, 81 have been so busy,
don't you know, with one thing and an.
other, that had forgotten all about it.
Let me see, how much was that to
cost p"
" Five thousand dollars"
sob, dear, really can't afford to pay
that much. Now, couldn't you this
very bewitchingly-" make real nice
monument for about $500? know you
can, and will come around and see you
about it real soon good BY"
Then the monument man went to his
office and told his grief to three-legged
lamb and stone angel.
Some time after this the charming
widow, with male frie i'd, whom she
called Charley, dropped in again.
"Do you know" she said, 81 feel SO
ashamed to think that I never came
around to look at your pretty designs.
charley and have concluded that those
great, costly ornaments are SO foolish,
,fter ones dead, you know. We think
Us wicked, don't we, Charley 2" Charley
Flowed that it was. "But," she con-
iuued. "those little white boards. such
as they put at the soldiers graves, Cnat
ley and think they are very nice. Sc
neat AID unpretentious. Couldn't yor
neie one of them for me and pm
Georges monogram on it? His iniLial:
make such q pretty monogram
Then the monument mans cup wa
full, and he spilled itover on them. H
told her that Charley could get an old
single and tack one of Georges busl-
ness cards on it.
Then she called him g a horrid beast,
end Charley spoke Of whipping him foi
half cent, and they sailed of.-Cjl.
cisaisasS Saturday NiglN