Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-09-13
A WOMAN,s YICTORY..

When they reached the depot, Mr..
Mann and his wife gazed with unspeak-
able disappointment at the re ding
train which was just pulling from the
bridge switch at the rate of 4 thousand
miles minute. The first impulse was
TO run after it, but, as the train was ont
Of sight and whistling for Sagetown be-
fore they could act on the impulse, they
remained in the carriage and discon-
solately turned the horses heads home
ward slE@ t "a #GG ---E
1T all comes of having to wait on q
woman TO get ready" Nj, Mann broke
in very grimly.
Il was ready before you was," replied
his wife"
"Great heavens!" cried Mr.. Mann, in
irrepressible impatience, jerking the
horses jaws out of place. "just listen to
that; and j set out in the buggy yelling
for you TO come along until the whole
neighborhood heard mel" "a - 4,
"Yes," said Mrs Mann, with provok-
ing placidity which no one but a woman
can assume; "and every time l started
down the steps you sent me back for
temething -you had forgotten"
Mr.. Mann groaned "This is too
much to bear, when everybody knows
that If was going to Europe 1 would
just rush into the house, put on q clean
shirt, grab up my grip-sack, and fly,
while you would want at least six
months for preliminary preparations,
and lawdle around the whole day of
starting until every train left town.
Well, the upshot of the matter was
that the Manns put off their visit to
Aurora until next week, and it was
agreed that each one should get ready
and go down to the train and go, and
the one who failed to be ready should
he left. The day of the match came
around in due time. The train was TO
start at 10 80, and Mr.. Mann, after at
tending to his business, went home at
o45. @ '@as
snow then" he shouted, "only three
quarters of an hour until train time.
Fly around; fair field and no favors,
youknow." s-.. -, =.
And away they flew. Mr.. Mann
bulged into his room, and rushed into
that one, and dived into one closet after
another with inconceivable rapidity,
chuckling under his breath all the time,
to think how cheap Mrs. Mann would
feel when he started off alone. He
\ stopped on his way upstairs to pull off
his heavy boots to save time. For the
sesame reason he pulled off his coat rs he
ran through the dining-room and hung
1t on the corner of the silver closet
Then he jcrked off his vest as he ran
through the hall and tossed it on a
n hook on the hat-rack, and by the time
he reached his room he was ready to
pmnge into his clean clothes. He
palled out bureatftifswe er and began to
paw at the things like Scotch terrier
after rat.
Eleanor" he shricked, where are
my shirts?" a ta t3.s
In your bureaudraw.1 she calmly
replied. s8 Gti7tls
We'll, by thunder, they aint!" said
Mr.. Mann, little annoyed. I've
emptied every last thing in 1t that ever
was before"
Mrs. Mann stopped back few PAGES,
held her head to one side, and, after
satisfying herself that the crimp would
d" and stay whore she put it, quietly
replied
These things scattered around on
The floor are NIL mine. Probably you
haven't been looking in your own
drawer
Il don't see,' testify replied the hus-
band, why you couldn't have put my
things out for me when you had moth
ing else to do all morning"
Because she, said, settling herself
INTO an additional article OF raiment,
with awful deliberation, nobody put
mine ont for me. A fair field and no
iavors, my dear
Mr.. Mann plunged into his shirt like
mad bull at q red flag.
foul!" he shouted, in malicious tri-
umph, mo button ON the neck"