The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-04-01
A Book that had to be. sold.

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A week or two ago a bright and chatty
young woman called at a.house on Cass
avenue and endeavored to make sale of
book entitled Home and Mother
The lady of the house received her IN
the usual ten degree below fashieas, esssfz
utterly refusing to look at the book, she
said:
ST haven't any money, and know
that my husband wouldn't pay for il, .
1t is book highly spoken of by the
press.
Eyes, I know, but my husband is
queer
"And you see the superior style of
binding"
.'I know, but my husband would call
it bosh and trash .
ssShan't call when he is at home?'
THAT would be useless He wouldn't
even look at it, and he hates female book
agents.
"Does he?"
"Yes; he abhors them. I know he
doesn't even treat them ciYilly when
they call at his Office"
us that se?" mused the girl, and when
she left the house, she for some reason
or other, started right down town.
The lady of the house might have for
gotten the incident In FIVE or six years
but for a sort of climax. When her hus-
band came up to dinner he handed her
copy of stHome and Mother" with the
Iemark:
Happened to see it as passed Sec
ond-hand book store, and thought per
haps you would like il"
"Yes-ah-but, Henry, a girl was
here trying to sell me this very book not
over two hours ago, stammered the wife.
Was, Ell? Well she probably got
discouraged, sold ont to secondhand
dealer, and has skipped the city. Is
dinner ready?"
Dinner was ready, but somehow the
wife had no appetite, and since then she
she has fits of abstraction, glances sus-
picionsly around at times, and has been
seen going in and coming ont of second
hand book stores.- Detroit Free Press.
An Adventure In Tunnel.
A middle-aged Irish lady, almost as
broad as she was long, boarded an out
bound G. & A. passenger train last even
ing with the Intention of taking q trip to
one of the numerous towns that lie be-
yond the American bottom. She took
seat as was quite natural, and owing to
her slargeness" she was allowed to
occupy it alone. just as the train was
on the eve of entering the tunnel Mrs.
Murphy obtained Whit of tunnel gas
that had leaked into the car through
defective yentilator directly overhead.
As she had never breathed anything that
reminded her of gas before, she became
greatly alarmed, and began to exclaim
frantically, "Murther! murtherl ] am
kiltr' AS the gas did't take the hint and
vanish Immediately, she threw up one of
the car windows. hoping by that strata
gem TO procure coveted supply Of fresh
air. In moment the car filed with
smoke and gas and came very near
smothering every person in it. She
couldn't understand where the smoke
came from, and yelled, Fire fire
murther we're all kilti For Gods
sake, help Don't let me burn up =
By this time the passengers were cough
ing spasmodically and tumblinR over
each other as they rushed To the car
doors in most ludicrous manner. The
car doors were locked, and they found
themselves in q helpless condition. The
old lady tainted, while other passengers
yelled for help and carried On like mad
men. By the time they reached the end
OF the tunnel they were exhausted and
almost suffocated. The old lady reeov-
cred and told the conductor that she
thought she was stkilt, = adding that she
would never travel through an under
ground gas works again, not for any
thing. st. Louis Republican.
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