The National tribune., 1882-09-28

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things Already. You'll be wantin' one of them
| grand coaches next, and a coachman all decked
out in a high silk hat with wide gold band
round it, and gold stripes up the sides of his
breeches, and goodness knows what all"
"Why, I'd be most afeard of him, Jim, if he
was dressed up in that style"
"Well, L could go with you It'll you got kind
O. used to him! He wouldn't hurt you while l
was around. must have my airin', too, every
day, SO as to prevent my growin' too copu-
| liant"
"Jiul, you don't say that word right"
"Then, how should l say it?"
| "Why, 1t s car-pu-lent."
How do you know, now?"
"'Cause Johnny Maloney said one day that
his father was very carpulent man."
"Thats only some OF his Irish. Where's
that air little book Johnny had that tells the
meanin' of different words? Did he take it
home with him, Christmas?"
mo; it's up in his room."
"Well, go get it, then, and We'll settle this
| ere question right here"
So | took the lamp and went up stairs to the
room Johnny had while he was boardin' with
| us and attendin' the high school. When came
down again Jim took the book out Of my hand
and begun turnin' the leaves very slow.
Cant you find it, Jim? Let me look"
'Taint here, as near as l can make out"
MAYBE we don't spell it right"
"You couldn't spell it no different Cop
u-le-n-t-copulent. Hold on minutel Per-
haps there's two p's in it. No. can't find it
that way neither. 'Taint in the book. Here,
take it up again"
" But said it was carpulent, Jim"
"Well, l looked for that, too. 1 wouldn't
have such little book of words as that air.
Wen get one with all of 'em in, now we're
milleeonaires."
"But it'll cost a lot, Jim. Johnny said he
paid two dollars for this ere little one"
"Well, one as big as 1 mean won't be more'n
five at the most. You wouldn't mind payin'
five dollars for book as would edicate US,
would you, Sallie?"
Not if it had a right pretty bindin', so we
could lay it out on the settin' room table along
with the Bible your mother sent us when we
was married. There goes the store bell again!"
Some one wantin' another cents worth of
yeast, or half box of matches, or couple of
crackers, like as not. Can't they give mil
leeonaire no peace at all?"
When he come back 1 was leanin' my head
on my hands lookin straight in the fire.
JIM" l says, speakin' out what I was
thinkin', "cant we move out of here by to-
morrow"
What" he says, pretty near droppin' his
pipe.
'Why, more! How can we ever spend all our
money alvin in this way?"
Now, Sallie, don't you get to feeln' too set
up all Of sudden. What would you want of a
house bigger than this? We've a nice little
parlor and this 'ere kitchen and two sleepin'
rooms, not countin the store. If you had any
more rooms to take care on you'd be maxim
yourself sick a-scrubbin' and sweepin' and
kcepin 'em clean"
But | wouldn't do no work myself Jim.
ladies don't work. I'd have a-a-what do
they call 'em, jim? There's one in that story
we was readin'. You get me the paper.
There it is on the settee.
Here's what L mean!" I says, findin' the
place. "pd have b-o-n-n-e TO take care of
the baby. How do you say that word, Jim?
Is it bony or bone, do you thnk?"
How do 1 know? Wait It'll you get one.
and then you can ask her"
Don't you want lackey, Jim?"
"ls it somethin' to eat? Cause if it is l
reckon mince-pie and sassage will do for me for
while yet. But if it's somethin' to drink,
why, that alters the case. l wouldn't mind
takin' sip just to see how l liked it,"
"What kind of house shall we live in? I'd
kind o like one of marble-beautiful, clean
70 ,IIc c,lI h;
stairs, Like it says in one of them stories, and
great long glasses that we could see ourselves
in all over and-and-oh! I'd like a regular
castle Jim !"
You wouldn't know what to do with q cas-
tie after you got one. You'd soon be wishin
yourself back again in this ERE nice little
house. Why, I'd miss the store powerful"
"But Jim, now we've got the money, why |
can't we spend it? You amt goin' to give it |
away, are you? We haven't no relations to |
divide with, you know"
"Well, can't say I was intendin' to give it |
away, just at present"
80, Jim, let's have % regular good time |
spendin' it then! I'd like to be q real lady,
JIM never was one, you know-and have
silks and satins and jewels and everything"
"We'll have mince-pie every day, won't we,
Sallie?"
"Yes, and white sugar, too. never did
like usin' brown sugar. 'e.4..l
"Wel, we might try it while, suppose
seein' you are so set on it, and we could come
back here again if we got tired livin' i'll such a
fine house. I'll think on it while you wash up
them dishes"
Joes telegraph was still lyin' there on the
table, so picked it up and begun to read it
again.
"Jim," says "What made Joe call it the
5tunnin Maria mine?"
"'Cause that's the name of very particular
friend of our'n," he says, very cool, lightin'
hat little black pipe of his and putin away
ror dear life
"Tel NE about her!" says, kind O short,
md bitin' my lips to keep me from gettin' too
mad.
"What do you want to know?" he goes on,
IS calm as you please
Does she live here in Chicago?" | asks very
Iuiet, but l was hopin' with all my might that
he did, so l could get good look at her.
"That's Joe's and my business" he says.