The National tribune., 1882-10-26

/ says aD0ut tour O'Clock.
Why they ought to be here pretty soon,
seems to me. You aint dressed yet, are you
You'd better hurry, or they'll come before
you're half ready. Hows Annie fcclin'?"
ooh she's ever so much better! She says
she'll fry the oysters
"Now, you've had all your worry for nothin',
just as l thought"
"You promised you wouldn't scold no more,
JIM"
"Well who is scoldn', I'd like to know?
Come up stairs, now, and get yourself fixed"
q will in a minute"
"SaIlie! !SaI-Jie!" he screams to me, while
Pm scttin' the table down in the dinin'-room.
"What do you want" 1 hol!ers, as loud as l
can
"Whercs all my handkerchief5 gone? l
can't find one of 'cm.
"Look in the top bureau drawer!"
"What did you say?"
LooIz-in-the-top- p-bureau-drawer!" |
screams so loud that it makes me hoarse.
Il have! There aint none there" he yells
back at me-
"You can't ever find nothin'," I says, hur-
ryin' up stairs. "There they are now, just
where l told you"
"Well, l looked and looked for em. l mover
saw such lot of things as there is III that
drawer; ribbons and laces and gloves and col
lars, and goodness knows what all! Why don't
you keep your things in some kind of order?
"Well, they was all right till yOu had to muss
'em up lookin' for your old handlerchiefs. 1
never saw such q man as you are to find any
thing! If it was right under your nose you'd
. l., - f,,-
"Well, I believe if you had five hundred big
bureau drawers, you wouldn't let me have
more'n one of 'em for my things You women
want such an awful sight of room for your lit
| tie bits of ribbon and lace and such trash. You
promised me half of that bureau, and you amt
let me have but one drawer yet. Maybe
could find my things myself, if | ever knew
where to look for 'em. You'd better dress, now
you're up here, for they're likely to come any
minute"
So l hurried and dressed as quick as I could
and then l sat down at the front parlor window
to watch for 'em.
"Jim," says, "Pm afraid they're not COM
in"
Well, you've been worryin' all the week be-
cause they UGS comm, and now you're worryin'
for fear they amt"
"But now I've got already for 'em l want
em to come It's so disappointin' to have peo
pie stay away when you're made up your mind
to their comm. There they are now, JIM"
| So we both of us goes to the door before they
has time to ring.
How do you do! How do you dol" says
Jim, shalIin' hands with 'em all. "We're right
glad to see you. Thought you never were
comin'."
1t is all-my fault assure you-Mr. Mil
Ter. Mrs McCaftery-was so kind-as to offer
to wait for me-and 1 was unavoidably-de
tained-at my office / beg ten thousand par
dons-for not being-more punctual."
90 it's all right! It's all right, Mr.. Ray
mond!" SAYS Jim. sallie, you go up stairs
with the ladies while they take off their
things"
My! How they was all dressed up! They
had on the most elegant silks ever you saw,
and whole lot of jewelry and lovely white
lace at their necks, and their hair was frizzed
and curled and pufed the prettiest you ever
laid eyes on. 1 felt awful plain by the side of
em, and had on my new silk dress, too.
Just as we started to go down stairs the baby
begun to cry, so / went back to rock him to
sleep again, and left 'em to 90 on to the parlor
without me. 1 thought while l had such
good chance might as well put a bow in my
hair, so [ opened the bureau drawer and the
first thing l saw was the magnesia 1 got only
the day before, after readin' in that book of
Jim's that it was nice for face powder. dressed
in such big hurry, you see, that l forgot all
about Usin' some, so quick rubbed on a whole
lot, and then | went down to the parlor.
"You were extremely -fortunate-in my es-
timation,-Mrs. Miller,-to secure-a residence
in this location" says Mr. Raymond to me, as
happened to sit down right near him.
what did you say?" asks him, not quite
understandin' what he was talkin' about
Il remarked-that your residence--was sit
uated-in an xceedingly-desirable-
borhood."
"Well, we haven't nothin against the neigh
hood that l knows of, only its SO near the lake"
"Then, you do not-enjo scenery?"
"Sir?"
you are particularly - fond of the
water?"
go, yes, I like it well enough!"
"AllOW me, then,-to inquire-the objections
you entcrtain-against residing-in such
proximity-to our most beautiful,-I may say
glorious,-yes, glorious,-lake?"
Well,-I-don't-k know,'-I says, kind o.
slow. wishin' he'd use little short words, SO I'd
ever know what he meant.
Possibly,-1Irs. Miller,--you have found
the strong winds on the lake-shOre-somewhat
disagrceable?"
~ don't like the wind, that's a fact It's
awful cold here seems to me, but Jim thinks
its Just nice. l do believe he wouldn't mind if
it was winter all the year round"
" From your remark infer-that You en-
joy-the summer months-more than those of
winter?"
"Yes, like summer heap better'n winter"
Let me advise yOu-tO spend next Decem-
ber-and January-in some milder climate.
You would, without doubt,-derive very great
eft,-both physically-and intellectually
from such a trip,-to say nothing of the pleas
ure-which would be-the natural accompani-
ment."
"What did you say sir?" says. For to tell
the truth l was listcnin to jim, who was talk
in away to Miss Ebbs as hard as ever he could
q was simply suGgcsting,-M Miller
that you and your husband-take a trip through
the South-during next wintcr,-soa rs to escape
the severe cold wcather-wc are here subject
to-"
80, yes It's been right pleasant to-day.