The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-11
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"Now, my dear, said Mrs. Spoopendyke
gathering up her skirts and making for the
door, nov, my dear, We are all ready,
aren'twe? You take those pots OF plants
and I'll carry the cnt flowers"
"How'm to take take thirteen pots oil
plants in two hands?" growled Mr.. Spoop.
endyke, surveying his job with dissatifaC.
ton in his eye. "What is there about mo
that seems to give you the impression that
am freight train? What dye call these
| things anyway? What's this ghost stand.
ing up here with candlein his hand
What particular interest has he got in the
Easter business? How'm going to carry
these things? That's what l want to
know
THAT'S calla.lily, dear" replied Mrs.
spoopendyke, laying down her flowers aud
turning TO help her husband. "Now you
can take these pots in yonr arms by letting
the edge OF one pot rest on the edge Of
another. Let me show you," and Mn.
Spoopendyke arranged the pots, neatly
folded in clean white paper, in her hus-
dani's arms. "That's the way to carry
them" she cbirped, opening the door for
him. "Now you are all right" LID.
Expect me to put on my hat with my
leg, don't your inquired Mr.. Spoopendyke,
trying 10 reach around so that he might see
out from his burden. "Praps you think !
don't need any decoration while Pm carry.
ing these dod gasted shrubs! Maybe you
think I'll present more tropical appear.
ance without any hat. I
"l'll put on your hat, dear" tluttercd
Mrs. Spoopendyke, and she carefully put
ii on hind side before, and hattened it
down until the ''back BREADTH" as she
called 1t. rested on his shoulders. snow,
you're all right, dear, be careful Of the
tlowersw
Mr.. Spoopendyke followed his wife to
the street and gave the burden sort oil
hitch TO relieve himself.
"Herel Look herew he cried to his
wife, you didn't load me straight! These
things are slipping! Fix EN-, can'tye?"
1--WE haven't far to go" pleaded Mrs.
Spoopendyke, who conldn't see that any
thing was wrong Cant you hold them,
dear, till we get 10 church ?"
"Oh, 1 can't hold 'em!" squealed Mr..
Spoopendyke. Get out OF my eye! Can't
We take this yaller lily out Of my eye! Look
out for my hal! Don't you see It's slipping
Of? II you don't make come better ar.
rangement about these things the neigh.
bors will be startled presently by the sound
OF cracking crockerlw
~ hope you won't break any OF them"
sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke. Then she pulled
his hat over his eyes aud took him by the
elbow to lead him along.
"Look out" yelled Mr.. spoopendyke, as
he felt q pot going. Here's decoration
in danger! Catch II, II you don't want to
lose big slice OF this resurrection! Catch
1t, quick"
But Mrs Spoopendyke was too late. The
pot dropped with crush on Mr. Spoopen.
dykes instep and rolled into the gutter.
"0h, dear!" moaned Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"rhere you are roared Mr.. Spoopen.
dyke, hopping with pain and dropping
another pot. Satisfied now? Know any
one you want TO back me against for a
Garden oil Eden? Got anymore horticul.
tural societies YOU want knocked out? Here
goes anotherm and the third OF the series
smashed on the sidewalk.
ga charge have to keep" and down
came the largest pot OF the lot with pro.
digious noise.
"Don't squealed Mrs. spoopendyke,
watching the fate Of her decorations with
dismay .-rf.- ,'..
n ain'lw yelled Mr., Spoopendyke, let
ting go two more in the effort to keep on
his hat. "Who is? Get hold Of that of
representative OF the day we celebrate"
and Mr.. Spoopendyke clutched wildly alta
sliding pot, not that he cared for the flower
particularly, but he bad felt four drop on
his foot and he felt some fears. "Dod CAST
the pot" he squawked, as it eluded him
and landed on his best corn.
~ think you're real mean," sobbed
Mn, Spoopendyke, surveying the wreck
with streaming eyes.
"You do, do your howled Mr.. Spoken
dyke, who felt as badly as his wife did now
that it was all over. "P'raps you had some
kind OF notion that these pots would fall
when let go oil 'em! Why didn'tyou put
'em in bag 30 a man could carry 'em?
What do you want Of decorations anywayT
Because to,morrow's Easter, and ]
wanted 10 make the church look pretty"
and with this explanation Mrs. Spoopen.
dyke broke down completely and wept
bitterly.
swell, amt it Just as much Easter out.
doors as It Is in the church," demanded
Mr.. Spoopendyke. "And haven't you
decorated as much as any woman? What'd
you expect? Think people are going to
take you for a cathedral just because you
take few shrubs to church once a year?
Now you go in the house and don't you let
me hear any more whimpering. With
your notions about duty aud your desire
to get the best Of the other women in the
church, you only want bell in your
mouth and black collar to be whole
guild"
And with this bonediction Mr.. spoopen.
dyke started off to see specklewottle and
make some arrangement with him for go.
ing fishing as soon as the trout ponds
should show signs oil breaking up.