Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-04-26
SPOOPENDYKE'S EASTER.
The Enthusiasm with which He and
Mrs. SpOopendyke and the DecOra-
ton Went to Church.


ing for the door, "now, my dear, we arr
all ready, aren't wep You take those
pots of plants and I'll carry the Gu
flowers"
"How'm l to take thirteen pots O
plants in two handsp" growled Mr.
, Spoopendyke, surveying his job with
, dissatisfaction in his eye. "What il
there about me that seems to give you
the impression that am freight trainl
What dye call these things anyways
What's this ghost standing up here with
a candle in his hand! What particular
interest has he got in the Easter bust
ness. How'm going to carry these
thingsp That's what want to know.
That's Gala lily, DEAR" replied
Mrs. Spoopendyke, laying down her
flowers and turning TO help her husband.
"Now, you can take these pots in your
arms by letting the edge of one pot rest
on the edge of another. Let me show
you," and Mrs. Spoopendyke arranged
the pots, neatly folded in clean white
the way to carry them," she chirped
opening the door for him. "Now you
are all right"
Expect me o put on my hat with
my leg, don't youP" inquired Mr.
Spoopendyke, trying to reach around so
that he might see out from his burden.
"P'raps you think / don't need any
decoration while I'm carrying these dod
gasted shrubs! Maybe you think I'd
present more tropical appearance
without any HAITI
"T'll put on your hat, dear" flutter-
ed Mrs. Spoopendyke, and she carefully
put it on hind side before. and flattened
it down until the ''back BREADTH" as
she called it, rested on his shoulders.
"Now you're all right, dear. be careful
of the fiowers!'
Mr.. Spoopendyke followed his wife
to the street and gave the burden sort
of hitch to relieve himself.
Here! Look herer' he cried TO his
wife, ''you didn't load me straight!
These things are slipping! Fix 'em,
can't YEP"
1--WE haven't far to CO." pleaded
Mrs. Spoopendyke, who couldn't see
that anything was wrong. Cant you
hold on to them, dear, till we get to
church,"
"Oh, l can't hold 'em!" squealed Mr..
| Spoopendyke. "Get out of my eye!
Can't We take this yaller lily out of my
eyep Look out for my hat! Don't you
see it's slipping Off If you don't make
some better arrangement about these
things the neighbors will be startled
presently by the sound of cracking
crockery"
81 hope you won't break any of
them," sighed Mrs. Spoopendyke. Then
she pulled his hat over his eyes and took
him by the elbow to lead him along.
Look out" yelled Mr.. Spoopendyke,
as he felt pot going Here's dec
Grafton in dangerl Catch it, if We don't
want to lose big slice of this resurrec-
ton! Catch it. quick!'
But Mrs. Syoopendyke was too late.
The pot dropped with a crash on Mr..
Spoopendyke's instep and rolled into
the gutter.
"Oh, dcar!'' moaned Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke.
There you are!' roared Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, hopping with pain and drop
ping another pot. Satisfied now?
Know any one you want to back me
against for Garden of Eden? Got any
more horticultural societies you want
knocked outp Here goes anotnerW and
the third of the series smashed on the
sidewalk. ga charge l have to keep"
and down came the largest pot of the
lot with prodigious noise.
"Don't" squealed Mrs. Spoopendyke,
watching the fate of her decorations
with dismay.
81 ain'tr' yelled Mr.. Spoopendyke,
letting gotwO more in the effort to keep
his hat on, '.who isP Get hold of that
off representative of the day we cele-
brate," and Mr. Spoopendyke clutched
wildly at sliding pot, not that he cared
for the flower particularly, but he had
felt four drop on his foot and he felt
some fears. ''Dod CAST the pot" he
squawked, rs it eluded him and landed
on his best corn.
Il think you're real meanp' sobbed
Mrs. Spoopendyke, surveying the wreck
with streaming eyes.
"You do, do you!" howled Mr.. Spoop-
endyke, who felt as badly as his wife
did now that it was all over. ''P'raps
you had some kind of notion that
those pots wouldn't fall when / let go
of 'em. Why didn't you put 'em in a
bag SO a man could carry emp What
do you want of decorations, anyway"
because to-morrow's Easter, and l
wanted to help make the church look
pretty" and with this explanation Mrs.
Spoopendyke broke down completely
and wept bitterly.
"Wall, amt il just as much Easter
outdoors as it lis in the church," de-
manded Mr.. Spoopendyke. "And
haven't you decorated as much as any
woman? What'd you expectP Think
people are going to take you for
cathedral just because you take few
shrubs to church once a yearp Now
you 90 in the house and don't you let
me hear any more whimpering. With
your notions about duty and 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
guildp'
And with this benediction Mr.. Spoop-
endyke started off to see Specklewottle
and make some arrangement with him
for going fishing as soon as the trout
ponds should show signs of breaking up.
-Dsaoa