Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14
THE TRIALS OF JONATHAN MOL
LILY.


LIFY.
Jonathan Mollify was in de,pair. lie
wis roaly o. take en- a lidavit that no
nore hOpClcssly miserable specimens
Ol the genus homo existed than he. ON
this beautiful Monday morning. Ammo
Domini, 1898. In that rarrst of favored
countries the Golden STATE. This
lugubrious con lition Of affairs was
nothing new. had IL boon. he might
have plueked up courage aud hoped
Tor brighter days In The future. but.
Years AGO. be had given mp all faith in
such well worn adages AZ The darkest
cloud has a silver lining" "Never WAS
so long night but was vauquishcd by
the light q c,tCrd. STUFF and nom
sense The light was long time com
ing IN his case and he didn't soc where
u was coming from, unless the gates of
brighter world than this mundane
sphere should mcrciiully open before
MN. 10 was all ON account Of Marin.
TINS darkness aud chaos and misery,
anu NJ Tor amy lift'ng of the cloud i'm
That direct ON. one might "a wei! look
nr go.d nine in the bottom of Salt
Lake. Maria ha the upper hanls. and
she he'd the rcins iaut AMI firm.
They had been In her possession
long! 10 seemCd an eternity, but Il
could not be- hut hllfdokcu wears or
So reckoning by little Jonathan. who
was babg in The cradle when the
movement was crowned with sue cas-
'MoyenldntN YOU rep at. Why. YES.
thy wgman's rights movement now i'm
iull swing from shore To shore IT this
glorious Rcpublir. and sweeping Maria
hoility along with IT,. wr!l.niph To the
"nnlhtlatiun at her tru' and tru,ty
spouse, Jonathan. Here II was Monday
morning anl Maria. dcsp te her long
resliencr ON the Pacific Coast ~ siti,cl'
would not forget The principl, incul-
Gated IN her youth, among the far
famed Yankees, that. whate'er betide,
Monday - wash-day. Yea, though the
skies all, the weeks washing must BE-
uoIo' AMI Monday is the appoin,ed
Ailne. Jonathan was not sensible of
amy decided objection to this pro-
gramme provided that Maria woul in
icrvicw the tub and wash board herself.
bit. alas this was not the order of the
day ia the new desperation. Maria
Wa up and away bright and early, on
official business connected with the an
nual convention Ot the Grand Union
feuia'c Associate ut Liberty anl
rs'luolity. which was announced TO be-
GIN W Wnc %. M. oi this very dsy. con
tlnuing throu N the week; aud .Tona-
than could still hear her metallic voice
calling from the buggy. ~ she gave the
dcjcHcd $ ccd n cut oi the Eh d, and
rattlcd OF Of the yard:
''durry up. now, aud get th,t wash
out dyin in som, kind Il sea ,on.
Aud don't let JCrrm all get In misch -.
And' remrmlcr. shall TIC home to din
ncr nj twelve % cloik. sharp,f
Shades IL Ercbus' what 70 change in
That wumaVs voice since those foolish
days. tn lCar agu. when they two
went sparkling down by tic river
bank. whore the violcts grew thr thick
est. nud the bird, caro,cd tile sweet
go. ns u IN sympathy with the lovers
who strullcd tiuuigl their shady re-
trcils. Foolish dayst vet Jonathan
liked To rccal them Bd' for the
fnguInry ~ th"m n sometimes feared
he would throw oil the calling yoka.
AMI launch into the sea at eternity.
W hO could have foreseeu such a con
ting ncy rs this? who realized the
strr Ing changes arising from pro-
grosstv1 Shines, which had mctanior.
phosod swcct Maria Moultnn into the
present Maria MollifvP Not .Tonatbn,
Mobility. or ncvcrwuuld he have slime 4
his neck into the moose matrimonial T.
that was ~ certain as tradcsmcn's bills
nt New Years But there was NJ dis,
putting th. fact wnmen were now
voters, ollcc holders end proprictors
generally; md p haps Il was n natural
Sc ucnce ut centuries of so-called--
oppression that Trey carried their new
digritirs and responsibilities In very
high-handcd manner. assuming the nu.
ttority IN comcs;ic matters. rs well as
thr Ton ; share in political affairs.
Anyhow Maria Mollily was not going
to De "uidonc 10y any one else. either at
nome or abroal. She gloried In the
opportunity tO display abilities that Law
uOfmant and unrccogn zed prior TO that
grand and memorable day when the
emancipation ut the fcmae sex was le-
Eally cucctrd. Ah. well a-day. II had
Teen rough sailing for the lscomlited
hla'culnes ever since. especially for
thoSc who. Ike himself. were so I'M
fortunate as to he bound hard and fast
ny the ties Of wed'o,k to bright and
shin NJ star, leader invincible and nm
uauntcd, In the new dominion. Mara's
services were constantly in demand. and
her umo was cOase ,uently TOO valuabl
to DO spent in obscurity nc home. iona
than, being Ot less note and usefulness
IN The political worl !. must render him.
sell 81 service NJ the hearths. one. This
Maria thought omincntly proper
and consistent . IL was. Them.
lore. Jonathan who washed the dishes
cooked the meSls-on time. too. or no
rued his tarliness-tended the babies
and otherwise kept oiled and in motion
the machinery of the household. And
this Il was which had transformed him
from Joyous bridegroom to n disbeart-
ened, spiritlcss shadow Of a man
'Ouchl Ou-ou-ou ouchi' came n
mighty howl from the kitchen. "Panaf
papa want my papa! ow-ow-ow-
Great goodness! what's that child
into nowP Maria charged me 10 look
alter him, and l forgot all about il.
Don't make such an all-frod racket "
No more reveries for jonathan Mol
lily. In the middle of the oluttsred
kitchen. his hands. face and dress he
neaSep with soft soap, tho bucket
rom Which ~ had been distracted up-
set on the hoor, stood the originator of
the howl In question. a ohuoby, two
ycar-old boy. and AZ disgusted a look
ing one ~ ever tamperod with presum-
able sweets. -
Me sit. papa" walled the child
with contortcd face; ''me dretful sit.
Boo hoo-o-o-o.''
"Nhero arc you slckPn querIed papa,
drawing the dlsoonsolate ooieot toward