Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.


MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
"Oh Ia SUI myT'
Grandma Horner leaned back in the
o,ilowy depths of her cushioned arm
cnhr, and clasped hor hands in despair
about her aching head.
~ was Saturday afternoon, and
grandpa iorncr. who was deacon of
me church. hadn't respectable fine
shlrt 70 MS name. and tomorrow was
communion Sunday. too.
Grandma prided herself on having
MS shlrt-bOsoms smooth and immac,
ulate' having In spite Of her wears and
ihhrmllios. regular genius" for 10
ing up limo shirts IAit. somehow.
grAndPa's stock Of that article of wrar'
mg apparel had get sadly run down
and grandma had decided ON Fridav
THAT she must put n new bosom in one
OF MS old shirts, and then do il up.
Gang att aElcy."
ADD grandma awoke that mornipo, a.
the painful consciousness that ROE ali
onenly, uc-dOuloureux we cali h
neuralgia, these days-had laid sic,e IN
MT head and face. In vain sb, tr;c,I
the usual remedies (Which. In fa,t
never did help her much), and half.
blind with pain she crawled about her
work, doing what had to be- done ,h,,
grandpa couldn't do. That fine shir,
was her greatest trouble. and now ma
she sat down and vainly tried 10 sew. h
was no wonder that she despairingl,
uttered the ejaculation we began with
Inc door opened just then. and
grah1mas daughter came in, her only
daughter. married. and living not far
on Sho Kept an eye To the cid peopl.' :
needs and. In fact, grandma hal been
looking Tor her all day.
why. what's the matter. mother?''
she asked cheerily.
"Oh! In. Ann. it's my old tic-duller-
rooi I've been cen almost crazy with !,
nj day. And the worst of IL il vour
poor pa hasn't Tine shirt 20 his bacL
AMI omorrcr il communion Sunday
He's gone to preparatory lecter now
anu had tO wear coarse shirt
charged him To keen his coat hn,t,no.i
up, but shouldn't De- a Grain surnril,,'i
know him" ''''
Never mind. mother" said Mr.
Tltne' Il can send him over one of hus-
bands; / made him so many ON ac-
count OF his going To tho Legislature
iast iali that hc can spare one as well A,
not III pick out one that think will
~ iather' and send IL over tonight. and
ne may Keep II and welcome. So LET
me put this work away. and do some.
thing Tor your poor head" And the
energetic Mrs. Prime bundled the sew.
wig work into the cupboard. did mn her
nOsher head in hop-bags tili she
looked like living mummy. and mndc
herselt generally useful about a. q house.
getting things ready for SUNDAY.
Nightfal sent her home To- her o,vn
duties, but she did not sleep Till she had
sent, 10y trusty messenger. n fine sbir,
ior her father To- wear the NEXT dnv
Hrandma received Il with a siyb Of sat.
istaction, and laid II in his shirt. drawer
rrady for the morrow.
Grandpa washed and shaved hinsclf
tho next morning. and retired m ,be
bcd-ruon To make his Sunday toilet A
Httic later be came out in full dress. but
without his usual placid expression
queer he said. that Ann sbould
ct frlme 20 TO Legislator with sccb
shirts shirts as this There isn't sign Of a
You don't say sos aud grandma
'ottcred up To Inspect the article. SURE
enough, tho cotton fabric Of the sbirt
lay across grandpa's chest. with NOT a
bit OF linen In sight There was inst n
narrow hem on each side OF the 'front.'
gracrd with button-holes and the most
ordinary agate buttons.
Only this. aud nothing more-
Now. Grandpa Horner was far from
being fop. but he had never worn s,,ch
shirt as that into the '.mectin' ms, r.
iorc, nud communion Sunday Of ali
lays IL seemed terribly irreverent to
There must be some mistake about
salt grandma. prime has better
shirts than that, know"
'Of course he has," said grandma.
ms Jealous annoyance getting the better
OF him. Ann thinks cause her bns-
band got into the Legislator nothin' =
700 good for him TO wear. but any old
sh'rt Is good enough for her poor old
father. Ne amt Of no accounti"
oh mo- that isn't 80. said grandma
This shirt Is new and good, but. ac-
cidentally. she has somehow sen; one
without BOSOM"
-Ono Of Primes night-shirts. pnob-
ably muttercd grandpa. as he nut on
ms meeting hat. IL is 10 be hoped thar
the shirt episode did not spoil the
sanctuary services that day for Grandpa
horner' but fear that he felt an ever
present consciousness Of his unsuitable
attire, Tor astiff shirt-bosom was 40 him
an essential In church Worship. A very
little thing blunts the keen edge of en-.
joyment cftentimes for US Al.
Grandma was feebly pokiug about the
house Monday morning. trying 10 make
herself believe that she felt better. and
had even got the unfinished shirt out Of
the cupboard to see IL she couldn't mt
IN the bosom, fully determined TO saw
nothing TO her daughter about the shirt
she had sent over. lest Il might seem
IKE looking q gift horse In the
The door opened suddenly. and in
came Inbitha Green for = pint OF mill
Tacitba was the village seamstross and
nowsmongor AL in one; in fact. some
body had dubbed her the ''sewing-teiS
graph"
ia suzi TabIlhar' shrieked Grand
ma Horner II thought Il was 40 rainy
nobody would come In. and here's the
house All At skies and sevens, and I'm
right In my dishablesg' This was