The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-07
$50 you see Juliet determined to kill

80 you see juliet uotermlneQ 20 XIII
Romeo at the firstfavorable opportunity
darn that child-aad they was twins
at that, and one day he invited Romeo
to dinner with him and contrived to in
troduce an asp into some kind of fruit
they had for dinner, waterme 'Ons, or
paw paws. or something of that--dog-
gone that young one-sOrt, and the asp
stunC Romeo on the arm and he
pey anked right then and Their, and
Mark Anthony delivered funeral ora
ton over his dead body While it Law in
the-can't you quiet the k d undertake
er's shop. DO you follow me?"
Eyes, dear, there's tho door bell.
Just hold the baby minute" and Mrs.
Putney ran out into the hall.
lit was only q peddlerH she said, re-
turning and relieving Ananias of the
child which he had held upside down
during the interval. "Now. what we're
you saying about the town lots being SO
high, or was it rents
us that as far Is you heard, Mrs.
Putney?" sternly in uired Ananias.
''The baby cried so," pleaded the lit
tie woman.
"But, holy smoke, woman, I can't
make bellows of myself! Can't You
quiet that young ore?''
al guess I'd better carry it out to
Jane" and again r.. Putnev, for the
third time, evacuated the room. She
soon returned. but ad scarcely stepped
across the threshold when the bell rang
aga n, two ladies called and were invit.
ed into the lecture room of Mr.. Putney.
After few formalities of the season,
Mrs. Putney observed:
"Ananias has just brought home some
new books about Rome, and he has
been giving me a synops 8 of them. He
says
Here Ananias coughcd Historically.
and tried in vain to attract the attention
of his wife.
"He says that it is Gibboneses'
Rome"
s.Partheny," said Ananias; "don't
you think the stove needs filllng?'
Il ust filled it, dear" continued the
little lady. .'Ananias says that home
was laid out by Romeo and Juliet
"Parth N.Y." bawlel Ananias; Il be-
lieve be lcd the by crying"
80, no, IgueSs not. Jane will take
care of her. Ananlas says that Romeo
did all the surveying
"That who d d." interrupted one OF
the lady callers.
"Ihat Romeo. one of the men-a
twin brother OF Juliet's-' &.
"Why Rome was founded by Remus
and Komu.us." said the ether lady
caller.
"Put that can't be-" replied Mrs.
Pu.ney, serenely; "Ananias saws il was
Rom and juliet. and that Renee Sc.
cured all the choice corner OTIS"
Il e ess, Partheny," said Mr.. Put
rev, with a very red face and rafting
the st We violently, ''that you must have
misunderstood me-"
"Pe haps SO but never mind that. "
turning to the lady callers; ''at any rate
Juliet, or omeo, or Romulu what
ever his name was, was p isoned by an
asp"
'sThere, there, Partheny," b oke in
Mr.. Putney, l did he the b by cry
now for fact. Wish it would have a
fit"
The last sentence was ground out be-
tween Mr.. Putney's teeth. .
"Well, I'll go GU Iresently. dear;
and Ananias says that Mark Ant o ~
d i vered funeral Grafton over his
grave"
"Why, Mark Anthony. I suppo e he
is the on, YOU refer to, did not We IN
til hundreds of years af er the founding
o Rome" said lady caller No. l..
"And it was Cleopatra who was stung
by the asp sa d lady caller No. =.
Then 50 d Mrs. Putney, dubi.
ously 'it must have been some other
Anthony"
why that's just too ridi ulous for
anyth ng." said laly ll,r No. l.
MIR. Putney gla ed at her.
~ ell, at any rate. they had water
melons and paw paws =
a.. a then l must 90 down and see
a man about fixing the cellar-d or La
d es, on must excuse me but YOU will
get al, m all righ only remember. my
wi is getting that little story about
home mi ed up somewhat, and when
she goes astray you stralghten her out. :"
-Isras 81 t.n,s.