Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-02-21

IS was getting excited.
Miss BJotle laughed. II should
Il juMp at you, of course" said she
provided You really behaved like Q
sensible man, and didn't 90 down OF
, your knees, or any stuff of that sort"
Then sho laughed again, and ther
they both laughed; and then ho, ler
ceiving that the conversation had
reached a dangerous pitch, thought il
=, net 'er to adjourn tho meeting. So he
told her that he couldn't wait, in consa.
5 4 enee of having Just recollccted that
ho had IN appointment elsewhere, and
she just recolIected that she had an
other, and they promptly said Good
mor-ing," and he bowed her out at
the front door.
Hero it may be as well to give some
further description of these two indi-
vlduaS. Mr. Griggs had no personal
appearance; Miss Bootle had crate
deal. Mr.. Griggs was neither tail nor
short; ho was neither dark nor fair;
3 none of his features asserted them.
selves; ho wore whiskcrS, believe.
very liEuly no mouStach and probably
no heardi his dress was so plain YOU
rouIdn tnotice il; You might have seen
him If J mes before without knowing
It, and you might SEQ him tOmorrow
and never recognz ~ him. Ontaoother
nahd' there was no miStaking Miss
b1oiIe-sho looked so very phian-
thropical. She had an erect figure; her
features, though strongly marked, were
c,meIy, and her expression would
> have been fairly feminine had sha not
more than COuncrbaanced it bl a
masculine sti le Of Quilt. Her brown
hair was cropped short. and surmouut.
Gi By bilNcock hu;sho wore n white
Stlni up collar, and six nrcktio with
4 horseshoe pin in il; her Jacket wa,
made rs muCh like Il ubln-brrasted
Chesterfield, oyarcoat as ros,iblo: her
laced boots were high at the tor and
stout in tho solrS, ald she carried
walking sick. UnSympathctic persons
thought judith looked very "munny;"
Andrew thought that she looked very
rice; but then, they regarded her from
d!itrrcHt points Of view.
| When Mr.. Grigss reflected upon the
peculiar interview above mentioned, a
thought came into his hcad-and il had
been Il casual visitor there before
that he might 10 worse than take
Judith BoOtle INTO himself for a wife
Would She have him? Didn't she Say
she would jump at him? There was
many u true word spoken in jes' and
50 on and 81 forth, until, by process
OF reasoning which may be- easily
imaginoh, he arrived at tho conclusion
that quite the best thing he could do
would be TO propose at the earliest on.
p0rlunity. Their tastes were very
similar, excepting, perhaps, in the mat
Ier of costume, and that might DE-
quickly toned down; She was not lat all |
unpleasing in his sight, and of suit
able age for him; and indeed he had |
but ono misgiving, which was that she
might perhaps prove just n lcetle too .
strong minded. The fact was, Mr.. |
Grlggs did not feel altogether confident
ct has ability to rule such wife rs
Miss B0otIo was likely to prove; and
having IN amiab'e preference for be.
Ing at the head of his own house, he
did not fancy the prospect Of being re-
ducod 10 the position OF Number Two
in the said establishment. Permealed
by This matrimonial problem, he was
walking abstractedly down the street,
when he became aware of II pale head
looking out at him from a shop win
dow, and then he became further aware
that the head was in sad want of u wig,
whlio the pate was very much cracked,
and seemed to be covered with many
lt.Io slips of sticling-plaster. ArouS-
iug himself from his reyCriC, he began
to investigate the matter moro closely,
and found that tho head was in reality
u chronological bust, placed there rs
tho trade sign of that most dis.
tinguished phrenologist, Prof j. Oc-
taviuS Wagglesworth. Mr.. Irggs
stared for some minutes at this ca- {
centric article, and had carefully read I
all the names of the various human
qualities that were inscribed upon the
slips OF plaster, when a brilliant idea
struck him, and, like a man of energy,
ne acted upon it ut once. Entering the
shop, he closed the door behind him,
and then smote with his umbrella upon s
the floor.
"ls Prof. Wagglesworth within?"
a sppu chral voice answered, IL ahm
here! like the late Mr.. Fechter in The
"Duko's Motto;' and then, from u cur
Ia Il that was stretched across the lower
end of the shop, thore emerged tall,
lean man with Il tail, lean head, the
bald top OF which somewhat resembled
tho chronological specimen outside,
minus the SticFing-piaster, whilo its |
lanky fringe Of black hair and lanky :
black whiSkers looked as if all the ,
starch was out of them. This was the [
professor, and he wished to know what !
be could do for his ca ler
81 shall be glad to be informed, " said 5
Mr.. GriggS, "what your fee is for eX- .
persons head" !
"As reasonable as is possible, sir" |;
replied tho tall, lean man, "cOusder- =
Iug the care required. One ilorin for Il y
verbal de,cripuon Of your most promi- 9
lent qualities, or y more detailed de- =
,cripllon, four times the length, and in
writing, tor only twice the money" s
"Then I'll take two shillings' WORTH ,
said Griggs.
"It you please, sir" said Wagglos. Il
worth, land don't doubt | shall be
able to give you satisfaction.
Having passed iu behind the curtain u
ana removed his hat, our hero took "
'hair, and very soon felt two tall, lean
sets of Ii gers and thumbs proddine his Il
;rainum IN all directions. Shortly af
erwards the professor opened his Ian ;
horn jaws, and, in loud tone, as if he P
we're addressing large audience, tLus ',
began to speak: q
Your bump of language" .
Excuse me-" Interrupted Mr.. ~
iriggs, already growing very uncom- G
ortable under the ordeal, 81 don't 81
want to know anything about my bump u
If language. Pm rather pressed for o.
ime. There are only four points on u
which | wish for information-Pye 81
loticed tEem marked on the husband p
shall be obliged by your confining IN
'ourself to them. They are Conjngal. ol
ty, Combatlveness, Self-Esteem and >. ,.
Iirmness." IL
Certainly, sir, as you dcsire," an W
wered j. Octavius W., and once more 81
ifted up his voice. "Your bump of "
onjugality is exceedingly well devel- NJ
ped, and shows that you are admir- W W