Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-08-06
Spoopendyke and the Car window.

my dear" said Mrs. Spoopendykc.
tanning herself vigorously and looking
anNiously around the car. "My dear,
don't you think IL is awfully warm in
hercP"
"Opcn the window them" suggested
Mr. Spoopcndykc. Press your thumb
on the catch and raise the sash. Give IL
hard jerk; that'll loosen it,
Mrs. Spoopendyke followed instruc-
tons, split her glove. knocked the skin
off her knucklc, and then sat down in a
high state of perturbation.
THAT the best YOU can do?" de-
manded Mr.. Spoopendyke. He gave
the window wrench, but it firmly re-
sisted
Wont eh!'' he growled. Got some
kind of notion that this is the Fourth
of July and the right season of the year
TO manifest Independence, haven't We?
Come up!'' and his finger slipped off the
lock, leaving piece of the bark behind.
"Oh, ho!' he roared, bite, do We.
Praps you think some woman with u
wax thumb is working this hoist! This
is Spoopendyke who is engineering this
particular lift, and ye're going through
the top of the CART
With which eXordium Mr.. Spoopcn-
dyke planted his hat firmly on his head
and tugged at the window until his face
looked like the danger side of a switch
target.
Never mind, my dear" pleaded Mrs.
Spoopendykc. 1T isn't as warm as 1t
was, and l don't care about having it
up"
at amt chr howled Mr.. Spoopcn-
dyke, bracing himself for another at
tack. 81 s'pose you've got some kind
of an idea that this Is n sort of refrigcr-
atng process I'm going through! Maybe
you think this exercise is calculated to
prccipitate an early frost and ruin the
peach crop!" he continued.
Perhaps it is stuck at the top sug-
gcsted Mrs. Spoopcndykc.
mo doubt Of it, squealed Mr.. !Spoop-
cndykc, turning suddenly on her.
somebody's been here and screwed it
fast to the roof P'raps he's up there
yet, holding on to it,, but if he is he'll
think steam jack machine Is working
underneath him! Look out there, she $
coming. Brace yourself for your flight
TO the spheres, for Spoopendykc has got
grip on now that'll last till something
gives way!" and the worthy gentleman
took hold once more and toilcd, while
his wife lodged suspcndcr buttons and
back strap buckles.
~ think | saw il move she re-
marked, cncouragingly.
ibid, did vel" howlcd Mr.. Spoopen-
dyke, whose hands were numbed by his
eXertions. "Did We notice which way
1t went? What'd We do to the thing
when yc tried it?" he demanded, new
idea occurring to him. Don't We know
We broke it when you were fooling
around here? Come up, will yep oh,
linger not, but come, oh come, come
up, come up with met and throwing
himself into his job with n dcspairing
onslaught, Mr.. Spoopcndykc missed his
hold, fell over backwards into his seat,
where he sat glaring at his distressed
wife. the picture Of baflled energy.
That what ye wantcdPn he Missed
between his teeth. Have We accom-
plishcd your design? Got any more
chores We want done before they begin
to measure me for shroud?'
Don't bother about il, dear" purred
Mrs. Spoopendykc, patting his head
tendcrly. I'D rather haveit shut than
open, for it isn't half as warm rs sup
posed it was.
"Thcn what'd ye want TO make such
q fuss about?' howlcd Mr.. Spoopcn-
dyke, still writhing under the sting OF
defeat. "lf you're cool enough, what d
We hoist me up there like 4 hired man
for? oh, you're cool enough! If ! had
your temperature, I'd fit myself up
with band of music and bar-room,
and hire myself out as summer
resort
II don't care soliloquized Mrs.
Spoopendyke, as brakeman stepped
up and opened the window with a little
jerk. MY husband may not be very
strong. but he's willing; and the next
time ] want window opened I'll have
it done before we leave home, and Mrs.
Spoopendyke arranged her hat. and de-
voted the rest of the day to the cindcr
in her husbands eye.-Drokc's Tracct-
| crS' Magazine.