The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-03-27
DFCTATENG 4 LETTER.
From the BROOKLYN Eagle.

when his wife had propped him up in
bed and stuffed some extra pillows un>
der his shoulders; 'now my dear, take
your pen and lux and will dictate
letter to Speckewottle. Ii YOU will play
um0nuensis, l don't see why | can't be
sick Just as well as not
Mrs. Spoopendyke puttered around
and arranged her writing materials.
"Shali write on a card with gilt edge,
or shall | take note paperp" She asked.
You'd better use paper" replied
Mr.. Spoopendyke severely. "When
want to convey my ideas on shingle
will carve 'em in with knife Now.get
ready, for am going to start, and don't
Won interrupt me or you will put me
out"
IAN ready, dear?' murmured Mrs.
Spoopendykn, dipping her pen into the
ink and contemplating her husband anx.
iously.
"NIr Peter B. Specklowottle," COM
menced Mr.. Spoopendyke.
SIS his middle hume By" asked Mrs
Spoopendyke, resting her album on the
table, her head on her hand, and testing
her pen on the botter. 81 don't think
like his name, anyway. Peter isn't
NICE"
eff any other name occurs to you, put
it in, observed Mr. Spoopendyke, with
growl. "You don't need to have mans
right name in letter, Put in anything
and hurry up, will you?" Going to keep
me IN suspense MI day about who this
letter is going to?',
vE 70 ,,1upnol into har
work aud wrote hurredly for a moment.
"Now, I've got HIM in dear
"Got who in? Anybody l know? Am
l debating private letter to stran
ger2" Got some particular friend whom
you want this note to so to unknown to
me? Who's in there? I'm going to know
who's at the top before put my name
at the bottom"
"Why, Mr. Sprcklewottle, of course"
said she looking at him with wide open
eyes. "Thut's what you said. Now go on
with the rest"
"Have you got the date and dear sir
in too?" asked Mr.. Spoopendyke, pee.
vishly, for he was trying TO think how
he should start his letter
"No, dear, you didn't say anything
about those" replied his wife. "You
only said the name, but I'll put the 9TH
ers in"
"WiIl, will YEP" croaked Spooprndyke.
"Sticking on great deaf Of credit to
yourself for your kindness to the sick
amt ye? Willing to yield to your own
preferences in favor OF your suffering
husband? Well you can't fool me that
much. Don't pnt 'em in; hear mo?'
But l have got them in" pleaded
Mrs. Spoopendyke.
"Then strike en- Quit" roared her
husband. "S'pose I'm going to let yon
put those things in and throw 'em mp in
my face from the moment get well till
the day die? Scratch EN- out, te!lye
l don't propose to have my life made
miserable l.y rmiuaers of your kindness
when l am fishing around in the grave
with one leg? Now what have you
got?"
"Peter z. Speckewottle," said Mrs.
Spoopendyke, mentally satisfied there
could be no mistake in that.
Anything to show whether be's II
man or woman" demanded Spoopen
dyke. "Any Mrs, or Esq, hauing to it
anywhere?'
SCertainly. replied Mrs Spoopendvke
at SAYS Mr.. Peter B. Specllewottle :"
That's the wav Won told me to write it.
didn't you? Now go on the letter"
"Then put; Il an diving and [ wish
you--"
"Great prnciousl' circulated Mrs
Spoopendyke. dhopping her pon. "You
are not diving dear: YOU don't want tho
man TO think tha,l''
"Whv notP" eouealod spoopendyke
"s'pose a man is Going IA blocks ont OF
his vay to oct the mil for n man who
only has a cold in his headP You nut il
I'm diving or III drop over into that
corner and write the whole letter with
one application Of the jnkstondr1
"Go ON. degr." cooed Mrs Snoopen.
dyke owe gos It so.oply he NAV think II
strange that n divine man ghopl1 wrira 70
him O
ssThsn s,v T vont Won ~ GET NV
mail from ne Office and teD Them T vii,
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