Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-18
NOW A WIDOW MOURNED.

NOW A WIDOW MOURNED.
She Gri, pcd Ten thousand Dollars Worth at
the Start, BET. Weakened as She Greco
Older.
She was q handsome and wealthy
young widow, and had just lost her hus-
band. Full of grief over the loss OF her
beloved one, she sought dealer in mon
uments, friend of the dear departed.
Seeing the sympathetic face OF her
husbands friend, the tears burst afresh
from her eyes as she greeted him.,
You have heard it then; George is
gone"
Yes, he had heard it.
= "And now" said she, "Iwant to get
monument, the finest and most i'm
posing monument that you can make. l
don't care for the expense. You have
them costing as much as $4,000 doyou
not ?" she ventured.
Oh, yes, he could build splendid
monument for that. He would prepare
design and submit it to her.
"You will have it ready soon, will
you not? ?" she pleaded. "This even
ing?" G,f
"No, not this evening"" he replied,
but he would hurry it up as fast as pos
sible and bringit to her residence. Andso
it was settled, and she went awGy very
grateful for the ready sympathy and
anxiously expectant for the design.
And then the monument man got out
an old design and had it transferred to
clean piece of paper, and in fifteen
minutes was ready for the widow, but of
course it wouldn't do to show up for a
week or so. The long days dragged
out their weary length finally, and the
marble man, assuming an appropriately
funereal countenance, sought out the
widow and submitted his work. He
found her somewhat more reconcled to
her loss and little inclined to be crit
ical, but on the whole she was pleased
with the design.
"But," she said, at have been talk
ing over the matter with my sister, and
she thinks $1,000 ought to buy a very
nice monument. Couldn't you make one
like that for $5,OOOP."
"No," responded he, "but I can
build quite handsome monument fol
$1,000. Shall Imake o design of one
for that fgure2"
"Yes, I wish you would, please, AM
l will cometo your office and examine il
in week or two."
"I can make some alterations in thest
plans and have it ready very soon, ;" h,
urged. "Indeed, could bring it arount
tomorrow just as well as not"
"Oh, no; 1 won't trouble you to d.
so. There is no particular hurry abou
it, and I will call upon you; it's III,
turn, you know" and she smiled gra
ciously upon him as she bowed him out
Well, what was poor monumen
man to do? He could only wait, and IL
did wait, busying himself meanwhile il
getting up elaborate and really beautiful
, designs. One day he met the lady o.
the street, dressed in the merest apolog
for half.mourning. He bowed obsc
: quiously and informed her that the de
sign was finished, and he thought woul,
not fail to be perfectly satisfactory.
"Oh," she said, az have been 80 busy
don't you know, with one thing and an
other, that had forgotten all about ii
Let me see, how much was that t
cost 2" ...f
give thousand dollars. "
"Oh, dear, I really can't afford to pa
. that much. Now, couldn't you "-tsi
very bewitchingly-"mslie real nic
!, monument for about $500P Iknow 20
can, and I will come around and see 20
> about it real soon ; good-by." s
Then the monument man went TO h
office and told his grief to three-legge
-, lamb and stone angels L.r
Some time after this the charmir
widow, With a male frie ld, whom 81
called Charley" dropped in again.
"Do you know" she said, 81 feel
ashamed to think that never can
> around to look at your pretty design
;, Charley and have concluded that tho
great, costly ornaments are so FOOLS
- after ones dead, youSnow. We thir
:. it's wicked, don't we, Charley2" Charl,
=, allowed that it was. "But," she col
tinued. "those little white boards. SUI