Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14

anyhow, I'd like to knowP Never saw
such young ones! 1t isn't me they
take after. 4"
Here Jerry gave unmistakable indi-
cations of the locality of the alleged
sickness. by saying:
Me summit, papa, me summit. Boo
hoo-o-O-o!"
Jeremiah Mollify, didn't you know
any better than TO eat that stuff? Well,
this IS n mess. No wonder you're sick!
That washing won't get out in n hurry,
I'm thinking. with you 10 attend to-"
Papa toss! Don't, papa, be toss TO
Jerry. Jerry sit"
And the papa Lowell his little boy too
well TO hold out long in the face of gen
uine distress.
But the sick one had 10 be coddled
and comforted and put 10 sleep. and all
the time the sun was mounting higher
in the heavens; AMI the clothes lay soak
ing In the tubs. The child troubles
forgotten in slUmber, Jonathan plunged
into the work OF the day In good earnest.
IL was not long. however. before another
interruption came. in the shape of "A
dripping boy OF six or seven. also the
possessor Of a..strong pair Of lung, which
he was using actively.
Now what in creations the
matter with you?" demanded the
irate father where We you been
TO get so wet? Speak this
minute. Jonathan! How came you out
OF school ?''
"I-I-went Il down to the fish pond,
long the other boys, Z recess, an'-an'
Jake Huds n. be p pushed me In"
''Well. Jake Hudson had better mind
his own business, or Ill give him some.
thing some day that he won q like. And
you can Just Keep away from that fish
pond after this. If ever hear OF your
going there again. III see about it !!
Now I've got 10 stop and hunt up dry
clothes for you. or else you'll be down
with sore throat or something, and then
I'll ncyer. hear the last OF il. Stop your
bawlilg. AMI come along into the
house"
jonathan jun or. attended to, the adj
van ing hand of the clock warned Mr..
Mollify tina. the dinner-hour was at
hand. and no preparations had been
made for the meal.
Twelve o'clock. sharp, Maria said, :"
he groa1ed; ''and she'll DO here, su @
as ia.e. Seems & me | hear the rat
Ting of the wagon now, and there amt
any kindl.n' Oh Ipped, nor nothing ready.
Dear. dear, I'm in fjr it,
"lt' may be a mysteri us word 10 the
reader, but il was not To- Jonathan M l.
| Fly. 1T in his vocabulary, was
fraught with nearing, and that mean
ing was indsssolubly c injected with the
lordly Maril's tongue. Alive to the
eXigencies of the case, he trottCd
around, cnde Ivoring 10 make good
show Of his mornings work for well he
knew IL would undergo inspection from
Argus eyes string NJ part OF the
clothes cOnspicuously upon the line,
scrabbling together and out of sight
some Of the rubbish that lay i'm con-
fusion about the kitchen floor; and. the
persp.ration trickling down his In @.
I was lrantically chopping kindling when
Maria MOllify drove briskly into the
ya-d An Ominous look settled upon
her cOuntenance as she espied the fur
/ ricl Jonathan, and coniectured that her
orders had not been faithfully executed.
/ llitching the horse, and striding iudic-
\ tally into the kitchen. she surveyed
the situation, aud her displeasure found
/ prompt utterance.
what. no dinner ready. and the fire
not even built! Jonathan Mollify, YOU
lazy. good-for-nothing man, what have
/ YOU been doing all the fOrenoonf Not
more n half the wash out. ether" 20
ing To the door. and giving contempt
ucus snitf NJ the clOthes-line. "Well.
! II this Int enough To provoke SAINT.
Here I've been harl ut work ever since
/ opened my eyes tbs morning, and
now ! can ct bite of anything O.
eat. do believe shall faint away
4 She sank into n chair with an air OF
profound exhaustion and pitiful martyr.
dom. Jonathan grabbed the VINEGAR
bottle and thrust It under her nostrils
So vchcmcntiy that she rccoilCd with in
diguation
Don't faint, Maria. mercy on us.
don { failt. I'll have dinner ready in
five mj'uteS Il : been dreadful un-
lucy day. Mara. and CO uld n't do no
better; could mt, positively"
What on earth was the ma ter with
Maria's nose? It never used to loom
on | X thai. Why. IL was frightful.
Was It gong to keep on developing in
like ratio n years 20 com, B? JOnatha1
IN AK from the con cmplat on of such
n poss bility.
! II s conc liaiirg tone did not produce
the DIES rel Gle {. Overcoming her
momcntary weakness, M ,ria RISE in
wrath u1apTcasablc.
Don't YOU stand gawkin' n. me an.
Othor minute, Jonathan NJ llify. I We
had o bear enough to-day at the CON-
ventiou without being ANNOYED M home.
Hard IS | We worked. and a. much
money rs / We spent in the eau @. IL il
ant madden ny 10 have ano her w.
mana mere stranger. ard II no nc
count ~ all. except for her pretty face
and load of 1ewelry--put alb I'VE me,
and mode President of the Day, ID
like To know what Is? II s the first
me since the s7c.e.y WIS organized
that anybody 5 got ahead of me like
thtL and Just won't stand il. Doyou
husil round and make that fire, OF / III
know the reason why"
What was the reason that Jonathan
could not bulge?
'Do you hear inc? Get up and make
the fire. IL s late"
+ "A sudden and astounding shirt OF
bravery pervaded the down trodden
man. lie felt Ike lion. He wasn't
hNthN " 'fehh gu AioIt vi MtllA :
hcn-pccking no, not one atom more.
Not even though she had the audacity
TO shake him, and yell in his ear the
same old refrain: ''Get up, Jonathan
get mp and make the lire.H
"I'll be cussed il will" he reared.
I'll never touch that blamed old stove
again rs long rs live. I've stood this
sort % thing long enough. If YOU want
q fire, build it yourself"
''Oh. dear, dear. I never thought
you'd speak so to me Johnny" grieved
n plaintive voice.
You can johnny me as much as
you like, but you can't pull the wool
over my eyes that way. 1 tell you ]
won't do IL. Build il yourself"
There. now, it's true. what Sarah
Snilkins told me, that l was n fool 10
get married. for my husband would
domineer over me in less than s.x