Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-06-11
said Mrs. Elderberry, with unconscious

to leave town before Sunday. We will
only stay few days, and l think Mar
tina will be glad to see u.s."
Mr.. fuckers desire to accumulate
money, with his wife's desire to be
known as perfect housekeeper, had
never been checked by childish fingers.
and Mrs. fuckers naturally unsympa-
thetic temper had hardened into some
thing very frosty indeed. To unpin her
nice beds. and have her chairs thrust
into new places, above all to have extra
cooking going on, and her orderly plans
frustrated. rritated her. If she had
known her cousins were coming, She
would have schooled herself little;
but, as it was, she saw them descend
from the stage with ill-concealed dis
NAV, and greeted them with the excla-
nation: Il never did, Il wish had
brought my sermon on the fulfillment
of til e law, y said Mr.. Elderberry that
night to his wife, Martha SAYS that
leland VOdecker breaches at East Gyp-
sum. / remember him and think he
keeps up his Hebrew" But the next
morning Mr. Tucker hitched up his
colt, and with his wife started for the
postofiice three miles away. 1t was
noon when they returned, so the alb
scence of the sermon on the law was OF
no consequence In the meantime, the
maid of all work had gone out to visit
the wife of the hired man, and, in her
hurry, had left the kitchen door open.
The hens took advantage of the oppor-
tunity, aud hoped in quietly till the
place was full of them BY some cur
ious instinct, Mr.. Tucker OWNED their
presence the moment she entered the
house. There folks who wouldn' t hear
a whole mcGagerie - the next room.
she exclaimed, scornfully, after vigor-
| Gus use of the broom. It's precious
few times Ire ever been away from
home: but when have TIE worked
myself to skin and bones!'
At bottom Mrs. Elderberry was very
determined woman. and when she said
| that evening: Jonas. shall take the
stare tomorrow for Flintville," her
husband knew better than to oppose
her. Two days aftcrward, when he had
resolved TO follow her, he received the
/ following note from her:
you mus: contrivc, dear Jonas, to remain
! away from home the four Sundays. In the
| Orthodox organ for this week it says: Mr.
Jonas EidcrDcrry- the pastor OF that Duiwark
| of the Il tn, the ElintvIilc Church, is spend
| ing his vacation trout-tishing. All our pas
| tors can not, we know. enjoy this diversion;
| but let each one draw near to Natures heart
| instead of hunting up some pulpit to supply
while his church mas generously given him
| time to rest
| In the Flintville Clarion is the following:
| We have understood from parties qualified.
4 to. srIy- n fnr IN
| subject, that our highly esteemed towns.
| man, Mr.. Eiderbcrry unless some unusual
J circumstance should expedite his return,
| viii spend his vacation i'll the exercise Oh the
| piscatorial art.
After spending the night in painful
consideration, MIR. Eiderberry deter
mined to 90 to East Gypsum, and find
a cheap boarding-place where, free
from the distractions that beset the
parsonage. he might write out some
verses that were Slging in his head,
and thus pay expenses. He had weeded
onions ali day donday, and stemmed
currants all fny Tuesday, and felt that
in Il sense hs had paid his board. But
he was CONSCIOUS that Mr. Tucker and
possibly Martha felt that he was, as
they pirased it, ''living on them" and
to relain longer was impossible.
- pose you'll have vacation every
veir, now your church has got started"
aid Mr. Tucker when Mr.. Elderberry
announced his intended departure
You'd better come out in the country
again. Iou can board cheap, or work
for your board, if You want to. I'd
take We. | sh'd think 'twould do We
good to git up an stir round after
takln' II easy year.
Arrived at East Gypsum, Mr.. Elder
berry was directed to the house of Mrs.
Mullen, who. it was said, desired one
more boarder. He was met at the door
by an elderly woman, who proved to be
Mrs. Mullen. Senior
Board? Yes. Professional man?
Yes said the old lady. in high STAG
cato voice. As she led the way up stairs.
I'VE may suit. and we may not. Julia,
my sons wife, gives lessons. P'r'aps
you'll find out one these days what son 5
wives are. When she ant banging the
piano. or the children amt, the scholars
are. The pianos just under this ROOM"
She opened the door of torrid
chamber.
There's two sets o twins, and one
odd, and they rampage all over the
house. That's Julias idea of govern
ment. The young man in the room
back of this is learning the horn, an
when he's home-an he alwas is even
ings-he practices, or reads out loud
for his elocution. Probably YOU want
cool room? Hem, Well, This room'd
bake an egg after dinner; fronts west,
and there a tin roof. Another one o.
Julia's ideas. urprice is eight dollars.
l think she wants TO rent this room
but you'd better come in later and see
her.
Mr.. Elderberry did not return to Mrs.
Mullein's. and. after long wandering,
found little room in house owned b.
two quiet spinsters. But the lot was
narrow, and on one side was melo-
deon and on the other were four girls
and dulcmer. In vain did Mr.. Elder
berry attempt literary composition. The
melodeon wheezed. while the dulcimer
kept up monotonous: ''Pink-a-punk-a-
pink! Pink-a-punk! A pink-a-punk!
A pinkr'
When week had passed. having
only dollar and four cents left. Mr..
E,derberry set out for home on foot
He had on his old clothes. but the min
isterial cut was unmistkable. and the
old farmer who overlook him. asked.
dryly: "Hev lift, Elder? I'm goin'
your way
"Hey the dumoOest kind O. work a.
gittin' help!'' he grumbled, when Mr..
Elderberry had accepted his offer. AN
I've work for two men in the hop-yard.
an there's sight o cowcumberS spilin'
to be picked fore they're too big for the
pickle fact'ry.''