Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-10-29

"Well, you may as well make up your
mind to be satisfied with it." announced
Mr.. Glover.
'T'd like to know whyp flashed his
wife.
Because it's the best you're likely to
get.n
'sIndeedr' said Mrs. Glover.
sThat money is going to be spent =
sensibly spent, said Mr.. Glover, nod
ding his head to keep time to his senten-
ces, ''upon new barn"
rNo, it isn't!n cried the lady.
"Why isn't itan said the gentleman.
Because Tn going to have south
wing built out!'' ayerred Mrs. Glover.
ssNo, you're notl'' said Mr.. Glover.
"We'n see about thatp' shrieked Mrs.
Glover.
stWe will seeIa said Mr. Glover. sIe-
gally, Mrs. Glover, you've no right to
one cent of that money of Uncle u
ric'sln
''FiddlesticlsIn said Mrs. Glover.
siWasn't Uncle Upshur my relationa"
ssAnd aren't you my wife2"
ITO my sorrow, LAMP said Mrs. Glo-
yer, preparing to use her pocket hand
kerchief. "But that fact don't author
ize you in robbing me of what is right
fully my own.n
"woman," sputtered Mr.. Glover,
swhat do you mean2''
Exactly what ! sayin retorted his
wife.
I mean to be master in my own
house!' said Mr.. Glover, hastily.
'sYouc can do as you please about
that" said Mrs. Glover; but it's a
house shan't stay in if Pm to be treated
like mere cipher. III leave you. Silaa
Glover-yes, IN leave you-and all the
neighborhood shall ring with your tyr
amy and meannessr'
ssYou're a vixenl' said Glover.
ssYou are a bruter' said Mrs. Glover.
''Will you hold your tongue2" said he
"There isn't the power on earth that
can silence mel' protested she. l leave
you Silas Gloyerlp
"The sooner the better, said Mr.. Glo-
yer. ''if you are going to turn into such
an outrageous shrew as thisl''
But just as their voices raised to an
unwonted pitch, were striving for prece-
dence. the sound Of prodigious and long
continued knocking at the front door,
served, momentarily at least, to calm
the tempest.
The wordy .combatants eyed each
other comprehensively.
woman, = Kissed Silas Glover, s'you
have disgraced mei"
''If there's any disgrace in the matter, =
retorted Martha, s'it don't lie at my
doorl,'
At that moment in walked Nehemiah
Nixon, the village attorney and counselor
at-law, stout, short man, with bald
head and little stumpy growth of white
beard under his chin.
nBless my SOUL" said Mr.. Nixon,
"what noise you're making, good peo-
plep
Mr.. Grover invited the newcomer to
take chair. Mrs. Glover began to poke
thesfre. Evidently the embers Of their
wrath yet smonldered, ready to blaze up
again the moment the temporary
pressure of conventionality should be
removed.
aWell, said the lawyer, I've brought
you a piece Of news.
'sEh?e said Mr.. Glover.
Unpleasant news added Mr.. Nixon.
''Or at least suppose you all regard it
in that light. It seems ahem that
that vagrant son of old Mr.. Upshur, who
was reported TO have died in Manitoba
didn't die at all, but il alive and -four
ishing, with wife and two children y
nWhat!n cried Mr.. and Mrs. Glover,
in duet Of dismayed voices"
'.And. added Mr.. Nixon, in the indif-
ferent way of one to whom the subject
does not matter personally in the least,
"they are coming on at once to take pos
session of all that the old man left.
Upon the whole, I am not surprised.
The Upshurs always were peculiar.
am told that old Uric and his son hadn't
spoken to each other for ten years. And
when the report Of his death was bruited
about, old Upshur didn't take the slight
est pains to ascertain whether it was
true or ia Sc
Fortunately for the peace Of the Glover
family, Mr.. Nixon did not stay long.
But when the big front door closed be-
hind him, Silas and Martha looked at
each other.
Martha, said the husband, who was
the first to break the unpleasant silence,
4 am glad Of it glad from the very bot
tom Of my hearth
/ Mrs. Glover burst into tears.
so am !, SiIasf' sobbed she. ssBe-
cause because wc were nearer quarrel
ing with each other than we ever have
been in all our welded life