Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-03-12
spooPEsDYxs on THE TRTons.


SPOOPENDYKE ON THE TET0NS. q
[rs. spoependYke EnIightened q to
the Nake-Up and Characteristics ef ii
Her Husbands New Subiects.
.Why, that's just too sweet for
squealed Mrs. Spoopen-
lyke. as she abssntly dropped her
himble into her coffee-cup in mis-
AXE for lump Of sugar.
Mr.. Spoopendyke was standing on
he hearthrug, his face flushed, his1
eft hand supporting the letter which
old him of the Tetons.
'.It's just lovely!" reiterated Mrs.
Spoopendyke. 'tand wen go and live
in a tent out on the prairies, and I'll
be queen. and when the Teutons-h
ssDod-gast the womanl" snorted
ssshe thinks I'm the
Kaiser Wilhelm. What dye suppose
these Teutons are anyway Think
I'm going to be long-haired Ger
man with spectacles and an ophi-
'cieides Dye fancy spoopnedy yhe pso-'
poses opening larger beer hall and
laying an embargo on American
hogs? Show me the man that sus-
poets me of hankering after sauer-
kraut and dueling! Bring on your
man! Produce your measly individ-
ual!" and he waved the letter threat
eningly at the stovepipe, ''They're
Tetons, that's what they are; the abb
original vermilIion-tinted children OF
the wind swept Sierras! Tetons!"
swell, Tea-things, them" moaned
Mrs. Spoopendyke. "But I know
what they are. They are Indians,
and they live on a reservation and
dog sausages, and there won't be any
more buttons for US to sew on. Ano
we'll live in a tent and teach baby
the war whoop, snd-and-and-wil
they all come and sit round us in /,
circle and say Waugh! the pale-facet
brother speaks we'll when we cal
them together"
ave! an what dye suppose yo'
have got to do with this thing! Yo
!, will be one Of my squaws," shoute
, Spoopendyke.
.Oh-ow-w-w!" whined hl
spouse. 81 won't be squaw, an
O you shan't have more than one
n me, will you, darling'"
+ "We!l, don't you go thinking yo
It have got to run this tribe. If ye
4 do, when any dusky Pocahont'
" comes along"
It "Well, but I WON'T" gurgled MI
IN spoopendyke. "Tll just sit al
bead moccasins for you, and ]
I'd make myself a sacque of wigws
~ trimmed with elkteeth."
b "wigwam, ehs Don't you me
, a wampums" snarled Mr.. Spoop'
al dyke. Think Pm going to let
elv chiefs squaw go round in full s
rec of tents! Suppose you're going
ar have a skirt made of pine lumi
rms faced with bricks Going to give
NV ders to a contractor for full sui
sha underwear made of Ohio sandste
me with granite trimmings and a Gu
en- Anne left wing to them! Like
mi have your boots made of fire clay,
a mansard roof to your bonnet t
zht, med with Lightning rodss'
seNo. of course / didn't; but
have sacque made OF -wamE
hhs trimmed with elk's teeth and ea
" feathers, and baby shall ha'
'lhs beaded pelisse and hood edged
n'. pcmican and"
IL ssGreat Scott" shouted MIR. SI
se"' endyke, kicking over a chair; 50
'eaS' dye think pemmican is? Wan
'ne disgrace me by your ignorance
oo fore the whole tribe! Perhaps J
sire" like to see baby in a nightdres
u u hash and a cloak of fricaseed c
'ehse en-, trimmed with parsley7 We
oo' have him dressed in olives with a
"een made of fish balls9 Think the
'ahe ernment is so liberal with its RI
snal' that the Tetons can afford to
III " themselves in full-dress suits OF
'then- ed buffalo meat and crackers!'
~ s:Well, 1 thought pemmicaI
something to dress in. 1t S
: " like it." murmured Mrs. Spt
dyke, as she commenced fishi
the 1OSl bulupic Will hoa
finger. "But," as she sucked
-, finger to try it, 1--WE will G
won't wes and they will call
=, " pale-faced lily of the land of I
ing sun, and I'll wheel over th
ries on beautiful milk-white
and scour--"
sGuess you will,' puffe
s Spoopendyke. I'D like to
~ ~ ~ wife sitting on a measly, piI
~ % cayuse. You'll wheel the ba
, riage, that's all the wheeling
do, while Spoopendyke hol
reins of government, and J
scour the dod-gasted tin dish
"Well, but that's what
princesses always do, expo'
young Mrs. Spoopendyke, land
It your steed Queecha, and they carr
and arrow and shoot eagles
smith, and at night they gather re