Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-10-16
THE DECEASED WIFE'S SIS
TER BILL.

ternoon. when half a dozen officers
were gathered together in the ante
room, owe which the dusk of the
cleaning was fast stealing, with only
The freight to dispel it. Boobies was
sitting half asleep in a big chair, when
the sound of a voice reused him from
his melancholy meditations.
Yes, he's q good fellow" the voice
said; "but he's such q fool-such an
awful fool, You know"
They were at Lucy again, so Bottles
cast his meditations to the winds and
flung himself into the fray.
$50 you always say-so everybody
says" he responded, coolly. $50, by
Jove' does poor old Lucy himself say
likewise. But, all the same, it'ssimply a
mistake. Lucy is as clever as daylight
down at the bottom of all that put-on
drawing toolishness of his. You fell
lows see no further than the expression
Of intense stupidity which is Lucy's
habitual form. You seem to think
that because he can't OF won't, use an
RI without q 'W' in front of it that
he is not capable OF seeing as far
through a deal board as any other fell
low. But it's Just the very greatest
mistake in the world. Old Lucy is
not such a fool as he looks, by Il long
way"
YOU'RE quite right, BOTTLES; he
most decidedly is not" laughed an
other man from the depths of a huge
sofa. Lucy is no fool-far from It;
but you'll admit that to be as bic a
fool as he looks he would have to be a
big fool indeed. By-the-by, what was
that joke at the Deancry on Sunday
%afternoonp You were close to HIM all
the time, and l was pinned in the in
ler draWing-room."
BOTTLES began to laugh immediately.
well, you know that some of the
Bishops people were at the afternoon
service at the Cathedral, and went in
10 the Deanery atterwardsp"
"Yes!" cried several voices.
Gas 500 as Lucy put his nose inside
the room, he was promptly taken pos
session OF by the eldest Miss Jones,
and as promptly tackled on the De
ceased Wife's Sister Bill"
What do you think of the Doceas-
ed Wite's Sister Bill, MI. Lucy?" Miss
Jones asked, with an engaging smile.
She's awfully like the Bishop, is Miss
Jones'"
just shows her teeth in the same
way" laughed Hartog. "Well, go
on!"
well, she certainly is not hand
some,' BOTTLES admitted, ..nor vet
very young, but really she gave poor
old Lucy such q killing look out Of the
corners of her eyes that really I began
to think she would hook him on the
spot.
Lucy looked up, with his head on
one side, and with his most reflective
all of wisdom, just as if he were a
monkey blessed with an extra quantity
OF downright stupidity and cunning
mingled, and she was q harder nut to
crack than had aver crossed his path
before"
''In which lie wasn't very far out of
it," put in Hardness, with q dry laugh.
''Well, and what then?"
ole looked at her for full half g
minute" Bottles went on, "and then
he asked, in the most plaintiye man
.1er imaginable, Is it a wriddle? !
2evah could CESS q wriddle in ali my
lie. III give it up, please"
'"A riddle!' echoed the Bishops
daughter, %scornfully; of course not,
blr. Lucy; it's measure which they
arc trying to pass through Parliament.
5ut they won't-the BENCH speak
ing in a great, big, capi3l-letter style
Of importance-'tAe BENCH will new
II allow it,
Lucy looked politely interested.
CO.. measuro-de-ah me! you
don't say SO, Miss Jones! And-er
how much does it measure?n
its q Bill they are trying to get
through the Housc-the Upper House!'
She began to get p little cross over it
and, by-tAe-by, you fellows all know
what Miss Jones is when she's cross y
n an aside.
Yes, rather" answered a voice.
amidst a general laugh.
Bottles continued his story
"'Oh, q Bill!' returned Lucy rery
politely, and with a great show of sur
l-er- thought you said it was
measure! And how n1uch-er-is
he bill for, Miss Jonos?'
miss Jones uttered M exclamation