Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15

BATCH of newly made pies and emerged
covered with piecrust and various
sorts OF jam, the contents of the pies.
The little incident marred but for
moment the felicity of the fair widow
and the pious Dumble, who spent the
rest OF the day in the manner usual to
lovers on such occasions, and before
finally leaving her in the evening Mr..
Dumble had prevailed upon the widow
to lay entirely aside her mourning for
Bufum, whom he represented as no
Longer needing her tears, and to become
Mrs. Dumble the following week. This
the widow at first would not hear of,
but finally, after much persuasion on
the part of Dumble, and many inquir-
les on the part of the widow as to
Dumble's worldly position and pos
sessions, which he averred were great,
she finally consented and named the
happy day.
In pursuance with this decision, the
marriage was celebrated the following
week with much splendor, and the re-
sources of the store were drawn upon
to supply a fitting breakfast for the
happy pair and their numerous friends.
Some did say, in spite of the general
festivity, that Mr.. Dumble, in the
midst of his happiness, still contrived
to throw a funereal gloom over the
proceedings which made the marriage
assume the air of wake, and the we'd
ding feast (whith was cold) taste like
Funeral baked meats" but this no
doubt was caused by jealousy at Mr..
Dumble's luck on the part of the per-
sons who made these ill-natured re-
marks.
Another week passed by, and Mr..
and Mrs. Dumble returned from their
wedding tour and settled down i'm the
rooms over the shop. Mr.. Dumble
having now gotten the wife of the late
Buffum, endeavored in way to put
himself in his skin by learning the pas
try-coOk business, but his efforts were
not crowned with success to any
marked degree; in fact, he wasted in
his experiments in pies and cakes,
during the first week of his apprentice
ship, as much material as Mrs. Dunn
BILE said would have sufficed to keep
the shop going for a month. Conse-
quently his better half advised Jonas
to leave cooking alone and confine
himself to tending the shop, where his
eminently sympathetic manner much
pleased the lady patrons Of the estab-
lishment.
One evening Mrs. Dumble came in
and, sinking into an arm chair, re-
marked to her lord that she was very
tired.
> "Why my dear?:' said the cver-at-
tentive Jonas.
II have been packing up all day."
replied his lady love, land am that
: tired that / can't stir a finger"
''Packing," said Mr.. Dumble; "what
: for?"
| "What for?" returned Mrs. d.;
'why to go away, to be sure
"Go away" said the astonished
Jonas, "what for? Where? Why
Surely you are not tired Of me, my
own, my love-"
''Tired of you," retorted Mrs. Dunn
BILE; "stuff, nothing OF the sort. But
as my Cousin Buffum has written to
, me to say he was coming to take pos
session next week, it's about time for
us to begin to think of getting out"
"Your cousin coming to take posses
sion!" gasped Jonas. "Why, what on
earth do you mean? Surely thisstor
and everything else belongs to you. l
know it does. | saw the will of the
: late lamented Mr.. Butium'
II can't help what you saw weari-
ly returned his wife; Ego we must.
Buffum, the brute, added a codicil to
the will whereby everything he left to
me went to his cousin, in case I should
marry within two years. Still, that
doesn't matter, OF course, dear Jonas,
as you said you had ample for us
both. l suppose we can 60 to your
, house at any time-well, why don't
you answer"
: The unhappy Jonas sat in his chair
fairly gasping for breath. His rage,
disappointment, and the thought of
the way he had been finally taken in
after all his scheming, fairly took away
his power of speech and thought. FL
: quivering with excitement and rage,
and said in sepulchral tones: "Why
was I not told Of this %
"Oh, supposed you knew it all the
time," said Mrs. D. carelessly; "every-
one else in town did. Besides as you
said you were we'll off, did not care
to trouble you just then. Now, dear
Jonas, don't be angry; We'll still be
happy together, won't we dear?'
''Happy-together!!" yelled Jonas
, fairly gnashing his teeth with rage
Happy with you? Do you suppose
: I would have married an ugly old fat
I thing like you, if l had known you
e hadn't a penny? No, I've been sold,
taken in, deceived, and most abomin-
ably put upon, and l won't stand it.
: No. madam, do you hear, I won't
, stand it. I'll leave you. I'm going
l now. Good-by, you-you-" and
J. Dumble, fairly at q loss for any words
} to express in any adequate way his
} feelings, seized q hat and made for the
8 door,
l "Stop, you monster" cried Mrs.
t Dumble, stung to madness at the UNI
complimentary epithets hurled at her
: head by the rabid Dumble. "Stop,
: you canting hypocrite, you mean old
fraud. Oh, to think OF anyone ever
: being deceived by your piety, you
hoary old reprobate. Yes, you can 60
: Pm sure l never want to see your
4 mean, sniveling, hypocriticalface again
Go, and take your lying prayers and
: mock sympathy wherever you like,
e but don't you dare take anything with
you that don't belong to you. You've
' got Mr.. Buffum's hat on your head
: now. | won't be deprived OF any relic
+ belonging to that dear, good man.
Give it back to me, say, and go as
9 fast as you like"
l Mr.. Dumble. thus addressed, tore
I the hat from his head, flung it with all
I his might at Mrs. D., who was rapidly
: getting hysterical, and rushed from the
roam on1 ont of %bo bo,,co