Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-16
AFTER THE LODGES SECRETS.
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Her Husbands Doings.
Providence Transcript ,

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Oood evening, sir" said a woman
whose face looked like a boiled salmon
WIN a plck-axe nose and a voice thai
sounded like PARKWAY echo from the
housetops, as she addressed a young man
VINO trembled as he viewed her red hair
and stern visage. 'FWhat I want to see
you Tor is to ask you if you are an Odd
FeIlow-that is, do you belong up Won
der?" and she nodded her head toward q
building from which he had lust emerred
lie meekly replied, 81 do, madam. );
well, p" said she, "my man saws he is
one OF you, and l want you to tell me if
he is an inside watchman, and has he
been appointed for 300 nights to watch
the jewels? And do you have six meet
lngs week? And does he have tn
crawl through some of them in the dav-
Time, and lose days work trying to he
a NOODLE grand, or past grand bugler. or
some such name he tells me OFF"
The young man said that she must
nave been misinformed, that there was
something wrong; but she interrupted
MN with, There, you needn't try to plav
smarts. l understand all about this grin
business, and silent secrecy and mum
password, and you can't fool me! You
wouldn't tell me anything for a farm in
Seekonk, would you? l don't suppose
you would tell me when nv husband
comes home with hairpin in his boots
and lady's collar on instead of his own
whether he'd been taking Rebekah de-
gree or been at surprise party? Oh,
no! You're innocent, you are %
The young Odd Fellow ventured to re-
mark that he did not really understand
the drift of the inquiry. ooh, no, l see
1t is no use, you're all in for each other
and sworn to secrecy, and you'd say the
broken earring l found in his pocket be-
longed to you, wouldn't you? And if I
should ask you who Araminta is that l |
caught him talking to himself about
you'd say it was the goat you pretended
to ride; and if should ask you about
this muttering l hear OIL pass 'order
it up'-'set 'em up and give me another
hot one,' and all that sort of thing, sup
pose you'd say it was all connected with |
your hifalutin degrees and necessary to |
the order''
The young man meekly replied, as he
tried to move away, that he was in |
hurry; that perhaps Brother Buckup |
would give her all the necessary infor- |
nation; that he could not really under |
stand-but she caught him up before he
could finish the sentence with ono" !
you don't understand oh, no! You
wouldn't tell me for pan of doughnuts
what kind of laws you make that says a
woman shan't be daughter of Becky,
merely because she's got a wart on her
nose. That's what he tells me, and then
he says | should have a medical exami-
nation, and that the last woman in al
ways has to wash the dishes when they
have those stuffing jubilees. Oh, yes, it's
all very fine to leave your poor wife at
home on account of wart or a sore heel, +
but Pm going to find out about this bust
ness. am going to know whether one
man can hold all the offices through the
year and sit up nine nights in the week
and then tell his wife she can't be Re-
bekah, and be an inside sentiment or
whatever you call 'em, just on account of
a little thing like that. 1 won't trouble
you any longer, as probably you want to
pass and 4 set 'em up somewhere; but
I'll watch that chap of mine, and if I
find there's too much goat in it, I'll for
get that Pm woman if l don't make
his head look ike a double bumped
bunion, and he'll have to wear my wash
tub over it for the next three months"
And she slid into the nearest grocery and
bought dozen pickles and stove litter.