The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-13
MRS GERRIs IsH's GRIEVANCE

Arfsn, if urged I, z said young Mrs.
srrish, archly standing on stiptoe to
B sIiilpnett iownsher husbands nodding
scalp lock.
t's too late to think Of it-too
late altogether, !" cried Mr, Gerrish, in
n haste, rushingt to his desk and scatter.
ing tho papers like a Dskota blizzard.
Where's my bank bookg SCENT, Ma.
bels0
There Warren, Iforgot to tell you.
thought chat it would be safer be-
hind the clock =
SAFER behind the fiddlesticks" CO.
gitated the annoyed husband, as he
tipped over the tilne-piece in laying
hold Of the missing property; but be-
ing a gentleman. he merely remarked
impressively that tento cnehe should
lose the train.
It's only 8, Warren. You've half
an hour
But Pve-Pve something to attend
to before going to the station" he
stammered, obviously embarrassed.
tOhl Mrs. Gerrish dropped her
Questioning brown eyes, flushing hotly.
Why did her husband reject her prof
fered company? And what was this
+ mysterious errand that he would not
4 tell OF?
Good bye, wifekin. Take care OF
+ yourself till Isee you" he added in a
friendiier tone, as he jump ed into the
carriage.
Nell, !, must say" calculated the
s little lady frowning after the retreat
4 ing vehicle. But she did not say it.
Instead, she set the clock on it's legs
again, and then fell to musing.
She was sorry she had vexed War
I rem by neddling with his bank book,
{ but he need mot have been cross. What
did he want of the book, anyway?
Had henot only yesterday told her
4 that he didn't owe d cent inthe world?
And whythis was a vital query
Why had he gone of without her, too
= preoccnpied TO snatch a good bye
I kiss2 Last week he had left her be-
+ hind in the same way. She would not
y have minded the neglect SO much, if it
I had not afterward come to her ears
that he had gone straight from her to
{ Miss Ebbitt, and escorted that young
lady to thecity. He never had limited q
word about it. Mrs. Gerrish secretly
hoped the rumor wasn't true but it
i was shocking to have the neighbors
talking. And now to think that, after
hunbling herself to ask her husband
! to lake her. she should have met with
q fiat refusal.
The stroke fpf nlne surprised her just
this side OF tears. Was it possible she
had idled away a whole hour in arrang-
ing the writing desk, and Bridget gone
forsthe week?
Hnrrying into the kitchen to wash
the breakfast dishes, hereyes rested on
5 . qualnt-looking man in the door
way.
"Mornin' Mis- Gerrish," said he dof-
ling his hat for GOODNESS rather than
d courtesy.
Good morning, Uncle Jabez,' re-
sponded she, kindly. "Have you come
to split some kindlings for mey''
Sartin ma am. Isuspicioned you
/ must be about out, said the village
factotum, wiping his bald knob OF a
crown, which rose aboveits encircling
red fringe like the seed vessel of a
Z poppy above its corolla
knew your husband wasn't here
to do it for you, he hecontinued, putting
his hat on again with screwing mo-
tion, as if it were the cover of fruit
Jar. u ID been clearing out the Wild
der Ebbitt's pipes, and was crawling
along on her ruff, when Mr.. Gerrish:
drove up for Jimmy. He didn't have
to wait. On the fiat Of her foot jimmy
. is, with all her fuss and feathers.''
Did they catch the train?" faltered
the young wife, her face averted.
Then her husband did 60 for Miss
Ebbitl Uncle Jabez should not know
he was telling her news.
Yes, fsla'am, they catched it. i
asked Hiram Blodgett when hefetched
your horse back to the store,' !, an.
swered Uncle ,Iabez, his confiding blue
eyes fixed on the sky. II am jealous
OF 8 shower, ma am. Remember that
peeier we had the last time your nus
band took Jimmy to Boston,
Last Thursday, do you mean2"
queried Mrs Gerrish, anxiously. She
was ready to believe anything.
1t strikes me twas Thursday.
Yes, ma am, twas q week ago to-day,
for / was in the Widder Ebhitt's sta
BILE mendin her crib, when Your hus-
band drove in with jimmy. The water
was q streakin' it off o. the kerridee.
but he .Wropped jimmy complete, so't
she skipped out as dry as grasshop.
per. She told him She was no end
grateful for his care. And faith she'd
orter been, for if he hadn't held her
shawl round her SO, her silk gownd
would a'been all spotted hitherty yen
der"
what did he say to that, Uncle?"
aOh, he was even with her, ma'am.
I'm the one obleeged, Miss jimmy
says he. You know you're everything
to me- lost the rest, he spoke SO
low
Yes, certainly" murmured the daz-
ed little wife. absently shutting Uncle
Jabez into the shed.
10 he frank, from the time she came
to Oakland a bride, Mrs. Gerrish had
suffered intermittent spasms OF ieal-
Ousy on account OF this same Miss
Ebbitt She had never been able to
forget a iesting remark made by one
of her first callers.
Among. our village celebrities we
reckon Miss Fbbitt, our talented or.
ganist, the guest had said. "Really,
Mrs. Gerrish, Inust hasten to intro.
duce you to your husbands ord
fame.
Uncle Jabez's distracting gossip
could he easily explained. To think
otherwise was absurd.
'Jehu! was satisfied / heerd some
thing smash. cried that simple indi-
aYidual nllShinp fha door a lar witl, his