Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16

to devote day to the much needed reno
walton of her husbands shirts she looked
for her thin Ne ,n,
~ left it down stairs last night. I'll
get it in minute"
The housemad had just kindled lire
in the sitting-rocm CRATE; II was blazing
and cracking cheerily among the fresh
Goals and Fanny could not resist the
temptation of pausing moment TO
warm her chilled fingers and watch the
preenish purple spires of the flames
shoot merily up the ch:anney, until she
heard her hus bands voice calling her I'M
peratiyely;
Fanny, Fanny! What are you do
ing?"
80, dear" thought the wife, as she ran
M stairs. II wish Frank would mt be so
cross. He's always in hurry.
Little Mrs. Chickerly stopped to think
that the real reason was that she, his
wife was never Sin hurry"
The needle threaded, the thimtSe fitted
on, an appropriate bottom was next sell
ecte1.
so, dear, Frank l hadn't one the right
size!'
"sev on what you have then; but be
quickW
But Fanny was quite certain there was
Just the right button somewhere IN her
work basket and stopped to search for
it.
"There, / told you sol" she cried, tri-
umphantly, holding it up on the end OF
her NEEDLE.
"Wen, well, sew it on quick" said Mr..
Chickerly, CHANGING at his watch nervous
ly.
"Thats just your worrying way,
Frank; as if anybody could sew button
on we'll ina hurry. There! My needle
has come unthreaded.'
ooh, Fanny, Fanny" sighed her hus-
band, fairly out of patience at last
why didn't you do it last night, as
begged of you? / shall miss the train,
and what little chance we had of place
in Aunt Eli2abeth's will will be sacrificed
to your miserable habit of being always
behindhaud."
Fanny gave him the shirt and began
to whimper little, but Mr.. Chickerly
had neither the time nor the inclination
10 soothe her petulent manifestation of
grief He finished his dressing, caught
up his valise with MARKEDLY spoken
good bye" and ran down stairs two
steps at time into the street.
"There he goes" murmured Fanny, "and
he's gone away cross with me, and all for
nothing but miserable button. / wish
there wasn't such thing as button IN
the world"
A wish which, we doubt not, many
another wife than Mrs. Chickerly has
echoed with perhaps better reason.)
Mrs. Chickerly was sitting down to her
little dinner, with a daintily- browned
chicken tumbler of current jelly, a
curly bunch of celery ragid before her,
when to her surprise the door opened
and in walked her lord and husband.
'Why, Frank where ON earth did you
come from?n cried the astonished wife.
From the Office" very coolly answered
Mr.. Chickerly,
But thought you were off for Sceners-
Vile in a hurry"
"Found myself just five minutes too
late for the train, after having run all the
way to the depot"
/ SO, that was too bad
Chickerly smiled little as he began to
carve the chicken.
Eyes, was little annoyed at first; 1t
did seem rather provoking to be kept
at home by only shirt-button.'
"What are you going to do!'
"Why, shall make second start to-
morrow
I'm see to it that your breakfast Is
ready this time to the second and all your
wardrobe in TRIM" said Fanny, rather re-
lieved at the prospect of a chance of re
trieying her character.
lyon need not, have engaged a room
at the hotel near the depot. l can't run
any more risks
He did not speak unkindly, and vel
Fanny felt that he was diepleased with
her.
But Frank -"
eve will not discuss the matter an!
further my dear, if you please l have
; resolved to say nothing more to you abou
reforms. | see it is useless and only tend'
to foster an unpleasant state Of feeling
between us. Shall help youto some more
s macaroniy'
Fanny ate her dinner with what appe
tite was left her.
Three days afterward Mr., Chicken.
once more made his entranse, just q
/ dusk, yalise in hand, while Fanny sa
v enjoying the rudy light of the Goa
4 fire, and the conscience of having
- performed her duty in the mendinj
aud the general renovation of her hus
y bands drawertul of shirts job whic
she had long been dreading and postpon
{. ing.
- "Wcn, how is Aunt Elizabeth?
q question Mrs Chickerly, when her hus
r. band, duly welcomed and greeted ha
d seated himself in the opposite cas-
y chair