The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-01-15
An Idea That warmed Her Feet.

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Louise, my DEAR said Gidaker to
his wife IL Sunday, as they we're go
ing home from church, shave you v
thought much about the Pilgrimage il
the WildernessP"
well, no, hubby; not such . great
sight; and still I've thought about it
some, too, and wished it was all to be
done over again." said the good woman,
with q PARKWAY sort of sigh.
Done over again! Why, my love.
what can you mean?" said Gidaker,
quickly, with eyes like exclamation
points on q poster.
II mean that it would be 80 jolly to
have q chance like that now"
Like what, my dear2"
ITO join the picnic"
"Picnicp"
eyes, picnic, and one that would last
forty years, too, at that. Wouldn't it
be delightful"
II fail to grasp your meaning, my
dear"
II mean that l would like to have q
chance in that sort of a barbecue n.y.
self. 1t would just suit me to a T, and
if another Moses would only come to
Chicago and give us q chance to go
through Lake Michigan aud camp
around in Canada for forty years, and
have as nice a time of it all that while
as they did on the other side OF Jordan,
l tell you, hubby, I'd drop into tho pro-
cession just too quick, and If l didn't
have q sealskin coat and q stemwinding
watch to take along with me it would
be because l couldn't borrow them in
the block before I started. Wouldn't it
be grand? I'll declare, it fairly warns
my feet to think of it,"
"What are you saying, Louise"
what am I saying? Tn saying,
you dear old blockhead, that camping
in the wilderness with no homework to
do would suit me about as well as any
thing l know of. No sweeping and
scrubbing; no house cleaning, carpet
shaking, or wearing out knuckles on a
washboard; no pinching to make both
ends meet, and worrying about things
you can't afford. If that wouldn't be
nice, hubby, tell me something that
would. No going distracted when you
have company unexpectedly and your
girl has gone away. No cooking, no
dish-washing, or anything to make you
get up early in the morning. Think
how nice it would be to sleep until you
got your nap out, and then find your
breakfast all ready and waiting for you
on a bush when you get up; not only
now and then, but right along for q
steady thing every morning for forty
years. I know I'd like it. 1t would be
nearly as gay as being a gypsy. Don't
you think so, hubbyP"
You're a person of queer ideas, my
DEAR
MAYBE l am; but if you had to drag
around like 1 do from morningtin night,
till your feet got as heavy as lead, you'd
long for any kind of a change that
would make the work lighter, l know
you would, and that's the reason why ]
always thought l would have liked thai
trip down TO Canaan myself. 1t makes
me feel as though l had on a new dress
that fitted like a glove every time l think
of it. There's only one thing about il
that would be hard to bear"
"And what's that, my loveP"
why, never having your clothes wea,
out, and going all that time without get.
ting anything new to talk about. That
would be downright dreadful, as sure as
you live. If they'd only have something
nice from a millinery shop blow into
camp along with the quails now and
then, or something lovely from State
street drop down with the some
times, it would be just too grand for any
use, and nothing could be imagined that
would suit me any better, unlessit would
be having money of my own to spend
whenever l wanted it, without havingto
go to market and waste it provisions
Chicago Ledger.