Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-10-11

| az JNai ~, protested Du5enburv.
would scorn to do that Il would De
admitting G weakness in my mental struc
ture' nave trained myself TO depend en-
hreiT upon memory and thereisn'5
oe1'ef senool tor the memory than a shop
/ ping excursion"
And do you thiAk you have svery-
TING you we're ordered 10 briur-tne
shade, toe quality, he quantity and All
"Why, to be sure" declared Dasepberrv
''Rot such matters aogn real fine"
Then sir, envy you" commented The
stranger.
hhen Dusenberry arrived at home with
the parcels he could not make his boast
iag good In fact, ne had made a terri
bic mess out of his errapd. His memorv
had played him falsely in every instance.
bis wife tried 70 Toe patieut over il ain.
but she couldn't. There wasn't grace
enouga 10 Offset the provooatiou.
VIVA. have you here?" shu asked,
catching ct large package. "dazenutsg
| didn't order any"
Il guess they renutmegs. nv dear.3
DuzsahsTry said.
"Nu'megs" she almost screamed. "Hog
manyf'
Five pounds"
oh you simplatoni Five pounds of
nu5megs' I told you to bringm e eve
ounces"
"Whats this" sho asked. "a yara q.
sateen. ! told you five yards OF satin
inis Is of 40 earthly use 20 me-"
Cant you make bathing nit oct Of
ltf" Dusenborry ainlly asked, so ratified
that he meant it.
Bier proportions were none OF the
most Insignificant aud so she frowned
upon him.
Il don't see the Lyons velvet sha
said 'no doubt sou forgot it?'
Maria didn't forget anything. They
hGd none"
"What! hedn'tanyg"
Yes Maria Lyons was dead. or gone
OUT of business OF something of the Kind,
the CLERK said"
On, Dusenberry" groaned she. Glow
can you get of such an outrageous yarn
as thats Sakes alive, man, what 40 you
call thisgn
"ltis hairpin, isn't it my dear?"
One, big, ungainly, horfid looking
hairpin! or, you parsimuious wretch.
What do l want with ono haiTpiu?. The
clerk must have thought you daft"
You said I should bring you coarse
hairoin, Maria"
Il didn't"
"My dear, let US not quarrel but dis
tincly remstaber you did"
Nonsense, Dusenbury. You've got
the worst memory of any man I ever
knew. told you 90 write 10 ell down, but
you vonldn't. I told you TO bring me al
gross 81 haIrpius. Rot one course hair
pin our II dozen of them"
"Oh. { see," Dusen5erry said, rs he
rubbed the grd of his nose. Gross,
cosrse, gross, Q dozen It wasn't a slip
OF the memory, my dear. Il was merely
q misoom prehension.
His wife found faolt with eve-y pur-
chase, aud he felt deeply Inundated ard
all ths more so when he recalled his
boastful speech to the stranger. The
last bottle unwrapped was bottle o
castor oil.
"Is this for yourself?" she then ask
ed
"No my DEAR replied he, "gol told rue
Do bring cs.tul OIL"
"Duseuberry, 1 didn't
"Haria, shall insist that you did. Its
the LAST package and surely on . of the
LOS oUsh t. oe rjght la try ing my
best my Gear, e. DO parisat, but
you're frying to be p2-isut On, los!B
I've t~o og three bottles o. castor oU In
the house. I don, wlut my and did
moi tel you 10 bring any
My dear, am willing 20 wear that
you did, persisted DuseuberrJ. "You
must allow me to depend somewhat upon
nv memory. A regret that it has mar
roeed down 30 q que6tiou eff yeracity be-
tween us, and I'll try to o. patti NJ IT.
was the last order you gave me. had
alreedy reached the street, you were in
the doorway you said to me-"
eyes Duserberry, l remember" +
"Ah, knew You would! You had me
down in the dus', bu' new l feel CORES
pouiagls elated. No doubt most Of the
other urder5----h
eyes, you idiot / remember! We were
standing where You said We were. ! did I
not say, bring a bottle of castor oil. l.
said bring me a bottle OF oil for the ces-
tor"
"That's so Maria" Dusenberry said IS
limp looking Ms dish cloth. "Im down
in She dust again, my dear; but maybe its
a good place for ne 70 be
A Georgia mar who has been coughirg