The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-04
many people saw under the impress.

II many people save. under the impress
sion, usually a delusion, that they vii
r sometime ''eome handy"
II Among the useless rubbish stowet
It away in Farmer Huff's attic was tn.
frame OF an old carpet loom on which
d Mrs. HUFF had woven many a carpet il
k her younger days; but years had passe.
since the loom had been in use. Th,
moonlight streaming in through
window showed Mr.. HUFF that the atti,
i door was open, but there was no other
light In the room.
Harriet HUFF !" he called. what In
| creation air you doing up there at this
t time o night2 Hunting some more
| tormented old rags? Come right back
t TO bed, You'll yet your death O. cold
/ roauin' round at night"
She took no notice OF his querulous
remarks. but he heard no more sounds
in the attic. But he was too much
troubled 20 let the matter rest as it
was, and accordingly mounted the
stair. and entered the attic-room.
There he saw something that cause,
him to open both eyes and mouth With
amaZeIlent.
At the old loom sat NJ RS. HUFF In her
night clothes. In cae hand she held
an old Wooden shuttle. while with the
other she fumbIed around in a grain
bag full OF carpet-rag balls leaning
against a post OF the loom. Drawing
forth a bal of the .hit-an'- miss a g
she slowly began winding it on the
shuttle, which she then passed to and
fro through an imaginary warp. The
reed and batten bars were gone, but
Mrs. Huff went slowly through the mo.
| tons OF using them.
The amazed Mr.. HUFF at once noticed
that her eyes were closed. and his be-
lief that she had become Z stark,
staring, crazy loonytic" changed into
the more agreeable thought that she
was sound asleep. His eyes rested on
the missing carpet rags, and he men
tally calculated;
brought EN- up here herself in her
sleep two weeks ago, oy Jinks: WHAT
goin to become of her if she goes to
maxim carpets both when she's asleep
and awake? Her intelleckshel reason
will give way. That's whatll happen
to her. No born woman could stand
it, and it'll be mighty hard on all OF
LIZ. She shan't make nary mother car
pet I'll buy body bristles for ev'ry
room in the house first. Harriet Diany
HUFF, wake up and git to bed where
You blong"
Mrs. Huff did not waken, and Mr..
HUFF hesitated before speaking again.
They say,"he said TO himself, that
ii aint sale to wake up sleep-walkers
or somnambulances suddenly. Mebbe
she'd have a fit if | woke her, though
she don't come Of a fifty family. III
just see what she does"
\ moment later Mrs. Huff slowly left
the loom, and, with eyes still closed,
shut the attic door behind her, walked
down stairs, and returned quietly to
her bed.
1t beats all" said Mr.. Huff, as he
quietly lay down beside her, but she
shan't NEEDLE with carpet rags no
more. she Shant!"
In the morning she said. while dress
ing: Il dreamed bout weaving me a
at my old loom last night, I've
bad scy'raI such dreams lately"
'llev" queried Mr.. Huff, dryly.
THAT reminds me that | want to show
you% something in the old loom room.
Come right up.'
AWAIT till after breakfast"
mo, I've got more time now"
"lhere you air, Harriet Huff" said
Huff, dramatically, as he threw
open the attic door, and waved his
hands toward the bag of rags.
Gideon Huffl' she said, as she sank
on an ola hair-covered trunk.
With her hands appraised.
I'D say Gideon Huff if I was YOU"
replied; then he went on solemnly.
occasionally shaking his finger toward I
Ter: Harriet Diany Huff, | amt got .
much to say to you. but what | do say 1
5 solemn and pertickler, and | mean it. I
you've made your last rag carpet! |
-FOUR intellcckshel reason is givin' '
way under the strain OF it, to san {
Of our duds bein' cut up ford g
half wore out, and you in a q
tiddy pickle and stew over your color s
n and twisted stripes. You drug G
hem rags up here in your sleep. and
as night ketched you up here goin' s
trough weayin' motions in your sleep.
our mental brain powers is becoming /
Exhausted owe carpet rags, and you'vs !
'ot to give EN- up for good and all, |
or no premiums"
So Mrs. Huff, greatly shocked when ,
of her performances, did give up .
III rag carpet making, although the
twisted stripe of her visions y
nd dreams became reality as soon as {
he rags could be carried to the y
Watts. :
Dream-provoking food at midnight il
vas also wisely given up in obedience v
0 Mr.. Hutf's demand that his wife h
hould do nothing to impair her intel. O
eckshel reason n
This is a true story, and the reader Il
an draw the moral from it. j. l.. d
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