Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-01-26

'She left the house at S:l5; she re-
turned at 2:30 alone.
Esther, l said, reproachfully.
alt is all right, she said, quickly.
You see l found Mr.. Bland himself,
after travelling all over the city from
house to house, where he had been
working, or some one guessed he was
working, and Mr.. Bland said; why it
is shame she has been bothered SO;
let me see, what's the sizeP Oh, yes,
nine by twelve, all right, Twill be over
almost as soon as you are; / must tell
my foreman what want done first.
"'Tell Mrs. - If she had sent
for me first, it would have been done
long ago. WhatP You did write an
order on my slater Well, the boys are
SO full of mischief. The orders are Of
ten rubbed out
II felt somewhat cheered, and took
up my pen to erase line in an editor
ial which seemed little to severe
when illuminated by Mr.. Bland's
promises. He never came. Isaw him
once after that, and he crossed over
and went down a side street
"The entire month of September
passed and yet the picture back which
had been doing duty in our window
showed in its ugly grimness every time
we come toward the house.
eve removed our efforts. At last /
came in one day looking radiant.
Esther, l said, we have a glazier,'
and if | had said we have just had
$1,000 per year left us, the girl could
not have shown more pleasure. She
threw down the book she was reading,
Lord Lytton's Coming Race and
dropped her hands. Good, good, she
cried, and may the coming man prove
true, l declare could almost hug him
out of gratitude
"'Don't, my DEAR / said, he chews
tobacco" My bachelor friend actually
smiled. He had frowned just before.
think the idea Of my beautiful cousin
Esther hugging anyone was not agree
able to him.
went on: ''Mr. Killjoy never came,
and so we struggled with fate, rain
and sleet until November was half
gone. At last we hoped once more;
young friend was coming to us for one
day. He could do almost any thing,
and being man could of course put in
a window pane. Filled with our new
born hope, we started out. At a hard
ware store we paid eight cents for
pane of glass and a generous piece of
putty. 1t was bitterly cold now and
we were obliged to keep our fingers
out of our muffs and take turns in
carrying the precious burden. 1t was
impossible to ride in a crowded car,
lest our treasure should be broken; 80
we walked more than ten blocks to our
own door. You would be surprised to
find how troublesome so small n thing
could be. Our friend was expected
the next day, and we were afraid that
a mouse, or the kitten, or some I'M
heard of accident might befall that
poor, undersized, old-fashioned light
of glass. To make it absolutely safe
we put it carefully in closet under
the stairs and closed the door securely.
"Our male relative arrived. After
due expressions of regard and some
clatter, we asked in our most insinuat-
ing tones If he could, and if he would.
and did he ever. ETC., ETC., and then
we led him to the kitchen, where our
sash had been placed, with the putty
beside it,"
Good heavensr he said, you might
as well ask me to storm the City OF
Boston. l couldn't do it.
"'But thought of doing it, said
meekly. Only the old putty is so hard
and my right wrist is SO weak
Nonsense; you could never do it
in the world. Why, what tools have
youp'
"'See,' l said triumphantly as l
opened my housekeeper's trunk in the
kitchen, where it stands in all its up
holstered glory; see, here are TOOLS
"'By jove, you are methodical, he
said, but where is your chiselP
"Alas, alack! a carpenter had bor-
rowed it long before, and it had not
been returned.
"'You see, said our tall relative,
with considerable masculine contempt
in his tone, you women always expect
a man to work without tools. There
is no one in the universe who could
get out that broken glass and clear
out that putty without good sharp
chisel'
Esther and l were silenced for
time. After dinner our six feet of
relative left us, and then in a mood
compounded of desperation, necessity
and Indignation in equal parts, rolled
up my sleeves, put on a large apron,
sharpened an old pruning knife and
two jack-knives and set to work.
1.-THE 7. r. had said we would break
the other five lights getting the old
pieces out and smash the new one get
ting it in
Esther said l with do-or-die
air, 4 have not lived all over the
United States, eaten garlic in France.
black bread in Germany, and mastered
an Amsterdam hack-driver to be con-
quered by this small affair. I have
tried every trade in town at one time
or another, and those miserable de-
linquent workmen shall not make US
miserable any longer
"'Oh, but your poor sprained wrist,
said Esther.
"'I know it, and if it gives out ut
terly and have to use typewriter