Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-28

Z IA tut crust, htr sharp race expressing
/ eager curiosity.
i Il bet You Uinepence she didn't
know enough ter put crackers in. wish
/ ! could get one look just to satisfy my own
mind, she added. And determined to
accomplish her object at half hazards she
ran a knife dettly around small portion
/ OF the edge, and inserted four inquisitive
/ fingers, hitting the brown crust to get a
/ glimpse of the contents.
/ 4 look Of unmitigated disgust passed
over her face. Dropping into a conyen-
lent chair She actually groaned aloud:
Wei, / never, an we payin that man
/ i've hundred dollars a year besides a dona-
( ton at Christmas Ought"
lnsuspicious Mrs. Graham. as She re-
turned with the yeast, was somewhat pus-
zled by the sudden freshness Of her guest
who hurried out Of the house as If some
dreadful contagion had haunted il. but
when the minister, in carving the pie that
the deacon 5 wife had sent, made curious
discoveries almost simultaneously. the
reason for Patiences altered demeanor
was made plain, and the young pair had
| hearty laugh that made the old par
sonage ring like peal of Thanksgiving
bells
The Tuesday following was the regular
day for the sewing circle and seldom had
that interesting gathering proved so lively
and animated as ON this occasion well nigh
bursting with some important secret that
she was only waiting fitting opportunity
to diyulge That opportunity was not
long in coming, for Mrs. Geo. Farrell
who was constitutional croaker took oc-
caslon TO say in reference to the hard
times
The deacon had been tryin ter collect
the church tax and he SAYS he never found
money SO tight in all the years he lived
here. Il as hara 30 get five dollars now
as it used to be to get ten
And, no wonder, spoke up Miss Pa
thence, with the stony severity ola sphinx
lou can t expect folks to feel like pay
IN out their money when they see it fairly
thrown away aud wasted
Everybody looked curious, and some Of
the younger girls began to speak defantly
The minister's sweet young wife was
evidently fayorite with them, at least
What doyou mean by that2" asked
Mrs Farrell. pointedly. Mrs. Graham
IS young and inexperienced, to be sure
but as the deacon was sayin only yes
terday, she does very well indeed, consid-
ering
Patience tossed her head knowingly. Il
don I want to say nothing to hurt her, but
Twin next door, as do. can't always
help seem and hearin things that other
folks can't be expected to know about, and
when ! see and know things like
There was an orlinous pause, and the
deacon's wife asked excitedly:
Like what?
Chicken pies, with legs and feet of the
chicken baked mp
Had thunderbolt fallen it could
not have caused greater surprise to those
tidy, thrifty New England housekeepers
than this dreadful revelation of the
incapacity Of the pastor young wife.
Are you sure of It2' gasped one ma
iron, breaking the ominous silence. II
know it for fact was solemnly returned
Chicken legs in pie.
She's a born fool, calculated the dea-
cons wife Indignantly, and I'm thank
full for her poor husband s sake that ! sent
her over one Of my pies yesterday. They
had to throw her IS away, of course, and it S
lucky that he didn't have to go without
his Thanksgiving breakfast on account Of
her ignorance an shiftlessness.
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