Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-04-24

| ing Wednesday night, and the reading
every Friday evening. Sister Annie did
the reading. She got up a magazine
club, too. / consider Sister Annie
| very accomplished woman, ma am. She
| was universally beloved" lie pro-
| nounced this slowly and impressively,
as if he or Sister Annie were originating
| the time-worn commentator.
''She never used to complain, ma am.
l DO not believe she knew how to COM
| plain. If it had not been for the cough
! ing, like as not no one would have
| known she was sick. When l told her
| goodbye yesterday noon, she smiled
the moment she stopped coughing. and
| pretended it was nothing. l told my
wife not to mind me, just to go on and
| look after her sister. She was most wor
! ried to death about my dyspepsia" He
! paused. nibbling at his toothpicS. Il
) do not believe that that sulphur water
| is going to agree with me, or may be it
is the fried eggs. OF course, ma am.
! Certainly. if you have letters to write"
! President Tubbs had the pleasure of
eating his dinner alone. For supper he
was q few minutes late. There was an
| other place prepared at the table. lie
| interrupted inquiries about IL by pre-
| sentin~ himself opportunity with the
| occupant, a lady.
Let me Introduce my wife to YOU,
ma'am. | tclcgraphed her this morning
after YOU left mo. | told her to come
right along here and divert her mind.
| can stand the expense. She didn't
want to come in to supper but told her
you would excuse her appearance,
ma'am. She hasn't had any time to fix
up; been travelling ever since three.
| The funeral came off ~ ten. Sister An
ME passed away easy and quiet as Il
| baby going to Sleep
| Mention has not been made of his
voice. 1t was trumpotal in its volume
of sound, and his words, heavy. unmod
ulated projections, fell like missiles of
wood on the cars.
1t was an elegant funeral, my wife
says, and the parsons address she con-
| sidcrs a triumph of oratory.' This last
sentence seemed also a matter of pride
with him. Il told my wife that she
would like you. Mary. didn't l tell you
! you that you would like" He touched
her on the shoulder to corroborate his
! statement, and so she was forced to look
up at last.
His wife. That his wife. Twenty,
! perhaps moro. An oval face, black hair
| in heavy mass at the back of her neck,
and eyes that would have been called
the most beautiful in the world If they
! had not 10 be called the most grief
strickcn-eyes of supernatural beauty
and divine suffering. Her mOuth,-her
mouth was quivering from lips to chin.
| One of the two women had to leave tho
table; she could not
The professor came in to the break
fast table the next morning alone, but
radiant.
Il never slept better in my life, ma am;
and no disturbance of the stomach. Did
you notice that | eat the fried mutton
last night, ma'am? Well, | thought
would hear from that mutton before
morning; but | did not, ma'am. All
quiet; all serene. My wife she did not
| sleep so well-she is 4 poor sleeper
and the baby did not sleep at all, sho
says. She says she walked him up and
| down the room pretty much all night
| long. l told her not to mind me, to do
! just exactly as she pleased; not to worry
| about my breakfast and my dyspepsia. L
! had brought her here to have her pleas
ure and | could manage to get along.
And now, a'am, what shall we do this
| morning?
| What. Going to leave? Going away.
! Oh, you had better not go. You had bet
ter stay day or two longer. Why,
am not going for two or three days yet.
! Well, if you can't stay But | am real
sorry. | never did meet a lady whose
society | enjoyed more than yours. Is
that your hack, now?"
| Yes"
well, l an sorry. I thought VIC
were going to have real good time to-
gethcr. You can't change your mind?
Well, | On sorry. Let me call my wife
| to tell you goodbye. Oh. it's no dis
turbancc; she is just in her room. Mary!
Mary"
There was no answer either to the call
or the knock upon the door, near which
We unfortunately were standing. Be-
fore preventive could be thought of.
it was flung open by his strong, quick
hand.
Come in! Come right in, ma'am,
Here's Mary. She will be delighted TO
see you, and right sorry to hear that you
are going away"
The woman, not attempting to rise,
sat as she was, nursing her BABY The
black dress Of last night lay thrown
across 4 trunk. She wore a faded red
calico wrapper: her hair which had not
yet been combcd, hung in two long,
thick. tangled plaitS. Her face was
still as beautiful as the night before,
only the daylight showed what the dim
| light had not, the hectic spot in each
transparent cheek and the feycrish
. bri lliaurv in hpr ryCS
Yes, ma'am. the baby is considered to
favor me; he is what is called in these
parts growthy, | tell Mary he looks
as if he were going to be self-madc,
too
"Undoubtcdly."
/ Growthy! with six months progress
of nose and mouth toward the original
self-made type, and breallfasting as if
he too had chronic dyspepsia, his heavy
little hands grasping and pulling the
! breasts to which mis- large mouth chung
determinately. And size had to be the
mother of this, and the wife of that Oh
destiny,
/ y photograph had dropped from her
/ hand to the floor. 1t was easy enough
to see the face-not so pretty as Mary's,
! bus stronger. And this was her first
day in the grave: her first day of rest
on earth. perhaps.
/ well, ma am, you must excuse Mary.
/ She is only a country girl. and has not
/ had advantages like you and me-
The professor was forced to the apol-