The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-01-15
THE CORNER STORE.
j Lesson Learned by Several
Prominent People Of Dykeville.

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be dfi8 So the corner store is let! said Mrs.
.arIy Dsane
a pla aAnd nigh time" chimed in Miss Me-
i'll, vi linda Murgatroyd, ''since it has stood
et ara snpty ten months, come Christmas!"
+ brea@ aAh, no wonder, said old Mrs. Hun
ID il aE There's been many to look at
ian tA Il but not one has come the second
!; II lime, after they heard of how old Tres
m.- IL hung himself in the middle of the
hont room at midnight"
aYoa don't suppose its-haWnted?"
sid Mrs Deane.
Mrs Hunter shook her false curls and
ween boxed indescribably knowing.
ar tra sIdon't say Yes" said she, "and l
All dsa'tsay MOI But there's the facts.
are Ysaean judge for yourselves"
News Well, anyhow" said Miss Murgat-
anim pJd, 'its a comfort to see the place
ses awake and alive again. after the wooden
can shutters and the To Let staring you in
led ~ Tie face for well-nigh year! And it's
ro,ss ahe doctor, tool"
q tha That makes fur in the village al
ra1Y, said Mrs. Deane, sourly. 81
I'm, wonder If they expect to make their
= living off US poor sufferers!"
4 wonder if he's married man, :"
$, sid Miss Melinda, ad djusting the blue
ribbon bow which she wore at her
70 KsAared throat. sort of fiuttering sig
nal that her maiden affections were still
disengaged.
at 'Humphp' said old Mrs. Hunter who
'ars bad three single daughters. 1--WE shall
papa all find out in time, if we wait long
wO hu enough
p farz II he's young and agreeable said
han the widow Pereival, who had not hith-
Ok Us eEtomingled in the conversation, she
Will be decided acquisition to our So
tost nj tstgo
100; bld ! understand that his name is
/ sse Doctor Wigg?7 simpered Mrs. Walker,
3 san Snowas rather deaf
poss -lasfn sharply corrected Mrs. Hun
D sfz tes ''E-a-sfn
Doctor Inst" giggled Miss Murga-
sbo Eoyd What very peculiar name!
: vs ae must be of German parentage,
m-s
lose mo said any thing about Dr. Ins!"
,warf8 sofleEed old Mrs. Hunter, fairly losing
roes her patience. II think you're all gone
crazy together Wagginsp That's the
name Neither 'Wigg' nor ms but
? I e7 10th togetherr'
- parmershipg' inquired Mrs. Walk
49, g with her head on one side like
AOslg hnnet' And just then the tea
-. eao aot biscuit came in, and the DYKE
$50 5'ne sewing Society broke up it's work.
ag session, and became transformed
L. ~ 0anqueting assembly
As nlt that the corner store was let
m Il ySp,l
T. ~, 49, q expectation on the subject, a
l.a 1..ni o agreeable anticipation. Mr..
- ssaes aaa heard that DR.. Wiggins was
80 aafslea man with a large family of
s.gsa sons and daughters. Squire Cos
"h nad It, on no less incontrovertible
winls s4''aalons, that he was young stu
ire a@ Just graduated, on the lookout
q ~ 49, VIE IL was supposed that he
10 1'a occupy as an office, the lover
II 'as IA which the lamented Trestles
wind - hanged himself, and furnish the
pF# pgef apartments either as a bachelor
lars aln' or as family rooms, according
IL 80 needs This seemed rather a
ssaf location in which to select a
bres le uus then, as Miss Melinda MUIR
Bres ssa observed, peoples tastes diff
lors# 04 and because old Trestles didn't
oue 49, % live there, it was no reason
Ma ss4uy one else should share his pref
Is Soa and as days crept on, and the
MD ase was neatly painted outside and
lm 81 - missing panes of glass replaced
de ns.s : AeW furnace put into the base
1ishs 1is sne tide OF popular curiosity rose
aii And j. - ~ her.
10 ~ = last the little tin sign:
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