Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-02-07
| didn't know, but | said yes

leve."
"Then--I say--thcse mere new tod,
nat you N your wife seem so migmt}
taken wi'h-Iye know anything ab ,ut
emp"
Il know nothing about the character
pG your boardcrs, Mr. Jacobus," | re-
lied, conscious of some irritability.
"if | choose to associate with any ol
,hcm-
Jess so-jess so," broke in JacoAus.
Il hain't noihin' to say ag'mst yer 50
sherbl'ty. But do ye know them?"
"Why, certainly not, replied.
"Well-that was all | wuZ askn' yc.
Ye see, when he came here to take Tic
rooms-you wasn't here then-he toll
my wife that he lived at number 81 in
his sret An yistiddy he told her that
he lived a. number 30. He sal he live.
in an apartment house. Now, there ca',
be no apa tnent house on two sides
the same street, kin they?"
what street was it?" / inquire
wearily.
Hundred N Twenty first street.
May be, replied, sill more wear
what people will do in Harlem.
l went to my wfe's room.
"Don't you think it's queer?" sh"
asked me.
Il think I'll have to talk with tina
young man tonight, | said, "and see ii
he can give some account of himself .
But, my dear. my wife said gravely
'she doesn't know whether they've ha,
the measles or not. "
"Why, great Scott" l exclaime,,
"they must have had them when the.
were children.
"P.e"sc don't be stupid, said my wife.
Il meant their children.
When L went up stairs that evening
found my wife putting her hair to b.
i don't know how | can better desert
an operation familiar to every marie,
man. | waited until the last treSs wa
coiled up and then spoke.
I've talked with Brede, said, "a.
| didn't have to catechize him. Fl
seem Il to feel that some sort of an eA
pIanation WAS looked for, and he wa
very outsroAcn. You were right abou
the cHitdrrn-that is, l must have ms
undera God i'm. There are only tw,
But the Malterhorn episode was simp,
enough. He didn't real how dang.
Gus it was uAtil he had got SO far into
that he c, uIdn't bac omt; and he did.
ell her because he'd left her here, yu,
see, and under the circumstance
Left her here" cried my wife, Il,
be II sit ing with her tie whole aftc
noon, sewing, and she told me that
left her at Geneva, and came back Al
took her to Bas e, and the baby w;
born there-now I'm sure, DEAR becalr,
askcl her.
"lerhaps l was mistaken when J
thought he said She was on this side, "
suggested, with hi ter, biting irony.
YOU poor dear, did l abuse YOU
said my VI ife. "B. do you know, Mr.
Tabb said that snA didn't know how
many humps of gar he took in hi
coffee Now that S ms queer. doe,m'
it?"
1t did. 1t was Il queer thin. But !.
looked queer Wy 4 ;eer
The next mcri it Was clear tina
war was declared against tie Bredc.
They came down to Breakfast so"-t
what late, and as soon as they had Il
rived the BlSglests swooped up Il
last fragme Is that remained on tn
plates, and made a stately march out
the dining room. Then Miss Hoo9e
camp arose aHL depar, d, leaving
whole fshball on her plate. Even ii
Atalanta might have droppn ii an appl
behind her to tempt her pursuer
check his speed, 50 Mss Hongencan,
left the fshbai lehind her, and h
tween her maiden self and contain :
nation.
We had finished our breakfast, m
wife and !, before the Bredes ap care
We talked it over. and greed that V,
we're glad that we had not b, ell ob!ig {:
to take sides upon such ins tficie
testimony.
After breakfast it was the custom {
the male half Of the j col u househol,
to go around the corner of the bulldin
and smoke their pipes and cigars wher'
they would not annoy the ladies. W,
sat under II trelli' coverod d with grar
vine that had borne no grapes in tn
bore leaves, and these, on that pIeasan
summer morning, shielded us from tw
persons WIG were in earnest convcl
sation in the struggling, half dea'
flower garden at the side of The house.
IL don't want" we heard Mr.. Jacobus
say, "to enter into no mans privacy
but | d want to know who it may be,
h.,t I i'm II.
what | ask you, and | don't want yol
to take it in no ways p rsonal, is-hav'
you your marriage license with you?
No." we heard the voice of NJ,
Brede reply. III I'VE you yours2'
| thiuk it was Glance sho'; but i
told all the same, tn" major (ne WAS {;
widoweD and Mr.. Bigglcs and | look,
at each othel; and Mr.. Jacobus, on III
other side of the grape trelis, looked {;
Il dom. know whau-and WAS as silent
as we We're.
Where is your marriage licen-e, mar
ricd reader? Do you know? For m"n
not including Mr. Brcde, stood or al ,r
one side or the other Of at grape trel-
lis, and not on Of the" !; .ew Ia 're h.
marriage liccn wa@. EFch OF IL, l"s
had oae-tho ajor had had thrcc Pu
where were they? " ere j, u.s
Tucked i'll your h st la 5 pocArI; d,
posted il lis desk. OF Washcd to "a p
in his viii ais coat Ct wlIitp wa. .
coats | e the faal:on Of tie hvu J WASH.
out of "Xi'toncc~-can you tell WIe'p j.
is? Car yoG-m'less You are OH"
those people who frame that in ere I'm
document and hang it up oh their d,"W
inn room MallS2