Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-28

The House shouldn't be Neglected Merely
Because she had Husband to Bury.
N y Sim.

W T. Sun.
Alta reception at the house OF we'll
known resident of Ridgewood, Mrs.
Carundel interested group OF listeners
by her recital Of last summers expert
ence.
''From Southampton, Long Island,
she said, 81 went with my daughter to
one of the shore resorts to stay few
DAYS. We were recommended to a
small house with little store attached
where soda water, &C., were sold. Inc
house was kept by Mrs Squires, kind,
and practical country woman, VINO
lived alone with her husband.
"Mrs. Squires Immediately gave me a
delightful room with balcony overlook
ing the bay, and then left me, saying:
He thinks ought to be with him all
the time, but how can / when there's
dinner a-cookin' in the oven and chores
in the store to tend to?' The he
referred to was her husband, who was
very I'll with lingering consumption.
1.-TWO hours after / had been in the
house Mrs. Squires knocked at nv door
and calmly said, without shedding a
tear and with the most matter-of-fact air
possible: Il went through his room TO
see after things in the kitchen, when
he gasped and died. l spose | Will
have to lay him out myself. Wish had
stayed with him more; it kind OF
troubles me now that he's dead
81 sympathzed with her, saying l
hoped She would not have TO do that Of
tce for the dead, whereupon Mrs.
Souires told me she would call jim,
boy who was then ploughing In the
field. With his assistance she prepared
the body for burial, which did not take
her long. She had no one else to help
her until two days after, when sne
called an undertaken an hour before
the funeral. -,
This over Mrs. SQuires went on with
her work in the most composed manner,
changing beds and fixing up her rooms,
as she had sent for her daughter, VINO
lived in New York. The blinds were
all thrown open and the children OF the
neighborhood focked in and looked
around eagerly.
II had avoided looking at the remains
but as was passing throug the hail
Mrs. SquireS spied me. The thought
must have occurred TO her for the first
time, for she called out in the midst OF
moving furniture: Do you S'pose he's
dead% replied, 4 think ! would lind
out for sure when Jim, the plough0oy,
interrupted me by saying. Yes, l
know he is This seemed TO satisfy
her perfectly.
''All the friends, myself included,
were invited to attend the burial ser
vice in tho church. Previous 10 the
funeral | had suggested to Mrs. SQuIros
that she should put some black on the
door, and said that I would almost be
willing TO part with my crepe veil Tor
that purpose.
Nothing more was said, but when !
started 20 90 TO the funeral my veil was
not 10 be found. ] mentioned the fact
to Mrs SQuireS, who said: For the
lands sake! put your veil on the
door. Do you want it back nOw|
Il was glad of an excuse TO stay at
bone, and went to the window TO
watch the procession. First came a
buggy with the minister, next the
hearse, and then an omnibus with the
mOurnerS dressed IN deep mourning
Thinking on her return from the
funeral she would feel very sad, at
tempted to condole with her, and asked
about the funeral. Her first remark
to me was: L paid the undertaken S75
at the grave; found it in his pockets;
wanted it off my mind, 'cause it might
20 for something else. Now, II you
don't mind having your yictuals with
me, we will all eat together, for am
real hungry She thereupon sat down
and ate a hearty dinner OF beetSteak
and onions.
81 asked her OF what denomination
the clergyman was. She replied: He
is a Universalist,' and then stopping to
think, No, he is Methodist or Baptist.
81 afterward heard that the clergy
man left abruptly at the grave to over
take his horse, which had attempted to
run away"