Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-01-13
MOTHER IN LAW.

My folks jest hollered right out when |
told 'em wus goih tn marry the German
gentleman that had boarded to Aunt Sa
rahs all summer. They wus opposed tn
furriners, you see, but " ben they knoweo
him they couldn't help owhln up that he
wus real pleasant, and the way he learned
American wus enough tn amaze "a sar
pent Why, 'twarn't six months before hi
spoke it jest as perfect as eour folks did
e'en almost, only fur the" He couldn't
never say the" and uever won't but his
grammer | couldn't find no fault with my
self.
And Jest about then he perposed tn me
and married him.
Well, twas sort of funny Gu be calico
Mis- Schimmelwizer Chats the nearest
ever hev come tn my married name yet
When ! write | alters sign myself "Nep
tany," as formerly) but nobody objected.
had Jest the shlniest little house-most
everything was vanished soft you stuck
tn it passing ef you warn't keerful anG
the lumferkins was gorgeous. But init
the midst of this here paradise came a sar
pent. WAL, so it kinder seemed tn me al
tust.
Twas letter sayin that Paul's mar wus
a-comin tn live with him. Seemed to mt
| should expire when he translated that
letter intu American. SEE | 81 want t.
know" That wus all could say AS fIl,
him, he wus wild with joy. | expected tt
see him turn summersots.
Now | half all dat heart couldt vishl'
he said, dat best beloved und ever de
voted of moders und dis dearest of vives!'
didn't want to hurt his feelings, so ]
tried to grin; but it wasn't easy.
80" he said, eve shall be u 'appy party
She will teach you tn cook sauerkraut unC
make noodle soup"
"That'll be real nice, T." SEE |, trying not tt
heller right out, though tears would come
"Ah, We feel de same" he said getting
out his handkerchief. See, | weep also
And We will ave of music. All, she plays
Oh de violin. All. beautiful-dot accom-
plished moder!"
Now, didn't know jest what he meant
by "wioln," but | said, "Well like (
tune myself, whatever it is on, and | let
him talk on till he had tn go tn the store
Then jest sot down and give up. Moth
ers-inlaw amt pleasant prospeX anyway
but furrin ones, SEE | tn myself, must
be even wuss, and all my peace and happ
ness seemed tn me tn be ilyin jest us fast
as il could up chimney.
Next day wus Sunday, and we went u
church, and the minister's tex wus about
bearin the burdens that wus Civ you tt
carry, and he preached beautiful; ant
comm out, seq ] tn myself "Well, seeil
what awful packs some has tn carry about
ought tn be willin tn take my easy one
so l'll jest hist my mother-in-law pi "a
back and get along the best kin with her
And I'd orter, fur Paul is real good, anC
deserves it, and a man that loves his ma
will love his wife" And thought wha
a wicked thing it wus fur wife tn so
herself against her husbands mother, tina
he'd suffered fur him, and cared fur him
and carried him in her arms, and sot vi
with him when he he'd Group and measles
and like as not saved up and wore old bun
nits tn give him schoolin, and | wake,
out on Paul's arm feelin real good all,
Christian, and made flopover fur dessert.
He was goin away for few days. Tn
firm he'd sent him tn buy fur them-whic
wus a step--and his salary wus to
raised-which warn't tn be despised {
mars-in-law however worthy, wus cumi
and we parted as feelin as eff we WI
steddy company; fur, with so many bio,
ups and colisums in all the newspapers
who could DE sure we'd ever meet again?
"Oh, may he come back safe!' seq t
myself as | watched the retreatin COW
catcher Even hevin Dutch mother il
law is preferentiable tn bein widder,
and went home calkerlatin tn put thing
til rights, and invite mar and Mirandy an
Lizer Jane u come and pay me a visi
And | had got things pretty slick, an
wus Just polishin off the front window
.,l 1.
tn me from down below, Say, LADY," an
when turned my head, so AS tn see hin
good, there wus man lookin up at til
house and sen he, Excuse me, lady, but
you know Of anybody that's rXpectn
Dutch LADY,
When | heard that. wonder that
didn't tumble ont of the winLow, ! wus
skeered and upset.
wait a minute" SEE /. "I'll cul
down" And down went.
There he stood.
Lady, excuse me-" seq he again. "I'N
been drivin Dutch lady and her trun
around the hull mornin, fur I've got
mother myself, and hadn't the heart
leave hel in he street, especial as s.
that she wus beset tn get herself run owe
as they mostly are She's jest off Ge
man steamer, and she's loOkin fur her 81
so the man that put her aboard sad
and she's lost n paper she he'd the dire
ton writ on, but think it was somewhe
about here"
: Yes" sez |, 81 guess it must be. l.
eXpectn my marin. law from Germany.
well am thankful" SEE he she
jest around the corner, and pll fetch Ia
up"
So he went away, and | expected tn see
cab drive up, but instead of that in mi
ute he cum leadin ii dray horse, and Oh /
dray wus a big blue trunk and lund
and on the trunk wus-l scursly knc
what-looked like dirty ball OF knit
wusted as much as anything, or two
three old stockings raveled out aud bunch
together, but it WAS bellern out loud al
sayin suthin despurit in Dutch, and clasp
its mitts-red mitts it he'd onto it-anC
made out 'twus an old lady. And VIII
the drayman had h'isted her down IA
tried 10 make her understand she he'd orr
1, pay fur her ride, but couldn't, so | pa
\ quite wilin as far as that went He lugg
the blue box and the bundle to my fiat. a
- | kept sayin: