The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-07-08
HER OPPORTUNITY.

strong right arm Even aItsr seveI q
years Of married life her slcnd "
agure vas the pride OF her heart and
the delight Of hT ues. Then, for
no vSslaseertLned roason, Mr..
Babts bean to grow stout
NOt long after this mo1rrf,i dis
eoyery Mr.. Babbs was brought into
the hos-e in a dying condition. He
had fallen from load OF hay and i'm
pSled himself in picket fene,.
aough why il should not have been
just M easy 10 fall ON the side
hrthost from the fence Mrs. Babbs
could never satisfactorily determine.
Physically Mrs. Babhs bore her
Affection bravely. Grief seemed to
agree with her and she thrived
amazingly under its leaden sway.
But her temper suffered proportion
sicily. Il enragcd her that she cou q
not dwindic sadly away and droop
discOnsolately and look swcetly in
Hre ting a. Mrs. LucIctia Barnes
bad done when her lameu'cd spouse
va. tcrricd over the Acheron She
SwallOwcd untold measures o. vine.
gar with her soup and beans and
rigidl? cschrwed potatoes and but.
Der and other such generators of H.
pose matte 3: but il was VI no avail.
Week " week 5 - Increased in gIob
MARTY AMI weight Her III ghty
step III ode the windows rattle again
n the r sa-hcs and the circumference
of her waist. or at iptI-t that part OF
her Anatomy cn2ircled b.; apron
strings and popularity supposed to be
her waist, was u secret which her
are.s maker alone possessed
One day, however. a faint strJak OF
silver edged the dark-hauging clouds
81 Mrs. Bah Is despair. A newspaper
paragraph, setting forth the wonder
hui CAVES OF undue corpuieacy. no
matter by what supcrinduced. cl-
iccted By an extraordinary physician
IN an adjacent city, fell under her
ErcduLous csc and hope cte.'na, one
more spsang up in her capac,ou
breast.
She opened correspondents with
he man Of miracles. gently h nting
~ her ample girth and the unhapp.-
aess il caused her. The modern Hip
pOcratcs was honorei by Mrs. Babbs'
application. He woild cure her or
refuse all reCompenso for his services:
but as Mrs Babbs declined visiting
him, he would he under the necessity
81 visiting her. and taking her meas
are Tor divers electromagnetic
braces. belts and pads o! which his
course Of treatment consisted.
/ day or two after Mrs Babbe hal
dispatched her summons, middle
E@ed gentleman with very red whis-
ger an a neektic 10 mach made his
appearance at her door. Mrs, Rabbs
Eas very much pleased with the
eminent doctors promptness and
made colossal haste TO admit him.
Mrs Babbs, | presume" said the
red whiskered stranger
Yes, sir. Walk right in. doctor"
answered Mrs. Babbs with a bulky
smile
so you expected me- inquired
The doctor, taking seat in the par
Tor opposite Mrs Rabbs and careful
~ arranging his glowing tie.
oh. yes. Not quite so soon, peg
APPS; but | thought it wouldn't be
long foe you'd come"
Hum said the doctor looking
slightly psrplexed. yet gazing at
Mrs. Babbs with critic. eye Only
twenty -ive stone or So" he muir.
INJURED to himself dis,ppointedly II
vas in hopes she was larger. Then
aloud 70 Mrs. Babbs; How old are
gou, aam"
Il dunno a. tbct's got eunything
ser do with the matter, she rejoined
With some aspcrity.
s'Oh, no otfcnsc ma am. no oiTense.
I only wanted 10 know in order 10
better estimate your chances"
II won't be ~ till next November"
shc whispered huskily.
food heavens. As old a. that"
exclaimed the doctor. strangely star
He'd
Mrs. Babbs, 1t is due to her TO say.
uad an acutely dishcartcning sense
Of bang a little too full blown TO
quite deserve this compliment; yet
she did It openly disc!aim il. but on
the contrary east her eyes down in
very fair imitation OF the coy en-
barrassment Of tender youth.
This little bit Of acting was. unfor-
tunately, lost upon the doctor. who
was pulling absentIy at the lobe OF
his ear and muttering TO himself
"Too bad" ran his thought III
she'd been ten years younger now,
there might have been some hope.
But forty-four! Too old, too old.
fear.
Then producing q leather memo
randum book, he made short entry
IN IL.
"Will you obiige me by standing.
Mrs Babbsr he asked, sucking the
end Of his pencil and holding his
book open with rather dirty thumb
al should like TO study your entire
propositions all at once"
Mrs Babbs ooughed confusedly.
Il seemed TO her that the doctor had
. very blunt and dissgreeable way OF
putting things Nevertheless, with