Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-01-12

understand American, and my husband
wus away. And he did 1t, and the way she
shruck would have skeered peacock
Well, there l wus alone with my marin
law, and l tried tn make her understand,
Take a cheer and sot down." and Take
of your bunnit and make yourself tn
hum" But still she bellered. Then |
thought, not findin her son there, she was
skeered, which wus nat'ral; so SEE |, IAN
right; he's fust rate" But she only
moaned. Then / said, Hes real smart
jest as clipper as kin be-"
But she only shook her head and said
something; but what she meant | couldn't
tell you ef wus tn be electroplated fur
not doing 1t. Then suddenly it cum into
my mind that mebbe the poor thing wus
hungry. So, as 'twasn't no use in talkin,
l jest put on my coffee pot and sot the
table, and p'inted tn my mouth occasion
ally to shew her victuals wus most ready,
and eff you'll believe it, she did stop cryin
and began to smile. But when | pushed
up cheer and said, "Sot by, Mar Schim-
melwizer," instead of sottin by like
Christian, she took a big yuller bowl off the
closet shelf and dumped most of the coffee
into that, and took whole loaf and sot
down ON little bench in the corner and
tore the loaf to pieces, and sopped 1t in the
coffee and ct every smitch.
And when she got through, eff she didn't
wash the bowl and put it on n shelf, and
pat her chest and grin againl And then
she went tn sleep in the corner, and the
more / shruck MAR Schimmelwizer, eff
you're sleepy why don't you lay down into
your bedroom and take napi" the more
she didn't understand me. But | put on
the coffee pot again and laid another loaf
handy, and she took her evening meal Jest
the same way she took her mOrnin, while |
kept sayin, Meow, Neptany, my dear, re-
member folks is born furrin, and can't help
it, and you want you should do your duty
by your husband"
After she'd finished she began to walk
round in a circle and say what seemed tn
me was "Schloffensy." So / opened the
bedroom door and poked her in, and soon
as she saw the bedstead she united the big
bundle and got out two feather beds and
got In between them without SO much as
takin of her worsteds-only Jest her shoes
But fust she took u queer kind Of thing
out Of her blue box and yanked a handle,
and showed me that IL made music
Well, my burden was heavy but it wus
goin tn be heavier, for next mornin, when
| got up, mar-in-law was gone. Her trunk
wus open and heard a tinklin sound in
the street, and lookin out Of the winder
there sot my mar-in-law playin onto her
music machine, with n crowd Of young uns
round her, and now and then somebody
putin money intu her apron. Horror seized
onto me at that there sight, and down
went tn the front door.
Mar Schimmelwizer," SEE l. you GER
tainly air playin beautiful and most tai
ented, Jest as Paul mentioned you could,
but do cum and sot intu the parlor and
play, or you'll be took for a beggar Only
them plays in the streets here" seq l.
Well, she didn't understand, or wouldn't,
and kept on; she kept on all day, and
about 5 O'Clock the landlady came in,
and she wus awful.
II let the house tu your husband" seq
she, thinking he wus gentleman" SEE
she; but now, " SEE she, "it seems his folks
is Professional beggars," SEE she, "and |
can't hev EN-" SEE she, "playin on my door
STEP" SEE she. "I'll have warnin from all
my tenants" SEE she. "Im mortified To
DEATH" SEE she.
Miss Smith" SEE /, you can't be more
mortified than be, but what kin dor |
suppose ladies does play out Of doors In
Germany. IL you could speak 1t maybe
you could tell her they didn't here and I'd
be obliged"
IL never wished, ser she, "tu learn none
Of them Turin dialecks," SEE she, 80 |
can't"
well, SEE l. demonstrations amt no
use 80 long rs they hev tu be spoke In
American, NO I'll jest get somebody tn
fetch her up and put her in her room. tn
be all right when my husband comes" SEE
/, "and | beg fur tn state" ser 1, that
mar-in-law amt playin on that violin as
beggar; it's only her accomplices that she
thinks the children as admirin, and sup
pose her ways Of dressin is pecooliar tn us
because they air furrin"
Well, she turned round then, Miss Smith
did, and we went out and got a laborin
man out Of work tn fetch Mar Schimmel-
wizer up stairs pig-a-back, while follered
on with the violin, and she shruck fearful,
and all the ladies in the fats wuz talkin tn
each other about IL, and / couldn't blame
'em. And a frightful time / had Of II,
though she quieted down TO drink coffee
and eat bread the old way and counted up
all the money folks had give her-auite a
lot-and tied 1t in "A red handkerchief and
went tn bed at last in her things again,
and though had a wash basin and ever
and towels and lovely soap fur her, she
hadn't washed her face or hands sence she
came, and they looked IL. At 10 o'clock I
wus sottin by my window feelin dreadful
when ] heard the door open. and, thank
goodness, in came my husband. Iwus glad
tu see him fur all reasons, and prayed
fur strength fur tn mention his mother
a. had ought tn. At last SEE /:
Your dear mar has arriv, Paul"
"Ach, =" ser he, but impossible; dere Is
not time"
"She's made IL then" SEE |, "fur she Is
in there"
II must embrace her" SEE he, and up be
gets and rushes intu the room, and the
most dreadful squawking began. When
he began tn embrace her she flowed at
him, heerd afterwsrd; then they talked
quite spell; then out come Paul, shutting
the door behind him, and stood and looked
at me.