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


shruck would have skeered a peacock.
Well, there wus alone with my marin
law. aud tried tn make her understand,
Take cheer and sot down." and Take
oil your bunnit and make yourself tut
hum But still she bellered. Then II
thought, not indin her son there, She was
skeered which wus uat'ral, so seq |, AN
right: he's fust rate" But she only
moaned Then | said, He's real smarL-
jest as clipper DIS Kin be"
But she only shook her head and said
something; but what she meant couldn't
tell you eff wus tn be electroplated fun
not doing it, Then suddenly it cum int /
my mind that mebbe the poor thing WI:
hungry. So as 'twasn't no use in talkin
Jest put on my coffee pot and sot tn,
table, and p'inted tn my mouth occasion
ally to shew her victuals wus most ready
aud eff you Ii believe it, she did stop cryir
and began TO smile. Bat when pushed
up a cheer and said, "Sot by, MAJ Schim
melwizer," instead of suttin by like
Christian, she took a big yuler bowl oil tile
closet shelf and dumped most of the coffee
into that, and took II whole Loaf and sol
dew on a little bench III the corner and
tore the loaf to pieces. and sopped it in the
coffee and ct every sintch
I
wash the bowl and put it on shelf, and
pat her chest and grin againl And theI
she went tn sleep in the corner, and the
more | shruck Mar Schmmelwizer, ei
you're sleepy why don't you lay down into
your bedroom and take a nap2" the more
she didn't understand me. But put OIL
the coffee pot again and laid another LOAF
handy, and she took her evening meal jest
the same way she took her mornn, while J
kept sayin, Meow, Neptany, my dear, re
member folks is born Turin, and can't hel[
it, and you want you should do your duty
by your husband"
After she'd finished she began TO walk
round in circle and say what seemed tn
me was "Schlolfensy." so | opened the
bedroom door and poked her in, and soUL
as she saw the bedstead she united the big
bundle and got out two feather beds, ami
got in between them without so III Ich de-
takin off her worstcds-only jest her shoes
But fust she took queer Kind of a ching
out of her blue box and yanked u handle
and showed me that it made music.
Well, my burden was heavy, but ii wus
goin tn be heavier, for next mornin, wheI
got up, marin law was gone. Her trunk
wus open and heard 4 tinklin sound II
the street, and lookin out Of the wndel
there sot my mur-in-law playin onto hei
music machine, with crowd of young un.
round her. and now and then somebody
putin money intu herapron. Horror selzet
onto me at that there sight, and down
went tn the front door.
MAR Schmmelwizer, seq !. you Ger
tainly air playin beautiful and most tai
ented jest as Paul mentioned you could
but do cum and sot intu the parlor an,
play or you'll be took for beggar, Onl.
them plays in the streets here" seq |.
Well, She didn't understand, or wouldn't
and kept OH: she kept Oh all day. ant
about o'clock the landlady came in
and she wus awful.
81 let the house tn your husband" Sc
she, thinking he wus Il gentleman" Sc
She: but now" seq she, 'it seems his folk
is Professional heggars," sen she, 'anI
can't hev 'em," SEE She, "playin on my doc
step" seq she. IN have warnin from al
my tenants" SEE she. Pm mortified I
DEATH" SEE she.
Miss Smith," seq |, you can't be NOR
mortified than be, but what kin do?
suppose ladies does play out OF doors i
Germany. If you could speak it n,ayb
you could tell her they didn't here. and T.
be Obliged"
of them furrin dialecks," SEE she, so
can't"
"Well," SEE |, Recommendations amt II
use so long as they hev tn be spoke i
American, so I'll jest get somebody /
fetch her up and put her in her room IT.
be all right when my husband comes st
:, |, land beg fur tn state" seq |, "ths
marin-law amt playin on that violin as
beggar; it's only her accomplices that sh
thinks the children as admirn, and | SUI
pose her ways of dressin is pecooliar tn L
because they air furrin."
I Well, she turned round then, Miss Smt
did, and we went out and got labori
man out of work tn fetch Mar Schimme
wizer up stairs pig back, while follere
on with the violin, and she shruck fearful
and all the ladies in the flats wuZ talkin t
each other about it, and couldn't blan
'em. And IA frightful time | had OF
though she queted down to drink uoff,
. and eat bread the old way and counted u
all the money folks had give her-uuite
i ot-and tied it in Il red handkerchief an
went tn bed at last in her things aga
4 and though had wash basin and CIV,
d. and towels and lovely soap fur her, 81
A hadn't washed her face or hands sence 81
A came, and they looked it. At 10 O'Clock
wus sottin by my window feelin dreadf
when heard the door open. and than
: goodness, in came my husband. WIS gla
81 tn see him fur all reasons, and | pray,
fur strength fur tn mention his moth
as had ought tn. Al last scz |.
= Your dear mar has arriv, Paul"
"Ach," sen he. but impossible; deere
n not time"
Shes made it then" ser |. fur she
in there"
. II must embrace her" seq he, and up
/ gets and PUSHES intu the room, and Il
most dreadful squawking began. VIII,
n he began tn embrace her she flowed
.e him, heerd afterward; then they talk
!, quite IA spell, then out come Paul, shuttlI
r. the door behind him. and stood and look
m at me.
My veil beloved wife" seq he at la,
e. chow comes il dot you belief dot dis v
r. my moder? | half neffer before seen &
old woman"
m SHE amt your MARI" SEE |.
, mo, my wife," SEE he "und | confes,
,s am surprised dot you should h"leff dot