The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-16

AT EACH TURN"
were compelled to cough loudly at
each turn for fear of collidinr with
other pairs of "The Dove Cote's" in
habitants.
81 haven't any heart for anything
snid she. "I'm so disappointed in being
an old married couple"
You ere not but one. my dear, y
mildly suggested Bosgs. "As the other
part of the old married couple / don't
mind SO very much"
"Of course not; you never take in
tercst. Jus look how proper we have
to be. We are old folks, and yet we
are not anything like so old us the
others, l know" she responded.
swell. don't, fret" he said. Ut
wouldn't be surprised if another pair
came along who were older than we
are"
81 wish they would hurry then. Pm
tired of being the foldest married al
ready" said his wife as she picked up
q sofa cushion and went over to the
window seat.
One evening, a week after the we'd
ding of che romantic pnir, Mrs. Boggs
announced that on the following day
Mr., and Mrs. Thompson would take up
IASiE oOuilcllS ~ eue DOVC COte.
And q do hope they will be older
than we are" she said enthusiastical-
ly, we've been married three months
now"
A stout woman camo down to dinner
alone the next night.
MRS. Thompson" announced Mrs.
Grim in low tones to Mrs. Boggs.
"Where's her ~husband?" she asked.
"Oh, he'll be down after awhile, I
suppose" was the answer. "Isnw him
como ho,ne just now.n
"They won't do at ALL" said Mrs.
Boggs to her husband. @They must
have been married ages. That doesn't
count"
Mr.. Thompson. fat and bald, ap-
/ peared while Mrs. Thompson was start
ing on the salad. He did not utter a
word, but sat down and engaged him
self with the task before him. Mrs.
Boggs was too disguised at seeing her
hopes dashed. She had no further mp
petite and o left the table.
@Now Mr.. Boggs," said she, going
up stairs. "Did you ever see such a
plegmatic couple. Will you be that
way when you are married twenty
years?"
II hope not" he replied, any ate
uOG SO STOUT.
~ did hope they would prove just a
little older than we are. I'm tired of
being proper"
did you notice how she wore a light
blue ten gown" Boggs asked.
ayes, it makes her look all tho
larger"
"And did you see he had on a new
pair of slippers and q new smoking
Jacket"
"What of it. He didn't say q word
to her all through dinner.n
SWELL I think they are bride and,
groom anyway" answered Boggs.
Nonsense, she replied. u saw him
bid her good-by this morning"
For the mex fortnight life in aThe
Dove Cote" ran along without any
changes. There were no arrivals or
departures. The romantic pair" had
returned. The plegmatic Mrs. and Mr..
Thompson were q daily thorn in Mrs.
Boggs' side, for she saw them at meals
and together in the literary, and they
did not suggest anything except that
they had seen married ages, as Mrs.
Boggs had said. She hoped Mr.. Boggs'
theory about the Thompsons would
prove true, but each day that matter OF
fact couple ate, drank, and conducted
themselves in confirmation of the con.
trsry, and Mrs. Boggs gradually &C.
cepted the inevitable and resigned her.
self to setting the younger "Doves"
lessons in propriety.
Mr.. Boggs in vain argued his first
position, and pointed to the new slip.
pers and Jacket of Thompson In sub.
sanitation.
Mrs. Boggs would only sigh and call
attention to the library, where Thomp.
son liked to sit before the fire after
dinner reading the papers while Mrs.
Thompson sewed or made wooden
socks. 4
The ~Thonpsons were n little shy.
They spoke but little to each other in
public and less to The other boarders.
Everybody agreed with Mrs. Boggs.
The ~Thompson's it was unanimously
decided had been married ages.
Mrs. Boggs gave Il high tea in her
room to the other ladies of "The Dove
Cote" on the fourth monthly. "nnni-
versary" of her wedding. as she called
1t. 1t was Saturday afternoon, and
Boggs, who carne home early, was al
lowed in or his promise not to eat all
the sugar. I
The ladies talked of dress, theatcr,
and bonnets, and then got around &c
the subject of "The Dove Cote" lust
before time for departing to dress for
dinner some one voted it a great plan
If in urn the ladies would give teas or
their anniversaries rs Mrs. Boggs
affair was such Il decided success. The
suggestion met with approval.
"Ill start, " said Mrs. Wilson. anime
comes Tuesday. 1t will be three
months then
allow nice" interjected Mrs. Robin.
son. "wednesday ! viii hkve been
married Just two months"
"Ot," chimed In Mrs. Austin-Patton,
sin n week from Wednesday I'll be
married just two mouths myself
ayes, and next Friday will be my
third anniversary" snid Mrs. Wilson.
"Why Well have a tea every week"
Mrs. Thompson kept very quiet.
II don't suppose you can come in
with such n young crowd" finally sug.
gested Mrs. Boggs to her, "but we'll let
you be company"
mo, I think I'll give n tea Satur.
day." %blushingly said stout Mrs.
Thompson. "Il be married a month
then"
"What," shrieked the brides In
chorus.
you're the youngest of the lot, Z" said
Mrs. Boggs.
Then she turned to her husband, who
wore n suspicion of Il smile:
Ibid you know it?" She asked.
"Thompson is cashier at our store
Was all Boggs vouchsafed.
"Ill get even with you, sir" finally
said his wife. "Ill not be old any more,
so people won't smile ut you. The
Others can catch us on the stairs every
day. They can follow that hateful
Mrs. Thompson's examples. 1t doesn't
pay to be proper n way"
To which Boggs, with his usual tact
tnrnity, ngrced, for she came over and
sat on the arm of his chair and lit his
pipe for him.-Chicnpo Inter Ocean,.