The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-06-07
>I'SY''S INVESTMENT.

|NTSIS INV ESIMENI.
The fray di%scouraging light Of the
ln,nmn morning revealed every crack
the disco.ored ceiling, every flaw
the Uneven board floor, and Mrs.
i.hee looked around with a bewil-
o,od mir as she came in to get the
T%eaEfast.
,Come, mother, make haste"
houted old Kisbee. ''l've got to get
hi bright and eally this morning."
YES. ! know, father" The old
Eoman still stared around her. Il
Init think what makes the room
BOX 50 queer. Oh, | know. Father,
bu'ye torn those morning creeperS
Vay from the window"
"Of course l have" said he.
Dried up old truck, keepin' out the
pht and air. What use were they?"
But there we're lots of flowers and
nd, on 'em vet. father, and in that
beltered spot the frost wouldn't have
uched for a week TO come"
"They don't amount to nOthin',"
arled kisbee. "Besides, I'm going
have a load put there to-day. It's
handy place for the wood pile"
"Father.'
"lm-goin'-- to-hev-a-load-
bod-put th~ere-to-day. Don't l
leak loud enough"
But, father, YOU always said you
as goin' to bu.ld a kitchen out
)ere."
Il never said nothin' Of the sort"
ii want Il Kitchen" pleaded the
or ed woman.
That's a horse of another color"
cered the old man.
And when we were first married
rOm;>ed me-"
Il d~a;csay l promised a good many
bIish things then. There's tSOme
Nmlscs better broken than kept"
losophically observed Luke.
"And this old room is damp, and
e walls has settled. and the ceiling
fell and | was hoping to put my
d here, when the new kitchen was
pit 1t always makes me feel so
Fy poor when the sewing society
pets mere, to hev our bed a standin'
The parl0r, no matter how hand
Pc the patchwork is!"
Luke wiped his hands on the roller
Tel.
well, you've stood it thirty years."
d ne; AN | guess you can stand
a little with c longer"
YOU mean, father, that [ ain'G
nave the new kitchen, arter all?"
mats exactly what l do mean"
FiE> hisbee said no more, but the
|" bitter tears OF. old age trickled
Va her cheeks as she lighted the
brought a pail Of drinking water
~ the spring, and began to fry the
n and eggs.
must have been awfully
FAeI, thought the poor old
F'an' "tor Eve most made an idol
n'l new Kitchen, an thought so
ci a'0ut the best room with no
III IT, An now Pm runis ed"
pct son George came home that
F'i'oGh from Far ey'S Mills: where
WAS foreman in a great factory.
Aother, said he. "l've got some
70 tell YOU. Pm engaged to
>u,y Stoptold. Why, mother,
f'slhc matter: What are you
I- about: | thought you were
eased,"
n' just like all the rest O the
Sobted roor old Mrs. Kisbee.
F''efH been AN tore down all my
ald amt going to have any
NlIcien after all these years, and
INV only son has got engaged to
y" lhe StopfoIds. that wasn't
trends with our folks"
"ul' mother" laughingly pleaded
sG' these are not the days Of
- anu NdpuleC IeuQS.
uoht know what you're talkin'
said Mrs. Kisbee, who was
student Of the immortal
"Vspeare; but l always despised
ntop'ords' And Susan. she's a
writer, Pm told as she goes
b. win her fingers all inky, and
ue'p none at all with the house,
u'' mother, she hires a girl to
"er aunt with the money she
ones the best and sweetest
- the world! When may l
: aer to see you?:"
tonI want to soc her at all"
'ue 'id woman, ENORMOUSLY.