Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-04-19
Bow BE Found
Wbot was not Cost

Bang, bang.
In heavens name, has she gone
deaf then, or has she gone to the Z"
And the good man gave several
sharp blows from a fist as solid rs
ships mallct on the wooden shutter
OF his cabin
soon after, behind the hedge.
Drowned by the frosts which so often
lay make fine covering Of lace over
he little garden, he heard sharp,
broken voice cry;
Here / am, my man, here / AMI
A ruddyfaced woman In short skirts
and Il rough white cap which closely
lifted her tanned temples, quickly ran
with bare feet across the rough peh.
bleS and, almost out of breath, stood
by him
lie turned Ike whirl Of rude wind,
angrily threw down his cap and thun.
dered out
"Heaven and earth! This Is the way.
then, that you keep the house while |
am shaving on the rough seas"
Il did not expect you SO soon, my
man, else"
81 cannot return when | like. Have
YOU not noticed the ocean, blacS Vi
raging Ike fury
Seeing the hreless hearth, Mcsle
crossed his arms, and, shaking with
anger, buried his purple nose in his
thick, gray beard, mutteriug:
"Thls Is Gnc! This Is comforting,
Fire out No means to have anything
to warm one when coming In from
cold rain and biting wind. All this
because the one whose duty il Is to
keep your home ready for you likes
better to run the streets aud idle 1t
with her neighbors.'
The good wife bent over the cinders
blowing with all The strength of her
inflated cheeks, but never answering a
word
Soon the kettle was singing, and the
wife set the blucdgured plates ON the
table.
Still grumbIing the fisherman sat
down. drew forth his pocketlnifc, cut
a thick slice of dark bread and drank
off one after another two mugs of
cider.
This rcpast of the morning after his
return from the sea, still shlvering
with the cold and fatigue Of his work,
was the best hour Of his home life
He prolonged It as much as possible
spreading slowly some crumbs of but
ter as THU as might be on his slices
Of bread
1t was the moment when the chat
ting of his wife amused him most
After the long quiet Of the night the
light gossipng was to his mind what
the fire was % his body.
The good man listened silently TO all
her chat without a movement Of his
tanned features When she had fin
ished he would say in a calm voice,
while pouring for her a glass Of cider
"Come, now that's enough for this
morning. Youll bring Oh the pip and
lose your tongue If you don't give it
a rest
But this morning She was agra
waited; SO instead Of sitting down toI
the table with him, she sat by the fire
with her bowl OF soup on her knee
giving him only the pleasure Of back
view.
The warmth Of the fire and repast
having chased away the bad humor
from the good man, he thought In his
masculine egotism, that he haG only TO
speak in order to set the current Of
speech in its normal direction and &C.
tlvity.
"Well, we'll my woman, come! What
has been the gossip Of this mornlngF
without a movement Of her chair or
a turn Of her head, she replied:
Really You seem as curious about
nelghboring affairs as | am. Go, then,
and find out for yourself"
Then, angrily, he replied.
"Have you got the pip or have you
tired your tonguef SayF'
"If / have ] am going to be quiet in
order to be cured or rested
THAT VIII need - minutes or half
hour" he added half mlschieyously
half angrlly.
at win last until you take back
what you said, or talk yourself
Good. You have said your last
word for a long time, them
The morning passed In mutual OBJ
stinate silence, each determined not TO
WELD by speaking the first word.
Three or four times the fisherman
left his work and stood before bis
wife with folded arms smiling iron
lcally. in the hope Of forcing from
her some exclamation.
She would not even raise her eyes
above her spectacles and he walked
back. murmuring hoarsely In his
beard. Thunder and lightnlngW