New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-21
MOVING"

q load on his mind and vast quantity
of miscellaneous objects in his pockets.
Evidently nothing remained but to bur
den his stomach, and this he proceeded
to do in sullen and desperate manner.
Having thus brought himself to an even
keel. he paused and looked at me. My
features were their usual winning smile.
which is an invitation to confidence that
would be worth good deal in the con-
fidence trick line.
Il don't see what could have done
with it, muttered the stranger, ana
then he began to rummage around his
pockets. caught hurried glimpses of
many queer things. Among them were
| two gloves. one male and the other fe-
male, rolled together; small hand mir
ror, screw driver, an iron caster that
might have come off the leg of bed, a
soiled collar, several mantel shelf orna-
ments and bottle of brown shoe dress
| ing. Lastly he produced three gilded
balls and laid them on the table.
| You can't commence business here
! without license said I.
| ''These things came off the end of cur
tain poles-pourchairs, you know, as
! the French call them," said he.
I'VE wanted to move the first of the
month";" he croaked, "but one thing
p, and another delayed US. The principal
! trouble was that we couldn't get man
with a van to move US. Three days ago,
; however, induced an old fellow out
there to make a beginning with US. We
! had our place in town engaged, and the
rent had begun to run, SO thought we'd
t better run after it before it got toe far
! ahead Of Us.
1.-The cid fellows name was Wenner.
He cana round with his wagon Tuesday
| morning just as I was ready to leave
! for town. My wife was pumping air
| into my ears so that could run for my
train without getting out of breath.
That is the way playfully refer to her
parting admonitions. explained to her
that Mr.. Wenner could take only one or
two loads that day, SO she d better send
ornamental than useful things. And
for heavens sake,' I added, don't pack
away my pipe and tobacco the first
thing, as you did the last time we
moved
"When got home that evening, l
found my wife weeping in the midst of
our dismantled home. That dreadful,
old villain, Wenner,' said she, 'hasn't
kept his word. He's moved only hal
our things
Well said I, that's all right.
He'll come again tomorrow and get the
! rest. Let's have some dinner and try to
forget our sorrows.'
"She looked at me rather strangely,
but made no objection. She put the din
ner on the table. for we had sent our
servant away, and we sat down to eat.
While we were thus more or less pleas
antly engaged my wife's sister an
nounced herself. She had come to take
US by surprise. They're surprising
family that I've married into, but
they've ceased to surprise me. I'm be-
yond it. Whatever crazy trick they do
I'm expecting it. This refers to the rest
of them, not to my wife. She still has
latent possibilities which could amaze
anybody. One of them developed after
dinner that night
| She called me aside and said: John
ny, it's perfectly awful! Do you know
there isn't bed in the house?' What's
become of them?' asked. Sent 'em
all away by Wenner, said she. Lis
ten, Johnny, and don't be angry-it
won't do any good. That man promised
that he would move all our things to-
day. thought we could get into our
fiat this evening. And said to myself,
What shall we need moet7 Why, the
beds, OF course. So sent them all of
on the first load
Then We'll have to 40 to London
and sleep in that fiat, said I.
But listen, Johnny she said.
There wasn't room for the mattresses
on the first load, so sent them On the
second
Well, what of it2'
They didn't get as far as London
she walled. 'Wenner's got that second
load in his warehouse. I sent little
boy over to see about it.
This staggered me. so our beds
are in London, gasped, and our mat
tresses are in Wenner's warehouse on
the other side of the forest? Suppose we
go and sleep in his warehouse?'
She said that was very bitter and
cruel to suggest such thing. Perhaps
we could get along very well for one
night It I wouldn't make such fuss,
There was one old mattress in the attic.
She and Lizzie would sleep on that, and
could have a little canvas cot. It was
very nice comfortable had and che