The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-11-02
MRS. GALLUP IS GOING.
SHE S0LEMyLy INFORMS HER HUSBAND
THAT HER TINE HAS CONE.
She Hears the Rooster Grow Three Times
and Feels That All is Over With Her.
Parting Words to Mr.. Gallup.

nd as she stood patiently waiting his
appearance. He left Mrs, Gallup
learing away the table and singing
% herself, but he had only Just taken
he milk stool off the fence when she
before him, with a scared |
ook on her face, aud hoarsely whis-
percd:
Samuel, you know what that
means, don't y0u?"
He looked at her blankly aud slowly
placed the milk stool on the ground
beside the COW.
"Mebbe you didn't hear it, but l
did," she continued, getting corner
OF her apron ready against a sudden
rush of tears. II had just emptied
the grounds out OF the teapot when l
caught the sound as plain as day.
Yes, l heard a rooster crow three
times, and you know what that
means! When rooster crows at sun
down, it means there's goin to be
death In the family within a month.
Samuel Gallup, one or t'other Of US is
goin to expire before we are month
older.n
"Hst over !" commanded Mr.. Gallup
as he gave the COW slap on the hip,
which caused her to assume proper
pose for milking.
eth be me who'll hev to die, Of
course" she continued as the tears
came and the apron was lifted. "lt
has bin that way fur the last years
and it'll be that way till I'm finally
laid in my narrer grave. ltll be
narrer grave, won't 1t. Samuel? Yol
are no hand to pay out money when
you can possibly help it, and OF COURSE
you won't think it necessary to have
a grave wide 'nuif fur the coffin tt
joggle around In"
Mr.. Gallup wet his left hand with a
little milk, then wet his right hand
and got his feet under the COW and
prepared for business.
"Ive bin feelin so chirkful all day
that l might hey known the shaddeI
of death was on the kitchen doorr
Sobbed Mrs. Gallup as she leaned or
the gate. "That was the way pool
Nancy Williams went. She'd got W
and surprised 'em all by goiu to work
as il she was the wellest woman ir
the State. She whitewashed the Gel
lar, made seven pumpkin pies, washed
every one Of her seven children anC
read three chapters in the Old Testa
ment. And then what happened
Samuel Gallup? What took place a.
she was helpin her oldest girl wash W
the supper dishes, thing she hadn
done before in aiges?"
Mr.. Gallup was industriously en-
gagged in diverting two streams o
milk into the pail and watching th'
snow white froth as 1t crept up b,
slow degrees, and it was doubtful i
he had heard what she said.
"And then what happened? 1t wa
Just at sun down, and new potatoe
was almost ready to dig, and rooste
suddenly crowed three times. Nobod.
has ever found out whose rooster tina
was. Mrs. Jones has always stuck II
it that it was spirit rooster, and Py
almost come to believe 1t was. Mar,
Williams stood there right beside he
mother and was scrapin the mea
platter when the rooster cr0wed. Sh
dropped the platter aud broke it il
| five pieces, and jest then her mothe
called out, Mary, it has GOMEZ Sh
fell right back on the floor, rolled owe
and gave one gurgle and was dead
When DIR. Parker got there, she hat
bin dead two hours. and so 1t was n
use to try and save her life. AM
now, Samuel, that rooster has GROVES
fur me !"
"Shoo 1" grunted Mr.. Gallup afte
half a minutes silence, but as the COY
switched her tail into his face JUS
then 1t was impossible to determin
whether he meant the "shoo" for Mrs
Gallup or the bovine. She took
that it was meant for her, however
and replied with considerable spirit
though also with tears:
"Yes, l expected you'd 'shoo at N
and was prepared fur ~ A ma
who'll let his dyin wife git UP at mit
night to see II the kitchen door
bolted and the damper In the stow
pipe turned the right way wouldn
care how many roosters crowed
sundown. He'd even be glad Of 1t.
expect you're wonderln what IL
funeral will cost and how many OF n
clothes you kin save fur your secor
wife to cut over, but l'm not cor
plainin. I'm ready to go and I've g
the consolashun o. KNOWN that \
allus done my best. You may find
second wife who'll get up off'n a dy
bed to slice up pumpkins fur dry
and keep up smudge In the smok
house, but l doubtit. Still, l shar
haunt you. I'm Fuller, I am, al