Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17
JUST TASTING" "

Jane Cragn put down the morning
paper with Il laugh. | wish Mrs.
kenworthy would read that story.
lead it CY. think there's hint in
it for us.
"EIay'nt time; but give us the
pint ont ~ let the rest go What
Is it?
: "WhN the jcwcler when he
stepped into his gru GERS just tasted
whatever he could put his hands on.
The gro or got tired of that and the
first chance he got he went into the
jewellers to look at some unset dia-
monds and picked up the best look
ing ono and threw it into his mouth.
exactly as Mr.. Jcwellcr always picked
out the best Strawberries and tossed
them into his mouth. OF course,
that made a rumpus and when the
grocer put back the diamond, he gave
the icwcllcr TO understand that he'd
pay for his tasting after this or he'd
know the reason why"
Cy. laughed. That's all right for
story; but what you goin' T. dew in
berry time to Keep folks from eatin'
handful every time they go by? l
can't stop 'cm. There is that old
man Dawkins that'll come along any
time m claw into tray o berr es m
take half OF 'em at a grab-he's got
hand IS big S the hand o. Providence
m what he don't take he'll mush.
Say anything, and in half an hour
it'll be ali over town that we made a
ln l. ir1s inl- -aI
or two huCkleberrieS while he was
doin' some tradin'; m Dawkins aint
the only one that does it, by Il long
shotm
"Wcll, ! should say not" Jim
took the foor. 'Old Lady Walker
came balancing in here yesterday
with her nose up n the air. "Hahve
yol amy su-pe-ri-or-proones?" the
fellow initiated exactly the wcman's
tone and manner, "sOmc- thing above
the aver age" n she stuck up them
speck's o hern with her left hand N
squinted at the prunes, m her right
hand somehow got all tangled up
with them tib top Strawberries that
Wilcox brought over 1t took her
the longest time to make up her
mind about the rrunes m after
she'd ct IA dozen o So OF the biggest
berries she didn't want the prunes.
Then sh happened to see the straw
berries. "G-Uh what lovely straw
berries" m that hand o hern
hove ed over the tray like hawk
over chicken coop m then that
thumb and iore-iinger gave swoop
m I'll be dog gone if she didn't take
the biggest three berries there was.
She smacked her lips as the last one
went down GLOW much are these
really fine bcrrieS?" Fifteen cents,
and mighty cheap - that. Up flew her
hands'a' down bobbcd her heaa like
an old hen turkey and she yepped
out; so my! | never could think
of paying that price for straw ber-
ries and these arc not quite sweet
yet! an on she tectclcd with berries
enough in Ter nav to keep her alive
for a fortnit. Buy anything? OF
course not She was full as a tick;
what should she buy anything for?"
"Well, that's taking them one at
a time, sal Jones; but when Mrs.
Kcnworthy comes in with the twins
and the dog | confess Pm ready to
give up, / think VIC shall have to
draw the line right there. We sim
ply cannot afford to let this thing go
on. The other day Mrs Kenworthy
came in to look she didn't want
anything and of coursa, the other
three came too. Iippy was promptly
puG out; for IL dog in store [ CAM
abide aud won't The tw ms howled
and the howled, but they soon
got over that. Mrs Kenwortby
wanted an apron-that is, she said
she did-and while we were busy with
the prints the twins were making the
most of thair advantages, Amelia
likes sweet things and PAMELA hank
ors after the sour; SO while one was
up to her eyes in sugar the other was
trying To II Ok up the biggest pickle.
/ kept looking over at them, that the
mother might see that they were an
noying me. Finally ] said that
was afraid that il PAMELA should
loe her balance, she would go head
first into the pickles; and that wo-
man with Il 80, guess not" never
so much as looked around. We'll, |
stood it awhile longer and throwing
on the counter Il new print, | took
Amelia from tn sugar and covered
the barrel tight, and wiped Pamelia's IS
hands on her apron and covered the
pickle barrel, and then went back to
the mother. / got there about the
time the twins found the peanuts
They ate what they wanted and flied
their pockets and then began to tease
to 90 home. OF course where they
are right in the village here we can
charge up their tasting on something
else and its all right; but take such a
case now as Deacon Phelps. Ue
doesn't have any charges. What he