The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-09

TWO rlDS, Dut L cOuldn I help 1t 1 dldn' {
do it to make you extra expense. After
I'm gone you n go tellin around that
my extravaganza ruined you"
In q general way Mr.. Gallup was aware
of her presence, but only in a general way.
True" she continued after another
| gush Of tears, I've had II attacks of rheu-
matism, z strugglcs with consumption and
had over so boils, but you can't find a
naybur who lays it up agin me. Only yes
terday Mrs. Teachout was sayin that If
ever a woman deserved a gravestOne as
high as a haystack l was the one. If I'm
not appreciated at home, all our nayburs
know how it is. Every one of 'em will
turn out to the funeral, even if it rains
and there is a circus in town.
The case Of White versus White was so
interesting that Mr.. Gallup followed the
lines with his forefinger.
There may be men in this world who
have a right to complain of their wives,
but you are not one of them. No, Samuel,
if / was to die tomorrow you couldn't
go out and sit down in the barnyard and
think Of one mean thing I'd ever lone.
YOu'd have to say hat l always mad the
tea and sugar and saleratus go jest as fur
as / possibly could, and that the last time
l asked you for q new bonnet was Is years
ago come next fall, when my grandfather
was buried. If l was like Mrs. Arnold,
I'd nave a new bonnet every six years or
threaten to git a divorce, but I'm not like
her. I'm jest a poor, patient, sufferin,
uncomplainin'--
1t was too much for her, and she broke
down and sobbed and hid her face in the
napkin.
whats the matter now" asked Mr..
Gallup as he held mis- finger on the word
''replcvin" and looked up for an instant.
Samuel Gallup, I've bin talkin to
you!' she exclaimed as she turned ON him
with a fat and generous tear hanging to
the end of her nose. Didn't you hear me
say that Mrs. Jones says the seven Walls
of wrath have bin poured out, and that
she's seen six of the seven signs with her
own eyes? 1t come or me SO sudden that
l almost fell over the swill pail as l started
fur home, and l don't expect to sleep q
wink all night long! No, l don't! l think
/ shall sit up in the rockin cheer all night
with the camphor bottle in my hand. You
will probably go to bed and snOre and kick
around as you allus do, but l shan'tC close
my eyes fur a minit-not fur a mint!
Samuel, what are you goin to do about
that seventh sign?"
"Dunno,' he curly replied as he drove
a fly off his bald head with his left hand.
"You don't! That's the Gallup of it
again! They didn't even know what they
was goin to do when they went to the
pOOrhOusc! l had to ask you as man y as
seven times before you knew whether you
wanted to git married or sit around and
act silly-that is, l didn't ask you if you
wanted to marry me, of course for the
Fullers could marry the best in the coun-
W, but l had to let you know that you was
Geepin others away. Mebbe you think
that seventh sign will come when you are
1own to the office or over to the Sawmill,
and that it won't be fur you as we'll as NC,
but you'll be greatly mistakenl I asked
Mrs. Jones particularly about that, and
she said you couldn't git your neck out of
it. Are you goin to sot right there and
read and smoke and grunt and let his
world be all smashed to s%plinters, or are
you goin to git Jpn do sunthin to ward
off the dangerf"
Mr.. Gallup arose, knocked the ashes out
of his pipe against the railing, nodded to
a farmer driving past in a wagon and then
sat down to the case of White versus
White again.
I've shaved and suffered and bin the
patientest wife in the world, and this Is
what / git fur it'll" sobbed Mrs. Gallup.
ITS jest as mother said it would be the
day I married you'll might as we'll give
right up now as any time. Indeed I do
give upl I want to be laid out in that
love colored dress, with my hands crossed
and my hair waved. I orter hev a $50 cof-
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