The Van Buren press., 1895-09-28
THE PRICEiOF PEACE
BIZ MRS. HENRY L. PRATT.

In all my travels, from Maine to
Rhode Island. I've never come across a
couple more unlike than what MIR. and
Mis- Minis was.
Mr.. Minis was one Of these shut-up-
to-himself men, and he'd glum round
for days over come little matter that a
word would "a set right If he'd only
been plain-hearted
Mis- Minis was all the other way
talk 1t out and done with it; little
hasty and imprudent maybe, but she
is well-meaniug, Mis- Minis is, and as
good woman to neighbor with as
want to see.
hev thought whether or no being
of different persuasions didn't work to
keep 'em apart. See, she was brought
up an orthodox. and he favored the
Methodists- She Joined with him and
laid out to do her part amongst 'em.
but she never was to home with the
Methodists
Then, another thing, she hated a
dog, and Mr.. Minis must always have q
great clumsy hulk, good for nothing
but to bark aud eat and lie around un-
der foot, while Mis- Minis, she tliarn,t
have even q Kitten, though abe set
everything BY cat And so It went.
One day stepped In to borrow Mis-
Minis cutting.board, and just as got
to the door ! heard her say: ''You amt
going to turn Charley in amongst my
flowers, be YEP"
He didn't condescend any reply-not
as could hear.
Now, Mr.. Minis" says she, 'fhe's
stepped on my pansy-bed and broke of
dahlia Already. Amt there any
other place on this whole farm where
you can put him9 don't want him
here" says she.
Mr.. Minis countenance didn't change
more than a wooden Indian.
II do,' says he. There's good bat
ing of grass to be fed down, and ] cal
culste to Leave Charley here for spell. "
says he. And he budged off as stiff as
though he'd swallowed . a ramrod.
Mis- Minis didn't say word more,
but she gave that old dog q push that
sent him ont Of doors with a yelp; and
didn't blame her mite, nuther.
brought the cutting board back as
they WAS a-settin' down to dinner. and
Mis- Minis asked me To- drssup to the
t304e Sfe md IN excellent dinner
Mis- Minis In an elegant cook-butnot
one identical word did he speak, only
to ask If I'd have another potato
She seemed clipper enough, but ! see
q shadow paas over her countenance
when the old horse sneezed right un-
der the window where her piney bed
was, and the dog, that had got back
under the table by that time. yopped
out - though somebody had accident
ally trod on his tail. ,..ss ~
Mr.. Minis was a great hand for rails
ing colts, but she was terrible scary
creature; and expectyriding after
shslf1broLen colts has given her . fit
of the ncwraiogy many's the time
He was dreadful set in his way
|sssme as The geneAlsun Of men air
audit wasAke fighting the est wind
to try to move him out oft Them
two used to remind me OF a pair OF
! nspsjswed soissotf NAT you can't cut
with. hSSsne smight have put the heft
Of the blame on to her; and s'pose
she did nag him some, and fash out
{ when she'd better have iep'sstill. =
run in one day to borrow a sleeve
pattern, when l heard Mr.. Minis
speaking out kind o gruff. and halt
ed. for l didn't wish to intrude. q
never wear squeaky shoes MYSELF.
didn't find out what went before, but
the FIRST heard was thisa
~''i can't please you, says he. Qt
beat me II he'd ever tried.l You
don't like my hired men, You amt sat.
isfied with my breed Of cows, the color
Of the corn barn don't suit ye, and I'm
thinking tc6 il.bs happidsif we divide
and sspafS ~ YeUH shyays thought
more q Your brother Asa than you dc
o. ne, and. you can be free to go 10
him, SO you'll be we'll fixed"
4 why, Mr. Nims!" l-heard her kind
| o. gasp out, and ] surmised by the
lsonnd Ithat shs let fallfa teacup.
looked to hear her burst out in her
qaick way, and I'll warrant ye he
supposed she'd fare up, and that would
be the end ont But she seemed dunn
founded. By n by she said, quite quiet
I'm sure Asa would be pleased tc
1 have me there. He misses Sarah Jane
| and 80 do the children. There has tc
be somebody at the head to make
things So INT Whist wouh you do
1 Elisha?als - - - ~
TT had 70 ssnile,s 4ors, ,sise- -sesrcely ever
called him Elisha
1T can look op for bsysel1' says he
and stalksa ,oA te2th4hsfn.
went right in, and said guessed
could tell what wps liu hisl mind. lie
was calculating " nahee beme for his
mother, and get along they two to
t,getiiex sold lady Minis never was any
too particutar, and now she had the
shaking. palsy..-.So-1- could see. Mis-
| Minis set right to thinking how things
would go,to wrack and,ruin under suef
no management She Is an awful nice
housekeeper herself, and set grea'
store by her things She made an ar
rant up chamber pretty soon. and wa
gone quite ., spell When she came
down her eyes were some red, but she
stuffed It out and went on as matter
1 of-fact as the cows coming home.
- "I'vc got to fax around" says she