Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-07-16

run over to our house and get the long
black veil mamma wore when she was in
morning for grandpa"
Katie went away and soon returned
with a long black mourning veil. 1t was
quickly tied to Mrs. Stoner's front door.
bell. Then the bereft Dorothy's grief
broke out afresh, and she walled and went
SO vigorously that Mrs Stoner put her
head out of an upper window and said:
"You little girls are making too much
noise down there. Mr.. Stoner's i'll, and
you disturb him. I think you'd better
run homo and play now. Ny husband
wants to go to Sleep"
Chow unfeeling!' said Dorothy, snatch
ing up the dead" doll and her other
playthings, while Katie gathered together
her possessions. They departed, switch
ing their skirts petulantly. They quite
forgot to take the veil off the doorknob.
Half an hour after Maria Simmons came
down the street and suddenly stopped in
front of the Stoners' house.
GOOD heavens!' she said. IF there
amt Grape on the Stoners' doorknob!
Poor Sam Stoner! knew he was i'll, but
I'd no idea he was at all dangerous. l
must stop on my way homo and find out
about it,"
She would have stopped then IL 1t had
not been for her eagerness to carry the
news to those who might not have heard
it. A little farther on she met an &C.
quaintance.
"Ain't heard bout the trouble I'D at
the Stoners, have your" she asked.
"What TROUBLED"
''Sam Stoner is dead. There's Grape on
and Sam was up and round the house, but
could see that he was a good deal worse
than he or his wife had any idea of, and l
amt much sprised."
''My goodness me! must find time to
call there before night
Mrs. Simmons stopped at the village
postotfice, ostensibly to ask for letter,
but really to impart her information to
Dan Wales, the talkatiye old postmaster.
Heard bout Sam Stoner?" she asked.
"No did hear he was grunting round
a little, butt
He won't grunt no more" said Mrs.
Simmons solemnly. 'He's dead"
How you talk!'
It's right. There's Grape on the door. F"
Must have been dreadful sudden! Mrs.
Stoner was here last evening, an she reck-
oned he'd be out IN day or two we'll as
ever"
II know. But he amt been well for a
long. Time I could see it II others
couldn't"
"Well, well! I'll go round to the house
soon as my Matte comes home from school
to mind the Office
The news was spreading now from an
other source, and in a way that caused
those who heard 1t to declare that 1t was
perfectly scand lous" for Mrs. Stoner to
"carry on So"
Job Higley, the grocer's assistant, re-
turned from leaving some things at the
house full of Indignation.
''That Mrs. Stoner amt no moro feelin
than lamppost, said Job Indignantly
to his employer. "Theres Grape on the
doorknob for poor Sam Stoner, an when
left the groceries Mrs. Stoner was cooking
a Joint cool as cowcumber al singin
'Ridin on Load of Hay loud as she
could screech, an when said was sorry
bout Sam she lust laughed an said she
thought Sam was all right, an then If she
didn't go to iokin me bout Tidy Hop
kinsi'
Old Mrs. Peeyy come home with an
equally scandalous tale.
III went over to the Stoners soon as
heerd bout poor Sam.n she said. nm If
You'll b,Iieve me there was Mrs. Stoner
hanoin ont clothes in TIM hack yard 7
jest as flippant as ever: Mercy Mrs.
Peevy, where'd you drop down from'
II felt SO s'prised an disgusted that !
says, Mrs. Stoner, this is mighty sol
emn thing, an II she didn't just look at
me an laugh, with the Grape for poor Sam
danglin from the front door bell knob,
an she says: I don t see nothin very SOL
emn bout washin an hangin out some
O. Sans old shirts an underwear that he'll
never wear agin. I'm goin to fork 'em
up into carpet rags If they amt too far
gone for even that.
"'Mrs. Stoner, says I, the neighbors
will talk dreadfully II you amt more
careful, all she got real angry an said II
the neighbors would attend to their bust
ness she'd attend to hers. turned an
left without even goin into the house.
The Carbury Weekly Star, the only pa
per in the village, came out two hours
later with this announcement:
1--WE stop our press ia announce the un.
demise Of our highly respected
fellow citizen, Mr.. Samuel Stoner, this
afternoon. A more extended notice will
appear next week.
"Unexpeotedl should sov 90 . said
Mr.. Samuel Stoner in CROWNS u rath and
amazement as he read this annonnoa.
ment n the paner. GOA more artandad
notice next weekp I'll write that notice