Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-21

IaI there on his right, he gave no sign. Ic had shrllcd about half the car when Ihc tcarfully said:
 But you needn't mind, however, As ong as I've got to dic might as well die lcro as anywhere Folks die while sittin bn hard bottomrd cheers as we'll as while | yin on hair mattresses costin $40. and expect they go to heaven jist the samo. l Samuel, do you know what happened up | ;tairSt"
 Mir. Gallup didn't, and ho didn't appear 70 have the slightest curiosity to ascertain. Mrs. Gallup had brought down with her | ;hC tails uf an old black coat, with the hind buttons still attachvd and before proceed Ing further she wiped her eyes and blow | her nose.
 II was singin to myself and ovcrhaulin | jho Chi>t," sho finally said, "whCn felt 5unthn like a clammy hand laid on my :huck. jumped up and looked around, and saw-yCs, Samuel Gallup, I saw as plain as day, and it $ no uso to dispute me the fieger of Aunt Mary Gregory standin In tho door! You remember Aunt Mary, samuel. Shc was killed by lightnin while 1 under cherry tree, you know. 1 saw her | list as plain as l sec you, and she had on that snme dotted kalikor dress and held her | snuffbOX in her left hand. Whom shriek- I'd out, sho smiled and bcckonod to me and disappeared. samuel, you know what that means, don't you?'
 Yes, MT. Gallup did, but he was too busy with his fifth car of corn to reply In wiping away hcr tears Mrs. Gallup skinned her noso on one Of tho cOattail buttons, but unmindful of tho accident she contin- | ucd:
 Tt means, Samuel, that am called to spread my wings and play on golden | harp, and that tOmOrrer you'll be snookin | around artCr n second wife. At least | seven people that We know of hev felt that clammy hand and seen that spcerit fgger, | and every one of 'cm died within 12 hours. | Yes, I'm sent fur, and there kin bo no mistake about it this time. l was thinkin today that I'd like to live long huff to git my rag carpet done and make another crazy quilt, but if tho time has cum to go it's not fur me to complain. Samuel, are | you guin to let your second wife buy wire ClothoSlino and uso granulatcd sugar instead of brownf"
 Mir. Gallup held an ear of corn in his hands and looked thoughtful, but 1t was | Impossible to say whether ho was thought full over tho corn or Mrs. Gallup's qucs- tion. She s0bhcd seven largo and distinct sobs, made usc of a coattail to wipe either CyC and whom she could control herself she said:
 
 you to buy pump Fur the well, fix the cellar stairs and paint tho front fonco. Two bin askin you to do them things fur tho 1 last 23 years, but they hain't done yit. | When old MT. parmalce took his second | wifc. hu went and had handles put on all the knives and forks the very fust | thing and they had only hin married two weeks when he painted tho hogpen and | brung homo new dishpan. Samuel, | what undertaken will you hev?' MT Gallup would have probably answer ed this question, but just at that moment he was thinking that he ought to have melted up some lampblack and tallow and | given his dry boots a good greasing in stead of smelling tho corn.
 II guess you'd better hov MT. Tyler" said Mrs. Gallup she held the coattails at a distance and regarded them. He Is never in hurry about his bill, and he also sings bass with tho choir. Iwant you to hev 'em sing Sweet Hour of Prayer fur one of the hymns, and he sings that bewtifully. was thinkin the other day that my body might bo stolen after burial I've had consumpshun, rheumatiz, lung fever, chicken pOx, lumbago, whoopin cough, liver complaint and piles and fel- ons, and the doctors will want to know what really died of Do you think they will steal mo, SamuelI And If they do will you prosecute 'emt"
 MT. Gallup didn't say whether he would or wouldn't. He was looking very flxedly at rcd ear of corn he had found and didn't seem to hear hOr question.
 You ortcr prosecute 'em, Samuel" sobbed Mrs. Gallup, suddenly breaking down again, but if it's goin to be any great trubblo lot 1t go. You'll be snookin around and fallin in luv and feelin like a young calf agin, and 'tain't likely you'll kccr whether my body is stole or not hev heard of dead wives cumin back in the shape of ghosts and kickin second wives all over the kitchin and outdoors, but you needn't be afearCd of me doin 1t. I'm a Fuller, and the Fullers never lower themselves. What time d'ye think I'll die, Samuel?'
 Mir. Gallup paused in his corn shelllng and seemed to give the question full con- sideration, but as he had made no reply at the end of three minutes Mrs. Gallup blew her nose with a loud snort gave a last wipe to her eyes, and getting of her chair said:
 Very well, Samuel Gallup, very welll I'll go in and lay down and die now and hev it over with and let you begin lookin fur No. 2!"
 She passed into the sitting room and from there to the family bedroom, and three- quarters of an hour later, whom Mir Gallup had finished the corn, shut up the stove, bolted the kitchen door and was ready for bod, he found her asleep with a very rcd noso and tear oozing out from each closed eye.