Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-26

SHE WAS EMANCIPATED.
young merchants, Jha Messrs. Hilton.
Hughes d Co., New York city. She
had a little black hayersack inside a
small handbag. and inside of the little
havsrsack was purse containing 81
bill and a cunning little cha,elaine
watch which could run a week between
breakfast and lunch wi,hou, getting
out of breath.
There were also some samples OF
fiber chamois and powder rag.
How much are your charg 81" she
said, opening up her yalises like a sur
geon going down after a case of appen-
dicitis.
well, that will depend on the size OF
the order madam, said the anxious
postmaster, for h. was in a hurry and
had his quarterly statement to make to
the government, and two or three were
waiting to get THEIR Christmas pack
ages to see how near they sized mp in
value with those sent in exchange for
same.
The fire was also going ont and the
postmaster wanted TO slip away and
mash up another panel OF fence to kim
die it again, and also he lacked about
S8.75 of making up the governments
share of the quarterly receipts.
Fill out one o. them applications"
he said. shocking the south end of a
starch box into the stove and going
away to measure ont some kerosene
and do up a four foot candy cane and
getting the flavOrs a good deal mixed.
What day of the month is this.
please?" she asked the postmaster as he
went out on the street to buy all that
was mortal Of a pink shote cut V
shaped in tho neck
IT'S the 1O9h,' he panied as he view
his grewsOme burden Ts2 @HDA<
brushed the coNs lea+-7-re NOM
Spanish moss VIII skars.
Il want to - this off early" she
said, "buckoz iyssan order for Christ
mas. and | wOuK. feel like kicking Won
full of holes if YOU disappointed little
Plantagenet Of his sled.
Yes, ma'am.' said the tired post
master putting the last drop OF humid
ity he had on a stamp for a little colored
girl whose father still thinks he has the
right of suffrage.
Can you hustle this right through
so there won't be any delay. please2'
she said, looking at him earnestly and
stabbing her pen into the larga Early
Rose potato which stood at the desk for
that purpose and then looking far
away like a woman who is about 10
endorse a check on the wrong end.
WAL, I cud 20 along w.tne IT, o'
co'sc. If YOU WIZ in a right much of
hurry. but VII Il would cost mo- to do
it," says the postmaster beginning 10
cut mp the cold and pulseless clay OF
tho hog and lay the fragments ON
large holiday disDlay Of ladies' ami
childrens fine white goods.
Don't get nussy now e7d She
turning around and putting one ioo'
on a key OF nails 50 that her bicycle
pants could defy the police Don't top
dare to jerk any thraldom on me- or
I'll give you some talk with he bark on
X. l want you to understand th2, 'e
been emancipated
when did that happen saws Obj,
postmaster, winking an an OH coicT'n
gent who was worth $1,000 before ne
war
Never you mind when f. happened.
said she. reaching DculantlT ior hr''
handkerchief and pulling out by m.s.afe
a small bicycle oil can and little mani-
moth stomach pump for inla'ine
wheel when il has that tired ceiling
IF don't hear from this order oy f'-
turn mail, there'll be new postmaster
in here before the jonQuils come gam
and that amt ALL birdie. ID '.l you
another thing. too-if you den . 0il'
wiping your hands on the dome Of your
pants I'll fix it 50 that yen "3l STD
much OF that there pork DO" no you
spell hustle?"
Yes. but I don't see what that's 2"
10 do with a money order said mo
postmaster, scratching his nose Oh
barrel full Of bro0ms. for DIS Ha'
were iardy and his nose itcled power
full and scanda.ors.
The new woman looked over her WORK
at last spelled hustle a7 7ln "''.l.
muscle" and smiled az s9me'nHk .
the postscript, on the aDplic1Hon N..,n
she had just written and was a'ol. 20
mail, when the postmaster ie'..
the department. wiped hi5 band -
New York Tribune and then r'rn yea
her that the thing she bad iu 'o'su
with was an application, and men ne
said: Madam. If you'll excuse 20. pine
Darkness Of rough old rias iA't
berried three CD women al. ae''eI anu I.i
smarter dams.te n what yol 'e' j
say right here that. pore a5 III lO-
day, I'd ruther foIIer my ioIrIA "0illan
to her grave than see her em1A.l pA'o'l'
as you call IT,"
She said that men with three or four
dead wives most generally seo ined op-
posed to progress. she'd noticed. anu
then she got her F. o. MONEY oIue' lD'
s1.9S. called the dog. put the two cop
per cents into her purse The purse inlo
the portemonnlae the or'emohhale IN
to the haversack. the hayersack iEto
the handbag. slung 81 over her shouluer
and pulled her wheel ont on the street.
One leg hung in the zenith ior a mo-
ment as She bestrode her wheel. Tiers
was a feeting fit OF leather leggings
pnmnIng ike everything, a frightened
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