Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-07-02

when sue Wuo SIHeUs
"Well, we were married. A man
breathes easier when it's over with.
But, Aggie.' l said. as the carriage
door slammed on us. III 1t ever hap.
pens to US again, let's leave out tho
heather superstitions'
az know It, said Aggie. 4 begged
them not, but they would smuggle
some in. See any in my hairY
"'Some In your hat brim,' brushed
her on, and she seized the newspaper
had carefully brought along to look
like an old married man, and conjured
with 1t minute, holding 1t out by nm
improvised handle. Here she said,
the very children In kindergarten know
how to make paper dustpans-now
brush the carriage seat When we got
out gave the hickman a dustpanful Of
rice with bill on top. There, burn 1t,
said 1.
"'Did you see him chortle in his joy?'
said Aggie, giggling; Joe, do you feel
like married couple?
Lots said I.
"Our ten days in Washington had
only one bogie-the blank book. Aggie
said she must finish her notes. All
could do was to sit by and fret, and
put on the stamps; and she told me
hindered her more than l helped, and
she was awfully glad to have me
around, 1t made her reel better.
I'VE began housekeeping in a cheer
full way in a little house on a new
street. 1t was something like to come
home to ones own dinner table. We
had SO much silver that it looked funny
with our plain china-nobody had given
us lot Of ice-cream sets and things. /
tell you marriage Is lottery when it
comes to wedding presents. / liked
seeing Aggie's face in the sugar bowl,
though. Every night the little maid
Imported to live up to the spoons)
brought them and all the rest upstairs
on a tray, and we packed them away
in the chest we had made, and a pretty
penny it cost, with its combination lock,
which went into the end Of the closet
where nobody could get at it. One
night we came home at II from a re-
ception, and as we stole upstairs not
to wake the sleeping handmaiden, Ag-
gle so sleepy herself that she tripped on
her wedding gown and ! had to hold
her, we came upon the whole array on
the floor outside our door.
Isn't it imposing? so safer said 1,
but Aggie said, desperately, 4 shan't
care anything about going out evenings
any more if I've got to put that silver
away after get home
Let it stay there
"'Oh, / can't. Mamma thinks we're
so careless. We don't appreciate things
enough. She says, If any one had given
her such elegant things when she was
married she wouldn't have dared to
close her eyesv
Take more than that to keep my
eyes OPEN But l helped Agnes to
shove the tray under chair, and drape
the train of her wedding dress over it.
"'What on earth are you doing, Ag-
gie?' asked, on coming in for dinner
one day. All could see was one foot
and skirt ruffle in the closet.
"Aggie scrambled up enough to catch
me round my knee. oh, Joe, I'm SO
glad you've come"
"'What is it? You're ready to cry
That's what like about you; you
don't have to be explained to. Henry
wouldn't have known / felt like
crying If I'd screamed it at him!
''That made me feel pretty good
Though dinner wasn't ready. But
"It's the silver! ! came up to
change the forks and spoons so they
should get worn alike. and I've shut the
paper with the combination in the
chest, and l can't remember what it
vast
II got down beside her. 1t was hot
ter than Mexico in that closet. l turn
ed and tried the lock. DO keep your
dresses out Of the way, they tickle the
back Of my neck No good. We'll,
guess Wen use the old forks to-day"
said /; 1 don't believe they'll fade
away yet awhile
"'Oh, I'm so sorry-but-they'r
every one shut up in that chest So we
laughed. What else was there to do?
1t was SO funny when Deming came
home with me to tea-we'd asked him
some days before. 1t wouldn't have
been funny with some girls. The table
looked principally white china, and the
kitchen knives and fork didn't go
round. Ever cut omelet with a pewter
spoon? 1t is great.
ssIt wasn't upite sO funny when threp
hot days had gone by and we had near
ly smothered sojourning in the closet
and no news Of the combination. Don't
tell mamma! pleaded my wife. be-
gan to think / should have to call in a
locksmith, when one evening Aggie
startled me by jumping out Of bed cry
ing. I've got it! I've got itv
"'Got what-a nightmare?
"'Ive got the combination! I've
been working on it all the time, and it
just came to me in my sleep. Get right
up, Joe, and hold the light, and mind
you don't set anything on fire. In an
other two minutes the front Of the
front of the chest fell down, and behold
our household gods! If anybody wants
to steal them between now and day
light, they can, that's ALL said Aggie;
but I'm not going to shut that lock
again tonight for nobodyw
I'm the fall there was a burglar
scare about town, and Agnes's mother
came over and gave her lecture upon
locking the windows. She said we
really ought to have burglar alarm.