Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-02

LhfE@~Hs ~ her cool, airy
kitchen, where
y the ball-fringed
Il curtains futter-
~, nroozp and the tall clock told
i. u, NV .ocnnds with leisurely delibera-
'DS .r,s q deal too good to last! l
!aned last night that saw Sam in
' rinding sheet, and this morning
E. tbo letter came | knew what was
+ word for word, before ever l
bike the seal"'
|T,,t has happened?" eagerly ques-
Inp1 Hitty Johnson, the village COS
Who had stopped on her way to the
be- where she was engaged for a
tsvOrk at dressmaking to ask how
|, Nprry,lew's rheumatism was.
/ ain't-dead?
sDesdm croaked the old lady, "What
Slrt YOU do give one, to be sure!
Is1-Of course he amt dead! He's
y-narried."
Wen | declare" said Hitty, eff
don't beat all. Your Sam mar
Married last week" said Mrs. Mary
ydew, "and going to bring his
be to see me to-day. What am l
be to do. I'd like to know, with a
billy fine lady from the city, who
know a spinning wheel from a
s press, and never put her hands
pan of good scalding dishwater
Ter life%
Nell, but" said Hitty Johnson, sit
BIS to me as if that was borrerin'
FbR afOre it's due. How do you
y but what you'll like her?'
nd you ever know one of these city
that was worth her salt?" con-
PtuOusly demanded Mrs. Merry
Not everybody knows what my
has been, all my life long. If
vas bad egg in the bilin' I was
Is certain sure to get it; If I
at ticket No. I in the rattle at a
cat lair, No. s was always the tick
draw the prize. | didn't expect
Als better, and I'm resigned to
LoEuS will. Oh, dear, dear, this is
lWOrld to live in"'
queer kind Of resignation"
E' Miss Kitty, as she fastened
Fa'Ms Mrs. Merrydew wiping her
WIN yellow silk pocket hand
I5i and signing like any furnace.
!, nam Merrydew really has got
~ nope to goodness he's got a
VINO won't take the world quite
~ as Ills mother doesr'
m resigned" said Mrs. Merry
sue cut the white, crisp fall ap-
I.O Juicy slices for a tart, and
-'a'ls Alled the stove with fresh
lhOugh | don't s'pose Sans
vii Keep the old china and the
'anaiesticks and the Boughten
4S We done; no, and she won't
s''e by the old furniture that
~ ~. Ill the Merrydew family for a
WI and a half. She'll set and
AVA nauus' and let everything go to
b arp Fu'n-but I'm resigned. And
\ u 'e neglected, and his shirts
destroyed, and his stockings
~ lended-who ever heard of a
br,, ''nlng the trouble to mend
w.. But amt one to grumble.
Always did say that. whatever
s s would try to be resignedv'
fa. was all done-tae table
nn No 'e "a and the freight CLEAN
' psa.' the cracks of tho Stove
Er,sha iS up and down ON the
rs u walls and Mrs. Merry
,n matrnately doing over her
"'plhs surreptitio.1s tears
] 81. Spectacle glasses, wben t tIer .
! [ajo r ,nS'stent knocking at the
! IN , waved al tall, untidy young
\ nans, cheap blue silk dress
q sa NJ lam drew itself over the
. Red o,aeS lace hat overloaded
biz, ~E sa,u Mrs, Merrydew. only
d ,I a,. wife," said tho ro,,n ;,
Is ateras, around her with in
ID aes.jn sl. And I s'pose you're
j ~, sssped the poor old ,aov
oA Of tbo At nrst, to realize the
i'd 'Yor g.. handsome slattern's
th sans wife. It can't no
d eQlet VIVA utan united the strings
At NJ on tba laugh, and flung
San goo good enough for you"
4 he At f1 s MS folks wouldn't
,a aad th a, Grst, but we're tight
y lavs ' e $ no help for it: so
Il 10 make the best of
'Fom the city," hest