The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-25

to speak. then closed them again and only
/ sighed.
Three days later MIR. sweetser had a
severe headache and came home from his
/ business at noon, declaring his intention
/ of spending tie afternoon in their cool,
pleasant parlor, where he could be nursed
! and petted by his wife.
ANY peddlars to-day Nllie?" he asked,
! as she tucked the pillows behind him on
the couch. andslaid one cool hand on his
| hot forehead.
mo- that is, only one It's in the after
noon that they swarm about the house
] like mosquitoes. 1 sometimes wish that
! I had not been so decidedly In favor of
this fiat, because it was in a small house.
| Those people are not allowed in regular
| fiat buildings"
20, we'll replied Mr.. Sweetser. there
are always some small inconvenience, and
! We mustn't complain. Now that We've
discovered there is room enough to shove
| the basket of potatoes under one end of
the bath tub, I think were very comfort
! ably fixed"
Mrs. Sweetser did not reply; but she
! closed the blinds and tiptoed out of the
room, so MIR. Sweetser knew that he was
expected 10 take nap.
| II.
He had just fallen into a dose, when
there was faint tinkle at the front door
i bell. He heard his wife go through the
! hall, and as she opened the outside door
! the parlor door Unmatched; he heard
shrill childish voice inquire:
would you like TO buy pound of
tear"
mo I think not" replied Mrs. Sweet
| ser
I'm trying to get tea set for my sis
! ter" continued the infantile voice. Shes
been married about six months, and"
IN get one pound of oolong," said Mrs
! Sweetser, alphabetically.
The transaction completed, she came in
Did that wake you, dear?" she asked
Us what F6a 0n made you puy?" asked Mr.
Sweetser, petulantly You're too easy"
Il didn't mean to" replied his wife.
but when she said that her sister had
been married about six months it inter-
ested me- and it must be hard not to
| have pretty dishes when one is newly mar
! ried."
"WeIl. I'm going to sleep again, and I
hope nobodyll come and disturb me this
! time"
Mrs. Sweetser rearranged his pillows
| and he dropped into another doze. 1t
| seemed to him that he had scarcely lost
| consciousness when there was a jerk at
| the bell that set every nerve in his body
| tinging and brought him to an upright
| posture with suddenness that made his
head reel. His wife was seated by the
| window reading.
! Callers, Miller" he, asked. Il ought to
be out of this ROOM"
! \"Its all right dear. Perhaps 1t ism
callers, if 1t is, I'll apologize for you.
She closed the parlor door before she
opened the outside one, but the nigh
| pitched tones of a determined female
voice reached his ears with rasping dis
| tinctness.
Good afternoon lady. This is a beauti-
! full day, / want to take just a moment
| of your time 10 show you an ointment
! am selling. You have surely heard of Os-
| goods ointment. l have been through TINS
| street twice every year for the last thIr-
teen years. l make this ointment myself,
| and it is compounded of the purest mater
| iaIs It is used for burns, scalds, cuts,
! bruises corns, bunions, callouses, chill
| blains insect bites, stings salt rheum,
| eczema, chaps, sunburn and irritation OF
| any sort; it has been found TO give the
! greatest relief in cases of measles or other
| similar disease; it is an absolute cure for
| the seVereSt cold in the head. i have sold
| this to all the best people in the town; the
lady opposite just bought three boxes l
! have Travelled with it from Maine to Cali
| forna; this is the last year l shall carry
! it from door TO door; l didn't intend 10
| this year, but have had a little trouble
| about placing it IN the hands of the best
l.
| from druggists, dentists, physicians etc,
| but wanted to be sure that l placed 1t in
! the hands of a reputable person. The boxes
| are in three sizes, f5 rs and 80 cents. After
| YOU have once tried it you could never
| live without having 1t in the house"
| Mr.. SWeetser buried his head deep i'm the
| pillows, and pulled the ruffie of one over
| hts ears; in this way he drowned out the
! remainder of the harangue, which lasted
nearly half an hour.
| After this his head was throbbing so
| painfully that he could not sleep, and his
| wife had just seated herself beside him
! preparatory to bathing his hot forehead,
| when there were steps on the walk out
| side.
Don't answer the bell," groaned Mr..
Sweetser.
There was a decided pull at the long
enduring bell handle, and both occupants
of the parlor kept very quiet, sharing that
| feeling of guilt and hypocrisy that every
self-respecting individual experiences IN
| a similar situation.
Presently there was another ring.
A death-like silence prevailed in the
parlor: Mrs. Sweetser scarcely breathed.
Suddenly there was third peal
MIR. Sweetser muttered something that
made his wife put her hand over MS
mouth. and shake her head in severe
HE or she are dreadfully persistent
Ned" she whispered. A moment after
! there was a fourth pull at the bell, that
| threatened to incapacitate it for any fur
| ther service. ~ git
II can't stand that jangling," said Mr..
Sweetser hopelessly, and Mrs Sweetser
hurried to the door.
An anna ble-looking boy of about II
! years gazed at her smilingly through his
! spectacles; he looked provokingly bland
! and good-natured, and Mrs. Sweetsers
| usually gentle voice had tone of smoth-
| cred wrath as she asked
'why did you ring so many times?
| What right have you to disturb people
! in this fashion,"
"If you'd come when I first rung /
wouldn't have bothered you"
How did you know there was anybody
| at homer"
"'Cause there was a bysucle under the
! front steps. Folks don't go far away
nowadays and leave their bysucles that
way"
/ ssWel what do you want?"