Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-19

at the bottle, "and she wants to hev a
few last words with you. When you
started over town, was sngin Bar
bara Allen and thinkln my days might
be long in this land. Not five minits
later the summons come. had just
started to wash the dishes, and l had
that cracked blue platter In my hand,
but / hadn't gin 1t over two wipes
when the dlshcloth fell to the floor
with great spat. You are hearin
what / say, amt you, Samuel"
Mr.. Gallup wasn't. He was devour-
ing the second testimonial, which gave
the case of woman who had been
given up by over 80 doctors, and yet
two bottles furnished her with new
pair of lungs.
when that dishcloth fell knew
that my time had come. That's the
way Mrs Grover and Mrs. Taylor
went. Their dishcloths fell, and in "a
hours they was in heaven. | shall be
up there by tomorrer night, Samuel,
while you'll be free to stay out all
night to hear the political news. I'd
hev died before you come back home,
only wanted to talk with you leetle
about the funeral. Let's see. If die
tonight, you'll hold the funeral day aft
er tonOrrer, won't you, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoonW
| Mr.. Gallup was listening to noise
outside. He heard something to re-
mind him of Il hen trying to crow and
he wondered If 1t could be that so long
after dark.
''If you want 1t day sooner, you
can hev it," continued Mrs. Gallup
after sobs and gasps and shifts at the
bottle, "but you must look out or the
nayburs will talk. Better hev 1t day
after tomorrer, and l hope, for your
sake, 1t won't be rainy day. I've
sometimes thought I'd like a big fu-
neral when | went, with over 40 wag-
ons In the purcession and the church
bell a-tollln and the dogs a-howlln. but
I've given that up. No, Samuel you
needn't make any spread over me. Pm
one of the kind that kin go to heaven
without any hurrah and fireworks. II
there is ten wagons in the purcession,
l shall be satisfied. Don't you think
ten ought to be 'nufr for a person like
me?"
1t wasn't direct question, but had
1t been Mr. Gallup would not have
answered. He was devourlng the third
a testimonial and making up his mind
to try bottle on the sly.
"Ten wagons In the purcession, SAM
uel, and the bells needn't toll nor
nuthin else happen. If anybody Is
diggln tatcrs or maxim soft soap OIL
lyein carpet rags, they needn't stop on
my account. If 20 people come to the
house, that will be 'nuff. We've got
'leven chairs altogether, countin then
with broken backs, and Mrs. Walters
, will lend you the rest You'll hev oul
own preacher, of course but he needn'r
so on for an hour or two and tell how
good | was and how much you'll mist
me, If he says that my toll Is DER, ant
that you won't never find n more savil
, wife, thatll be about nun. Shall yol
do any cryin at the funeral. SamuelW
No answer.
/, "Id do leetle bit II | was you--jes
a leetle. II you don't, folks will tall
about II same AS they did about jim
Dewitt. He never cried at all, aud I
this day folks say he didn't use Han
per right, don't ask you to brea
down and sob and git up an excite
:, nent, but you kin gasp few times an
wipe your eyes and blow your most
! I'm sorry you'll hey to take that lon
: ride to the graveyard. as you could b
playin checkers or sunthin. but don
See how you are to git out of 1t. HoN
ever, you won't never hev TO go
there ag'in. When you git ready
buy me a gravestun, you kin send
up by a man. l s'pose youll buy
. stun of some sort, wont,youW
). Mr., Gallup didn't hear. In the four
testimonial man declared that he hi
been saved after one whole lung al
three-quarters of the other were gon
/ aud 1t was n sketch to thrill the read
clear down to his toes.