Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-09-06
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Romance Of Two WidoWerS
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was but natural that there should, exist
between the two a fellow feeling.
The wife of Lemuel had arisen one
day in I; fit of i'll temper- justified, per-
haps, so far as i'll temper is ever iusti
fed and repaired to Il lawyers office,
where she stated her complaint, Lem
uel had not treated her with due con-
sideration. He had expected too much
of her. He was old enough to be her
father. No woman, she said, could pre-
pare from nothing three meals q day
and still retain her self-respect. The
lawyer admitted the truth of the state
mefit. He inquired whether or not
Lemuel had ever treated her with
physical cruelty. Yes; he had made her
split the wood. Very good. At the next
term of the district court she was de
clared free of the bonds which had
bound her to Lemuel.
But the case of the wife of Emanuel
was sadder one. She was Of a long
suffering sort, and the thought of di-
vorce had never entered into her blunt
ed mind. She did the best she could
for Emanuel. When nothing to eat was
forthcoming she boiled dande1ion greens
and endured the harsh criticisms of
Emanuel in silence. In the end she
stretched herself upon the bedding
which had constituted her dowry and
peacefully repaired to another world.
1t was a severe shock to Emanuel.
When the funeral had been over for
several hours, and the two children had
been fed upon milk furnished by kind
nei ghbor, Emanuel strolled over to con-
dole with Lemuel and to be condoled
with. He found Lemuel sitting discon-
solately upon the front step of his resi-
deHce.F The two older children were be-
side hiTn. His wife had taken the baby.
Good evenin'," said Emanuel in a
tone Of SORROW.
Same to you. said Lemuel. He arose
to the full limit of his awkward, UNI
calmly six feet four inches and extend
ed his hand-he had but one. the other
haying been removed with the arm at
Il Fourth of July demonstration. "Glad
to see you. How're you feelin'??"
'Bad-bad," said Lemuel, hollowly
''liow're you?''
Bout the same" replied Lemuel
'"rhe world looks mighty glum to q
Teller hat hain't got woman
at does that" said Emanuel
"What re you goin' to do?'
Dunno. What're you?"
Dunno"
Nothing more was said for time
Then I.emuel cast off the abstraction
which was upon him and spoke.
II reckon somethin's got to be did fo1
the kids; they've got to have somebody
to look after EN-"
YOU'RE right" agreed Emanuel;
'the-the kids must be took care Of
And nothin' but woman can do it, >
said Lemuel.
"Nothin' but a woman" repeated
Emanuel.
Then"
''Yeah?"
The thing to dos % get woman"
y reckon"
Women is plenty enough in the
world We'd have no trouble, you anc
me, gettin' one if we was prettier
In. ,lopsided, and you've got Il impede
ment in your gait
This was very near the truth
Emanuel by some prank of nature hac
been gifted with knee action at the
hips and with hip action at the knees
producing an effect at which some
people laughed. 1t was tender pon>
with Emanuel. and he tlared up a bir
at Eemuel's words.
You re a Ii" he began. but Lemue
held. up his. great, oser-developee
hand. !.
Don't get excited. Man." he said
Don't forget that she's only beer
dead little while. You owe som,
respect to her memory-though
s'pose, he added, retlectively. ''she'
bout as dead as she ever will be-
81 s'pose," sighed Emanuel
Then Lemuel sent the children int,
the shanty and approached Emanuel
glancing about him cautiously as h,
did so.
Man" he said. in a whisper, ''I'v,
got the-the dangdest best thing 70,
ever seem
riciously.
Lemuel drew dirty. wrinkled pa
per from his pocket and unfc'ded it
Look at that" he said. triumph
antly, holding up the sheet. Cupid
Dart. More'n hundred beautiful
wealthy ladies wants husbands-dy
in for EN-. Man, dyin' for en-
Emanuel gasped. "D-do they mea,
it??" he asked, incredulouslv.
"Why, o course they mean it-any
way as much as any woman eve
means anything. I found this her
paper kickin' round in the road yeste1
day. Dropped out o some wagon.
s'pose. never knowed before tina
such things was printed It's like
like manners from Heaven, amt it?
'Kind o. Are you goin to write t
one Of 'em?'
''Am l? Well you bet your life II
goin' to write to one of EN-. I've 60
her picked out"
How're you goin' to Go it? Col,
to learn how to write?'
Lemuel smiled shrewdly NO.
amt goin' to learn how 20 write. bu