Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-12-26

= 1.-THE bottle, t.and she wants to hev a
few last words with you. When you
started over town, I was singin Bar
bara Allen and thinkin my days might
be long in this land. Not Eve minits
later the summons come. I had just
started to wash the dishes, and I had
that cracked blue platter in my hand,
butt hadn't gin it over two wipes
when the dishcloth fell to the floor
with a great spat. You are hearin
what 4 say. amt you, Samuel?'
Mr.. Gallup wasn't He was deVour-
ing the second testimonial. which gave
the case of a woman who had been
given up by over SO doctors, and vet
two bottles furnished her with a new
pair Of lungs.
When that dishcloth fell, I knew
that my time had come. That's the
way Mrs. Grover and Mrs. Taylor
went. Their dishcloths FELL and id "a
hours they was in heaven. I shall be
up there by tomorrer night, Samuel,
while you'l be free to stay ont all
night t. hear the political news. I'd
hey died before you come back home,
only ! wanted to talk with yon a Ieetle
about the funeral. Let's see. IF I die
tonight, you'll hold the funeral day aft.
er tomorrer, won't you. at42 o'clock in
the afternoon 2"
MI. Gallup was listening to q noise
outside. He heard something to re-
mind him Of a hen trying to and
he wondered il it could be that SO long
after dark.
IL you want it a 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 viii talk. Better hey it day
after tonorrer, and | hope. for your
sake, It won't be a rainy day. I've
sometimes thought I'd like a big fu-
neral when I went, with over 40 Wag-
ons in the ~pnrcession and the church
bell a-tollin and the dogs a-hoWlfn, but
I've given that up. No, Samuel, o
needn't make any spread over me. I'm
one Of the kind that kin 60 to heaven
without any hurrah and fireworks. If
there is ten wagons in the purcession.
+ shall be satisfied. Don't you think
ten ought to be huff for a person like
me?
It wasn'ta direct question, but had
It been Mr.. Gallup would not have
answered He was deyouring the third
testimonial and making up lis mind
to try a bottle on the sIy.
Zen wagons IN the purcession. Sam
uel, and the bells needn't toll 8
authin else happen. IL anybody Is
diggin taters or maxim soft 8 or
dyein carpet rags, they needn't stop on
my account. IL % people come to the
house, that Will be ,nnf. We've got
sleVen chairs altogether, countin them
with broken backs, and Mrs. Walters
viii lend you the rest. You'll hev our
own preacher, Of course, but be needn,t
81 on for an hour or two and tell how
good was and how much you'n miss
me. If he says that my toll Is Ger, and
that you won't never find a more sayin
wife, Ihaf'II be about MIR. Shall you
do any cryin AZ the funeral. Samuelg
No answer.
I'D do d leefIe bit If ! was you-5est
4 lee1le. r. you don't. folks viii faik
about # same as they did about Jim
Dewift He never cried at All, and to
this day folks say be didn't usesHan
ner right don't ask d fo break.
down and sob and sit mp aa excite
nnerafs but you kinSgasp b few times and
wipe yoisr eyes and blow your nose.
sI.m sorry Tou,Iih To take that long
hide ~ the glHyeyard,as you could be
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