Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-17

"I'LL BE II HEAVEN BEFORE SUNRISE.
but had become interested in the state
ment that speckled hens were more IL
able to the pip than white or black
ones when Mrs. Gallup recovered con-
seriousness that Is, she opened ner
eyes, uttered sigh and fetched
groan and sat up. She fully expected
Mr.. Gallup would ask her What had
happened or at least look in her dlrec-
ton, but just then he was busy with
the poultry books statement that q
rcd rag tied to tie tail of would be
sitting hen will scare her out of the
idea. When a long two minutes had
passed. Mrs Gallup concluded that
something ought to be said, and she be-
gan:
Samuel, | want to talk to you a few
minits before | perish. You know /
hev bin eXpectn to be summoned any
day for the last ten years. or since that
cow kicked me over the heart. While
you were out feedin the hog the sum-
mons came. caught sight Of the back
q strange black cat run across the
kitchen floor. That was the way Mary
Ann Davis and Hammer Sly received
their summons, and there amt no
doubt that I'll be in heaven before sun
rise"
Mr.. Gallup scratched the back Of his
neck with one hand and held the book
with the other as he read that some
geese had been known to live to the
age of IL years, but he had no remarks
| to offer.
81 don't want to annoy you while you
are readin," continued Mrs. Gallup as
she unpinned the tidy from the head
of the lounge to use as handkerchief;
"but. as never died before, think
| you kin bear with me little. The
| first thing to be done after ! expire,
Samuel, is to hev me laid out. The
nayburs will cheerfully do that. want
to be dressed in that gray dress you
bought me six years ago. Be particu.
lar about that because it's the only
one ever had that fits me across the
shoulders. don't want to 60 to heav.
en- in a dress all hunched up. l want
to hev my hands folded and a pink
hollyhock in my fingers shall try
to expire with smile on my face. sc
as to look my very best, and If my
mouth Is shet nobody will notice my
old teeth. Samuel, are you follerir
me"
He wasn't. He was following the
author of the poultry book where be
stated that ducks were strangely inhu
enced by music and had been known t.
60 to sleep when fiddle was beins
played. Mrs. Gallup toyed with bel
tears for an interval and then said:
"That's all about me. Samuel. YOU
needn't git up no big funeral or 60 t.
any big expense. The rest Is abou
you. Even If you don't marry ag'il
within four weeks you'll want sof
soap fur the winter. The soap greas,
is down cellar in keg, and it's as goo(
soap grease as anybody ever had
When you are blin your soap, don
furgit to lay sassafras stick across
the kittle. think you'l hev to buy I
new tablecloth some time before spring
I've made the last one do fur tw
years, but it's bcginnin to go. It's go
three holes right in the middle. How
ever, If you don't marry you won
mind holey tablecloth. You know
about the wash biler, don't you"
Mr.. Gallup refused to answer tina
question by even lifting his eyebrows
The statement that gander had bee
known to commit suicide through dis
appointed love interested him to tn
exclusion Of all else.
"rhe biler. leaks In four differen
places, Samuel, and has fur two year.
aud I'm afraid you'll hev to git it memo
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