Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-01-24
3LCopyright. 1900. by G. 3. Lewis.

E5ET&NEEEg
In the last year, and the family clock
might have stopped without his taking
notice of it When about so sobs and
Ssighs and groans had failed to arouse
him hin Mrs allup sat up and said:
Samuel you know went over to
gee Mrs Taylor. AS she has ,leven
children and lis aIlus Willin to lend me
hersdatirons, thought itsoniy right to
tell her that the whole ,ieYen might be
taken down with chicken pox any min
1T hadn't hardly got my mouthsopen
before she,Ibust into tears and put her
arm around me. She wasn't erwin on
account 81 the chicken pox, but on my
account had bad news for her, but
she had bladder for MT. Don't.yo
wat toSknow Whatit#Was?? n
Mr.. Gallup didn't. He was reading
testimonial romthe#Wife8of q gov
that the Virgins washer had
brought joy to her household when eY-
erything else had failed, and he was
deaf to the outside world. Mrs. Gallup
waited reasonable time for q reply
and then hid:
1.-THE news she had toten me;
Samuel, was that 4 had but three days
to live. IL I hadn't gone over there she
would have come owe here, as she
thought ought to maxim ready
That's Mrs. Taylor all over. She's allus
dom sunthin for other folks. You must
remember when Saray Ann spooner
died? And you remember when Uncle
Goodrich q hooked to death by a
Cow? WAL, Mrs. Taylor had warnin
three days ahead that both OF 'em was
goin Il perish rclock suddenly
stopped with Whir-rsr-r, and both
hands p'inted ina certain direetion.At
O'clock this afternoon the clock stop
ped agg'in d the hands pI'inted right
toward our house. That meant me.
In three days from now I'll be saiIin
around among the clouds S$
Mr.. Gallup didn't dispute ii. He was
reading that the Virgins washer
would do the work OF ten women at
the washboard, and he wa giving the
Inventor credit for being bigger man
than e Barnum or Dan Rice.
I'm glad it's come. Samuel, co1-
finued Mrs. Gallup IN more cheerful
tones. You know 7 hey bin expectin
to- die any mint for b last %
years, andsit has kinder Kept ME mp
sot. You'll be glad, TOO, because you
don't like the smell of camphor and
mustard plasters around. You may
feel al little lonesome for two or three
days after I'm gone, but with piayin
checkers, goin to the Edebatin society
and lookin around for assecond wife
you'll soon ehirk up and git your appe-
Bfite back amt goin to ask you who
shall take Cor your second wife,
but before go wan to- talk with
about the house. VIII you talk
with me- SamueIs ##s
Gallup refused to commit him
That Virgins washer was being
sold for SO when other and inferior
machines were foisted ON the public at
$15. and be was saying I himself that
WigginssnugM to have the gratitude OF
The nation Mrs. Gallup shed seven Or
eight tears, caughtNa sob between her
teeth and went n: ]
sc tile frst place. the oven door to
the stove needs a new hinge It got
broke seven years 8 but IhaYe got
along with II sol a to u expense.
Then the non Is broke oGI our two
quart pitcher, ana the handle ig aof the
gallon was gofn To stay right
aIeng earth shouldn't tell Won
that I'VE ought fo hey 4 new tot tea-
spo3ns or tha there are three hoIes in
fIia sIfsflran i IN poiTa8S far mi.