West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-21

wv cluded, Mr.. Gallup sat
down TO read a pamphlet
descriptive of the Virgins washing
machine, and Mrs. Gallup flung
shawl over her head and ran over
to neighbors's to give warning
that the chicken pox had broken
out in town only ten miles away
and would probably sweep the
whole country before it could be
staid. 1t was hardly a quarter of
an hour before she returned, and
her first action was to pitch forward
on the lounge and roll over three
time before she got settled down
into comfortable position to do
some weeping. Her conduct ought
to have attracted immediate atten-
ton, but it didn't. Mr.. Gallup was
reading declaration from the sole
inventor and proprietor that the
Virgins washing machine had
saved the public 1900, 900 pounds
OF soap in the last year, and the
family clock might have stopped
without his taking notice of it.
When about SO sobs and sighs and
groans had failed to arouse him,
Mrs. Gallup sat up and said
Samuel, you know I went over
to see Mrs. Taylor. AS she has
'leven children and is allus willin to
lend me her hatirons, l thought it
only right to tell her that the whole
'leven might be taken down with
Chicken pox any mint. / hadn't
hardly got my mouth open before
she bust into tears and put her arm
around me. She wasn't cryin' on
account of the chicken pox, but on
my account. l had bad news for
her, but she had Bladder for me.
Don't you want to know what
it was %
Mr.. Gallup didn't. He was
reading testimonial from the wife
OF a governor that the Virgins
washer had brought JOY TO her hous-
hold when everything else had
failed, and he was deaf to the out
side world. Mrs. Gallup waited a
reasonable time for a reply and
then said
'The news she had to tell me.
Samuel, was that / had but three
days to live. If hadn't gone over
there she would have come over
here, as she thought l ought to be
maxim ready. That's Mrs. Taylor
all over. She's allus doin sunthin
for other folks. You must remem-
Der when Sarah Ann Spooner died ?
And you remember when Uncle
Goodrich was hooked to death by
cow1 WAL, Mrs. Taylor had
warnin three days ahead that both
of 'em was goin to perish. Her
clock suddenly stopped with
whir-r-r-r, and both hands p'inted
in certain direction. AT O'Clock
this afternoon the clock stopped
ag' in and the hands p'inted right
toward our house. That meant
me. In three days from now I'll
be sailin around among the
Clouds"
Mr.. Gallup didn't dispute it. He
was reading that the Virgins
washer would do the work of ten
women at the dashboard, and he
was giving the inventor credit for
being a bigger man than p. T.
Barnum or Dan Rice.
'I'm glad it's come, Samuel"
continued Mrs. Gallup in more
cheerful tones. "You know / hey
bin expectin to die any mint for
the last IS years, and it has kinder
kept me upset. You'll be glad,
too, because you don't like the
smell of camphor and mustard
plasters around. You may feel
little lonesome for two or three
days after I'm gone, but with
playin checkers, goin to the de-
batin society and lookin around
for second wife you'll soon chirk
up and get your appetite back. l
amt goin TO ask you who you shall
take for your second wife, but be-
fore / go want to talk with you
about the house. Will you talk
with me, Samuel ?"
Mr. Gallup refused to commit
himself. That Virgins washer was
being sold for sro when other and
inferior machines we're foisted on
the public at Srs, and he was say
ing to himself that Virgins ought
to have the gratitude of the nation.
Mrs. Gallup shed seven or eight
tears, caught a sob between her
teeth and went on:
'1n the first place, the oven door
to the stove needs new hinge. It
got broke seven years ago, but /