Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-06-20

uUDDLED UP IN TIE BIG ROCKING CHAIR.
ut the bottle, land she wants to hev q
few last words with you. When you
| startea c.t-, t.fwn, I w,is singin Bar
bara Allen and thinkin my days might
be long I'm this land. Not five minits
later the summons come. l had Just
started to wash the dishes and l had
that cracked blue platter in my hand,
but hadn't gin it over two wipes
when the dishcloth fell to the floor
With great spat. You arc hcarin
what say, amt you, SamuelY'
Mr.. Gallup wasn't He was dcvour-
Ing the second testimonial. which gave
the case of woman who had been
given up by over so doctors, and yet
two bottles furnished her with O new
pair Of lungs.
when that dlshcloth fell, knew
that my time had come. That's the
way Mrs. Grover and Mrs. Taylor
went. Their dishcloths fell, and in "a
hours they was in heaven. shall be
up there by tomorrer night, Samuel,
while you'll be free to stay out all
night to hear the political news. I'd
hcv died before you come back home,
only wanted to talk with you lectle
about the funeral. Let's see. If die
tonight, you'll hold the funeral day aft.
er tomorrcr, won't you. at 2 o'clock in
the aftcrnoonY'
Mr.. Gallup was listening to noise
outside. He heard something to re.
mind him of n hen trying to crow, and
he wondered If 1t could he that SO long
after dark.
"lf, you want 1t day sooner, you
can hev It," continued Mrs Gallup
after sobs and gasps md shifts mt the
bottle, but you must look out or the
\ nayburs will talk. Better hev 1t day
after tomorrer. and hope, for your
sake, 1t won't be n rainy day. I've
sometimes thought I'd like big fu-
neral when l went, with over 30 wug-
ons in the purccssion and the church
bell a-tollin and the dogs a-howlin, but
I've given that up. No. Samuel, you
needn't make any spread over inc. I'm
one of the kind that kin go to heaven
without any hurrah and fireworks. II
there is ten wagons in the purccssion,
shall be satisfied. Don't you think
ten ought to be 'nuff for person like
| meW
1t wasn't n direct question, but had
1t been Mr.. Gallup would not have
answered. He was devouring the third
testimonial and making up his mind
to try bottle on the sly.
"Ten wagons In the purcession. Sam
uel, and the bells needn't toll nor
nuthin else happen. II anybody is
diggin taters or maxim soft soap or
dyein carpet rags, they needn't stop on
my account If 25 people come to the
house. that will be 'nuff. We've got
'leven chairs altogether. countin them
with broken backs, and Mrs. Walters
will lend you the rest. You'll hev our
ewn preacher, of course, but he needn't
| 60 on for an hour or two aud tell how
good l was and how much you'll miss
me. II he says that my toll is DER, and
that you won't never find q more savin
Wife. that'll be about huff. Shall you
do any cryin at the funeral, SamuelY"
No answer.
I'D do leetle bit IL was you-jes,
Q leetle. II you don't, folks will talk
about II same as they did about Jim
Dewitt. He never cried ut all, and to
this day folks say lie didn't use Han
ner right l don't ask you to break
down and sob and git up an excite
ment, but you kin gasp few times and
wipe your eyes and blow your nose.
I'm sorry you'll hev to take that long
ride to the graveyard. as you could ba