New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-07-09
man, lived with about dozen grand
children, she heard child,s fretful:
cry. fust be It sick. I'll have to ask

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Anse 2
When Minna came out OF the church,
abe had q start that must surely have
given her a nervous shock had she
been Of less hardy fiber, for there Was
Peter waiting as usual.
!. An why didn't you wait Tor me.
Mrs sschmitt 2 he asked
1T was good morning TO. usalk, Z
said M1nna most quietly
helped her into the cart and then
be said slowly after they were started
st was q very hot day yestertlay..
And he switched the lines to chase
the flies off the backs OF the horses
q very hot day. =
But Mfnna was silent After a little
Peter went ON: We went over q TURF TURF
Bile lot OF country yesterday, the Judge
an I. I'm thankful we had q right
good supper over at HHrnecki s, SO,
bein' tired an restfn' me mtnute,
fell asleep. It's too bad you MIXED
the cows an did that work. =
oh, that didn't make much differ
ence," said sMinna. But there seemed
to be something that did, SO after q
bit Peter went on again:
The judge is a tturrible man to drink
an treat all roun' when he goes lee
tioneerin'. He gimme couple o. bot
ties to treat the boys for him, but I
met old Anse in the road this mornin' !,
an he told me one of the children was
ciotrF q T3 idr,Sf NJ 1t,
self, an SO I gave him the rest. y
Peter had the fattering sense that
he was clearing himself without adj
hitting the suspicion, which is really
a very delicate thing to do. So he was
the more surprised to see Minna jump
around in her seat and fairly scream at
him: - Z
-s'You did what?"
''Gave it to old Anse for the child
"Oh,'' she n1oaned, :'for the sick
child! It'll kill it, 49, n
""But it was good stuff said Peter
bland1y. 1.-THE Judge paid dollar a
bottle for the bit Of bottle.''
'But it's bad; know it's bad. Hur-
ry up and tell Anse it's bad" Peter
only stared at her and almost held the
horses at standstill. Hurry up,'' she
said and ratified the whip in it's socket.
At this ominous and unaccustoned
sound the horses plunged forward so
suddenly that Peter had to pull them
to their launches to keep them out Of
the ditch. v" ~, !
"1'n not drive step, I'll tell you" he
said, until know what for" for Pc
ter could not stand bothering the
horses when he was driving. Then
Minna began to cry, and Peter as well
as the horses was bothered. ~4-.S
"But, Mrs. Schmitt," he said, "sure
an you're always such a sensible wo-
man. '4@7". g..
Whats the use to be a sensible wo-
man when a mans so foolish? It's all
your fault" And Minna cried more.
"Well, then, if it is I'll be drivin'
on" said Peter. "An' you'll be tellin'
me how it is that it's my fault" Then
he lifted the reins, but he did not start
the horses. Minna looked over the.
fields, while the tears rolled down her
cheeks. Then she stole glance at Pc
ter's face, calm and masculinely unre-
lenting. There came trot behind her.
McGolricks mules were coming up the
road behind them, and she and Peter
standing still like that! So she began
hurriedly:
II was afraid you'd get like the
Judge, too, so we thought if you got
good and sick you'd never do it again,
and we put some ipecac in ii, whole
ounce .... IN
''In what?' asked the hyperinnocent
Peter. $40
"In the bottles of whisky" gu1ped
Minna. $500. ....s. e..... -, .~ =. 80
Peter whistled, and the. horses flew.
"Ipecac's bitter, isn't it?" But Minna
did not notice, she was crying SO hard.
"Guess better tell Anse that it's cheap
'lectioneerin' whisky an the missus
will send Kim somethin' better Min
ma smiled so gratefully that Peter fell
to wondering what he could do next to
please her. When he came out Of
Anse's, he was chuckling. '"The baby's
all right, but Anse is havin' time"
Whereupon Minna giggled Historically.
To make sure Minna herself took the.
basket and the port wine which Mrs.
Merriam sent. When she came back,
she walked rather slowly up the drive
way, trying to decide whether she
should stop and tell Peter. When she
came to the stable door, Peter was
pitching straw for bedding. He did
not seem to be getting much on his
fork, and presently he looked up as if
seeing her there were the most unex-
pected happening. He pulled his hat
down and came toward her. Leaning
against the doorpost, he regarded the
prongs of his pitchfork intently. About
that time Minna found her basket han
die very interesting, and she began to
rub her forednger thoughtfully up and
down its strands. 3"s s .
s, "The baby's all right, Peter she
said after awhile. Peter looked at her
meditatively as if somehow she were
saying something else.
Mrs Schmitt," he said then, give
hPon fhin1-ir, oh Il,