The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06

II mothers had typhoid fever,
80 an her brother broke his
log. an her pa had to go east on bust
ness, an their minister's sisters jes'
died. Seems If any two of those things
happenin' in the family would have been
discouragin', but Mary's got a mind like
a cake Of yeast. When she once gets an
idea in her head it rises to the top, an
nothin' you can sayM put 1t. down. An
she says to me, says she: So
I've aPys planned on bein' married in
June ever since ] was g. little girl in short
dresses an, seems II, when you've looked
forward to June sweddin' all your life,
it's what, Providence meant you to have
says she. Mall be able to- sit up by the
frs Of the month, an the doctor says
Paul can be on crutches, an If pa isn't
home Uncle Will can give me away, an
the minister'l be back full week before
ham, So seems If there wasn't anythin'
to wait for says she.
'Nothin' at ALL says I, as long as you
an Mr.. Lick an the minister are able to
get together. Your pa won't care so long
as you leave him the bills to pay, but
seems If when bodys spendin' money,
he likes to see what he's goin' to get for
1t, tho Of course he'll see Mr.. Lick when
he comes home says I, thinlzin' It he
be some disappointed when he did, for
there isn't any one but Mary It. thinks It
he'll hold a match to the WORT. some day.
Mr. Myers II have to take care Of Mary
an her :husban' or miss my guess.
There's somethin' bout Mr.. sLicks chin t
IL tell anybody t looks t he wasn't made
to take care Of even himself. I'd have
more confidence In him II he wore wills
kers, but Mary says they aren't stylish,
an they are deceivin', I'll admit; alys
had considerable respec' for Mr.. Glines
knowledge till he shaved off his whis-
kers an then put two an two together
an fOun' out t was the whiskers It looked
KNOWN an not Mr.. Glines.
"Mr. Lick's never earned ,nough to pay
his own board, an if he hasn't the money
for one, seems If he couldn't get receipted
bills for two. He lives at home an his
mothers al'ys sympathizin' tn him cause
he hasn't an automobile an yacht an q
airship He wouldn't know what to dc
TIL EN- II he had 'em, an it would be
mighty hard on innocen' folks who, wers
in the way. Sympathy's good feelin
/ to have, but it isn't the kin to raise a
boy on, seems if.
Mrs. Grondahl didn't bring up her Pau
on sympathy. AS soon as he began tt
carry papers an earn a little money reg
! lar ev'ry week she made him pay some
thin for his board. He'll think it's worth
more If he pays for it, says she, an he
] did, an when he foun' fault cause sht
gave him liver an bacon stead Of steal
:
4 he was only payin' dollar a week fol
board an room an hadn't ought to ex
pee fve-course meals.
when he went into the store his board
went up tn his wages an then he oc-
casionally. got a steak. He was married
las week an the month before the wed.
/ din he was talkin' to his mother an
| sayin' how much he'd like to begin in q
house Of his own If he had the money te
| buy it. Mrs. Grondahl didn't say anythin
/ but she jes' went an got a bank book
/ an handed it to him. He couldn't be:
lieve his eyes when he heard t she'd de.
! posted his board ev'ry week to his credit
| in the bank an TIL the int'res' it amounted
to mos 'nough to buy a little house. He
an Rose went out that very night witt
the advertisement cut outen the Journal
It isn't good to let folks have some
thin for nothin.' says Mrs. Grondahl tt
me. says she. a1ys meant to give thai
money back to Paul for didn't need it
4 but didn't tell him so.> II he'd thought
he was goin' to have 1t again he'd have
! planned accordingly says she, for some