West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-08-11
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! Mrs. RASHER'S !
|CURTAIN LECTURES
THE OLD LADY GIVES RASHER A
PIECE OF HER MIND AS USUAL,
The Family Are Now Down at the Sea.
shore.
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE.

in the shameful manner you did to
break up the match when it was on
the very point of going off, he
might have been my son.in.law in
stead of that odious woman's. And
she's always pretended she wouldn't
allow him to have one of her daugh-
tiers on account of his immortality.
Didn't | tell you it was sour grapes2
She snatched him up at the first
chance, which she never would have
got at all if poor Flummery hadn't
been broken hearted about Germ
tina, and so desperate that he
didn't care what he did. Rather
calculating in his desperation ?
What do you mean ? Got a couple
hundred thousand for throwing
himself away o yes of course
you'll put that, construction upon
it. You are always thinking of
money, Rasher, always; you are
nothing but an account book, per
feet ledger. Who keeps you always
thinking of money l am sure
don't know; you can't accuse me of
it. Only so that have plenty Of
it don't care where it comes from
nor how it is made. OF course l
have to have plenty of it to crafty
my tastes and keep up appear
ances, but l don't care about the
money; all want of it is to spend
it. It's very unreasonable of you
to intimate that l make an account
book out of nv husband. can't
abide business, and the pork bust
ness above all. All / ask of you is
to provide the necessaries of life
for your wife and children; yet a
person would think, to hear you
talk, that l made a slave Of you.
Whenever l say we have got enough
you'll quit work and be glad of it
have not asked you to quit work;
as long as you are hearty and &C
tive | see no reason why you should
give up business, and as for our
having enough, | have never seen
the time when l had half what l
wanted. There is the Tones's go to
Europe every season, and have gold
instead of silver spoons. There's
plenty of our neighbors live better
than we do, and we must be very
easily satisfied to settle down on
what we have got at our time of life.
Pm as bad as the farmers wife,
who only wanted to be comfort
able ? Oh, don't tell any of your
vulgar anecdotes, husband; they are
all out Of fashion, and only pro.
woke me. We might have been
contented with FISH shop, but was
not; we have riz in life, and l see
no reason why we should not keep
on rising until we "bust !" There
1t comes again always limiting
about bursting Up, and failing, and
rum, and such l don't believe at all
in, only you keep it to scare me, as
folks keeps dark closets to shut up
children in. And big folks too {?
There, there would not refer to
that. What l was going to say
when you put it all out of my head
telling me about Flummery's getting
married. Poor Cerintha how she
will feel when she hears it Only
threee weeks since he was almost
united at the altar with her. What
/ was going TO say is that next sum
mer we must have a country house.
It's all very nice coming to a water
ing place, and only decent Of you
to bring US here, after getting Ger
intha into such a scrape, and shall
want 70 come every season; but
shall want country house besides
Lots Of our friends are getting
them. It's real stylish to have one,
whether you ever use il or not. We
could 60 to il for a few weeks be
fore Newport gets crowded, and
when it gets real crowded and jam
med with company, we could come
here. ! could give a tete snam pc
ter 20 pass away The time; Fitz Sim
mons says they are delightful.
Whats a sham Peter ?" Why, it's
IA you know what; out Of doors,
you know, a-"sham like every
other fashionable nonsense, bu,
what's Peter got Co do with it2 O
dear you arc so queer my love.
Peter has not anything to do with
il but 70 wait on the company. as
usual. It's an outdoor party, you
know, with a band Of music ON the
lawn, and place to dance, and re-
freshmcnts in a tent-oh, it's lovely
and such a chance for the young
| people to airt a kind Of a bar
bacue , What a gross idea, my