Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-02

Whit for? I demands.
MY wife's ma is Dead says Eli,
and want to bury her.
| Take = week. says I real hearty,
seeing it's your mother-in-law. Do
the Job up well. ami good luck!'
I'm afeard.' says Bill. I'm
afeasd OF misfortune. She -ever
fixed me-
she can't do you dirt now.
comforts him. Stow her away in
the ground, and batten her down
under white stone
But she's left a WILL says Bill.
| What's the diference?' retorts.
| Bury her.
1 can't says Bill. She left It
In her will that she was to be Gre
mated
".'Cremated!' exclaims. DO You
you mean she wants to be stufYed
ana put on the mantle-piece Don't
you do it. Bill
Its not that says he. She
wants to be burned to ashes-cre-
mated in an oven.'
81 see.' I remarks, real hearty.
end you don't fancy eating vittles
| cooked after her,
| MOI he yells. I've cot To take
ner to crematory ari burn her in a
place made for that. It's q cere-
IT1ony same as burying.'
| Well. why don't you go ahead, -
demands. some vexed at his stupid
ity. I'a burn 10y mother-in-law in
minute. / take II kind that your
wife's ma left word to do it,
I'D rather bury her. says Bill
You see when she's burned, Nary
wants the ashes back to keep in the
house. She says it's the proper
| thing
Il din't just see what the trouble
was out a. Bill was low in his mind
cheeTed him up as best 1 could. ard
told him to take as In.ny days as was
needful to make coed Job of turu-
Ing his wife's ma.
Next day Bill turns up in the
afternoon. quite solemnSzin black
clothes. I want you to do me a
favor says he.
What f. it?' I asks.
"'Come with me to the cremation
ne says. Mary says she can't bear to
co. and 1 don't waus to be alone
DOESN'T seem scarcely decent
Amt a good mourner,' I saws
out 1 never tesert a shipmate.' So
we trotted on to the crematory. and
sat on chairs in front of a furnace
while Bills wife's ma was cremoted
was terribly gloomy. specially
"hen the man in command came and
says very solemn and blue, It's all
over. What shall you do with the
ashes?'
She's gone says Bill. Poor
woman! Did she leave many ashes?'
Not man, says the man. will
you take EN- with ou?'
That's the proper thing?' Bill
demands.
1t is, says the man.
All right says Bill, resigned. 4
thought maybe Mary was wrong. but
WHAT'S proper must be DONE
so the man sweeps I'D the ashes
ana brings them out in a little. not
Here are the remains he explains.
How'll i carry her?' asks Bill.
an In a cold sweat. looking at the
little pot.
Put her In your pocket I SAYS.
IL don't seem decent Bill pro-
tests. i can't carry my wife.s ma
home to her in my pocket
90 we discusses the matter. and
! suggests hearse. Too big SAYS
Bill. Amt Coing to make a Joke of
hauling this little through San
francisco In a big wagon
1T all ends by US ssrtiop ont
with the pot In our hands very GIN
gerry. So we goes ,or a few bic
wren B'll gets an idea. I'II buv a
BUCKET. says he, and put the pot I'm
tnat. There won't be no scandal that
way 'A"'
Il was doubtful e.: my mind. but
let II go. seeing II wasn't nv funeral.
we got tin pail slowed the re-
mains In IL. and Ltsrted en-. Present.
" BIZ says. This f. a sor.owfuI oc-
casion. cts have a drink So we
mad drink, rnd BIZ felt better. We
nal another, and Bill thought ~ was
all Tor the best. We stopped I'm an
otner place. and he said Il was queer
10 think how death came to all of us
4 thought she never would die he
remarks. Iugubriously.
You better get home with them
Iremains.' eshorts him.
l.. I>oohs IKE iunc,f-paiI.' GAYS
ne. l must comfort Mary for the
loss of her ma
Do, says ]. Excuse me ~ I
Quit chief mourning and 60 back to
the ship
80 i left him and went back to
the Dom Paul. where I ate q dinner
not 20 hearty as usual for thinking
OF tin bucket with a mother-in-
law In IL. i was -moking my pipe
afterwards when in comes Bill, all
clustered.