The Washington herald., 1907-09-01
Maria'S Midnight Lectures.
LECTURE NO. 8.

expect he hopes ifn get to the Emper-
or's ears. and then. l suppose, he'll
be inviting the Emperor to his Scot
tish home in Slxiddoo Castle, so as to
make Scnwab and Frick Jealous again.
Well. he's got TO find some way 70
spend his money, II he amt a-going to
die rich: and he'd better hurry Up, too.
Tne money seems 10 be holding out
pretty well, and the Laird of Skiddoo
amt got so very much more time ID
reckon on,
These miliionaires are getting 10 ba
awful. Nc, l Will not kePp quiet 7
reckon I'm entitled TO talk a little bit
I'm not nearly so loud as them pink
pjammas of yourn. What do I care
what time It is! AS l was saying: 1
think it's disgraceful for these mil
lionaires to get 20 fighting over a di-
rectors' meeting. I don't quite know
who this Mr.. Fish is, but he seems 10
be pretty powerful. And they do say
Mr. Hanrahan used 10 be a section
relation to your sister. She married a
man named Hanrahan, don't you re-
member? He stopped by the farm one
DAY and asked at her house for some
thin 20 eat, and she put him 10 work
and afterWard married him. Shetold me
one time that he's been working on q
railroad as section-hand. Well. guess
there amt so much difference between
a seetiond-hand and q sectlon-boss. 1
know your brother-in-law used 70 fight,
too. It may be some kin o. his that Mr..
Fish licked. I hope not. though, for
the credit of the family. At any rate,
the pictures in the paper didn't look
much like your sister Emily's hus-
band.
JOB! have you found out anything
about them new nelghbors Of ours
yet? That Miss staley she come in
here twicet to-day 10 borrow the use
Of our telephone. The Lord knows I'm
willing enough she should use It. But
the second time, when set down beside
her in the hall and waited for her to
talk, she had the nerve to ask me to
please to go away as she wanted 20 talk
private. I can't see what an engaged
girl has got TO say private over the
telephone, can you? OF course I went
upstairs. but l could hear her very
well over the bannisters, and she kept
on saying something to Frank. I
thought her fance's name was Henry.
OF course. it's none o. my business.
but hate TO have anything clandes-
tine going On in my house-even If my
husband does wear pink pjammas.
Wasn't that just dreadful about
the Hon escaping in Pittsburg and
beating in poor womans ribs2 No
wonder they call the lioin the king OF
beasts. There was a whole lot of or
dinary men standing there, I'll be
bound. but he never touched them; the
beast just had to bite a woman. and
the men stood around and let him do
1t. ! don't see what's the sense of
going TO these geological shows, any
way; the animals look just the same
as they do in the Biographies, and
they smell awful You remember that
time we took little Archibald to the zoo
In New York. because you said Caruso
would be there, and he-Archibald. I
mean, not Caruso--fed the monkeys
peanuts? OF course. there wasn't no
accident that day, but Il took me Just
nigh on TO a week to rid that poor.
dear child O. fleas.
Two o'clock! Well what Of II? It's
me that'n have to get UP In the morn
Ing and get breakfast while you lay
in bed in them new pjammas; and then,
Ike as not. you'll find fault with the
coffee or say the biscuits amt done.
! tell you. a woman has a hard life IN
this world! Don't kick Ike that, Job
Shrew. Just viii not stand #, you
pretending to have nightmare, You
wouldn't dare 20 kick me II you was
awake.
There's Archibald crying now.
You've made me wake him up, yelling
at you'll I expect his hand hurts
where that fish-hook went in, an I'll
have to poultcs it. An I goIngP
Yes. and I guess you ere glad when
] was just trying TO make things pleas
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