The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-17

lre Gn,' = pu .tscpd info the sitting
room iu h..,. Mr.. Dolby lying on tac
ti,t3 ~ ~ hacA with her eyes roH /
bacn - her head Some hUS3aI,!,:
woulN hir" picked her Hp anI place.
her on he ic"n-c ut lp2s; .si:: Ia "A:
down TO hr tabl. and picked w Il ph .
puSraph ri Niagara falls and began
studyin" ii Tie had just finished Il
mental calculation Of the number %
t.uarts q. water going to waste When
Mrs. Dolby fetched a long drawn groau.
No use
Three minutes passed. and the groau
was longer and more lugubrious-
The deacon paid no attention.
Then Mrs. Dolby sat up Ard locke a
around IN seeming astonlShment and
said:
THAT you. Samuel? thpraht | had
died and gone to heaven ! must have
been in a faint for the last half Eour."
He made no reply. and she struggled
up and dragged herself to the lounge
and begar TO shuttle Three or four
minutes passed before she said: =
Samuel. about three minutes after
you left | heard a dog howl and knew
that something dreadful was going to
happen. 1t happened. Mrs. Britt came
in to see If | could give her q little
sage. She wanted to make some tea
for her little girl She got the sage.
and then she told me all. Yes, Samuel.
she told me all. said to myself that
wouldn't faint away over 1t. but don't
think she had got to the gate when ]
reeled and staggered, and my senses
left me. The last thing I remember
was hoping you'd give me a decent fu-
neral and weep few tears as / was
lowered into my last resting place."
The deacon had read that the falls
had worn away one-sixteenth of an
inch in the last 500 years and was try
ing to figure out how many million
years It would take to wear the brink
back seven feet and 1t Is possible he
didn't hear his wife's words. Her eyes
overfowed. and she sobbed q few
times, then continued:
Samuel and the Hogs.
"She told me all, Samuel, down to
the last thing. Two years ago you said
one day that you had to 60 up to Da-
visburg to see about some hogs. I
trusted you. Samuel, and waved you
goodby. When you got home, you said
you wouldn't buy the hogs because
they hadn't got twists In their tails
but now / know the true reason. You
never-you never even saw 'em. You
went up there to go to a circus, and
you got a seat down in front Mrs
Britt was there and saw you. She saw
you grin and laugh, and she saw you
wink at one Of the female bareback |
riders. Yes. wink. Samuel-wink at
circus woman. Look me in the face |
and deny it If you can"
Mr.. Dolby didn't look her IN the face |
On the coGtrary. he continued 10 look |
lt the photo and TO wonder II be |
would go 20 the falls If he had another |
bridal t":r,
And ! year ago" said lis. Dolly |
after I. ing TO wipe her weeping eyer
,n 4 pie Of string. you "nt down |
% the st"rP one day after ;.Dnnd -
nails. You - +" dollar in yuTr po;-!.
Il You wee two hn.rs. apl |
when you came inck you didn't have
/ cent ] believe you told me theg
lad had an earth .uake In lta!v or
omething OF that sort IL wasn't NO
that de-. ned you, Samuel
There was man re with guess
ng hog. 1t was g cents to guess.
nd the one that guessed the critters
weight was to have a dollar. You
aid for nine guesses and didn't come
Within twenty pounds OF It. IL was