Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-11-11

IOcA o. CACSpI .lOT intermittent dDdn-
donn,ents to grief.
The next time she came the man of
all work fell out of a tree and broke
both his feet Mrs. Jones telephoned
Jones to hurry home from the Office
and from the tears in her voice he
knew home was never like this" ex-
cept in times of great mental stress.
When she arrived the third time
and the maid quit without giving no.
tice, Jones and his wife began to get
superstitious. Every time a letter
came from her Jones felt the old at
tack coming on and mentally won.
dered If the house would burn or the
hot-water plant explode
Yesterday she dropped in for 4
fourth visit and Jones left home in the
morning with fear in his heart. Sure
enough, when he reached the office
down town, there was telephone call
tn ring Summerdale 234 as soon as he
possibly could.
Jones rushed to the phone and mad
ly began an effort to get into connec-
ton with his house. After lively
aged to get Summerdale but he
couldn't reach his house. CHANGING at
his watch he saw that he had time to
catch the 1910 train for home, if he
hurried
Just as he was tearing across the
bridge to the suburban station, the
bridgetender swung the structure and
in no Of hn
river. 1t seemed to Jones that all the
boats in the lake passed through that
draw before the bridge finally swung
into place again.
1t was too late then to get the 10: 10
train and he resolved to return to the
office. Upon arriving there his stenog-
grapher advised him some one had
been calling again from Summerdale
and it wasn't his wife!
Il suppose it's the undertaken this
time" he mentally noted as he un-
hooked the receiver. Getting the busy
signal in his ear, Jones fell back into
his chair. discouraged.
What should he do?
Just as he was considering the ad-
visibility of making a dash for it in
the auto the door opened and his wife
walked in.
when you came away this morning,
dear, you left your keys on the dress
er. I knew you would be afraid that
you had lost them, so I telephoned. l
couldn't reach you so left word with
the operator that I was bringing them
down to you, that you might unlock
YOUR desk!"
"Oh," gasped Jones, in masterful re-
lief, 'fs THAT all? l thought but
just then the cousin followed Mrs.
Jones into the room, and what Jones
thought he kept to himself But 1
really and truly believe, from the look
on Mrs Jones face, that she knew
just about what Jones thought!
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Cheer Up!
Has your luck been dead agin you an
the hours full o. sorrow?
Cheer up! There's another day a-comin' 1
Have you been a-hopin' somehow that
your luck would change tomorrow?
Cheer up! There's another day a-comin'
Never mind the things that's happened;
keep a-forgin' straight ahead;
Let the past be deeply buried with its
days an nights Of dread;
Keep your eye upon the future. into sum
light you'll be led
Cheer up, There's another day a-comin'
Il. A. Brininstool.
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Yes, dear, the song, Down In a Coal
Nine" must have been written by one
of the minor poets.
4 4 4
A husband at the club isn't finding
fault at home, anyhow.
4 4 &
Are you blue today? Count your
blessingsi
4 4 4
Vanity is the milliner's right-hand
man.
Rx.,uss..=s