The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-05

MRS. DOLBY AND HER ROPE AND CANDLE
REAPPEARED.
eyes closed and her hands folded on
her breast. He gave her one brief
glance and then sat down at the CEN
ter table to read. At the postoffice he
had received a circular relating TO
geese and their care, and 1t started Off
In an interesting way.
Deacon Dolby had been reading for
FIVE minutes and had got as far as to
be told that a goose was capable of
affection when there was a stir on the
foor and Mrs. Dolby sat up. No at
tention was paid her. She coughed
three coughs TO hint to Mr.. Dolby that
she was not dead. but the circular held
all his interest Two minutes passed,
and then Mrs. Dolby rose up and took
seat on the lounge and said:
Samuel, | didn't want TO frighten
you. but couldn't help fainting
away"
The deacon read from the circular
that goose had been known to go
into a rage at the mere sight Of a red
headed woman, and just then Mrs.
Dolby said:
"You had just gone out when Mrs.
Lamphere came in. She hadn't bean
over for a week, and she wanted to
borrow darning needle and ask me IL
was going to put up any picked
peaches this season. We had talked
for about FIVE minutes when all al
once she broke down and sobbed like
a child. Samuel, do you want 20 know
what she sobbed aboutT
He didn't. He wanted to stick right
10 that circular until he bad devoured
every line of It. He was finding out
that he had lived for forty-fve years
without knowing the goose as she was
~ at FIRST thought that mebbe her
sister in North Dakota was dead, but
when sue got over her sobblng SOS she
could speak she said 1t was because she
felt such pity for me. Then-then.
Samuel, broke down and sobbed with
her, and-and"-
And she sobbed and snuffied and sob
bed again, and the deacon sat there
and read that IL a farmer could have
patience with goose he could teach
her to jump through a hoop. the same
as circus performer.
"But I'm not going TO cry any more,
Samuel. The time for crying has
passed. am going TO tell you what
Mrs. Lamphere said and then end this
life OF turmoil and trouble. have
known Mrs Lamphere ever since she
was a little girl. and have never
known her TO tell a lie. and she is not
a tattler. either. What she told me
was from sense OF duty. She said
1t made her heart ache TO know that
was living With pirate and never sus-
pecting IT,"
The deacon prepared himself for the
worst, but gave no outward sign, and
presently Mrs. Dolby ceased snufiiing
and continued:
Happened Six Weeks Ago.
zone morning siy weeks ago the
COW kicked while you were milking her
You went over backward of the stool
with yell. and when you got up you
pounded her with the milk stool and
swore. Don't deny II. Samuel, Mrs.
Gearing heard II, and she told Mrs
Lamphere. Mrs Gearing knows what
swearing is. and she said she never
heard the like. 1t made her blood
run cold. She dldn't get over shivering
for hours. You whacked and pounded
and swore and jumped up and down.
and the poor woman flew into the
house for her life. | noticed how pale
you looked when You came in. and
when asked you what was the mat
ter you said you felt bilious. Deacon
Samuel Dolby, yon pounded the COW.
used pFofane language aud lea 10 mel
What have you got to say abaut itY
Not word That circular said that
II goose was always addressed In
Kind n nj eourfaous ma nnar aha yv0uId