The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-14
TWILL you I'VE HER TO ME FOR MY w1FE9''

WILL YOU GIVE her TO NE FOR MY WIFEr''
to take it over to you. But told her
that most folks had their own cold cure
and wouldn't think Of taking any
body else's."
but | didn't get cold"
Leah will be mighty glad to hear
that Pa says she the very last thing
before she went upstairs. If Mr.. Kings
got cold boiler up and tell me, be-
cause I'm SO worried about him."
"But l didn't get cold"
"That's too bad-er-I mean, of
course, it's too bad that went and
scared Leah so. But we were talking
about your new house What was
your terrible rush to get that last coat
of paint on? Something unusual go
ing to happenY
mot that / know of. just wanted
to get through. And now at last I'm
beginning to feel as if 4 were ready to
live"
Don't you need something besides a
house? See If you can't think of some
thing you're still short Of"
Il can't say that can.
something that stays in the house. I"
swell, got my ma to make oct list
Of the things she thought I'd need, and
1 turned it over to Burckey and had
him fill 1t out"
maybe the thing l have in mind is
not to be had at Burckey's."
81 must say if 1t can't be bought at
Burckey's 1t must be something I'M
usual. But don't tell me what it Is.
I'm terrible fellow for guessing rid
dies and solving puzzles and such like.
/ never heard tell of riddle that ]
couldn't guess"
"Well. a lot of men have got gray
trying to solve this one But dive in;
maybe you can | don't want to dis
courage you"
els it found in most housesT'
s'No, not all Old bachelors seem to
think that they can get along without
them. Whenever they do have one
around it's an ugly old thing. | al
most said secondhand, but caught my
self just In time"
81 reckon you have one?"
"Oh, yes, four. got one before
started housekeeping.
Nov, that's interesting! Which
room do you keep it IMP
"For twenty years tried to keep II
| in the kitchen, but as l didn't seem to
make any Roadway ] gave up trying
I'm just as liable to find mine in the
Parlor as anywhere else"
as it a bootjack? l don't think
Burckey keeps bootjacks."
'Well. if bootjack is supposed te
make life ee sier for man. then It's
like one in that respect. but it's not
bootjack nor cook stove, though it is
supposed to stand around a stove
good deal and is like one In that II
gets pretty warm at times
Il reckon it couldn't be coffeepot
for Burckey keeps them. believe yor
said it made life easier for man?"
mo. / didn't. | said it was sup
posed to. But the thing l said thai
was most to the point was that l go
one before started housekeeping ant
that now I've got four. Do you know
we been expecting for some time tina
you were going to ask me i'll wouldn'
give you one so that you could begii
housekeeping right"
''That's another good point. IT.
something that you'd give away, so
reckon it can't be worth so very much
I'll guess it yeti Now. you see if
don't"
Just to encourage you a little,
don't mind saying that while
wouldn't sell it for any money, I'll Civ
1t to you just as soon as ever you asl
me for it."
SIS it stove lifter?"
Mr.. Poole pushed good sized hand
full of whiskers into his mouth and be
gan to chew them angrily.
Now, let me put all these points tc
gether," said Mr.. King. Its some
thing that can't be bought at Burck
ey's. yet it's found in most ever
house. It's supposed to make lif
easier for a man and is like boo'
Jack. In this respect. You tried TO
twenty years to keep yours In tn
kitchen. but couldn't do it, though
does stand around the stove heal
It's something you won't sell, yet you
give it to me just as quick as ever
ask you for it, and you've been thinl
ing l was going to ask you for
Now. If that's not corker I'm