The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-13

as you please but the first thing he did was to ask her
what Kulos reminded her Of which struck her as most
strange i'll the start But she told him as it didn't
remind her o nothn but shoes an let it go at that an
she says it PLAIN then he had to think suhin'
it could remind somebody OF. an she says he Ger
tainly did have think long while an then he SAID
finally it reminded him o four
well, Mrs Lathrop Mrs. Macy says she heard
the beat o that III all her born days, an her mind went
back 10 her childhood days an uncle she had, an the
Lordll forgive her for thinltin he'd surely been
drnltin, she says she took abaok that he it
in her face an told her right then an there
memory system. Seems as the key to the whole is as
you reduce everyhn to Mother Goose not to
need the brains you've growcd an the minister
told Mrs Macy she d find it simple apply He
went on 10 ask her as what did four remind her OF
an she says she thought she the whole game that
an told him quick that they reminded her o Kuloss.
but OH my, that amt the way goes at ALL an he
begin an explained 1t all over again an where nc come
the end four noses would just naturally
remind anyone had more bTainsn Mrs Macy of Two
legs upon three legs you know the rhyme where
the dog is four legs an gets the mutton as one leg IN
"Wcn Mrs Iathrop, you can maybe understand as
Mrs Macy just about plum parayzcd at that Her
story she just stood aforc him with her mouth open
wonderin what under the she gon' to be asked
remember next, an when he said that all an for
her just to simply tear up the paper She forgot all about
Luther Stots wife the back an tore up the paper.
He said for her 10 right along to town fully an freely
reyn two legs sat upon three legs to get her her
shoes. and she says what with bcin so foundered and
him the minister into the bargain she along the
station thinkn' as maybe she d be able to do 1t
well, Mrs. Iathrop wish you could hear Mrs.
Macy for that amt nohn but the bcginnin, whatever
you may think an the rest gets awullcr an awfullcr
In the first place. akn' so long for tho minister made
her have for the train, an you know what Mrs
Macy IS on 4 run She says she got hot she was
not only run, but mostly a pour all the way to
town Why, she says it terrible, an she says
nothn ever give her such idea she born fool
afore for with 1t all she had TO keep sayn' Two legs
sat upon three legs regular a clock an she was
afraid she'd forget it that she didn't dare take
her usual little nap the way an had choice but
to land all out
Well as soon as she was landed she remembered
about Luther Stos wife bcin the back O the piece
O paper an consequently up along with her shoes
an she says the she got rememberin havn'
torn up Luther Stott's wife drove what Two legs sat
upon three legs to remind her OF clean ont of her
head. speak o havin long since lost track o the
way to get any connection between that an her shoes
We'll, Mrs. Lathrop only wish you'd OF been there
10 hear-Shc says nobody did afore she says she
went up one street an down another like lost soul
lookn' for a policeman. She says She felt she didn't
know where to find nothn' She couldn't look for
Luther in the directory cause he long dead an only
his wife lives there, an for her shoes, she clean
beside herself She says she mad the minister
a. she'd have throwed away her baptism an her mar
ragc II thcrcd been any way 10 get EN- off Finally she
Just put her pride her pocket went into shoe store
an asked EN- openly il Two legs sat upon three legs
reminded em o anythn' in the way O shoes She says
said II reminded him more o pants than shoes.
Well she says She went out into the at that
an her heart too low for any usc but the end wasn't