Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1910-01-13
ROSEBUD's
ROMANCE


Mrs. Johnson?" queried Mrs. NUN
ray vaguely. 81 don't think know her.N
ooh, yas'm, you do" asserted the y
ebony-hued one kindly, but firmly.
She's the lady what washes for you.
She jest materially couldn't come this
week, because why she's sick abed on
her back with the miz'ry in her left
year. It's fierce" -
Mrs. Murray eyed the substituteT
laundress rather obviously. "Wen,""j
she said finally, you may gondown toy
the laundry and sort the clothes and
by that time l can give you your
breakfast What is your manner"
The substitute shuffled Inside the
door and began to remove hat about
the size of a barrel.
"Yas'm my names Miz White. Miz
Isabella Arabella Rosebud white. I
Yas'm I'm Miz White. My husI bands
daid, so I'm a widow lady"
Indeed" calculated Mrs. Murray.
"Yas'm" continued Miz white.
That's a true fac. He's daid \now.
It's only been a recent occasion that /
he died on. Yas'm, only quite y re-
cent occasion"
Indeed" said Mrs. Murray again,
rather feebly. I'm sorry to hear IT."
Law" responded Mrs. White che9r-
| fully. 81 wuzn't sorry. l wuz power
| full glad. 1t was shore 'nuff release.
I wuz mighty glad to git shet of hint.
You see, 1 done been a grass widoT,
for some considerable time and if eve =
a pusson was glad to be a real shore
! huff widow, wuz it."
80 you were divorced, then" in
| quired Mrs. Murray.
"Yas'm, l was divorced some time
| previously to Mr.. Whites bein' re-
moved You see, l wasn't able to git
no divorce right Immediately preceE4
in after me and Mr.. White was ss#
arated, on account of me not haH
no money to pay for it, so 1 just y
to wait until a gentleman frien
mine he says he'd hep me and hf
me one real cheap.
81 was mighty glad to be s
again. That husband of mine he s
was the limit. He couldn't star
for me to have no money no mo
nothin Evy time come home W IN
maybe a dollar or two dollars or
cents or two bits, that'd set him try
to get it out of me. He wasn't nothy
but no count anyway. Never did haI
no raisin. Such performances like
those wasn't reasonable and l jest1N
materially got sick and tired of it, so
l packed up one night and lef' him"
81 Think it served him right" said
Mrs. Murray, sympathetically.
"Yasm, was tired of supportin' an
indignant husband, so just up and
quit"
But what made him indignant if
you supported him?" queried Mrs.
Murray.
That was jest whut made him in
dignant, yak'm," explained Roseba
kindly you see, once heard p
talkin' about women that sur ~
indignant huA hands and a ia IA
what she meapt had -ESFo;r, M
never had no educatjR6n not to 5s Syss i
of, so l didn't Nmind askin, and Is
says, that lady (Hhe tole me, it was
husbands that WAS too lazy to Won
and didn't support their families. ri
minute she spoke the word I know.
that was what was dpin'.
80 when 1 got homie that might
Just tole Mr.. White he had tpyget al.
and do sumpin' Andl he done
yas'm. He was right mad, but he
wasn't indignant for quite spell
after that He got job janitin' IN
Office and l never had to give him -
cent for two weeks. Then he uW
Nom, he never worked no more afH E
that. He was too delicate, he saidf G
I Jest packed up one night and wi
away and never went back no MOD
She paused at the top of the ba
ment stairs with her hand on the q
knob.
IF it's Just as convenient to you,s
! like mighty well to git away at ~
O'Clock this afternoon" she said. "YssAz
see, l got to git home in time to dr3
for the weddin'."
"If you want to go to weddin
think we can manage IT," said M
Murray. Are some of your frier
to be married?"
"Yas'm, l reckon so. Me and
gentleman friend what got me the
vorce is goin' to git married We bS
waitin' until Mr.. White was diseas
l was. scared to marry nobody en-
when he was Twin, Seems like
might git mixed up, havin' two hu
bands"
81 should think you would hesita
about marrying again since your arg
experience was so unfortunate. May
be you won't do any better anothe
time" said Mrs. Murray pessimist
cally.
A dazzling smile spread over the
features of the substitute laundress.
''No'm," she said, as she began to
Chamber down the stairs, Il amt cal
, culatin' to do what you might call
much better. But / couldn't do no
, worse"