The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-07-14
A WIDOWS
WANTS
BY NJ QUAD
BY NJ QUAD
Copyright. 1910, by Associated Lat
erary Press.

1t was generally understood In the
village Of Crowell that Deacon Hen
derson had his eye on the Widow Gla-
xier Why not? The deacon was
fifty-6ve and widower and wanted q
home. The widow was City and lone
~.
Deacon Henderson dropped into the
widows cottage one day. and after
complimenting her on her holly hooks
and tomato vines he said:
"Widder, do you know what the folks
are saying?"
La. MOI"
"They are saying that you'n me
ought to get married"
But ! can't get my breath! It's all
SO sudden. Deacon. II we get mar
ried Wen live IN your hou3e. won't
WEI"
I'VE will"
"And you'll put down a new carpet
on the parlor floor2"
For why7 The one there is a good
one"
TITS a rag carpet. and it's twenty
years old. ! helped Sarah cut and sew
the rags. shall want a brussels
with patterns of roses"
"Um! Too much extravaganza"
''Then I won't marry you"
The deacon went away in huff and
trying to make himself believe that
he had a lucky escape. However. aft
er thinking 1t over for week be re-
turned to say:
II guess I'd be willing to buy that
carpet"
But l want something else. We
must have three lace curtains. They
must be long nun to sweep the door,"
store carpet and store curtainsy"
shouted the deacon in dismay. why.
wfdder. you'd bankrupt US in MONTH
No. no! Green paper shades are good
nun for u.s."
Then guess we won't get mar
ried. Folks have hinted that you was
stingy. and now I see you are"
Away went the deacon for the Sec
ond time. and for two days he patted
/, himself on the back. He could figure
that he had saved over $50 on that
deal. The rag carpet and the paper
shades looked good to him as he sat
in the parlor. but after three or four
days be found the old loneliness creep
ing over him. He would give in to
her. He waited one day more and
then called on her under pretense that
ne had mislaid his family almanac
and wanted to know when the moon
would be in her third quarter. After
finding that out he said:
"Well. wilder. mebbe you are right
about the carpet and curtains"
Deacon. I've been thinking since
you we're here we must have four
stuffed chairs to put in that parlor to
go with the new carpets and cur
tainsv'
Saints and sinners! Stuffed chairsi
Stuffed chairs in our parlor! Never,
Wilder Glaxier. never! The carpet
and curtains would tempt Satan nun.
] don't propose to risk any more"
"Four stuffed chairs. deacon. and
mebbe sofa to boot"
I'm going home. Coed dayr'
Those stuffed chairs. with an add
tional sofa looming up in the near fu-
ture. were a shock to the deacon.
They meant extravagance; they meant
vanity: they meant the breaking down
Of long erected barriers. No: It could
not be. He must continue his lonely
life by his lonesome. He did continue
It for ten long days and nights. Then
he went over to ask the Widow Ola.
zier II the later bug had yet appeared
in her garden and to offer to lend her
some paris green to dope him with II
he had. No. the bug had not appear.
cd. But the deacon had other things
10 say. Leaning on the well curb and
the widow standing In her kitchen
door. he observed:
IT s'pose one can sit down on 4 stun
ed chairr'
"Oh. yesr'
And they don't make body vainl'
"Never heard Of It."
And they are wuth the money yoy
have to pay for emp
'"They surely arer'
well. we might get 'em. Shall VI
be married next month";
I'll dunno. What about you
house2"
why, it's there in the same oil,
place. amt itf'
"Yes, but It needs repainting."
you mean It wants another coat o
whitewash. Well. me and you will d
that together"
"But we won't, deacon. It's got 4
be paint-real paint. and two coats q
that. It's got to be pea green witt
darker green for trimmings"
For the frst time In his life the dea
con lost consciousness and thing
whirled around with him. When b
braced up the widow was saying:
And new front steps. and a nev
sidewalk. and new picket fence. an
a pump in the well. and then we mus
have brass bedsteads and china dish
es."
The deacon got home with shakin
knees and fell upon the bed and ser
for the doctor and the minister Th
doctor said he'd get well, and the mil