Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-08-14

Could she make q new rag carpet fuG
some OF them? She was Schemiue
away when the matter was settled FOR
her. Moses was going away for Il
week 10 visit q relative. and she would
go to the b,@ huckieherry marsh sad
pick and sell berries.
Providence ought to feel very Under
toward Il m with Il seTen-yeur-old
bonnet. and 1t surely did in this cAse.
Mrs. Barton arrived at the marsh.
but hadn't picked berry vet when
she came upon a horse begged in the
swamp. 1t belonged 10 4 village mer
chant aid VAS Il line ana valuable" ami.
mai The thing t. do WAS to throw
away the pail aud make tracks and
notify the owner of the helpless horse
That's just what Mrs. Barton did, and
a lot Of men went TO the swamp and
pulled the animal out.
OF curse the owner was very CRATE
full. He knew that a ncighbor would
not take money as a reward. and he
asked his wife what could be done,
Why, You can present Mrs. Barton
with a new bonnet was the reply.
II happen to know that her present
one is seven years old and that her
husband thinks 1t ought to last seven
more"
The merchant kept a general tor
which included ever millinery. and the
wife selected an eight dollar bonnet
and carried it we There were thanks
and tears in return. Mrs. Barton could
hardly contain herself until her nus.
band reached home. She had the bon
net on when he entered the house.
Take it OF" he growIed after one
glance.
'RUt 1t was a present to me-
Then give 1t right back
The wife told him the story OF the
begged horse. but he insisted that an
eight dollar bonnet was an invention
of Satan and could not be allowed in
the house. Then something almost
miraculous happened. The little and
humble Mrs Barton stood right up
before her husband and said:
Il shall keep the new bonnet-so
there"
"Mary."
II shall SHALL shall"
You will take it back to Mr.. Brown
and tell him you had rather have So
IN money"
II never will.'
Then l will leave the house"
Despite the threat she refused to
obey, and he went to the house OF a
sister to pass the night. That sister
didn't have m eight dollar bonnet.
and she didn't want her Si~ster-in-Iaw
Growing over her, and so she naturally
braced the husband up TO carry his
point.
Almost before breakfast next morn
ing it was known all over the village
that Mr.. and Mrs. Barton had quarrel
ed about her new bonnet and separ0t-
ed. The wives naturally said:
why. the old ~curmudgeon. Did YOU
ever hear of the like?"
And the husbands naturally said:
Barton has done perfectly right
These seven and eight dollar bpnncts
are bringing ruin Upon the country"
Before the sun went down TINT even
Ing the villagers were divided into two
factions and taking things very seri-
ousIy.
The row was still on and hotter than
ever when Mr.. Barton fell into the
river and was rescued in n half drown
ed condition. Among those who called
to see him after the water had been
pumped ont was his Darson.
PEARSON, do You think I'm In the
wronGf' asked the revived.
II surely do"
Where was ! wrong"
in not spending the same amount Of
money on new clothes for Yourself 10
the bonnet"
Two days later the row was 'at an
end and everybody shaking hands and
or lending tea and coffee.