Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-12-18
CHAPTER lII--continued.


widow for the third time. made sturdy
retort:
That's jest like yew old maids-al-
ways a-blamin' the men. Yew kin jest
bet cever would have let one Of my
husbands go Ter the poorhouse. 1t
would have mortified me dretful. 1t
must be purity poor sort OF woman
what can't take the care of one man
and keep roof over his head. Why,
my second, Oliver G., used ter cay"
"Ohl" Miss Ellie wrung her hands,
cant we do somethin'?"
II could do a-plenty," mourned Miss
Abigail, 'ef l only had been savin'.
Here / git salary o. four dollars a
month. an not one penny laid away"
"Yew fergit." spoke some one gently,
that It takes consid able ter dress a
matron proper"
Aunt Nancy, who had been sneezing
furiously at her own impotence, now
found her speech again.
Were a nice set ter talk erbout
dewin' sometime passed. o. poor ole
critters like usl" Her cackle of en-
Filtered laughter was interrupted by
the low. cultivated voice of the belle
of, the home, Butterfly Blossy."
We've got to do something" said
Blossy firmly.
When Biossy spoke with such de-
cision every one of the sisters pricked
up her ears. Blossy might be "a shall
lerpate;" she might arrange the
golden-white hair of her head as be-
ftted the browning glory of young
girl. with puffs ard rolls and little
curls, and--mors than one sister sus-
pected-with the aid of rats" she
might gown herself deliberately In the
mended hnery of the long ago, the
better years; she might dress her
lovely big room-the only double bed
chamber In the house. for which she
had paid double entrance fee-in all
sorts of gewgaws, little ornaments,
hand-painted plaques of her own pro-
ducing, lace bedspreads, embroidered
splashers and pillow-shams; she might
even permit herself sutton who came
twice year more punctually than the
line-storms, to ask her withered little
hand In marriage-but her heart was
in the right place, and on occasion she
had proved herself a master hand at
~ixin' things"
Yes" said she, rising to her feet
and fiinging out her arms with an elo-
quent gesture. we've got to do some
thing. and there's just one thing to do.
girls: take the captain right here
hsre"-she brought her hands to tho
laces on her bosom-"to our heartsi"
At first there was silence, with the
ladies staring blankly at Blossy and
arightf Then there came murmurs
and EXPLANATIONS. with Miss Abigail's
voice gasping above the others:
What would the directors sayr'
what do they always say when Wa
ask favorf" demanded Blossy.
How much win 1t costr It won't
cost q cent"
Wont, chr" snapped Aunt Nancy.
How on earth be yew goin' to vittle
him? / hain't had a second dish o.
peas this year."
Some men eat more an some less,
remarked Sarah Jane, as fll-favored O
spinster as ever the sun shone on;
generally 1t means so much grub ter
SO much weight"
Miss Abigail glanced up at the cell
tng, while Lazy Daisy, who had re-
fused TO tip the beam for ten years.
surreptitiously hid an apple into which
she had been biting.
LES have 'em weighed" suggested
a widow, Ruby Lee, with a pretty,
well-preserved little face and figure.
IAN eff tergether they don't come up
Co the heartiest one OF US"
Miss Abigail made hasty Interrupt
ton:
Gals, haint yew never noticed that
the more yew need the more yew git!
Before Jenny Bell went to live with
her darter didn't know what should
dew. for the 'taters was gittin' pooty
low. Yew know she used ter eat
swenty ter q meal. an then look hun
cry st the platter. An then ef old
Buuare Ely didn't come a-drivin' up
one rnornin' with ten bushel In the
sarm @,gcni He'd been savtn' 'em
Car us ali winter fer fear we might run
abort In the spring. Gals. thar's one
thing yew kils depend on. the fore
ssghtedness Of TIE Lord. / hain't afraid
ear risk a-stretchin' the board an
keep o. thirty ter 4ervide ample fer