Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-10

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lee soyaley. With, suspns and priacss
sending her stomach1o and tiasas un.
III she'd hardly need clothes. Well.
. cot may hook ct king.
He went over to the fireplace, where
I was putting his coffee to keep II
hot. and looked down At me.
I've . suspicion. Minnie" he said,
"that. 10 use . vulgar expression. I've
bitten of more than ! can chew in
this little undertaking. and that I'm
in imminent danger Of choking to
death. Do you know anybody. q friend
Of Miss-er-Jennings. named Doro-
thy?"
"she's get . younger sister Of that
name." I said. with q sort Of chill
going over me. shes in boarding
school now" .
ooh, NO. she's not!" he remarked,
picking up the cofee-pot 1T seems
that met her on the train somewhere
or other the day before yesterday, and
ran Of with her and married her!"
I sat back on the rug speeches..
Don't toll me the way of the wicked IL
hard: the wicked get all the fun there
IL out Of life, and as far as can see,
It's the respectable "in at ten o'clock
and up at seven" part OF the wicked's
family that has oil the trouble and
does the worrying.
III we could only keep 1t hidden for
. few days!" said. But, Of course.
the papers will get it, and just now.
with columns every day about Miss
Patty's clothes"
"Her what!"
"And all the princes OF the blood
sending presents. and the king not ia
voring it very much"
What are you talking about?"
About Miss Jennings wedding.
Don't you read the newspaper"
He hadn't really known who she was
up to that minute. He put down the
tray and got up.
IL hadn't connected her with the
the newspaper. Miss jennings" he
said, and lighted cigarette over the
lamp. Something in his face startled
me, must say.
you're not going to give up now!
I asked. l got up and put my hand on
his arm, and think he was shaking.
III you>do, Ill-Tll 60 out and drown
myself. head down, in the epring-"
He had been going to run away-I
saw it then-but he put = hand over
mine. Then he looked at the door
where Miss Patty had gone out and
gave himself q shake.
"Ill stay" he said. We'll fight it
out on this line If it takes all summer.
Minnie. After all. what. blue blood
to good red blood?"
Which was almost what the bishop
had said!
Mr.. Moody took indigestion. that
night-not but that he always had it,
but this was worse-and Mrs. Moody
came to my room about two o'clock
and knocked 1t the, door.
You'd better. come" she said.
There's no DOCTOR and he's awful
bad" ag
We went down to Mr.. Moody's room.
and he was sitting up in bed with his
knees drawn up to his chin and hot
water bottle held to him.
Look at your work, woman" he
said to me when ! opened the door.
I'm dying" RI .o.9,, 81. /. is So ~
you look sick, FL said. going over
to the bed. 1t never does to cross
them when they get to the water-bottle
stage. 1.-The pharmacy clerks gone to
a dance over at Trimble's. but I guess
can ind you some whisky"
ri never touch the stuff and you
both know It," he snarled. He had a
fresh pain just then and stopped,
clutching up the bottle. Besides" he
finiIaed, when ithwas over. Il haven't
got any whisky"
Well. to make long story short. we
got him to agree to some whisky from
the pharmacy, with drop OF pepper
mint in it. If he could wash it down
with spring water SO it wouldn't de-
any harm.
l put on some stockings OF Mrs
Moody's and petticoat and shawl
and started for the spring house.
It was still showing, and part OF the
time Mrs. Moody's stockings were up
| to their knees. The wind was blowing
hard, and whenNI rounded the corner
Of the house my lantern went out I
stood there in the storm, with the