The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-09-23
NEW-FAAGLED
by GERTRUDE ARMSTRONG

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no, Marthy, there hain't going to
be no telephone. Got something else
to spend my money for. Just cause
Sarah and Fred has got such new
tangled notions into their heads, sup
pose you got to have the same. We've
lived here all these years, and my
folks before me. and never had any
of these fool ideas until your sister
started. Guess you'll be wanting an
automobile next"
Well. never mind" replied his wife
| meekly, Il just thought 'twould be
kind of handy In case of sickness, liv-
ing mile from our neighbors, nnd |
get lonesome sometimes, and could
talk to Sarah.
Her husband made no reply. but
Went about the evening chores. Twas
SO unlike Marthy to ask him TO waste
money on anything so foolish. Handy.
indeed. There was old Molly, when
ever she wanted TO visit and to run
| into town, who would take her In less
| than an hour
She SO seldom asked for anything
or complained that his conscience both
cred him little, and the look Of dis
appointment on her face he found
| hard TO get out of his thoughts.
| Never mind, some time soon, when
| he got his work along, they would go
into town for q holiday. She had been
working pretty hard lately and prob
ably needed change.
| And thus, like most of us, he soothed
his conscience with promises of bet
| ter doing in the future.
When he returned TO the house Mar
thy was just finishing her dishes.
II guess I'll go right to bed. John"
she said; Il don't feel very smart to-
night
| ''Well. I would" he replied looking
| at her keenly. And take something
hot for that cold. don't like the way
! it's hanging on. Been this way now
| for most week. And he kissed her
| and patted her kindly.
II was two hours later when he
| opened their bedroom door. He tip
| toed softly to the bed, where she lay,
opeD-eyed and apparently awake.
| Looks like q Storm" said John, and
| be crossed the room and carefully
closed the window, muttering as he
| did so, "tIore new-fangled notions"
There was no response from the
| bed. What was the matterl Twas
not at all like sweet-tempered Marthy
10 hold grudge. He bent over her
| and then started back. The staring
eyes and burning face did not look IA
| miliar.
| 60 and see If David is covered,
John. It's chilly tonight" she gasped.
David! Their boy who had been
dead five years. Then it burst upon
him--she was delirious. What should
he do?
| Get doctor, of course. If he could
| only get word to Sarah And his heart
sank as he thought Of the precious
| time he would waste driving all those
miles.
"Oh, God what would | give for a
telephone burst from his agonized
lips.
| He rushed out TO the stable for old
/ Molly, backed her from her stall, and
| haruessed. His hands seemed palsied
IT was ages before he got started
4 h..s Ira ct
| of Sarahs They were up; he could
/ see the gleam of lights through the
i trees. Five minutes more, and wit,i
| bursting heart he rushed In and todd
them his errand
4 What was there for him In life. sny.
way, If she was unhappy2
She who had helped him save day
by day. never complaining, always
cheerful--when she had asked for q
part of what was really hers she had
been refused. he calling II waste Oi
money, when but for just such T. new
tangled notion" he would have lost th.
best little partner man ever had.
j Many weeks after handsome little
Il funuDOuI uFofe iHtO tic ydIu, ITOu
i which alighted three men, carrying
wires and tools.
Here's your auto. Mr.. Cobb. The
relephone men were coming out this
way so drove them over. If there
j is anything wrong let us know. Bt
over again by night So long"
"Why. John. what does this mean r
Il asked Marthy. when the men had start
ed to work downstairs.
1T means that the men have beer
working for some time. and yours
a-going to have that telephone. and Il
you don't like this here machine you're
| a-going to have another one, and picl
Ii out yourself. They might be new
tangled notions but they're darnet
good ones to have around II house."
l And Marthy smiled and thanked hin
as only she knew how.
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