Susan Clegg and a Man in the House

onable calm; "he does have so many ideas. Some of his ideas are all right as far as I can see, but he has 'em so thick an' fast that it worries me more'n a little. It ain't natural to have new i

idea, but first he wants me to get a new kind of flatirons as takes of

d as I could too, so it's all right either way. It's some of his new ideas an' he said he'd be nothin' but glad to have you hear 'em 'cause he says the more he lives with me the more respect he's got for your hearin' an' judgment. He asked me what I thought of it first,

. Lathrop, with

or a beauty column, an' arrangements with some other woman as is a practical preserver, an' have a piece each time on how to be your own dressmaker once you get cut out; I thought that these things was about enough for one paper, but oh my! he went on with a string more, as long as your arm. He's goin' to begin to have a advice column too, right off, an' that's this I've brought over to read you; he says lots of folks want advice an' don't want to tell no one nor pay nothin' an' they can all write him an' get their answers on anythin' in the wide world when the

asked Mr

dvice Column' an' he's goin' to head it 'Come to My Bosom' an' sign it 'Aunt Abby' 'cause of course if he signed i

" began Mr

letter when the cheque goes. He says the trouble with the fund is no one has no relations there an' a good many thought as it was mostly Chinamen as is starvin' anyhow. Elijah says the world is most dreadful hard-hearted about Chinamen-they don't seem to consider them as of any use a tall. He says it's mighty hard to get up a interest in anythin' here anyhow, Lord knows-for he says that San Francisco fund an' what become of it has certainly been a pill an' no mistake. The nearest he come to that was gettin'

sked Mrs

e in the papers; they come to me about that San Francisco one an' I said right out frank an' open that if the town would give five hundred dollars I'd giv

-" said Mr

ah's made some pretty close cuts at people, only of course every one will guess as he must of made 'em up 'cause they don't really fit to no one. Still, it's a risky business an' I wish he'd let it a

id Mrs.

n Miss Clegg drew a long

cid Mrs. Lathrop as if she was asking a riddle or conducting an examination for the benefit of her friend. Mrs. Lathrop, however, had turne

eaven

romptly, "'Put 'em up so high

rop opene

-" she p

at's funny about Elijah to my order of thinkin'-he's so amused at himself. He thinks that's one of the best things he's done as a e

d Mrs. La

n it says, 'Do you think it is possible to be happy with a young man with freckles? My husband says Yes, but my mother says No. He's my husb

e-" ejaculated

fraid it'll make Deacon White mad 'cause Polly's his second wife-yes, an' the minister's

asked Mrs

tion, I think. The answer says, 'Hang on to the boy.

d Mrs. Lathrop

hat she calls her Newspaper Club, she rents her paper for a cent a day now an' she made four cents last week. She says if Elijah Doxey ever says anythin' in the paper about her again she'll take three papers an' rent 'em at two mills a day an' supply the whole town an' wreck him so flat he'll have to hire out to pick hops. I told Elijah what

ed Mrs. Lathr

contrary. But really, Mrs. Lathrop, you must let me read the

id the n

ited several years an' there is nothin' against the man except he's eighty-two an' paralyzed. I am seventy-nine. Pa an' Ma o

-" cried Mr

sofa laughin' over that. The answer is, 'I would wait a little long

id Mrs.

I must say as I don't like his Advice Column, an' I'd never be one to advise no one to write to it for advice. His answers d

-" said Mr

If I want to kn

id Mrs. Lat

"whatever faults you've got, Mrs. Lat