MR LOCKWOOD'S GRIEVANCE

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3148, 21 March 1879, Page 1

MR LOCKWOOD'S GRIEVANCE

Pacific Eailroad I noticed that after Ye fcfirOmaha^^ of l?® appeared,^ hate iOinetbinK on his mind. He would scowl jireadfully for a moment, tbe&ta would »ga»e away with a faraway,lo#ffl»fcWf,^tHfWo*. Then he would dr.aw •.hugebowieiknifofroia 'his coat p^Jcet>i and ,after »tr«ppiin it on bis boot he would run big jthrtmbCalong tU« *&&• Aftteiacowline;^ % few minutes, .more ,he would taJjeXe^T a re?olfer,-examine the chambers to assare himielf that tb;ey, were loaded, ! muJMajyU^lJ^ it- away aeain. I~watched him* a day or Wo, Md^fr'W**^ll%.■* him., He said^liietoy^think I'm, „ "Indeed! ., s©w, terribleJ ;} ,^Mi t ii v tb^ do tou know, Jim |^ph^;? } «,f Ido not." " Well, this is the way iteanw round. Twelve y»an ago Jim anil w«r#^i friends, and rfwbenkl ■» got nwrrMiii Jina made me a present .of;tbo%iQt|«pi»Blid> ri) cake-basket you •?»*#*■ yiouf liFei'- !!'*.That'snotwhatyou are «o»f to „ ■kilt^Him^fo^ is-'itl« ;A4'Of *WMl(>flolfP' lJ' I felt so grateful that I took him brW« rf ;haudiitieMdi? basket as handaome~«s t Aat^««|wr^dtt « are jfnarried.'as l: than l'tpckw:6pd:'; jM^uigM you knojr.'V ;*WMm [ fi mw® svibsequentlyf " " MarryP Qhtuunjif^ Let me toll j#» about ijt. About a yeajr after, he went to Utah and became * Mormon. Within, a. month he) sent me * cardifbrhis wedding with' Hafanah Watflon , o f otoqfnd bought e—Mißae^ cake basket, anJ forwarted >t by eipress. Two weeks later }'M wtt>w UJ #•* 1 Hannah's sister hjal^ »•«>» scaled t to Jum, and be afcked me ■'■«* to tfeeiie4- ;idin7 K X !*:lsid^ou%o i v> " No i fruUient hi* inotber; %aie-bis*eti .. But»>Mtfc£ had 1* fWigfit lapsed when,»l»|J«ht:; tel^pSe<?£Ve fchil W ddJ^W(W;i son; Hannah'i :£ria Bthilbei-ta'r m<»gM,; /seejnW^ lonely:nowXtb>t;the grfl'J^s Rooe^jie .bad conoluded to »nnex he« a«."?^:: He promised to send fu»l particolars by ~ mail ; , That .; ca^-«.basket went in charge of the express •eomDan"-" "You bare paid him three fg^done.'^|W*lii I'*s|S-fllf|W^ from him for a^ear o» % &WW-A cards came for his VWia(^ Wl* Louisa G. Carboy. I was^^X^* about that time, ind^^tdhr*^ t°i T t 4 Prf ents to anybody, 'but I had pledged my WorafVo out went another imposing cuke-basket." « Did he get '. l^ , "He wxote an*Mid hijdarUn* Louisa thought it was beautifol; and hi added a postscript, in which he mentioned „ that he bad arranged for ,i fiirthiß»{«on. an { .oa,Thursday, ■xmifowßtimM*. Bilkersham, relief of old ! 9iUMnlitt*<ftfc a .v, ) ? 27a 3 r b£k '^# U'.flis&*3iu^ xaia. l borrowed some money from s friend, andiforwattJea the rmo]it'ltumaouf ? 9?" cake-basket I eouldsfli^/C<^^m^i '< time si- wrote tohim andiukedbim'ifhe' t'>i d"? a t r tnint ifc yashniost itime to knock iv I ! had such narrow tiews. about matrimony. particularly as he : jW for another inarriage^b^ thi"Wfo%in^r ']'! Tuesdays with MarytilaßeiWilbWfiirei/i -%ik ebarminggirlpljwoperty;?!:; "You didn't - ; "nd,^^^t^you^, "Ofoourae h■,isi Couldnt break,my word. 'She aotth*, r most in^ressiVe cietfeasttl TeosS lay l myhahdi^ni »^Will; Bfeplielis«dii*titop ! ' there.^.Thafiwas two years ago. 'aHe h"ai ui^' married eight times' wnosj and I hare - ;

com* to time promptly with the cakebaikets, Three days ago I received notice that heiwlai going to marry again." "Again P" "Yes, again! That, you know, let'B him out! What does the man mean ? Doel he suppose I own a cake-bas-ket factory, where they turn 'em out with 8 crank P Does he suppose I hare a mine where we excavate baskets by the bushel P Has he an idea that cake-baskets grow on a tree, and that all I've got to do is to knock 'em down with a polo when they are ripe P Why, he^s an unmitigated ass ! And as he won't let me off from my promise, I'm goingtoiaaisacre him. You understand P Inlesß than three days there'll be a dozen or bo widow^in Salt Lake City going to are a ' man named Stephens buried ! " Then Mr Lockwood turned gloomily awayi sharpened his knife again on his boot, and relapsed into silence. It was a little hard on him, I think myself.—Max Adeler. -'"-' , .;'.' ■ ' ' "