Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1891 — He Went Down to His Office. [ARTICLE]

He Went Down to His Office.

“My dear,” said Mr. Blough, “I am not going out this morning. I have got a cold and it rains, so I think I will stay in the house and finish examining those papers that ” “Oh, I’m so glad,” said Mrs. Blough. “I have wanted to get a chance to run out for a morning’s shopping for some time, so I will go to-day, and you will see to things, won’c you? “I expect the grocer’s boy pretty soon. Tell him to bring some cheese and bread, and one-half pound of butter, the usual quantity of tea, three pounds of loaf sugar, and don’t forget to say that the last’coffee he brought was not the right kind. Then, when the dustman comes round be sure you watch for him, and tell him he mustn’t spill any more ashes on our walks. “And the dressmaker will be in before noon. Tell her I can’t be fitted till I get some new trimming for the bottom of my yellow skirt, and ask her to call on Thursday afternoon. Oh, and don’t forget to tell the milkman to leave two pints instead of one. Tell him I’m going to make a pudding tomorrow. And the butcher will have to be paid. Give him 8s 6d, and tell him the sirloin he left on Friday wasn’t tender, so I won’t pay him full price for it. “And the upholsterer is coming to see about doing over that chair in the back parlor, and say to him that I will come round and pick out the color I want in plush. And now I’ll run out. “You can have a nice, quiet day, with nothing to disturb you. and you won’t mind going out for a lunch, will you, if I don’t get back ? Good-bye—good-bye, dear.” And Mrs. Blough went out. Mr. Blough whistled softly. Then he said to himself: “Somehow, I don’t.think it will rain much.” Aud he went down to his office.