Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1881 — Careful Martha. [ARTICLE]

Careful Martha.

[Burlington Hawkeye.l “Are youjprepared for death?” the clergyman asked, with a termor of emotion in his voice, as he took the sick womkn’s hand in his own. A shade of Ktient thought crossed tbe invalid’s *, and by-and-by she said see didn’t believe she urea; there was tbe bedroom carpet to oetaken up yet, and the paint up Btaire had hardly been touched, and she did want to put up new -curtains hi the dining-room, but she thought if she did not die until next Monday she would be about as near ready as a wopaan with a big family *hd no girl ever expected to be, .. .. - I*. a. Ato.v *>’. s'* l