Show STOOD WHERE SHE WAS PUT W fe obeyed orders to the letter but unfortunately workmen moved post hole in a western state a beg n to dig a post hole for an electric light in front of a dutchman s dwelling when the mastel forbade them to con dinue after some discussion the dutchman bade his wife stand on a large flat slate with which he cov ered the hole now gretchen he bald dat ish chere you till I 1 comes back mit ein en junction the solid frau stood there like a statue her hands on her hips when the hustind disappeared the leader of the workmen ordered the slate with the frau on it to be removed with perfect politeness the lady was set on one side as it she had been a fat tea pot on a salver the dutch wife stood like casablanca but the hole was well in its place when the householder re turned with the injunction he was overcome with astonishment and wrath vy vas you not stood on dat holec he demanded of his wife it was on dis stone dat you vas puts me she answered he looked at her in helpless indignation a moment and then cried I 1 vaa not mean dat you on dat stone ven dat hole was carried away christian register |