, 1860-10-26
everything prepared for the re-appearanee Of

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returned home, stepped softly through the hall
to the study door, and peepedl through the key.
hole, expecting to see a striking picture Of hu.
mty and contrition.
Judge Of his surprise, then, when he saw
Mrs. s. sitting before his long reading table, on
her right his bellmetal mortar, Iii which was fire,
and CRATE over II, on which was mammoth
specimens Of apples, sweet potatoes, and her
turkey. Next her stood his water bath, in
which she was cooking oysters, and she occa.
siohally stirred them with his silver spatula |;
on the table stood one Of the bottles Of wine
which had been left from previous nights
reyelry, which the lady, for want Of cham
pagne opener, had deprived Of its neck with a
wedge-wood pestle, and using a four ounce
| graduate for a wine glass; She had cut up
champagne baskets for fire wood with an Indian
tomallawk. 0nthe left hand stood the doctors
writing desk, which she had broken open, and
scattered on the desk were tender missives Of
his earlier flames, manuscript pages Of taes and
sketches, unpublished odes, poems and unpaid
tailor's bills, all in huge pile, while the lady
sat reading first sweet love letter, then an ode
on Napoleon, and so on, throwing them, page
after page, into the fire. Thus her husbands
brain work and curiosities were made to cook
her dinner.
The doctor looked silently on as long as he
could; then taking the key from his pocket, he
unlocked the door, and found il was boted on
the insidel
Mrs. s" he shouted. NaeaHr
Well, SIR" o. aaIoi
"0pen the door" Gin
8 am busy now, and can't be disturbed"
q Open the door, or III burst il in"
"Do as you please, sir, but your mummy and
giant skeleton are placed against the door. So
be careful and not break them
The doctor was foiled. For a few moments he
stood and thought what course it was best to
pursue. Suddenly recollecting the ladder, he
hastened down stairs, and through the hall, out
DOORS leaving the door unlocked and the key in
it His footsteps had scarcely died upon the
stairway before his wife had removed the cases
from the door, drawn the bolt and stood in the
entry. II was but the work Of a moment to
throw the remaining letters, poems and manu-
scripts into the fire, remove the wine and eata-
bles, lock the door upon the outside and place
the key in her pocket. Do
Meanwhile the doctor was raising the ladder
to the window, and by the time he had placed it
ard assembled half its length his wife and ia
vorite man servant were watching him from
lower window. lridg
The doctor pushed up the window and jumped
in; the servant jumped out Of the lower window
and pulled down the ladder. In an instant Stra-
han saw that his bird had flown, and he rushed
back to the window just as the ladder reached
the ground. atii
"Put that ladder back here again" roared the
doctor from the upper window.
Let it stay where tits, cried the wife from
the lower window.
Put It up instantly, or I'll discharge you, :
beloved the upper window.
{" Let il alone, and Ill double your wages,
chimed in the lower window.
"Do as tell you, blvckhcad," yelled the doctor
HComc in the house, John, " said Mrs. s., very
coOly. l lFas1l
And John went into the house, leaving the
medical gentleman heaping curses upon every
body, including his wife and his man John.
All night long the doctor was kept prisoner.
Just before she retired, his wife put her lps
| 70 the key-hole and whispered: ~
"What success in tanning shrew, doctor {"
The next morning she came to the door and
called, "Doctorg"
"Well, my dear" very humbly.
aWouid you like some dinneri" 81
~ should" yig tE
"Will cold turkey do for your"
Anything my dear"
"If / let you out, Will you promise never to
lock me up again 2" ~ a'rrM nIrrl Z
sIwiIln rruIsi1. i1s oi .ne
"And never object to nv eating turkey again ?
"Never."
aAnd never ATTEMPT to tame A shrew again y
| "Never."
"Then-you- may-come-out.
And the lady unlocked and threw open the
door.
To this day Dr. s. has not attempted to die
i.e iS g ns ~e % What she sS. sa or nS ShSD h.D