Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-11

while the lady sat reading, first a sweet love-
letter, then an ode on Napoleon, and so on,
throwing them, page after page, into the fire.
Thus, the husbands brainwOrk and wooden
curiosities were made to cook her dinner
The doctor looked silently ON as long as he
could; then taking the key from bis pocket,
he unlocked the door, and-it was bolted upon
the inside.
"Mrs. S." he shouted.
"Well, sir 20
"0pen the door,
"Fm busy now, and can't be disturbed :"
"Open the door, or I'll burst it 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 il was best
to pursue. Suddenly recollecting the ladder,
he fastened down stairs and through the hall,
out doors, leaving the door unlocked and the
key in it. His footsteps had scarce died upon
the stairway, before his wife had removed both
cases from the door, drawn the bolt and stood
in the entry. 1t was but the work of moment
to throw the remaining letters, poems and man
uscripts in the fire, remove the wine and eat
ables, lock the door upon the outside and place
the key in her pocket.
Meanwhile the doctor was raising the ladder
to the window, and by the time he had placed it
and aseended half its length his wife and a
fayorite man servant were watching him from
a lower window
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
Strahan saw that his bird had flown, and he
rushed back to the window just as the ladder
reached the ground.
. Put that ladder back here again." roared
the doctor from the upper window.
Let it stay where it is," cried the wife
from the lower window
Put it up here instantly, or I'll discharge
you" beloved the upper window.
= Let it alone, and I'll double your wages, :"
chimed in the lower window.
DO as I tell you, blockhead," ;" yelled the
doctor, with rage.
Come in the house, john" said Mrs. S.,
very coOlly.
And John went into the house, leaving the
medical gentleman heaping curses upon every
body, including his wife and servant John.
All night long the doctor was kept pris-
Oner. Just before she retired his wife put her
lips to the keyhsle and whispered:
What success in tanning a shrew, doctor ?n
The next morning she came to the door and
called
Doctor"
Madame" replied the gentleman.
" Should you like some breakfast 20
" m not particular"
I" There is cold turkey left if you would like
it."
The doctor deigned no reply, and the lady
again left him alone.
During the afternoon she again tapped at
his door, and called
Doctor;
"Well, my dear" very humbly.
&" Would you like some dinner!''
{" should" "
"Will cold turkey do for you?"
" Anything, my dear"
" If will let you out will you promise never
to lock me up again %
A." will"
And never object to my eating turkey
again?'
"Never."
And attempt to tame Shrew again ?"
"Neyer"
" yOu-may-come-Out"
And the lady unlocked and threw open the
door.
To this day DR.. S. has not attempted to die
tate to his wife in what she shall eat, or when
she shall ride, and has never been heard to
boast again of tanning shrew."