The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-10-27
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Snu making sure your wife
won't know my business till
after breakfast tomorrow morn.
ing" %
Cuts knew his wife's astand.
ing" too..well to feel sensitive.
and taking the bill from the
stranger he smiled and said.
81 will go with you to look out
ceder posts, and keep them
dark for the jokes sake; but I
don't know as she'll let me stay.
in the house tonight, for I
don't own it." repliedthe good
natured QUITS. f.-.
Suppose you 60 up and see
to setting the posts. 1 will
send a boy to tell her that you
had to go off suddenly on O.
little business, and.wIll be back
in the morning." said the
strangers. .I
'I'll do that" cried Cults.
"lor | never quarrel with her,
but let her have her own way.
don't want to worry myself
about trifles."
"Good man." said the strang.
er, "thefe are no trines IN life.
The smallest ac. is important,
and the easy good nature Of
yours will ruin your family.
Battle that spirit to-day, and
next Sunday go to the house of
God, whatever she says, and
be a real man at the head Of
your own house and family"
''It's rather too late to begin"
said Cults, shaking bis head in
a way that would have warned
others from the trap in which
his feet were fast. "You see,
the purse is bers," he added,
sand that has been a crueler
fetter than her will to me.
But l will try to begin anew,
tor her sake as well as the chill
dren's."
The boy was sent up with
the message, but the boy wasn't
sharp enough. Ma'am Cuts
discovered the. whereabouts Of
her lord, tackled up and went
after him. All the way home,
and far into the night, she used
[ eloquence in thre eatening TO
find out the mysterious errand
of that hateful nabob that had
come into town to separate
happy families. About mid.
I. night she wore herself out and
went to sleep, but at break of
day she began again. He then
ventured to say, "as soon as
; breakfast is over, I'll break
the news to you."
You'll never eat a morsel in
my house, l can tell you," cried
Xantippe, "till you've told me
what that man wanted of you."
"Then you'll wait a good
. while to hear it," said Cuts,
! 'for | vowed I'd never tell il
, till | had first eaten my break
FAST" and with these words he
went out, Ma'am Cults en-.
dured the torture as long as
possible, and then got break
fast. She called to the door to
no one in particular. "Comel'
But QUITS didn't come. And
alter a while she went out TO
the barn and found him seated
on an upturned half bushel
measure, calmly peeling and
eating a raw turnip.
ut does seem as If this ere
man had possessed you," she
cried. 81 never saw you so
seif.willed afore since l took
you home. Your breakfasts
all coolin'; do come in"
Here was a point gained.
Cuts went IN as requested and
ate his breakfast. When that
was over ma'am settled herself
back in her chair, with her face
full OF eager expectation and
said, "Now begin. What did
that 'ere man wants"
HE wanted some cedar
posts" replied Cults calmly,
without looking up; sand that
was ALL" las
IT an arrow had struck Mad
am Cults, she oould not have
manifested more surprise and
shame. foh
"Pm the laughing stock Of
this town." added QUITS, and
from this hour l turn over q
new Leaf. I'm henceforth head
of my family, and unless this
house is made mine, l shall iin-