The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1875-06-05
How mr.. Coffin Spelled It.

Tor. he reading his paper and she
q knitting, while the family cat,
4 stretched out under the stove,
1 sighed and felt sorry for cats not
SO well fixed. It was a happy
cOntented household, and there
was love in his heart as Mr.. Coffin
= put down the newspaper and re-
: marked
81 see that the whole country
is becoming excited about the
i spelling schools"
"Welk, it's good to know how
to SPELL" replied the wife. 4
q didn't have the chance some girls
had, but | pride myself can spell
almost any word that comes
along -
"I'll see about that" he laugh :
8 ed; ''come, now, spell buggy"
"Hump! that's nothing ug-
g-y. buggy" she replied
"Missed the first time-ha! hap
4 he rOared slapping his leg.
"NOt uch-that was right"
at was, Ell? Well, I'd like to
see anybody get two g's in buggy,
Il WOULD.
"But it is spelled with two g's,
and any schoolboy will tell you
4 So" she persisted.
"WelI, | know a burned sight
better than thatw he exclaimed,
s. striking the table with his fist.
81 don't care what you know"
she sqeaked; 81 know there are
4 two, g's in buggy"
"DO you mean To tell me that /
have forgotten how to spelI?" he
4 asked.
cit looks that way"
/ "It uues, eh? Well, | want you
and all your relations to under
/ stand, that / know more about
i spelling than the whole cabOodle
s Of you strung OH wire"
and wantyou TO understand,
Jonathan Coffin, that You are an
ignorant OLD blockhead when you
don't put two g'o in buggy-yes
y on are"
"Don't talk that way to me!"'
8 he warned.
land don't shake your fist at
mer' she replied
"WhO's shaking his fiSt?"
! "You were!'
That's lean internal lieW
"Don't call me a liar, you old
, bazaar! | have pHtsup with your
meanness for forty years past;
but don't call me liar, and don't
lay hand on met"
4 6gnA wan x1,onf ~ u n
shouted, springing up; tyou can
Ego now, this minutep'
"DOn't spit in my face-dOn't
you dare to do ii, or Pll make
dead man OF youw
81 haven't spit in your freckled
&old vissage yet, but may if you
provoke me farther""
"Who's got a freckied face, you
old turkey buzzard?"
That was little too much. He
5 made motion as if he would
4 strike, and she seized him by the
&necktie.
Then he reached out and grab
led her right ear and tried to lift
Ter off her feet, but she twisted
hip on the necktie until his tongue
ran out.
"Let go of me you old fiend"
3she screamed.
"Git down on your knees and
beg my pardon, you old wildcat"
he replied.
They surged, and swayed, and
struggled, and the peaceful, cat
was struck by the overturniug
table and had her back broken,
while the clock fell and the pic
lures danced around. The Wo-
man finally shut her husbands
Isupply of air off and Topped him,
land as she bumped his head up
=and down -on the floor and scat
tered his gray hairs, she shouted:
"You want to get up another
spelling school with me, don't
yOu"'
He was seen linping around
1.-THE yard yesterday, a stocking
PINNED around his throat. and
she had court plaster on her nose,
%and one finger tied up. He wore
tile look Of a martyr, while she
had the bearing Of a victor, and
from this time out buggy will be
will be spelled with two g's in
that h0uSe.-DetrOH Free Press.
a Nevada breach of promise
suit puts the following offer of
marriage on record : 81 want you
to rite and let nae know il you any
+1de of marrying a game or not if
s. SO rite-and let me know WhOt the
4 Chance wOul bee for Me now if
You have eny noshin all you got
10 do is to say yes for mean bis,
ness. Made up my mind to Not
&mary eny more once, but like
You and think Can make YOU