The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-01-18

l 10 menu, ana no broken ffpealef5 IN All
creation.
This was too much. Jerry snatched
/ the novel from her hand and stuffed il
into the kitchen FIRE Quick as lightning
Stella darted into the library. seized an
I elegantly bound little volume OF Shakes
/ peare, and sent it to keep the novel COM
/ pany.
"Bewarer said Jerry, 81 am not res
/ ponsible for what ] do under such prov
ocation." Selling a dish from the table,
/ (taking good care that it was a common
one,) and shivering il to atoms against
/ the table leg.
"Neither am i" retorts Mrs. Jerry.
dashing an elegant piece Of china after it
-theI anotheF-and another Van
| pushed in the china ware, the valiant
jerry retires to the summer house to
consider His wife retires to her cham
Der to consider also. In about an hour,
forgetting how anxious he was to be at
the store "On time" he returns very eau
| tiously to reconnoiteF. Finding the en-
emy had Tetreated, he advances noise
/ lessly. to her apartments. There sits
Madam with the most tantalizing cool
ness, her hands gracefully folded, gazing
down upon the front garden, and the
people passing in the street.
Poor Jeremy But en- inspiration
came to him. Perhaps / can subdue
her after all What says my system is
the best manner Of training refractory
wives p Click went the lock and some
one turned her head to find herself a
prisoner in her own room.
Now / have youl Bread and water
for you my little lady till you come to
terms Do you hear that2 When you
are ready to obey rules ] will let you
out"
Whistling merrily, Jeremy pockets
the key, walks down stairs, and down
town. Many times that forenoon the
clerks heard hiLA whistling TO himself
with the air of a conqueror. Mscon-
STRUNG him OF course, they often Elfnce
at one another on the sly (rather in'po-
lite to be sure, b. somewhat excusable
in this easel and smile, thinking how
wonderfully proud an old b .chelor Is at
getting pretty --oiIan to ac, eDt him.
At noon the victor walks home very
deliberately, expecting my LADY" to be
ready to kneel and ask his pardon for
her -nisder esno.s. and promise uncon-
ditional submission for the future
However, he thought he would first tfxe
peep through the keyhole TO see how
she was behaving herself under the cir
cumstances, and whether she was weep
ing her elf sick over them or not To
his horror, no one was there. His fin
gers trembled as he unlocked the door !;
his heart trembled worse when he en-
tered the room ard saw some white sub
stance fastened to the bed post aId hang
ing out of the. window; but he literally
howled when he found that his willess
angel had absolutely torn up a drawerfrl
of fine linen sheets, which had bee his
mothers, to make ropes of to let herself
down from the window. The white rope
dangled in tie wind, but no Stella was
to be seen. He dropped into the arm
chair, his head in his hands he walke4
the floor flying rourd like rat in trap;
he sat down again add thought. He ate
no dinner that day, not even as much as
the bread and water with which he in
tended to treat his wife, in case she was
intractable. Instead, he sought her in
the shrubbery, the summer-house and
the barn. but no wife was to be found.
Too proud to question the servants. who
by chance had neither heard nor seen
anything of the whole transaction, he
wandered back and forth. till at length
a thought struck him. "She must have
goLe TO the neighbors, very likely 10
Mrs. Bells as she was the nearest"
Thither he immediately hastened and
sure enough there was his wife. who had
related to Mrs. Bell the details of the
whole affrir.
As a lratter of course, that saucy but
kind-hearted lady relished the recital
hugely, and took poor Mrs. Jeremy's
part with all her might.
SHANE on you Jeremy Jinks. with
your old bachelor notions. was the salu-
tation he received from Mrs Bell as he
entered her door IF were your wife
| would 90 straight home to my mother
and you would never see my face again.
That you wouldn't"
Oh discomfted Jerry Jinks, crest
fallen Jerry Jinksl The idea Of losing
his wife and having the neighbors turn
against him was the camels ounce too
much. But il required all his eloquence
and his most solemn promises TO induce
Stella to forgive him. He asked her par
don very humbly and promised her per
feet liberty to manage the house just as
she pleased thereafter If she would pass
over and forget her Training" and 20
home with him. Finally, on Mrs. Bells
suggestion, she consented to give his con-
duct a good faithful trial, and then make
up her mind whether she could live with
him or not.
That evening Mrs. Bells brown curls
danced merrier jig than ever, when her
husband returned from his lawyers office
and she saluted him with:
There, John. ! told you so. It's just
as ] expected.
What's just as you expected2 asked
John, teasingly.
why. Jerry links and his mad cap
notions"
wat now2'
why he's locked his wife up because
she wouldn't consent to obey all those
horrible, abomiuable rules that he 5 been
writing Just think Of it, What do
you suppo. she did2 She just tore up
sheets and made herself a rope and got
out OF the window, aud came here as fast
rs she could, the poor thing"
Good for her, calculated John.
Il told her she did just right"
Jeremy is a good fellow, bat has been
a monomauiac on that subject"
"Oh! she's brought him to terms
though lie came alter her and he had
to promise all fair before she would 90
back with him
Bravo she is jrst the wife for him,
and am heartily glad OF it,"
Johns prophecy was verified. Stella
proved indeed to be just the wife for
Jeremy She was an excellent manager
and house-keepeT. House-wOrk went on
like clock-work in that mansion. and
without any rules, too No other house
or garden was in such notable order As
TO Stellas dress, it was just exquisite and
genteel, and she was not extravagant
either She was very considerGte OF her
husbands preferences, and took great
care OF his comfort Besides she was
more magnanimous than many women
would have been, she never in her life
twitted Jeremy about his "rules" or any
OF the occurrences relating TO them.