The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-01-11
1.-THE Way It's Coin to Be. ''

The other day a man and woman made
their appearance at the Union Depot in
this city. The man had a mesk, 1nof-
fensive expression about him that made
the very trucks arc und the platf orm
make verious offers at his legs as op-
portunity offered, and the woman's
face was crowned with a 'sbusiness''
look that made even the fearless and
audaciors baggage artist stand around
and say s:ma'a m,' when she spoke to
them. She framed her blooming face
in the ticket.office window and bought
two tickets, one for Lomax and one for
Quincy. She handed the meek little
man the Lomax ticket, and they board.
ed Conductor Jack Gifford's train.
AS they neared Lomax the little man
grew manifestly fidgety and anxious.
and conversed rapidly and in pleading
tones with his wife.
"Now, look here: she said, at last.
turning toward him, ''talk is talk, and
we've had just as much OF this subject
as the subject will bear, You're goin'
to Lomax, an I'm goin' to Quincy, an
where go amt nothin' to nobody
swell, now, but, Mati!dy, Jest look
at it me stoppin' off here to a place
where I don't know Twin soul, am
you goin' on to Quincy. Now, is t. at
jest the square way to treat your hus-
band? is that the
"Yes,'' she broke in, :sty ats lest
the way it's goin> to be- Money ia
money an times is hard, an T can't
slave the life out of no. self raisin'
your children and keepir g your home
in order an keopin' decent RAGS on
! your back, an then e~ erv time I tnrn
around to do a mite of SIGHT seein' and
pleasurin', draggip YOU all over the
country after me-. You can stop here
at Lomax and talk politics with the
Sroee1ylnan Ill | come back from
quincy ana then III take you on back
| TO be-
Inc ne. u ain slowed up for Lomax. and
lrea' .es to be taken to Quincy.
:, 4Iirandy.'' he exclaimed, 'shaint
az ways been good husband to you?
.aint I always treated you an the
J, children right!''
| She looked down at him and re-
marked that ''she'd like to see b5m
cuttin' up any of his didos and Gsein'
anything that wasn't right by h9r and
the Children The train stopped.
and Conductor Clifford, seeing trouble,
gently notified the little man that this
was his getting-of place.
"Not yet," he shouted, in tones of
triumph. mot yet I'm man of the
world if am quiet, an can travel on
my resources If don't bully and brag
ind fight Carry NE on the with Of
this
And he laid a silver quarter in the
conductors palm. Mr.. Clifford told
him that would by the merciful inter-
probation of the law, get him to the
next station. The woman gave a COM
placent grunt when this coup d'etat
was effected, and said nothing. But
when the next station was reached.
| aud her husband, having run through
his property, and having exhausted
his resources, was put ashore, she
waited until the train started on and
then, leaning out of the window. call
ed out to the little man on the plat.
form.
"a "a Jake you on ana pay your fare
from Lomax when I come back and
not mile furder if you never git
home, so ye might just as well start to
| walk back to Lomax to wunst.''
And as she leaned back in her seat
and batted her eyes defantly at the
stove, the passengers marveled greatly
and said: "Who shall contend with
the wiles and ways of a woman o.
Suppose, now, the mule dies, and
the man SO soon afterward that no
charge can be made in the terms of
the benefit, who will be the mules
heir! Who would receive property
which carried with it the taunt that it,
was inherited from a mule.