The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-09-13

stone nnturned to win his dauyh-
ter back to him. He wants her
for his companion. He is not q
mean enemy, nor cruel one:
but he is an enemy all the same.
aud he is Within the Gates.
There is a comic aspect to even
the gravest questions, and this
SUBJECT is not an exception. In
fact 1t arose in my mind from its
presentation to me in Il comic
phase. Robinson rushed into
my sanctum one day last month
ma very agitated condition. 1
SAID nothing, bat handed the
cigarette paper aud the pouch of
Latakia. He rolled---himselt a
cigarette, lighted it and took a
long Whit. Then he meditated
for awhile and threw it into the
fire, muttering to himself !. naugh
W word OF three syllabIes, which
commences with "d" and ends
with ''n". l eyed him in silence.
and busted myself with IL cigar
cite. ''Old boy, said he at length.
is brother in law relation RI
''lt depends, | rejoincd, senten
tiously-''ls he your sisters hus
band or your wife's brother! If
you care more for your relatives
than you do for hers, he will be.
Oh he will not be according to that
TACT" Robinson said angrlly.
''He isn't either. He is my wlfe's
sisters husband.'" Then said I.
''Koblnson he isn't IA relation, aud
and you Can kick him without
Offending the conventionalitles.
ii you feel disposed" a CLEAN
Of JOY illumined the o;herwi,,,
darkened features of my friend.
"Look here, he said, he aud bis
wife live somewhere near Water
town, and are quite we'll Off
They have come to town for some
mouths, and decided to live with
Us anu bear a share OF the expen,
ses, and ! must Say il very cons;d
cradle share. But he goes IN
| with my wife just as If he wera
her own brother; kisses her in
the morning at the breakfast ta
ole, calls her sister, plays with
her hands, and makes a perfect
ass vi himself" "kob, | broke
in you're jealous. Beware of the
green eyed monster" "Bewara
OF green eyed fiddle stick !.s he
shouted. "NO, am not iealons
(he is though as bad as Othello ,
but | hate 10 sec Il man maka
such a fool Of himself. He isn,t
amy relation, but he goes on as
# he were her elder brother. And
:m hanged it like it. OF coursa
l can't call him out or ANYTHING
OF that kind.' "What sort of ).
monster is he? asked. Well IL
Is a little, dauditied fellow; looks
AS it he had come out Of a band
, box, AS the saying is, and parts
his hair in the middle. | suppose
said | he looks as it one hair on
, the wrong side would unbalance
his MUD. just SO, said Robinson.
| with a grin. All right, sir, I said
just sit Oh him-i don't mean
metaphorically, but positively
: aud excuse yourself by saying
, that he was 50 small you didn't
see him. Insult him in every pos
sible way don't quarrel with him
, but insult him every day, aud all
day long. Pull his chair from un
der him when he sits down to
l dinner; insult his digmity-thuse
J. little over dressed men are very
| sensitive ab ut their dignity
g and make love to his wsfe. LII
Y take your advice, said Robinson,
y oil but the last, tor she is ever 50
a much older than he and az jeal
l GUS as "A fury already. And off he
}. went. met him yesterday down
/ town. His face was as jolly an
possible. He greeted ne with q
r true paternal embrace. They've
i gone, said he; come to Liberty
:. street and have some lunch. Du
ring a most sumptuOus repast
y (paid for by Robinson) he inform
It ed me that he had followed my
d advice tO the letter. In the last
:. ten days that they were in the
d house nobody spoke to anybody
II Every meal was eaten in solem,
IS silence, the enemy holding on t.
1t his chair with one nand feeding
< himself with the other. They r.
. fused all invitations, and passed
}, their time pretending to read, bu
!. in reality watching each other
- The quarrel was deadly, aud the,
d had mutually agreed to renounc,
Il. each other forever. The sister il,
p law had denounced his wife fo
'e en,leavOring to steal away he
* husbands affections, and th
le brOtlIer-in-law had been SO insuI