Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-10-29
croqueting q Rumpus.

They had been married q year.
Like all afirctiUna,e husbands, he
carried home a croquet Set. His
wife needed exercise, and ditto,
husband. The wickets were set
and the game begun. After pass
lug through the centre wicket, he
used her ball to help himself
through the other wickets to the
upper stake. Then he left her near
the first wicket, aud struck for
the stake. which being but about
eighteen inches distant, made him
ovpr.c0Bflden,. The ball missed
by about an eighth OF an inch.
81 declare he exclaimed in vex.
alton.
Then she, having watched his
rapid progress with clondej face,
now struck for him, and minute
later his ball was spinning through
| the grass 10 the other end of the
ground. She WAS now in position
tor her wicket, aud passed through
it aud the others TO the stake. but
missed it. Then he came up by u
we'll directed blow TO within two
inches of the stake. Bnt she
went tor him again. aud when abe
got through, she was three wickeis
liz, ond the stake, aud his ball was
ut the other end OF the ground,
amd his brow was finely corrugated.
He stepped nervously toward it.
II was quite evident that he was
quite unruffied. When his turu
came again he drove back to the
stake but struck n wicket, and re-
bounded M close To her that she
easily hit him, aud again introduced
him through the wickets he was
not for. aud then sent him flying
again. Her success caused her to
laugh. aud hr heard it.
"Iou think you ARE pretty smart,
but III get even with yOu," he said
, without smiling.
"You1l have to play better than
You have done,' she pertinently
suggested.
# think know rs much about
croquet rs YOU do be said, still
with straight face.
lyon don't play as if you did,
she rrtorted,
IF you'd had any fairness about
you you'd let me had that stroke
over, when | was up to the stake.
Yon knew ! Slipped as well IN 1
did, he said, growing red in the
face.
mo, 1 didn't known anything
about it," she replied, taking On u
little color.
81 SAY yOn did, ..
"And | SAY | didn't. But il you
are going to play this game, why
don't you go ahrad:'
"l'll play when get ready" he
answered, turning white about the
mouth.
"lf you aiu't going to play, You'd
better go INTO the house and shut
up," she suggested. raising her
voice. ~
"Don't you taIk TO ne that way
he cried, "or IN make you sorry
for il. you brazzen,ihced huzxy.'
"Huzzy! Huzzv' she screamed
"Ain't you ashamed of yourself
you High Street MethOdisr. to call
Your wife huxzyi Pm to be call
ed a huszy, am l, after working ny
lite out for you, and shaving every
LAY after you. There she cried
in u paroxys,n, throwing the maile'
upon the ground, take your old
erodaet and shove il down y0al
throat aud choke yourself to death
with it, il you want to, you mis4ra
bile wretch. Aud don't you evel
ask me to play with You again, Oh
IN tell you something you'll remem
her the longest day you live!"
Aud again she bounced into tho
house, leaving him standing Oh
there and rubbing his head in 8
bennmbed sort Ut way But al
most immediately after, she thrust
her head out of the window ant
snapped ont
"YOu needn't think you are 60
ing to get any hot biscuit tor yOul
ten 10 this house, young man, and
YOU can put that in your pipe ant
smoke il just as soon as you arr
mind TO-"