Claiborne guardian., 1880-08-11
the LINERS.
Tn husbasd Whs jslasd An ~ Sserst
Orders.
Modern Argus. |

She was about As years old, we'll.
dressed, had black hair, rather thin
aud tinged with gray, and eyes
in which cleaned the fire Of y de.
termination not easily baked. She
walked into Major Huse's Office and
requested a private interview. and,
having obtained aud satisfied her.
self that the law students were not
listening at the key.hole. said, slow.
~, solemnly and impressively:
~ want divorce
"What forf supposed You had
one of the best of husbands," sSid
the Major.
81 s'pose that's what everybody
thinks; but if they knew what I've
suffered in ten years they'd wonder
/ hadn't scalded him long ago. l
ought to, but for the sake of the
young ones I've borne it and said
nothing. I've told him, though,
what he might depend on, and now
the times conc. | won't stand it,
young ones or no young ones; III
have a divorce, and if the neigh,
bOrs want to blab themselves hoarse
about it they can, for won't stand
it another day."
"Rut what's the natter Don't
your husband provide for youi
Don't he treat you kiudlyT pursued
the lawyer.
awe get vituals enough, and !
don't know but he's as true and
kind as men in general, and he's
never knocked any of us down. l
wish he had, then I'd get him into
Jail and know where he Was nights
retOrted the woman.
"Then, what's your complaint
against himY"
"Well, if you must know, he's
one Of them plaguey jiners."
"A whatf7
"a jinpr-one Of them pesky
fools that's always jining some
thing. There can't nothing come
along that's dark and sly and hid.
den. but bell jine it. II any body
should get up a society to burn his
own house down, he'd jine il "a
soon as he could get in; and il he
had to pay for II, he'd 60 all the
suddener. We hadn't been mar.
ried more'n two months before he
lined the Know. .Nothin's. We lived
on a farm then. and every Saturday
night he'd come tearing in before
supper, grab q fstfnl of nutcakes
and 20 off gnawin' them, and that's
the last Id nee Of him till morning.
And every other night he'd roll and
tumble in his bed. and holler in his
sleep: Put ncue hut Americans on
guard-George WashiugtOn;' and
rainy DAYS he would 60 out in the
corn. barn and job at picture Of the
Pore with al old bagnet that was
there. ! ought to put my foot down
then, but be's fooled me 20 with his
lies about the Pope's coming Ia
make all the Yankee girls marry
Irishmen, and TO eat up all the ba-
bies that weren't born With q cross
on their foreheads, that let him
20 on and encouraged him 10 it.
"Then he jined the Masona P'raps
you know what them be, bot ]
don't, 'cept they think they arc the
same kind of critters that built
S0lomon's Temple and took carr oi
bis concubines; and Of all the darn.
ed nonsense and CAB about wor.
shipful master aud square and com.
passes and sich like that We had IN
| the house for the next six months,
you never seen the beat. And he's
never ousgrowed It nuther. What
do you think Of . man, Squire,
that1l d~as himself in . white
apron, bout big enough for . non.
keys hip, and 60 marching up and
down, and making notiouA and
talking the foolish lingo st . pic'
ture Of Gesrge wsshiWRtoa in q
green jacket and . truss m biz
atcmsckf Ain't be . lunatickl
Well, thats my Sam, spd Two stood
it as long as I'm agoin' to.