The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-11-05
The Wife Wins.

recedlng train, which was Just pull
ing away from the bridge switch at
the rate of a Thousand miles "A miu-
ute. The first impulse was to run
after it, but as the train WAS out of
sight aud whistling for Sagetown
before they could act upon the i'm.
pulse, they remained in the carriage,
aud disconsolately turned their
horses heads homeward:
"It all comes OF having TO wait
for a woman to get ready Mr..
Mann broke the silence very grimly.
IL was ready before you were,'
replied his wife.
"Great heayensIn p cried Mr..
Mann, with keen impstience, jerk
ing the horses jaws out OF place
"just listen to that. | sat Ia tue
buggy ten minutes yelling at you
to come along, until the whole
neighborhood heard me.'
"Yes,n acquiesced Mrs. Mann,
with provoking placidity which
none eau assume but woman,
"and every time | started down
stairs, you sent me back for some-
thing you had forgotten"
| Mr.. Mann groaned. "This is too
much to BEAR" he said, "what
everybody knows that ii l were
going to Europe l would rush into
the house, put on clean SHIRT, grab
up my grip-sack aud fly, while you
would want ut least six months tor
preliminary preparations, and then
dwaddle around the whole day oi
starting until every train had left
iown.n
Well, the upshot of the matter
was, that the Manns put of their
visit to Aurora until the next
week, and it was agreed that each
one should get himself or herself
ready aud go down to the tram and
90; aud the one who tailed to get
ready should be lett. The day Of
the match came aroundin due time.
! The train was going at 1880, and
Manu-, after attending to his bust
[ ness, went home at 9:45.
, "Now, them" he shouted, "onIy
three.quarters of al hours time
Fly around; "a iair field and no tav'
ors you know"
And away ihey flew. Mr.. Manu-
, bulged into this rc0m aud he"
through that one, and dived intt
Que closet after another with an
conceivable rapidity, chnckIina
. under his breath all the time te
a thiuk how cheap Mrs. Mann would
t feel when he started OF alone. Ii,
stopped on his way up stairs to pul
oil his heavy boots to save time
!. For the same reason be pulled of
r his coat, and he ran through th'
diuuing.roon aud hung it on
'' corner of silver.closet. Then h'
. ierked of his vest as he rushe,
G through the hall, aud tossed 1t OF
|. hook on the hat.rack, aud by tb'
: time he had reached his own room
lie was ready to plunge into hi
clean clothes. He pulled out tn
bureau drawer and began to pay
o at the things like Scotch terrie
O after rat.
f, Eleanor he shrieked, "wber
!, are my shirts !"
u ain your bureau drawer" calml
b replied Mrs. Mann, who was stand
Ie ing before u glass, quietly aud dt
r. liberately coaxiug refractor.
crimp into place.
"Well, by thunder, they tint
shouted Mr.. Mann. little annoyed
Il "pve emptied everything out q
B. the drawer, and there isn't a thin
II. in it ever saw before"
!. Mrs. Mann stepped back a fe
: PAGES, held her head on one sid
4 and after satisfying herself thu
rs the crimp would do, aud would sta
AZ where sue had put it, replied:
hs "These things scattered aroull
on the floor are all mine. Prob
bly, you haven't been LOOKING
!, your drawer"
80 IL don't see," hastily observe
CT Mr.. Mann, why you couldn't ha'
es put my things out for me, wh.
,e, you had nothing else to do all Il
Dr.. morning.
~ "Because,n said Mrs. Manu-, Sc
- Ting herself into an addition
III article of raiment with awful q
se liberation, "nobody put mine 0
for mo. A fair field aud no favOl