The Nevada picayune., 1884-12-11
CONQUERING A HlKbaND.
Story of a Sensible Uncle and an
 EXtravagant Wife.

l uncle Bnll haS been lectNrlng me ayain!' exclaimed Mrs. Marian Dykes, as her husband came home to tea one evening. :'I can not and will not'stand it any longer" and the young wife dropped into a chair as though the remaining portion of her strength had left her.
 'What was the subject of the lecture, dear!" inquired Mir. Dykes with cheerful smile, as though he did not regard the situation as at all desperate.
 "You know very well that Un- cle Phil has but one Subject"
 "And that is eXtravaGance, or the reverse, economy" !" added MT. Dykes.
 "Ofce arse that was the subject of the lecture; and you always take his side of the question. Un- cle Phil has ten times as much in hucnce with you as l have. What ever he Says is right, and what ever I say is wrong,' retorted Mrs. Dykes rather warmly. eff supper is ready, l think we we had better attend to that next; and we shall have the whole eve ming to discuss Uncle Phil's lec- ture. The subject will keep for a while"
 "But uHcie Phil will be here to take part in the discussion; and that is just what l don't want. He overshadows me entirely when he says anything, and I might as well hold my tongue as speak," said the wife.
 Uncle Phil will not '>e here Marian. It is half past six, and be has to go to church meeting at seven."
 "Very well, but I am going to have something done this time. l won't have Uncle Phil here any longer. If he is 10 stay in this house | shall nOt.H
 Mrs Dykes was very yOnng, and her angry bout, as she sailed out of the room, made heI look decid. edly pretty; at least so thonght her husband. But before she was fairly out, the door opened and Cn cle Phil came in. The door was aial and he must have been in the hall during some portion of the lady's severe remarks abort him. But he looked as placid as if the earth had no sorrow for him. He was a man of fifty, though his hair and beard was quite enough f5r seven ty.
 He did not seem like a man who could be very disagreeable if he tired: He had a deaconish look about his face, though not austere man. Certainly not one would have taken him to be a ship master but he had spent most of his life at sea or in foreign parts. He used to rdaA the Bible to bis crew every Sunday, and never allow any swearing or other bad language iu his presence on board ship. Though he was ''psalm singing skipper" no man was ever more popular with his men than Cap tain Dykes.
 Uncle Phil had been married in life, but his wife died when he was absent on long voyage. He had recently given up the sea, and retired to his native town, now an important place of ten thousand in habitants. He found himself a stranger there, but at his own re quest, his nephew had taken him as a boarder.
 The gOssips were not a little bothered to determine whether the retired shipmastes was rich Ol poor. He engaged in every benev olent church enterprise, and con tributed moderately of his means
 Charles Dykes had opened g store in Tripleton a year before and everybody thought he was do ing well. Mrs. Dykes thought so though Charles himself insisted that he was not making money very rapidly; he could not tell how much until he balanced his book, and took account of stock. In the main he was a prddent, carefu young man, of at least was dis posed to be 20.
 Uncle Phil made a nasty supper and then Wpiit to his meeting. He