The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-22
raise the window to keep the foul air in,


 don't you?"
 "This discussion has gone on long enough" and the determined gentleman raised the window, put bottle under the sash and went to bed.
 Didn't you leave your clothes on a chair by the window !''
 "Yes. Think that they'll keep the air from coming in ~
 No; was thinking how easy it would be for thief to reach in and steal them. Did you take out your watch :'
 "No."
 Well, you'd better get up and get it." "Don', you know that thief couldn | come tramping around here without my hearing him: Didn't hear the dog that uotted across the yard the other night: :n
 II thought you were a sound sleeper"
 Sound sleeper repeated Mir Kettle son, almost oontemptuously. Women beat anybody ever saw. If man is wide awake they say he is sound asleep. After awhile you'll say snore.
 "fou do snore"
 I'd hush if were you. Never snored in my life
 How do you know :"
 Confound il, reckon I'm there when snore."
 But you are asleep and can, hear il. Hush, if you please, and let me have moments peace. When man works as hard as do, he don, feel like being tormented to death"
 "Oh, l won't tormen, you. gracious knows. I'll hush and never say anything more to you
 There you go. Keep on and drive me wild :"
 You are driving yourself wild
 Keep on and I'll be in an insane asy. lum before long"
 "lou can 90 there now, if you want to-"
 Keep on, tell you and NIT. Kettle son flouneed over and went to sleep.
 Next morning, whep he go, out of bed. he went to the chair, looked Tn as,onish- meLt and exclaimed
 What's become of my clothes
 " Didn't you leave them on the chair 7" "Of course did, but they are no, here now
 He pulled aside the curtain and saw his vest hanging on rose bush His trousers lay on the ground.
 !" Pm robbed '" he exclaimed. Watch is gone, he gasped.
 !" 1 told you that somebody might reach in and
 " You didn't tell me anything of the kind," looking around in dismay
 - I told you that the window should be lei down from the top"
 "Oh, you told me thousand things. That's the trouble; you have been tell ing me something ever since l first saw you, but my watch is gone all the same" :" thought l heard somebody a, the window during the night"
 Why didn't you tell me =
 :" You said that you always heard everything
 There you go again. Mary, you make me tired. Here am, a robbed man, and there you are with your blamed foolishness. suppose you saw the thief when he reached in and stole my watch. Oh, no. it didn't make any difference with you. No loss to you Wouldn't care if somebody were to come in and assassinate me
 !" l told you that somebody might =" You tire me to death" and the wearied gentleman dropped on chair and glared at his wife "Kobbed in my own house. he went on. No pro,ec- tion for me anywhere. Tha, watch was left me by my father, and would not have taken three hundred dollars for i: Nobody cares but me. Got no sympa- thy" Here's your watch" said his wife. handing him the time piece. "I got up early this morning and took out the clothes merely to show you what nigh, occur"
 He took the watch and said: You make me tired. Why did you wan, 10 treat me that way Never saw such a woman. iou make me tired"
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