The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-07
4 roRruNAys DELAY.
An Occasion Where psoefaasiuasion
 Promoted Hsaith

Ptas,Assinat,on, though Il may. as psovesb maker declared, seai time, yue u is sometimes healthiaL shortly aAsr Mir Ambrose Clegg moved ia,o a litsis cottage recently vacated by a poultry 1 dealer. his wife sad
 '' Amesese ~ha, da yoa thlnkr rha incest. latest dominecket hen ycu evss sa~ roos,s in the little tree ,ha sAAdss the back does Voc can stand on tho ssr,ss and T~s, < A=s ~,;A ease
 The hen does not nessng ,c 1s. my dear"
 Bas she does mol belong ,e the man ~he used to i've here. tof asked hem ih,s morning ~hea he came ,o move the ash hopper"
 Probably she belongs to some ot the ne,ghbos,T' O
 No. for have asked all Of them." Then. my dear, the way~aId lowt shall be our meat When night came. Mrs Ciesg sad Ambsose. go oa, and get tke hen
 Watt awhile"
 No, somebody might steal her. fss every negro n the ne.ghboshood has fouad ou. that she roosss-hese .
 Well. we'll wait awhile. don't feei like engaging n the poaisry business just ai th,s moment.
 ".o on. and wc'ii klil he, .,sh, away. You'ii hnd the hatche, is the kitehen wood-boa The waters ho, and i'n scaid her immediately"
 Wa, A minute
 "oh. you always van, to pa, of every. thing
 No, everything. am always willing to eat al the shoftes, notiee.# 1 Mir Ambrose Ciegg continued ,o smoke tor some time ,n s.!eaee. Ahef awhile, putting as,de his pipe. he said
 Br,ng the lamp and yell raid tho defenseless hen-soost.' .'
 Mrs Clegg greeted ,his declaration with applause. and taking the hg,.,. she preceded her husband to the door ol back gallery
 "Ah here she is. said Mir. clegg. In moment more. ofd lad. yoa -iI be h the arms al the eleslAs,,ng mosphinus. Hello r
 The oid hen fell from her perch and struck the ground with q squa~k.
 Well, III swear !" sad Mir Clegx, deseending the steps and ,Aklag up the chicken "she is as dead as the animal cule of boiled egg"
 Whut do you suppose killed her f' asked the as.onished wife.
 Chicken cholera, of course. No woa- der tha, rapseAllion ~ho used so live here. declared sha, she did not belong te him. Fine thing 1 delayed the sxpedi. ton. Why las. think. If had oons i've minutes sooner, we would have had eholsrs soup ios tomorrow dinner, and cold cholera lunch h the evening. Nss, time 1 suppose you siIl allow nc to have my o-n way. Ny mind has never been clear of suspseioa eoaesspiag the character of lhls fowi whose dsmise saved us from sandry sehss, dssfhiy pains and fnidnight nzusea. IL is 10 use fo. a woman of limited experience so argue ~sih man of the woTld.s Ambrose, you talk as thoagh you knew the thing was siek," following her husband. who re-entesed the sittiag- room.
 @i certalaiy kasw that she could nes long roos, in this neighborhood and en-
 -Ys you always know everything vhs. ycs 6nd |, out.
 ksow aayth,ng until he finds n out, bss the beauty of il is, he hsds # out told you tha, the hen cams b her dszfA through the subsIe in6ueacss of eholHa. Was rot ny poet morsem diagnosis founded upon the sold rock of tEsth - isut yos dida't know that tAs hss had cholera uaii she vas dead-"
 "Shs had sos the cholera atses che vas dead, my des. The cholesa had h~ alses Efs's hifui feves had subsi6sd" She looked ss him moment aad said: Ambrose, somsssmes l dopt believe you've got good sense. sfoa hSyest as much sense nov as you had when VI vere married"
 Presumably nos, my tyeasssss ard provider of boiled choleSa. 1 sapposs, hoseyey, that yos have moro sssss ssw than you had tksn."
 "Yss, decidedly, fos if had bsss e sensihis thea as am sov, nsvW voa1A have married. Yoar bsd's sssdy."