Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-05-22
Cluded. she said:

InOW YOU can. L WOulun I, can ASA lit
you"
"IIow can help it:' meekly in.
|quired Mrs. Petts.
by fighting fire with fire." was the
|repIy "If Mr.. Petts flies in a passion,
|ilv in passion Yourself If he s"olds
At vou, scold back at him, as only a
Woman can. If he bIngs around the fur
|niture and slams the doors after him,
Bang around AMI slam the doors your.
self b at him at his own game, that s
the way
Mrs. Petts could not forbear laugh.
ing.
Il tell you I've tried it," said Mrs.
Eastman, grimly, land it worked to a
charm. Mr.. Eastman tried the same
game with ne that Appidones is find
ing successful with you, but he didn't
try it long. He wouldn't give it up
though, until, to be even with him,
had to swear, in copying his example,
and then he caved. Try this plan,
aud my word for it, the lion will soon
oc tHiUStu U tue ltiliO.
Mrs. Petts was reluctant, but her
sister at last extorted promise that
she would at least give this practical
homeopathy fair trial.
Almost noon said Mrs. Eastman.
|"Well. will 90 back to Dora's TO day.
for You must begin the trial of nv
recipe at once, and if | am here he'l
think 1t is Of my inspiration, which
Will never DO. And | woald recon-
mend YOU not TO tell him | have been
here. III come over again to morrow
and see how it works"
Mr., Appidones Pet,s came home to
dinner IN towering passion. IN ad-
dltlon to his mornings yexation he
had all the forenoon met with con
stant sources OF irritation. But, OF
course. it wonldu't not do for him to
veutiIate his spleen at the office, : so
he had it all carefully bottled up for
use AT home.
When he entered the house he shut
the outer door so forcibly that the
knives. forks aud plat.s upon the din
ner tahle ratified As though small
earthquake had shaken them. The
heart { his wife almost failed her.
out despite her long years Of subiec-
tJon she sul' had some little spirit left,
and hen he entered the parlor she
VAS able 20 meet his gaze without
iruching.
Isn't dinner ready VET he de
handed, in voice of thunder
iSas 'tqbslii,s i; al'i'raole,,s hid le,su II wif6t il
loud as his own.
A.touishment kept him silent a mo-
mcu'. before he added, still more an-
.rll,:
And why isn't it ready. M am, il
| nav be So bold as to inquire -
"Brcausr did not choose TO have
y, s.r. # may be so bold as to an
svrr. she replied.
'/ounds, madam. you seem t. be
particularly independent today h
cried. giving her look that in times
past would have driven her into hys-
trrlcs
As she did not delgn to reply to
tins, he seized heavy stuffed chair
near the door. and hurled it across the
room, shouting: That dinuer must
De on the table in five minutes, DO
you hear -
HIS wife was standing near the man
tel. on which stood a French ormuIs
clock. worth at least fifty dollars.
SEEING that in both hands, she tossed
1t through the window, CRYING:
That dinner shall not be on the
table for half an hour
The household tyrant was fairly ap
pallet. Was this really the mild and
gentle hammered wife ne had been in
the haiti of domineerlng over and
abusing all along: He could scarcely
credit his senses, and pinched himself
10 see If II was not dream. But no,
there she stood confronting him, with
such a look in her eyes that he really y
felt a little cowed, and added in u
much lower key:
Come now, this is getting intolera
ble-l must have my dim r. Il have
important business down town which
must be attended to. /"
Il don't care about your ''important
business, and | shan't alter my plans
to suit your convenience yociferated
his wife AMI Won can 60 without
your dinner if you like, just as must
20 without nv dress. III have you to
know | am mistress of the culinary
drnartmrnt, aud won't have dinner
until am ready"
Forgetting the result of his former
movement in that line, he .rasped one
corner of the Sofa. The result was
entirely unexpected and surprising.
His wife seized a parian marble vase
and hurled it. crashing through the
splendid pier glass-vase and glass
being, at the best calculation, worth
two hgndred and fifty dollars
Mr.. Appidones Petts gasped wildly
at the havoc, and for three minutes
husband and wife glared at each other
iD sierce.
He had thought at first that she was
only acting part. But she was fairly
aroused now. and his look into her
ey.s plainly told him that she was not
acting now, and that she meant all
she said and did. lie felt, in his in
most soul, that the days of his tyranny
were ended, and, like "a wise soldier,
he surrendered at discretion.
"My DEAR" he said, in a tone so
mild she thought of courting days.
"will you please have dinner served?"
Her face relaxed somewhat as she
replied:
81 will on one condition"
"Name it,
That you will promise never, so
long as you live, to exhibit another fit
of passion"
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