Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-29

that. Besides, Adam says you must not,
because" and the snake sighed pity
ingly.
eyes. and as / was saying, he wanders
about mumbling over his plans. He seems
to think you're jealous of monopolizing
him."
'Does he9" sputtered Eve, taking a vic
ious bite from the apple.
80, yes" glibly went on the relieved
tempter. HE thinks you haven't much
style, and that he can make q better wo-
man than you at any moment"
''What smart young man that Adam
is getting to be-" Eve scornfully remarked,
abStractedly plucking another apple and
eating vehemently. .......
Very" asserted the serpent.
''But I'll fix him." she went on. III
Pill find another man; see if l don't"
and she gulped a mouthful. ''If Adam
dreams he's going to sneak about cutting
ND such didoes he's much mistaken"
"Of course he is" chimed in the con-
selling serpent, in ecstasies at his success.
mice woman he'd make" sneered Eve
ANY one would think was a nobody"
so they would" ehuckled the respon-
sive snake.
WHATS THAT?' SNAPPED Eva.
glaring at the tempter, with scintillating
eyes.
"Why-hem-an- beg your pardon"
stammered the serpent, but you know
YOU Just said-ah-that you were, he! he!
a-nObOdy-oh-and 1 mildly concur
red. hel he. But-ah-nOt meaning, you
know"
i''Well, p" interrupted. Eve, hotly.." 'PLj Just
thank you not to concur in what say. ii
Pm nobody, | don't need every nasty,
creeping, Shiny, dirty snake in the country
to tell me so. Who are you, anyhow, to
put YOUR tongue 50 freely in another per-
sons business? Let me tell you Mr.. Snake,
that can take care of myself, and don't
you forget it. I'll give you a piece OF my
mind that'll-"
"B-b-but-" hastily interposed the
serpent, glancing hurriedly around at his
retreat.
"Now. Come, you get out of this; you've
been hangingaround here long enough with
YOUR sauce" And the exasperated wo-
man, picking up brauch, made vicious
cut at the serpent, but that reptile, adroitly
lodging it, slid discreetly down the tree
and disappeared in the underbruSh.
Sop calculated Eve holding mouth
full of apple, but obliyious to the flavor and
and effect. so that husband of mine Is
going to find another woman, Is he? l
amt stylish enough for this paragon of ami
mails. hey?" jabbing the fruit into her
mouth, Il don't fully appreciate and
sympathize with his new hightalutin, ethe-
real intellect. don't |? He's galavanting
round eating apples on the sly, is he? va!
And telling me not to eat them-Because
u. the sweet, tender, careful man OF
brute! but I'll because him; I'll fling that
confounded answer in his teeth every time
he questions me" and she ground her heels
into the ground ut each sentence. Pm
nobody, hey! nobody, ughn' she snOrted.
We'll see who is going to rule this do
main, Mr.. Somebody, and I'll just begin
right away. I'll hide every blessed one of
these apples and keep them for my own
private eating, and so, Mr.. SlybOOts, yOu'l ii
miss your tid-bits, and when you want to
find your woman you'll just have to call
on-nobody. III just have little, very,
very little to say about things hcncefOrth. J"
And Selling huge palm leaf, she set about
gathering all the apples. Carrying a part
Of them to the hut, she dug hole, laid
them in it and returned for the rest.
| Now, Adam having
FINISHED NAMING THE BATCH OF FISHES,
arrived at the bower earlier than Eve eX-
pectcd. He at once espicd the fruit his
wife was so scdulously gathering. ZAP
pies" he cried, and am hungry. How
kind and thoughtful of Eve. Oh, that
blessed, blessed woman. Shall ever love
her enough" And seating himself inside
the cache he commenced munching the
fruit. And Us he peacefully ate the divine
light of intelligence began to permeate his
being "Them's mighty fine apples. |
wonder where Eve found them" he re-
marked, digging deeper into the lot. The
dciicacy of the flavor, the pleasant schsa-
tons attending each bite were so novel
that he devourcd apple after apple rapidly,
| losing himself in an accumulation of bliss.
The last apple finally disappeared and
Adam stared about, gorged with intelli-
gencc. His faculties were clOgged with
very masses of Cnlghtmcnt which rendered
him incapable Of thought or action, hut
acutely sensible of Il peculiar fullnoSs.
In this condition Eve found him on re-
turning..with palm-leaf filled with the
last of the apples. Alarmed ut the sight
of Adam she started into run dropping
her precious fruit along the way. When
she saw the awful crime that had been
committed she shricked; Monster! my
applesH
appealinglY. ,
"Wherc are they, gluttOn?" persisted
Eve, forcibly shaking her spouse by the
shoulder.
'Herew groaned Adam.
'tHeavenw cIiedI Eve aghast, 'all there?'
CAN moaned Adam, dismlally.
At length the subtle influenza of the
fruit Eve had eaten prevailed over her ex-
element, and she coaxingly said: Come
honey, you're unwcll; let me fix you some
thing nice, that's dearie dear" And the
crafty acumen that followed a temperate
eating of the fruit began its long combat
against the gorgcd intelligence OF the man.
| There, swectie,m she Co0cd CUolingly,
Swallow this" and she handed him Il
shell of crushed mustard seeds i'll little
water.
ANY change is relief thought Adam
rs he gulped it with with grimace. She
manifested the most tender sOlicitude for
him, ahd inca carefully tucked him away
in his leafy couch to sleep, while she re-
turned, and eagerly gathering up her
precious apples she now secreted them with
the greatest pains.
WHEN all so-cllled remedies fail, Dr.