The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-11-07
DEFENDING hIMsELF.
ar the Story Of ~ Subtcrfuecous Man who
Made a Failure,


Made n Failure,
A man who had not been conducting him
self very well, and who was cudoavormg to
make himself agreeable 10 his wife, remarked
after a long sileucc;
"Speaking Of cycloueS'----
ave have not beeu speaking OF cyclones
she reproachfully broke In.
"Werent We speaking Of cyclones this
n,orningr he mcckly asked,
"Non
when was It we were speaking about cy-
cloneSr
81 don't know"
Wasn't It last weokr
al tell you don't know"
ave must have been speaking about cy,
clones some timc.n
al don't remember that we have"
"Woll, now, you may not remember H.
Memory, you kaow, is very treacherous
thing
at seems TO be- she answered "l told
you TO send some coal up this morning, but
you didn't do it,
II ordered it Are you sure it didn't
comer
"Ordered il, she coptemptuously repeated
EYES, ordered it, Wasn't my fault that it
didn't come Did my part,
"Why, you told mo not more than an hour
ago that you had forgotten it, and now you
say that you ordered itN
They were sitting in front OF the CRATE
He passed his hand over his brow in help
less way, looked at the clock, shook his head
sadly and said;
n cannot help what my former declara
tion was; NAV have uttered numerous ah
surditieS, while worried with II Troublesome
deal that have had ON my hands for some
time, but know ordered that coal early
this morning.
YES, suppose so,'
"LouSe, YOU are cruel,
"Do you think sor she exasperatingly
asked.
YES, do, You are not only cruel, but
are actually heartleSs"
"Did YOU bring that lambs woolF
81 stopped in the store and they said that
they were out OF the best quality"
"Why didn't you go to another store"
well, wanted to catch car aud-well
wanted to get here in time for dinner, and
thought that another time would do for the
lambs wool, 50 when they told ,ne that they
didn't have the best quality hurried away
50 could eat dinner with you"
"But you didn't get here in time You
were nearly two hours late"
Again he passed his hand helpleSsly over
his brow
~ started all right he said, "but the ear
stopped just as we were going into the tun.
mel. | asked the conductor what was the
matter, and he said the cable was broken
"Why, you told inc that you were detained
at the office"
"Oh, that was yesterday evening"
"No, it was this evening"
"That's So 1t was yesterday evening that
the cable broke
"Why, you were at home on time then"
He leaned over and propped up his chin
He was the picture of i'll used sadness Of
cruel neglect. She spoke again and ho moved
uneasiy.
"Well, Louise, we won't talk about it. !
have done my best, and if have failed, why,
cannot help it.
''You have done your best to prove that
you have not failed she answered.
Silence followed. "What were you going
TO say about cyclonesf she asked, after
time
"Oh, yes | was thinking OF something
that took place out on a Kansas prairie.
terrible cyclone about ten feet wide came
through the country. The narrowest and
most forcible cyclone the people had ever
known When it struck building it simply
cut hole through it and went on. Struck
hill after it crossed the prairie. Bored a hole
through. Railroad is going to use the hole
for tunnel Went on and struck another
prairie. There it encountered two men walk
ing along. They were about ten feet apart.
They didn't hear the cyclone, and one of
them had just taken out corkscrew, and
was about to hand it over to the other one,
when here came the cyclone 1t passed be-
tween them, but took the corkscrew away.
Terrific wind Why, when they found the
corkscrew, about mile further on, it was
Strengthened out like a darning needle.n
"James, you actually tire me. You'd just
as well stop trying to talk. Did you bring
an evening paperP
"One in my overcoat pocket, believe"
She went to his oyercoat and took out a
small bundle, unrolled it, and then laughed
"What's the matter, LouiseF
'Nothing, only here is the lambs wool.
He arose, put his arms about her, and
tenderly said: Darling have been villain.
tried to defend myself for" -
"No, James," she answered, putting her
arms around his neck, you are the most
Iovable man in the world when when-you
don't try to deceive me- But you won't do it
again, will youl'
mo"
"Never in the worldF
"Never so long as live"
She was satisfied, was happy, and James
really meant what he said MAXWELL, ahl--
Opie 2. Read in Arkansaw Traveller.