The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-08-13
THE HICKS BROWNS.

IuE HUNS bhUWNS.
There is always beginning to an
end. What 1t was In the case of Mr..
and Mra Hicks Brown. I do not pre-.
tend TO know. What I know most
about Is the end and the appendix.
Ut course all the differences leading
up to the last act were thoroughly
aired In court and in the newspapers,
but 1t was the final act OF brutality on
Mr.. Hicks Browns part that was
especially dilated upon. and for weeks
this "fiend in human form" was ex-
ecrated by danes and damsels all over
this broad land. and Mrs Hicks
Brown was an object of heartfelt
commisoration on all sides
am inclined to think that II Mr..
Hicks-Brown had been more like the
men who are held up as model hus-
bands by the knowing members OF
certain ladies' societies he and Mrs.
Hicks Brown--she whom only two
short years since he had promised to
love and cherish--would be living in
peace and amity. to say nothing OF
conjugal happiness. even unto this
day; and II Mrs. Hicks Brown had
been anything but the only child OF
very rich and foolishly indulgent papa
things might have been different
But Mr.. Hicks Brown was just as
much used to having his own way as
was his pretty spouse; and the natural
result was family rows more or less
significant in character. At first Mr..
Hicks Brown was inclined to give In.
just as all dutiful bubbles are; but he
saw the shoals Of trouble on to which
this course was causing him to drift
and concluded, after mature consider
alton. that 1t was his will that should
dominate In the Hicks Brown family,
and he fixed his plan Of procedure and
governed his actions accordingly.
Mrs Hicks Brown. with feminine in
sight perceived at an early stage OF
the game what her lords intentions
were; and. as she had always been
accustomed to have her way. she de-
cided that 1t was too late to begin
knocking under-and there you have
what was presumably the beginning
OF the end
: It was dog-not only dog. but
young-lady dog-not only a female
canine. but what Mr.. Hicks Brown
termed 'measly. dodgasted pug
that caused the climax. II there was
any creature on earth that Mr.. Hicks
Brown loathed and despised. it was a
pug and especially one of the gentler
oav-apd hio hattar half ouare - <his
antipathy. had with characteristic
feminine perversity. availed herself
OF the first opportunity to possess her.
self Of one Of those interesting ami
mails which speedily won, 1t seemed.
first place in hor affections and made
Mr.. Hicks. Browns life miserable.
He stood it however as long as he
could but the end had to come.
! Mr.. Hicks-Brown was an architect
and 1t came to pass that he had on
one occasion. been invited to prepare
the plans for public building, The
plans were drawn and accepted by
the committee which, however. re-
turned them to him for other certain
important alterations; and they were
laid on the table in his den, to be at
tended to when he returned home In
the late afternoon OF a certain day.
: Now. 1t SO happened that Vic the
pug aforementioned. was Of an In
curing turn of mind and she chose
this very afternoon for an exploring
tour In the upper part OF the house.
When Mr.. Hicks Brown entered his
den, about 8 O'Clock. he saw at once
that portions Of his plans were miss
ing, and. supposing that his wife had
taken them to show to some visitor, he
hurried down stairs.
Where are those plansP' he
asked.
What plans dearp" softly in
quired Mrs. Hicks Brown, sliding her
caramel into one cheek. and still keep
ing one eye on a particularly thrilling
page OF the yellow-back novel In her
lap
'What--what plans! Do you mean
to say you didn't take those Calumet
building plans from my tablep asked
Mr.. Hicks Brown. In some agitation.
'Oh-h!'' said his spouse mildly
why. 1t must have been
those that Vic had" -~1scl
''That--Vic = had!" howled Mr.. |
Hicks Brown. And pray where are
they nowp" =. .,*<SIs
Don't get excited dear We're
they anything SO Particular Vic had
some old soiled pieces OF cloth. play
Ing with them awhile ago; but I sup
posed they were some you had thrown
into the waste basket so ! burned
Henry! What are you going to dop"
But Henry did not answer. He
strobe over to the cussion whereon
the offending Vic was taking her aft
ernoon siesta gripped her firmly by
Ihe,nape OF the neck. and despite his
vifes hysterical protests opened the
door and kicked the bowling animal
Into the street and not satisfied with
Lhis when Mrs Hicks Brown would
have rushed to rescue her pet he
took her by the shoulders and forced
her into chair noting with grim
as he did so that couple
Of street arabs were making of with
Vic.
That day Mrs Hicks Brown went
homo To her mother. and two weeks