The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-08-12
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SAN rTanclsco ArSohdht.
There is always he beginning TO
an end. What it was in The case
of MIR. and Mrs. Hicks Brown |
do no, pretend to know. What |
know most about is the end and
he appendix. OF course all the
differences leading up TO he last
act were thoroughly aired IN court
and IN the newspapers, bnt it was
The final ac: Of brutality on Mr.
Hicks Browns part that was es-
pecially dila'ed upon, and for
weeks tins "fiend in human form"
was eXecrated by danes and dam
sells all over his broad land, and
Mrs. Hicks Brown WAS an object
of heartfelt comm'seralion on all
sides.
am inclined to think that it
Mr. Hicks Brown had been more
like the men who are held up as
model husbands by the know ing
members of certain ladies' socic-
ties he and Mrs. Hicks Brown,-she
who only two short years since he
aiprcmised to love and cherish
would be living in peace and ami
'y, to say nothing of conjugal hap
piness, even unto this day. And
if Mrs Hicks. Brown had been any
Thing but The only child of a very
rich and fool>hIy 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 insignificant in char
aCler.
AT first Mr.. Hicks Brown wa;
inclined to give in, just as all dull
iul bubbles are bu; he saw the
shoals of trouble ON to which his
course WAS causing him to DRIFT
and concluded, after mature con
,ideralion, that it was his will tha
should dominate in the Hicks
Brown family, and he fixed hls
plan ot procedure and governed
hi, actions accordingly. Mrs
Hicks. Brown, with feminine in
sight, perceived at an early stage
of the game what her lords inlen
lions were, and as she had alway
been accustomed to have her way
she decided that 1t was too late t
begin knocking under-and ther,
you have what was presumably
he beginning Of the end.
1t was a dog-not only a dog
but young lady dog-not only {
feminine canine, but what Mr.
Hicks Brown termed a "measly
dodgasted pug'-'hat caused tn,
climax. If there was any Great
ure on earth that Mr.. Hicks
Brown loaihed and despised, i
was a pug, and especially one 0
The geniler seX--and his bette
half. aware of this antipathy, ha,
WITH characteristic feminine pei
versi'y, availed herself OF The frs
opportunity TO possess herself 0
one of these interesting animal:
which speedily won, it seemed
first place in her affections, an
made Mr.. Hicks Browns lite mi,
erablc.
lie stood it, however, as long a
he could, but Ihe end had to come
Mr.. Hicks Brown was an arch
iect, and it came TO pass that h
had on one occasion been invite
to prepare the plans for a publ
building. The plans were draw
and accepted by The COMMITTED
which, however, returned them I
him for certain important alters
tons; and they were laid on ,h
table IN his den, 10 be- attended
when he returned home in ,h
late afternoon of q certain day.
} Now, il so happened that Vi,
the pug aforementioned, was of a
lnquiring turn Of mind, and 81,
. chose this very afternoon tor a
exploring tour in the upper part
the house.
; When Mr.. Hicks Brown entere
, his den about 8 O'clock he saw ,
nnce that portions of his plal
were missing, and supposing III;
his wife had taken them 10 sho