St. Landry democrat., 1892-09-17
AN INTERRUPTED TALE.
How Some Wives Listen to Their
Husbands.

How Some Wives Listen to Their :
Husbands.
II there is one thing more than another
calculated to throw man into a gnaSh-
ing -thc-treth or tearing of-th he hair
condition, 1t is to attempt to give the
wife OF his bosom an account of some or
binary affair, to which she listens after
this fashions:
Hc-Oh, my dear, I must tell Won some
thing Jack Burroughs told INC today
while
She-Whcrc did you see Jack Bur
roughs!
He-Oh, we went to luncheon to-
gcthrr, and
Sh"-IIow did you happen to 90 out
to luncheon together?
lle-Wcll, we didn't exactly 90 out to-
@rthcr. | met Jack at the restaurant,
and
She-What restaurant
He allowayS, and jack
She-ilow did YOU happen to go to
CaEIoway1' tho 1ght you always
| 'nchrd at Draprr's!
lie nearly always do, but I lust
i"' HI''H''' ~ '''I' lHlb dllOWdN S CO-uaV
along with Jack, and-
Sh"-D"cs he always lunch at Gallo
ways,
Helm sure my dear Ga little sharply).
that | don't know whether he does or
not. 1t makes no earthly difference il
Shc-Oh, Of course not. IIastilv.)I
Just wondered if he did, that's all. Go
on with your story.
He-Wcll, while we were eating our
soup, jack
She-What kind Of soup?
Hc-OXtail. Jack said that
She-I thought you dislikcd oxtaif
soup!
lie Well, | don't care much about it,
She-now did You happen to order it
if you don't care for it?
Ue-Bccause l did Severely. But
the soup has nothing to do with the story
She-Oh, of course not. { In grieveG
tone.) ! never said that it did | don't
see why you should get cross over SIM
pie question. Go on.
Hc-Well, while we were eating our
soup, Lawrence JIildreth and his wife
came in and
She--They did?
He-1 have Just said so.
She-Wcll you needn't be so cross
about it.
He-Thcy came in and
She-Is she pretty?
He-Pretty enough. Jack bowed and
She-Docs he know them?
He-Wcll, now, do you suppose he
would have bowed if he didn't know
them! | declare if I
Shc-IIow was she dressed?
ue-IIow should I know? never
looked at her dress What | was going
to tell YOU was that
She-Did they sit near you?
lie-les, at the next table And
while they were ordering, Jack said
that they
She-Couldn't they hear him
He-Do you suppose (fercely) that
Jack would have no more sense than to
let them hear him talking about them2
Look here, now
She-James, if you can't tell simple
little incident without getting into %
passion you'd better keep it to yourself.
What did Jack say
IIc-IIe said that Mrs. IIldreth's
father was opposed to the match, and
She-IIow did he know that?
He-Great Caesar ! There you 20
again
She-Jamcs, will you please remembeT
hat it is your wife to whom you are
peaking, sir?
IIe-No other woman could drive me
aving, distracted, crazy, asking silly
questions about
She-James .
He-Every time I tell you anything
rou begin, and you'll
She-James (rising with dignity and
aging stitlly), | do not propose listening
o any such insulting remarks, and
He-You never listen to anything.
That's the trouble, if
She When ask you simple question
Held say "Simple" You've asked
ne a million ''simple' questions in the
asst half hour, Just because | said that
ack Burroughs said that
She-I do not wish to know what Mr..
ack Burroughs said. if YOU cannot tell
respectfully. | shall have my dinner
ent to my room, since it is so painful
or YOU to eat with an idiot! ORetires
while he narrowly escapes an
tack of apoplexyJ