The Lamar register., 1893-03-18
MY WIFE

! but you NttDW ner 10 GtCtttc 100 ufutii-
/ For instance, my wife should never tell
me not to smoke in the parior on ac-
count of the curtains"
1T does turn 'cm yellow" said Mic
kleberry. thoughtfully.
Granted. but what becomes of your
I coniural superiority:"
THAT went to the dogs long ago"
Just so. And then You didn't buy
4 that corner lot because she advised
| you not to- What is a woman's judg-
ment worth in matter OF business
like ,hat?'
Mary knows more than half the men
going" replied NIicklcbcrry.
Excuse me. but you don't keep her
/ in her placei Don't the Scriptures say
| that woman is the weaker vesscls
| should ike to see Mrs. Partanbridse
yenturing TO oppose me"
NJ. Micilebcrry looked admirinSiy
at his big friend.
How do you manage 1t, Partan-
bridget" he timidly asked,
Tact. my dear fellow-tact. dignity
supremacy! wouldn't have men
| toned it IL circumstances hadn't point
ed directly TO the fact that you arc
b-iug henpecked. Everybody noaeeS
/ it. You must gather up the reins of
/ domestic urr7ngement-you must as
| ssrt YOURSELF
/ Mr.. Mickleberry laughed
! What is the need or asserting my
/ selfg" he asked. }ocoscy. livery thinS
/ goes on like clockwork AT homc-Mary
/ always meets me with siuhe-shc
4 sbends tho money carefully ana never
I ASKS for cent that isn't needed
Does she tell you how size spends
| ~"
Not always, but
Mr. PartanbridEc interrupted his
( friend with a groan-
oh. these women. these women!
I ] should like TO see my wife -. M. a
I silk dress, rs Mary did last week, with
I out first consulting me"
But she has saved the money out
! of her housekeeping funis.
Then. MY dear fellow, its sign that
/ you give her too much money for the
I housekeeping Cut her ,-5wD-draw
/ the purse string little tighter.
FL should hardly Ike to do that,
I PIrtanhridge.
You'll never be master In your own
/ house until sou do.
That's all right.
Hug your chains. then"
Il neither see nor feel any
| Your ease Is hopeless
] "Bui I'm suited with it
! "Oh. Lorl, Youil wake uP some
I fine day. Old man.
Il do every day.
] Nicklebcrry went homo anu told his
wife all about what Partanbridsc had
said
i wish Mr.. partanhridgc would mind
I his own affairs said she. I'm ur'Si
/ OF hearing about my wife She must
| be- a poor, spiritlcss concern
J ''PartanbridEc IS n man Of great
! ability" said The hushaI.--.
"Fiddicsuclls. said Mary. "A rcESi-
/ lar hen huSSy-a Miss Nancy
I'm sorry you feel 50 about him.
my dear Mollic."
"why sorry. pray, Jimg
He doesn't like the place where he
Is boarding now. and l told him he
might occupy our front room for few
I days"
! ~On. I've no objection to that. said
I Mary. compusedly. I'm always glad
/ TO entertain your friends, my dear,
even II they are not the most agree
nble people in the world and dare
say I can get along with Mr.. Iartan-
bridge Tor a Few days
You're q little jewel. my dear.
said Jim. and he forgot all PHrtan-
bridges base destinations At once.
Mr.. Partanbridge came. bag and bag
gage, and took Mickleberry's spare
ROOM ard thence forward my wife
began. figurativcly. TO tramp!e Mary
Mickleberry into dust
My WIFE spent no money. went no
where: my wife" would sooner cut
of her hand than 20 to wOman's
rights convention: she was not literary,
but spent her days doing housework
and her evenings mending stockings
She held her husband in salutary awe.
never spoke when she wasn't spoken
to-in short, knew her place.
And how did you manage II 2 asked
James Anckleberry once again, in the
admiration OF his soul.
Mr. PartanbridGe waved his hand in
4 majestic way.
"Aficklebcrry." said he. there are
some few things that can't be eX-
pressed in words. :"
Fortunately" put In Mrs. Mickle-
berry. who was sewing away rs vigor-
ously as If every stitch was an unut-
tered protest
And" went on Partanbridge. rs
IL he hadn't heard the interruption.
"it is 4 woman's duty to listen in 81
tcnce."
There's the door bell" said Mary.
"Wnl you 60. jim: 1t is Bridget's
night out"
MY wife. began the guest. would
never have asked me 10 perform 50
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