Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-05-16
THE SUBJUGATION : OF :AH : SING.

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A woman may be mistress Of herself
though china fall, up to q certain limit,
Beyond which no conception Of heroism
reaches. The model woman screams at
Q spider. and discusses the merits Of
wired sleeves serenely while q priceless
va0e goes crashing to the door. Such 10
~ standard Of feminine courage, the
fsot.rule By which Q woman may be
measured. Yet when not one piece OF
china, but two pieces, and three. and
four, fail, the standard becomes use.
le0 A woman 10 not epected to bear
more.
Yet more came. There WIS nth
crash IN the kitchen. Mrs. Melville
stopped in.the midst Of telling Richie
OF the Sixth--that anchovy paste was
% b struck OF the commissary list; she
stopped and looked appealingly ut Mel.
VILE.
"Austin, can't you do somethingT
Austin gathered up his napkin, put
bic hand on the table, and started to
oush back his chair; then he sank down
again and restored his napkin to Ito
place on his knee. III 90 In there and
be gets impertinent, I'll break his head
(which would be bad for his head and,
incidentally, for my ofiicial neck"
But lie head o. china"
well. there 10 plenty more china
and when that gives out the quarter
master has q new invoice Of tinware."
But, seriously. Austin. there won't
b Q thing left for tho general to eat
OF Of. What are we going to do about
Nf'
II think the epidemic 10 over. There
has not been dish broken that know
Of In ave minutes. You must be reason.
able, and make due allowances for him,
Natty. It's hot out there. It's hot here,
COO. Its hotter than blazcs every
where"
II think. my dear. you are bordering
On profanity. OF course it's hot. Within
ne memory Of the Oldest inhabitant, II
has never been even cool In Arizona In
July. You really can't expect the inspec'
Tor general to bring ice. Mr.. Richie
don't you think he ought to do some
thingf'
II must respectfully decline to entel
Into q family difference. You and Mel
Vile must settle the question between
yourselves. Only let me suggest thu
II Il comes to the actual breaking ol
heads, ia take II out on Sing, and no
On one another"
'"There! Austin" fairly screamed
Mrs.. Melville. Jumping up. "there goe'
another; and. yet you cit and laugh. On
how horrid you can bel"
'Sit down. Matty, and talk sense
Suppose I should 90 out there and at
tempt to reason with Sing. In the natu
eal sequence Of events It would come z
oess that'in his present humor he woul'
b % .usiy that I should feel obliged. o
aid, to break bis head. Apart from
The distant consequences Of that act
you can see that the near ones woul'
b pretty bad. You'd have to wash tn
breakfast dishes, and do the house
WORK, and also cook and serve the gen
erals dinner. Therefore. the inadvisa
biiity OF my reducing Sing's head :
splinters 10 obvious, isn't itT'
~ suppose %; but do wish to good
ness Mrs. Lawrcnce's cook hadn't &c
married"
80 does she-the cook. I mean-sinc
O'Halleran came home drunk tw
NIGHTS ago, and thrashed her. He's bee
IN the guard.house ever since. and II
out q good man. Shows what marrlaG
does. Before he was married. he dldn
beat his wife. However. It wouldn
have made the slightest dlfferenC
whether she had committed matrimOn
or not; the Lawrences would new
have had the general nor even q sing
member. Of the staff to dinner She
never dined the paymaster, you know
II think It's too bad hrst Mcute'
ants wife has to do It. and all the re-
Of the entertaining for the post"
"You are also the adjutants wifi
remember"
matter with Sing. anyway
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. guests
observed Richie. stroking and curlir
bis unduly military mustachlos, Il
mustachios that have entwined and O.
suared 20 many hearts In their silkt
meshes since then. In the whirl
washington society. Richie was NJ
yille's second lieutenant at that tim
and 40 he was not married. and didr
like the bachelor mess, he messed wi
his senior and that young ofhccr's VIII
"Why didn't his cousin die. then?"
"Perhaps he realizes that the DEF
cousins funeral 10 little worn 40
method Of obtaining leave"
II should think 30; one died when q
paymaster was coming to dinner Il
dime before last. and another when Il
Indian agent was here. and he polish
Oh two In anticipation Of the payne
tsr's last trip"
'sThat's not all. Austin" pursued M
Melville. Generally he only slaI
when he has lost at faro the night
FORE"
In pursuance of bis method Of W.
fare. Sing precipItated chOpping-bo
and knife to the floor, with result
poise that only the falling of those T.
homely utensils could possibly accO
plish. Melville bit his upper lip q
clenched his fist.
wonder int would do any good
me to so out aud speak him quietly
suggested his wife,.