The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-10-06
THE FOLLY OF Han
Il Is the Creators, says This Natroa,
When ne n PESudest 81 HlH
Own ERaFtneEs.

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ried women begin 20 discuss the fail
ings Of the opposite sex, Ito assume
that when q man thinks he is showing
remarkable evidence Of resOurcefulness
and wisdom, when he Is especially sat
lsied with himself and what he Is do
/ ing, he is making an everlasting fool
! Of himself"
What has your husband been doing
novT?" asked her sumner resort &C
quaintance, who, being also q woman
and married, knew at once to whom the
remark applied.
/ why, 1 wrote to him last week to get
= tonic that my little boy needs and
send it to me by express" explained
I the young matron. 81 told him be
would find the number Of the prescrip-
! ton on a bottle that left on the side
/ board in our Fat when I came here for
/ the summer, and which he, now learn,
/ threw away shortly after I left because
he happened to notice that It was
empty. He rather prided himself on
/ his thoughtfulness in throwing the
/ bottle away at this time, and have no
/ doubt he intended to read me lecture
on the habit Of letting old and useless
things immaculate. In his wise, mas
culine way imagine he sEeIled up
with conscious pride at this evidence
/ Of his neatness and tidiness, making
fool Of himself as usual when he was
most pleased with what he was doing.
But that wasn't the worst Of il. In
stead Of writing to me that he had
/ thrown the bottle away, he hunted up
/ the druggist and asked him if he could
not help him out, and the druggist, be-
ing a man, was naturally Just foolish
| enough to think that he could. BE said
/ he remembered something about the
/ prescription, and asked IL a certain doc
/ tor hadn't made it out. Ny husband
| recognized the name Of the family ply
stefan and said he had. Why he didn't
90 TO the doctor and get the prescrip-
/ ton duplicated Is one Of the mysteries
/ that no one but married man ever can
/ explain; but he didn't. However, the
mention Of the doctors name gave him
an idea. He recalled that he had had q
/ tonic prescription filed for me two or
| three times, and that he had once jOt-
I ted the number down on the back Of an
/ envelope. So, while the druggist was
/ hunting through the prescription book,
/ my wise lord and master went to his Of
fee and ransacked his desk for that en-
| velOpe. He found it. In imagination
/ can hear him shout; 'Eureka!' as he
came across it. It is safe to say he was
/ the proudest man in the whole state.
| Indeed, he practically admits as much
/ in this letter. His resOurcefulnesB, his
wisdom, his long-headedness saved the
! day. He was doubly sure Of that, be-
| cause the number he found correspond
ed with that on the prescription the
/ druggist located in his book. he had
/ il put up and sent to me by express, and
/ then he wrote TO me explaining how he
/ had overcome the obstacles that threat
/ ened to make it impossible to get the
/ prescription filed, and he is now ex-
pecting a letter from me compliment
ing him on his thoughtfulness and
! good sense"
"And he won't get it?'' said the sum
| mer resort acquaintance, inquiringly.
This is what he viii get" was the
reply, and she read the following ex-
/ tract from a letter she was about to
/ seal:
Bright man, youi Bright man, the
/ druggist! Two bright men! You never
/ had the number Of that prescription,
| because you never had it filed for me.
/ You never had anything to do with
Tommy's tonic, but you once got ton
/ ic for me, Of which have nearly bot
tie left. A duplicate Of that tonic has
/ just arrived by express Don't you
/ think Il would be an economical and
wise thing to give me a veto power on
/ all brilliant ideas that may occur TO you
/ hereafter? Meanwhile you might teIe-
| phone to the doctor and get the pre-
scription duplicated"
'Your husband is coming here to
spend Sunday, is he not2" asked the
summer resort acquaintance
He was" was the reply, ''but don't
think he'll come for a week or two now.
He'll want to give me little time 70
forget this. Oh, wish I could teach
him to remember that when he Is espe-
cially proud Of anything he is doing In
relation to household or family mat
tiers 1t is positive evidence that he 81
making a fool Of himself."-N. 7. Sun.
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