Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-01
TAKING THE REINS.

"A. Foyd Scott in Madame
TAKING THE REINS. 4
LyfoId Merritt WAS certainly most
exasperating man In this for won
der. the whole village concurrcd with
the exception uf his wife She main
tanned silence ON the subject which was
best. perhaps. inasmuch rs she WAS the
cause of il all.
He = he's the most downtrodden
and meek sort of man yon ever set ewes
ON. and il ain right that il should he
So Mrs. Blake declared. aS Lvfurd
Merritt. then ulsler discussion Shuilicd
along the dusty road 1t : dreadful u
see a man 50 suppressed. she sighed.
1T ain I nature On" hit
''Somc men are born meek and
would rather u wulian'd - ahead and
boss the hon.r and him, tto. aud then
you don blame cm Int I.lford ain
that kind Fore his wife got hold of
him hc used To- he Is mp and coming as
any one.
a Slight fluh spread over her thin
cheeks as h. felt Il critical glance upon
! heI
THAT WIS the time he came II -cuurt
in You. ! pcsc:' her guest remarked
blandly. II always heard yon had some
sort of words and then h. took up with
/ the new scho"ltca, her and married her
right away fore Nnur face and yes
Mrs Blake beat her cake vigorously
He ain done naihrn4 Int hc ST on
ever since. shr declared II length. ''sn
that he ain himself al all and that :
what - rNa>p'rating y" man with
any natural stand up to him oughi tu|
| give in the WAY h. eiu,> That what
the trouble He seems ta think II all
right
Sin" poured the CAKE ilfn "a lin and
showed il into the oven and hut the
door with a ban.
We've ali had spells ot TALKING to-
him. she went an. ''hut there II ann
no earthly good He alwa,> sit. so good
naiurcd and kind Of mods his head ~ il
agreeing and when yen come to stop ho
looks mp with his blue ewes 8nd SAYS
We'll, well. you don understand 1t
may seem kind uf hard sometimes toI
outsiders. Mis- Blake. hat thou yen
see. she : got the nerves.
NERVES. -, rnfully '';i- it any oi
MS conldm get up that kind e nerves
! if we wanted To- But Lyfoid hr ul~t
stands il always. and il ; terrible cAa+
perating.
She gave another glance out of the
window. Lyfurd Merritt was not in
sight. tno, HsCi0us of his noighbur' :
scrutiny and mment. hc slowly cross
cd the stuhhy field and made his way To
the barn There he deposited the pack
ages from the store and then went to
the woodpile. He seemed in Il sort Of
brown study, and his movements were
uncertain.
lit ain right for man not to hc
master in his own honSc H. rumi-
mated as If the sentiment had Just been
impressed upn his mind 1T really
ain t, and am going toasSeri myself
The Thought caused stick To- drop
from his aims He hastily picked il mp
with a backward glance over his shout
der
II wouldn't do anything to hurt
Caroline for anything III the world OF
coursc | woudn / She : a gotd wife
very good wife To ine. and m thank
ful I've got such good wife. and |
hope max" her Il good husband
He paused and slowly laid two more
sticks on To hi> burden and walked To-
ward the wuodh, n>c
And We been thinking that perhaps
il ain good for her IL hav, mc always
giving in Ia her h. confirmed rs he
returned for u second load II read
somcwh"r" the oth,r day that women
was like hurSeS They like To have their
own WAY hong lh'y can. hut when
you make 'cm mind ih' y "a AL the bet
ter Noi that shulld ever try and
make Caroline mind he paused
agha>t bat prl,1'is if | kinder took
things for granted that she w"uldn
mind my doing mr.c things could
! do en-. and she'd like it. I'm a-gong
| to try anyway
/ II was undcniallc that Lvtnri Mor
ritt> heart beat somewhat faster than
usual aS il ncar,d > -. hook un the fol-
! lowing afternoon The town committee
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