Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12


only c.thsrtic to take with Hoods ssr,anarilla-
played nor had a stick in his hands.
Nevertheless she insisted that she
would advise him to buy golf trousers.
We'll. | wouldn't said her com
panion with emphasis. and then con-
tnuing very cautiously and casting
mischievious glances. she said: LAS |
remember him as a boy he was very
skinny. I'd be ashamed to see him i'm
golf trousers If he We're my husband"
"oh. you would. would you?" re-
piled the first young wife. becoming
very indignant. well. you don't know
him. He has a Very good leg Oh.
dear. here's n car. Wen talk il over
further as we ride
Il say" said a friend, the other day
70 another. you are an old hand at it
have only just got married. and don't
understand much about the business. |
should like to know whether a married
man has any rights left when he takes
unto himself wife,"
Rights? Yes. lots. He has a right
70 pay all the bills"
stop? | mean this. let me give you
an instance. Every box. every chest
Of drawers and portmanteau. and. In
sua 4. -
every description. ~ stuffed fun Of my
wife's property. and when | want To
put away few cuffs and collars
Hold hard. | know what you mean.
Listen. young man. II your bedroom
were two hundred yards long. lined
from the floor to the ceiling with
shelves. and you wanted place 10
stow away a couple OF shirts. you
couldn't find a hook that wasn't full of
hair pins, scent bottles. odd gloves.
pieces of ribbon, odd feathers and arti
fetal flowers. little bits Of tape and
buttons galore. with pins and needles
thrown in. SO just accept the inevita
Bile. Wrap your personal property in
an old newspaper parcel, and hide it
under the bed
He grinned ironically, but passed on,
q sadder and n wiser man.
john said an Augusta woman,
cuddling up to him, for it was the eth
- hot
was the happiest moment of your life"
"Ah. dear" he replied, Il remember
it well. 1 shall never forget it. If
live to be hundred years old that mo-
ment will always stand out as plainly
as it does tonight
she sighed and nestled a little closer.
looking longingly up into his honest
blue eyes After a moments silence
she urged:
Yes, but John. dearest, you haven't
told me when it was
oh" he answered. Il thought you
had guessed it. Surely. it ought to be
easy enough for you to do so. 1t was
when you told me you had decided to
trim over one of your old hats so as 10
make it do for the winter"
Then the celebration of the eth ami
versary of their marriage became for
nal and embarrassing.
A tailor in rising Maine village, in
his anxiety to forge ahead Of all com
petitors. printed some glaring placards
and sent them to the local bill poster.
with instructions that they were to be
turned upside down on the boards
on the following day. however. he dis
covered that the bills had been stuck
in their natural position and were at
tracing little attention.
Look here. you blockhead," said the
tailor to the bill poster. what do you
mean by disregarding my orders? l
told YOU to turn those bills upside
down. so that people would stop to
puzzle out the wording.
LAY, so We did" said the man OF
paste.
..Then. WHY in the name of goodness.
didn't you do it, -t.
Cos | daren't risk it, tailor, an
swered the bill poster. DO you know
what folks would have said if they'd
seen those bills upside down? They'd
have said: All. poor Jack! That
drink again, How sad for his unfor-
tunate wife, I'm well aware In
bit of a topper. and likes my beer. guy
nor. but | amt a-gong to let folks