The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-05-15

stead of following the direct ROAD To
my dwelling he took circuitous
route which would take him half
mile out of the way.
"Where are you going?" inquired.
"Do you see those two women COM
ing this way? One of them is my
mother-in-law," he replied.
Upon another occasion very de-
vout man sat in my apartment, which
opened off from the chapel where
Rev. Mr.. Cleveland was holding serv-
ice. The door was slightly ajar, and
he seemed intent on catching every
word.
"Why do you not go in?" asked.
He replied in his native tongue:
"My three mothers-in-law are scat
tered around in there, and could sit
nowhere without looking at one of
them"
A few days later asked the same
man, Circling Fool by name, whether
he thought it best to have one wife
or more. He took thoroughly prac-
| teal view of the case.
"One wife is good" he said, "for
then You only have one mother-in-
law, and when you tell your wife to
get mp in the morning and make the
fire and get the wood and water, she
does it; but where there are more
wives they quarrel over the work, and
if I get anything put in the kettle
for me have to get the wood and
water myself, and sometimes ! even
have to build the fire in the morn
ing"
"Why, then, do you have more than
one wife?" I asked.
because | have Them" he said,
"and they are mine and love them
all alike. How could ] put any of
them away? Do you think because
your children quarrel sometimes and
worry you, and at times it is hard to
provide for them all, that you would
put some of them away from you? 1t
Is sometimes good to have more than
one wife, for some of them are often
away visiting or sulky or sick, and
then have one left to work and com
fort me-"
This argument was very quaint and
impressive, made as it was in his own
language. The following is a letter
written by returned Carlisle stu
dent, graduate, considered quite q
prodigy by his people on account OF
his learning and knowledge of the
English language:
Dear Friend: ! want to say few
words to you that l feel sorry to my
, self. | did not want TO come ant
, say these to you, because ] get mat
and sorrow, but il is not you. This
is what | want you to know and SET
about.
"fhere Is an old woman that comes
from Little Oak Creek camp. Sh,
: is the che that makes me feel sorrow
every day, and now she catch me NJ
to mad this day. and I did not sa,
any words with her. She talks ever.
day in bad words, nothing but tn,
bad, bad words every day, and | an
very tired of il now, so / don't wan
her to stay here any more, so wan
Won to send her off to her place a
> Little Oak Creek, and if you canno
y send her off | will move out from
!, here.
81 get tired of this now, sure. Sen,
:, Your policeman, they will send he
u off. and ii they do not will do any
thing to my pleases, because sh
spoils the whole family, and / hat
Il that business, and if she stays her
} we will get dead by sorrow. IF sh
get rested some time | say nothing
but keep right hold on it, that is tn
reason why we get tired. This is all
i for to-day. Now this is all. ard thi
: is me.
: George Paints His Ear White"
For the peace of mind of the reade
I 7 will state that the mother-in-laN
c was sent home, and the young MAJ
q left to enjoy Life. liberty and tn
Z pursuit Of happiness"