Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-11-22
SCHEME DIDN'T WORK
CLEVER IDEA THE CAUSE OF
MISUNDERSTANDING
Possibility That Mrs Titus Might Be
Wiser Than Her Mother Had Been
Overlooked by the conspirators-
Story With Moral

Mr.. Titus has 1T in for his father
in-law. The old gentleman is in mo-
wise to blame. but Titus has to fight
1t out with somebody, SO he vents his
spleen on the leader of the opposi-
ton.
1t all came about through Titus
close management Titus owns fur
niture store. He is not stingy man,
by any means, but when he married
and got ready to furnish fiat of his
own he concluded that it would be
neat stroke of economy to rid his
stock of few pieces of old-fashioned
furniture that had been marked down
20 per cent, by utilizing them in his
own housekeeping.
Until the advent of the sideboard
his wife bore without complaining the
importation of these Anticipated mod
els. Then she revolted.
Il won't have it," she said decisive
ly- 81 didn't think that of you, George
Titus, 1 really didn't. 1 never dream
ed that you cared less for me than
for the customers that came into your
store. If | had dreamed of such
thing 1 wouldn't have married you
Titus was dumbfounded. why.
Laura he said, what in the world is
the matter with you?"
There is nothing the matter with
me- she retorted It's the sideboard.
1t is old-fashioned and of a horribly
ugly pattern, and 1 won't give it
houseroom. I want you to take it
right back to the store If you don't
I'll see father about it,
Titus meekly promised to think the
matter over, and later in the evening
he saw father" himself.
'eOh, you mustn't worry about a lit
tie thing like that" said his newly
acquired relation, consolingly.
''Lauras like her mother. She's lit
tie touchy, that's all It's easy
enough to manage her when you
know how. Just give her rope
enough and she'll soon hang herself
Titus fastened to explain that he
was not anxious to precipitate any
such tragedy thus early in his mar
ried life, and reverted to the side
board.
YES, yes said the old gentleman.
That's all right l saw the side
board, and very nice one it is, too
the incest one you had in the store,
in my opinion. If Laura had seen it
in the salesroom first she would prob
ably have thought so, too You'll have
to cure her as l cured her mother
Pretty soon after we were married
she found fault with a sofa l had
bought and declared she wouldn't
have it in the house. l moved the
thing away and put it in roomfull
of other sofas. The next day I took
her down to the store and told her to
take her choice, whereupon she pick
ed out the very identical sofa she had
rejected the day before. I'd advise
you to play the same trick on Laura.
The plan will be sure to work"
Titus thanked his father-in-law fer
vently.
Il WILL said he. 'I'll do it to-mor
row.
Early the next morning he had the
sideboard carted back to the store,
and in the afternoon he invited his
wife to come down and select another
one. He led the way into a large
room on the second floor where side
boards of all shapes. sizes and prices
reflected the anxious faces of Mr.. and
Mrs Titus as they passed to and fro
in review of the shining wares Pres
entity Titus adroitly directed her into
the aisle where the discarded side
board stood in all it's last years hui
mility Mrs. Titus spotted it ten feet
away.
Good gracious, George" she said
What did you put that thing in here
for? Nobody will buy it. You'll new
er get ride of it unless you give it
away 1t is too prehistoric for any
use.''
Then she went on few steps
further and chose the most expensive
sideboard in the lot. That is why
Titus is mad at his father-inlaw- The
old gentleman maintains that it is not
his fault if Mrs. Titus is smarter than
her mother was at the same age, but
Titus hints conspiracy and storms
most unreasonably. - Philadelphia
Ledger.