The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1902-01-03
gheRrmofrat- Star
The TURNING OF A LEAF.
MIR WIMPLETON TURNED IT,
BUT DIDN'T KEEP IT
TURNED.

| hotlce that tnuay is inc nrSt Ot
January" remarked Mr.. Wimpleton.
as he unfolded the breakfast napkin.
The day has set me TO thinking that
l had better revive my boyhood's
habit and make the resolve to turn
over Il new leaf. In the past l."
INV you are not going tn resolve
to help the ponr nv giving away all
your secona.imst clothes, are COUP
said his wife, apprrhensively. "You
did that oncc. ] remember and had
To shovel snow off the front pavement
in your best suit"
II have done nothing If the kind!'
hastily replied her licve lord. ''The
fact is that ] have not been asuhipd'a
husband in the past is ! mfoHt~have
been. and
''Oh. | guess you've been aS good as
the average" responded his wife
calmly.
mo, l have not. my dear. that is
merely your gentle, wifely way Of
putting il. | know that l have often
displayed great temper when the
provocation was slight. but in future
you will have no cause for complaint
"Wcll. OF course you we're very un-
pleasant about those bills, Nathaniel.
thought at the time you never he
haved in that way before we were
married, and"
displayed some temper, did l?
No wonder. An angel on a tomb
stone would have displayed temper
over such extravaganza as that. Did
you expect me To remain as quiet as
a-as a gingerbread baby, while | was
being robbed by a lot Uf-However in
future ! shall do il, since you are 50
anxious"
"You are sure that you are not i'll,
are you, dear? The doctor said"
Never better in my life. ! have
merely seen the error OF my ways and
resolved to mend them in time.
When l think OF the terrible fits OF
anger to which l have sometimes
given way, l.
"Well, l was afraid that the last
cook would make trouble because OF
the things you said to her about the
biscuits, still
"The things l said, Ell? Let me
tell you, Sarah Wimp!eton, that many
a man would have deserted his wife
for less than that. II | did make Il
few slight remarks l was fully justi-
fed, | can tell you. However, it shall
never happen again"
IL am glad to hear IT,, dear. Now
that | think of it | feel very badly
Ovc your quarrel with the people
next door. and your feud with the
iceman, and the things yOu said
about the cigars l bought you at.
Christmas were-but what is the
matter?"
THE matter is this, madam: |
shall not remain here to be insultcd.
am the must patient OF long suffer.
ing men, but even l will not stand
this. l shall be at home late this
evening, If you send me IA note OF
apology in the interval for this un.
provoked attack upon me" The
banging of the front door put an i'm.
prcssivc period to the sentence.
And ALL" said Mrs. Wimpletun,
shaking her head at the clnck, she.
cause he decided to turn uver a new
leaf IN New Years day.m
The Newton Record states that
Mr.. A. j. Brown. IT that place has
something of a phenomenon in the
way If a calf that was born with its
ears marked in Mr. Browns mark.
w W." ''''Shl - NbllIk INV HiVlub
twenty wears ago and placed her in
his mark. il swallow fork aud under
bit in each ear. and her first calf was
born with its ears marked just as It's
mother, After that time urcaSsinn.
ally the calves she gave birtl, to
would he in The same condition.
This freak III nature seems To have
run un down through several genera
tion>. for the present calf is not the
offspring Of The original COW. but
there are several generations he.
tween"
Pos master General ChtrleS Emory
Smith has resigned aud tie Presi.
dent has appointed II. q Plvne. OF
Wisconsin. ~ his successor. This Is
the first break made in the cabinet
since the death Of Mr.. Mckinley.