The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-15

as good as those he gets for himself,
seems if"
There's more men n one who haven't
sense enough to know when they're we'll
off, Miss Larson went on grinly; II
dunno but there's women afflicted the
same way, for you can't get sense in
homeopathic pills nor allopathic tonics,
nor yet in osteopathic rubbin's, an if
you weren't born with it you're mighty
unfOrt' nate, seems If.
Mr.. Canters even worse n Mrs. Can
ter an when you put two in one family
| there's bOun' to be uncomfortable min
| utes for of EN-. Mrs. Canters got the
fever for buyin' antiques an the house is
so full of OF things there's hardly room
| 'nough to draw a new breath. Mr.. Can
| ter can't take any comfort In a straight
backed, spindle-legged chair an he aIys
| groans when Mrs. Canter goes away, for
| he knows there'H be a freight bill to pay.
| They had some words in the spring when
| she sent home a bedstead, a sideboard,
three chairs an four tables. If Mr.. Can
ter'd been stead Of 40 he'd ha' jumped
| up an down he was so mad, AS It was
he swore they shouldn't go into the house,
not one Of 'em. But, Ian. when Mrs.
| Canter makes up her min Mr.. Canter
might jes' as we'll get out Of the way, for
he had to step aside an let the drayman
carry 'em in, an he paid the freight too,
| jes' as Mrs. Canter said he would.
"Shes been down in Pennsylvania
| where they seem to grow antiques an
her letters used to make Mr.. Cante1
groan. Jes' seemed If he couldn't stan
| another mahogany chair or table. An
one mornin' after he'd read Of visit
she'd made at an OIL farmhouse, he Jes
telephoned for an auctiOneer an had him
take all the antiques down town to be
sold. 1t was a pretty high-handed pro-
~ 1o,,4 ~, yrhi1 ~
Canter gets courage to firmly 'spress his
'pinions but it don't last long.
1T jes' happened that she came homo
a mornin' before he expected an as no.
body knew she was comm she thought
she'd slip up to the auctioneer's an see
if one of the tables she'd bought was a:
much of a bargain as she thought 1T was
"she stayed all mornin' an at noon she
s'prsed Mr.. Canter by goin' down to the
office to go to lunch with him.
~ got in this mornin',' says she, pleas
an as could be, an as you didn't 'spect
me, 1 went up to the auctioneer's, an the
strangest thing happened. They hac
things to match nearly all of ours an
bought 'em for a speculation. You know
how ours have been admired? There's
such deman for antiques that when
got the chanst this mornin' l Jes' took II
an bought all he had
"Mr. Canter looked her for momen
as if he couldn't believe his own ears, an
then he went into the back office. The
walls are noise proof down there an Mrs
Canter couldn't hear what he said, an, al
things considerin, it's just as we'll.
"As was sayin', he hadn't sense 'nougt
| to know when he was we'll off. He ism
the kim of a man to get the better Of {
woman. an he might jes' as we'll make w
his min to sleep in four-post canopiee
beds an sit in straight backed mahogan.
chairs 'thout sayin' any more.
1T isn't our own extravagances It worr!
us as much as those of other people
though when you come to think Of it, j
isn't once in a monkeys age you'll fin {
body who'll admit that he is eXtravagant
seems it,