Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-03-15
MRS. BLANK ENJOYS a SKATE.


where have you been all after
noon, Martha?n asked Mr.. Blanke -
he settled himself in his easy chair
and picked up the evening paper az
ter enjoying q hearty supper. "psAr,r
began Mrs. b. In a tone she always
assumed when in doubt as to the man
ner her lord aud master would re-
ceive the announcement she was 60
ing TO make, II accompanied Ms
Weeks to the skating rink
HOh, you did, hey2'i said Mr.. B.,
looking up from bis paper. aYou are
enjoying your second childhood. no
doubt. Did you go over TO the vacant
lot also and make some nice mud
pies?r
aBut dear, there were Q lot Of mar
ried people there that were older
than either OF us,n and Mrs. B. SET
tied herself for q lengthy and convfn-
cling argument.
Madam began the head of the
house, now thoroughly in . Crouch
and using a tone of voice that uzs
most severe, II was the champton
marble player In Skedunk Corners
when / was at the marble playing age.
and / could play a fine game Of shin
my, but those days are e 4
shouldn't be at all surprised to learn
that you put IN roller skates and
went humping around like golf BAH
on q tessalated floor"
"Well you need't be surprised at
ALL replied his now aroused wife, II
put them on and did as good as sny
one, so there"
The announcement could not have
~astonished Mr.. B. any more than Il
she had calmly caressed his bald head
with the parlor poker whats sight
you must have made sliding aud
bouncing wei the floor,n ard be
tried to laugh in q sacastic mar
uer.
Mrs. B. sat quietly for q few nin-
utes as II buried In thought and then
suddenly began an attack that even
the senile old married man could not
accept gracefully. 'sYour old frisEd
Mr.. Brooks was there and be sad
that be had seen you with them on
when you were about is, and be had
never ybeheld such q comIcaI sight in
his whole life, you were 20 avkEhrd
and fell in so many funny postures. 4
believe he remarked 1t was funnisr
than the pictures In Puck.
Mr.. b. arose 10 the oeeasioos 50
that COMPOUNDED fathead said that
did hep Well OF all the bare-fzceo
preyaricators in the world that musnI
individual is the blne-ribbon winner.
Why 1 could skate like . Norsenza
when he was taking bis meals from Z
bottle. The idea Of such = remark
froma man that only skatsd when be
carried a bundle OF wet goods frun'
some beer store. / shall go to tht
rink tonight and show these sfnpl{
! minded folks that there were good
skaters in the days of my youth an
that yours truly was Of the best'
That night Mr.. B. Jared forth ant
donning a pair Of the fastest he eoul1
find entered the room used b. tn
skaters. An hour later when The car
rage had deposited him az home 2n'
he had been put to bed, with the AZ
Iof the hired man and me a II
lneighbors, he called bis wife an
asked her what she thought Of hi
skating, and wanted her to distinct
understand that IL the floor bad n
been so slick and the skates q ne'
i, kind he would have astonished theI
! all.
IL think you did that anyway, M
dear" she replied in the sweetee
voice, everyone spoke Of the remarl
|. able ability you possess In the Glow
line and when you fell down ever
!, three feet all agreed that your I'M
tatiOn OF q bass drum solo was pei
fleet -" This was too much an
throwing the pillow at his wife VT
h ran from the room, he tried to disco
n or some point on his bruised anaton|
= that would be comfortable to lay VI
i on.
ID Woolery, johnson s. Co, shippt