Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-25

gambler, and Henry's a rich man and
banker. and everybody'd be a fool that
wouldn't side with" Kitty took the
words out OF her mouth
with the man that's got the cash."
well all I've got 20 say IT, when you re
ready 10 sit down ofren your high horse
and come home and git a divorce, Henry'n
be waitin' at the church door with a kerr
ridge for you 1 thourht as THANKSGIVING
was comm on I ies' might out and tell
YOU the good news. ] know mighty we'll
YOU Amt got nothin else to be thankful
fur. He told Jane Peters last night that
he'd never marry no one else as long as
YOU was on top Of sod
THAT was his way to let poor Jane down
easy. lie didn't want me no worsc'n !
want him. and ef he did / wouldn't give
Dams little finger fur all his money and
hin, thrown into the bargain"
The disa greeable visit over, Kitty busted
herself with her household duties. Some
thing told her that the turn in the long
lane Of trials and disappointments was at
hand She was not afraid to stay alone
with her baby and her faithful watch dog
but she did so want 90 save the turkeys
and chickens. There was a big steel trap
down in the cellar. that was In the hen
house when she and Dan were married. II
was a relic Of Dams father. who was
known to have queer notions about things.
In the box with the trap was a bottle
that bore the label, Mink Bait" Evi-
IDENTIFY this was not the first visitation Of
mink I'm that section Of the country Kitty
studied the directions for setting the trap
and applying the bait. Their she selected
the most suitable place for the trap. not
far from the roasting place OF the turkeys
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house.
When Dan got home late the following
night, she had something to show. 1t was
dead mink thirty inches in length 1t
was an omen OF good luck for the traveller
Dan had put all his ready cash in traps
traps for mink, raccoon, oppossum and-to
his wife's astonshment and disgust
skunk! Kitty Ellis never dreamed Of such
a thing as that there were people who
would pay 81 for a pelt of a poecat, nor
that women would wear furs made Of the
horrid little feline's hide. She had yet to
learn that II the skunk is treated with
proper Difference and respect in the catch
ing, he Is no worse than common house
cat and also that all the black marten''
fur that is sold in the store is skunk fur.
Dan could not wait until the following
day to try his traps. He was man Of
boundiess enthusiasm and energy, the sort
OF fellow who is likely to 20 to the bad ii
he has not the proper outlet for her super
abundant vitality. At the time of his mar
riage, he had formed ties and associations
that, with too much prosperity, might have
led him to fulfill the worst of his mother
in-law's predictions.
The srindstone, as the disagreeable lady
had put It. was Just the proper medicine
for him. But he was not the man to en-
dure disappointment and loss forever. He
had broken his old habits, was a man OF
sober sense and sound principle now, and
things simply had to take a turn. That
the kindly Providence was on his side was
evidenced by the FIRST nights catch The
product on the traps was enough TO pay
for all the turkeys and capons he had lost.
And the best OF II was, no more poultry
disappeared.
why, Kitty. rs great, simply great"'
he cried when the second shipment was
ready to be sent to St Louis. AS for var
minis of that kind, the woods is full OF
them. Wen make a fortune out-en the
very things that was robhin' us, and all
because l listened to my little girl, thank
the Lord for herr'-The New Southwest.