The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-10
PITCHER HIT
FOR HALF OF HIS COIN
RUDE WaddelI Appears in De.
ssrtion Court and Makes
Agreement.
HIS WIFE At THE BAT
We Says She 10 the Short Msmorisd
One and Left Him Out in
the Biirrard Pen.
niless.

Philadelphia. Pa. May a.--"Theren
be beefsteak on the plate OF Mrs.
"Rube" waddell. wife OF the baseball
pitcher. this summer. the same being
provided In liberal quantities by her
open-hearted and generous husband.
For the noble youth appeared In the
descrtion court and agreed To give the
oft forgotten and furnishing woman the
price OF 1900 bags OF fresh roasted
peanuts.
RUB" was In signing and melan-
choly mood. Not because he mourned
the prospective loss OF one-haf OF his
81. 200 yearly salary. Nay. nay!
''Rub-" sighed for love. because his
tender, trusting nature had been tram
pied on. because u had been stated
by frivolous persons that he was care
less OF his marital obligations. And
he grteVed also because the enNcnomcd
press had printed that he had attempts
ed To vivisect the father OF one OF his
wives with an ax. when the fact was
that he had merely tried tn bin him
with n iatlron.
She Held the Bundle.
Put my wife OH a peanut Diet"
cried the fond husband. Nothing OF
the sort. I've always told her TO 20
the limit on food. Maybe. the limit
was held pretty close, but that was
beca use I was saving. l put by N.soo
of my hard-earned wages last summer
to tide us over the SNOWFALL period,
and what happened?
My wife held the bundle. She was
the family banker. aud when the base
ball season closed she departed for her
ancestral manor at Peabody, Mass.
and forgot to hand me my share.
1T was Mrs. waddell who suffered
from failing memory. not i. Instead
OF me leaving her la hook In hotels.
ha MI
and hcartlcss world without hotel Ia
go In hook TO. She blew those 1900
for lingerie and gew-gaws for the
adornmcnt Of her person.
Washed His One Pair.
Il had to wash my one pair OF socks
IN wash bowl when I could borrow
the bowl. and go Ia bed whenever
sent my shirt To the laundry. Never
will ] forget that terrible winter. II
was love alone that kept me from
perishing. with all her faults, ] am
still hers truly.
Mrs, waddell recovered her lost
memory early In the spring. She was
the FIRST person my eyes beheld on the
first salary day. and she has been my
porous plaster ever since. I don't mind
her blowing last years savings. Here
IL where I have kick coming.
After spending the 81 200 and leaving
me out In the blizzard all winter. she
comes back with the return of the pay
day season and wants me TO save up
another wnd. Sixcy, and. also. nit.
for mine. Nothing doing. Hubby must
have a dip In or he doesn't save.
My company wasn't good enough for
her last winter. and now the connubial
felicity business In strictly on the blink.
But. mind you. I still love her fondly."
Real Married Happiness.
Rube heaved fathom-deep sigh and
hung another coffin nail To the film on
the under side 81 his upper lip.
This love I'm a furnished room In a
funny thing" he continued. Il never
knew what real happiness was until I
got married. l know now. IL means
getting IA run for your money. I'm get
ting mine all right. Maybe they keep
me too busy running TO find out all
about H."
The pensive pitcher was called to- the
bar OF the court. and produced a con-
tract showing that he receives only
81, 200 yearly for his toll. lie agreed
TO give Mrs. waddcll one-half OF the
proceeds of the sweat OF his brow. and
was :old To depart In peace.
Say" sighed RUDE. as he ignited
another torch. IL didn't love her so
nucf. I would almost wish that she
would jump To the outlaw league"