The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-06-11

Conversation had touched upon a
fully reported breach of promise case
action. Tom, whose quarrel. With ais
fiancee still burned. smiled his con-
tempt of the unhappy defendant whose
stilted but earnest attempts to express
HIS passion in verse had been basely
read out in court by sardonic coun-
sell
Love" he concluded, AN suchIike
rot ought to be put a stop to. 1t
makes me Ill to talk about it."
Then why talk of it?" said Mr..
Nuts, the druggist Mr.. Nuts pres
ence was tolerated on the implied un-
Outstanding that he refrained from
insidiously introducing any of his
mysterious compounds.
why talk of it," he said again.
Nothing new has been discovered
about love since the first generation
after Adam. If a chap thinks 'e's in
love. an says he's unhappy, e amt in
love at all Most likely it's indiges-
ton. Cause when chaps really in
love. he simply can't help being
appy"
Listen to Cupid" said Potty, grin
Mug.
But look here, Pinch" said Tom,
"spose a chaps in love with a gal, |
ar she amt with him. What about |
it them"
'Nothin' at all to do with it." ex-
planned Pinch. Loves a thing by
itself, an if a chaps got it he's hap
pier'n he could be if he amt got it
II the gals caught it as well, that's
very nice, but even if she amt, the
chaps better off than if he hadn't got
it."
Its my belief" said Potty. memory
touching his eyes and voice, that it's
as much habit as anything else. When
chaps got into the way of it like,
it amt easy to get out. It's like
smokin' It don't matter very much
what you smoke so long as you're
smokin', an same way it don't matter
much to a chap who he's in love with,
so long as he's in love"
We'll" said Pinch, come to think
of it, most things is habits. What's
life but sort o. habit2 There's lots
o people always grumbling about the
worry an trouble O. life. an sayin' it
| oil WI III AAfAA buI NhC- 0CA o1~A-
very keen on givln' it up. Can't get
out of the habit, like. An I've noticed
that if one o. them kind O people gets
a cold or a headache, he's the one to
hop into bed an send for a DOCTOR.
Another thing, tool What's a wife
but a habit2 First of all, she's sort
o. worshiped by man; then she be-
comes a friend, like; but you look at
man married three or four years,
an if his wife amt a habit more'n
she's anything else. Welt If she goes
away for a day or two. does he miss
her? Course he does. So he misses
his pipe or his half-pint if he's sudden
ly cut off 'em. Mark yer, too, lots of
people would rave like mad if It was
put to EN-, but if th'd speak the truth
which it's as well for them they duct,
they'd say l was quite right"
Ginger glanced at Potty.
i've often thought" said he. Ozark
. ", that place where a general
swap o. wives could be made now an
then would be very handy"
WHAT" said Pinch.
His face glowed with fury and his
, eyes blazed disgust at Ginger's calm
and philosophic suggestion
'What?" he repeated. and after a
, struggle for breath-"Youl-"
, Words failed him. and with stupen
dous effort he subsidized into silence.
"a chap could make the swap di
rectly he begins to find his wife a
habit" continued Ginger.
3 Pinch gradually resumed an appear
3 ance of sanity as he realized he wssS
/ being chaffed.
: "Ah, said he hopping his brow. ''yel
e didn't exactly see what I meant
/, was talkin' general, not pussonal.'
q Herein is food for thought and self
analysis.
/ FUNNIEST thing about love" SAID
Bill Jones, "seein' as we're talkin
: about it's the idea chaps. get intC
: their heads directly they catch it
t the idea as nobody else ever knew
a anything at all about it. Think they've
e discovered America ev'ry time.
: woman" broke in Tom; the onl,
way to keep woman in her place is t
/ let her see yer don't think much o
; herLeven if yer do. Let her see We
think she's an INFERIOR, WHICH she Is
q an nine cases out O. ten she'll thinl
e you're right. an treat you with prope
g respect"
There was a pause. Pinch wa
mentally disabling wisdom from thu
enforced impressions of life's expert
; .ence.
You're wrong. Tom" said he, final
II ly; quite wrong. Women, for som'
/ extraordinary reason, always do tr,
to be what men thinks EN-. as yo'
y say. but the better opinion men hav'
s of 'em, they more they think O them
L selves. so. yer see, we should Away
S think the best of 'em, so as to give zen
a chance. Course. it's sometimes yer.
IS hard, but it never does no harm t
s try"
" yrov, With the rashneSs of a baChe