The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

Conversation had touched upou q
fully reported breach Of promise case
action, Tom, whose quarrel, with his
fancee still burned. shifted his con
tempt Of the unhappy defendant whose
stilted but earnest attempts to express
bis passion in verse had been bagcly
read out in court by a sard0nlc c0un.
sci,
Love he concluded, AN suchlIke
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. Nutts' pres.
ence was tolerated on the implied un-
Outstanding that he refraiaod from
i]nsIdiously introducing any Of his
mysterious compounds.
why talk Of TT" he said again.
Nothing new has been discovered
about love slnce the first generation
after Adam, II a chap thinks 'e'g in
love, an says he's unhappy q amt in
love at all Most LIKELY it'B indiRes.
ton, Cause when a chaps really In
love, he simply can't help being
'appy,"
Listen to Capld," said Potty, grin
ming,
But look here, Pinch" said Tom.
"s'pose "A chaps in love with a Eal.
an she aln't with him. What about
IL them
"Nothin' at all to do with It," ex.
planned Pinch. Loves Il thing by
itself, an If a chaps got It he's hap,
picr'n he could be If he amt got It.
II the gals caught It az we'll. that's
very nice, but even II she amt, the
chaps better off than If he hadn't got
IT,"
IT'S my belief" said potty, memory
touching HIS eyes and voice, that it's
as much habit az anything eDar. When
a chaps got into the way Of 1, Hike.
II amt easy to get out. It's Ike
smobin', 1t don't matter very much
what You smoke so long AS yoGIo
smokin', an same way It don't matter
much to n chap who he's IN love with,
so long a. he's In love"
"We4l," said Pinch. come 10 think
Of II, most things IN habits, What's
life but a sort o. habit? Thera's lots
o people always grnmblIng about the
worry an trouble q life. an savln' II
amt worth Twin. but they don't seem
very keen ON riy,n' It mn. Can't get
out of the habit. like, An I've noticed
that II 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, too! What's n wife
but a habit? First Of all, she's sort
o worshIped by man. then she be-
comes a friend like; but you look at
a man married three or -four years,
an II his wife amt q habit morc'n
she's anything else, we'll! If she goes
away for a day or two, does he miss
her? Course he does. So he misses
h'S plpe OF ME- hhI'-Piht II nc sudden,
~ cut OH II MARX yer, TOO lotS OF
people would rave Ike mad II IT was
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was ta'h'h general not pNssohaL
Herein is food for thought and self
analysis,
FUNNIEST thing about love" said
Bill Jones, seem as we're talkin'
about it's the idea chaps get into
their heads directly they catch It;
the idea as nobody else ever know
anything at all about II. Think they've
discovered America ev'ry time
Woman" broke in Tom, the only
way to keep woman In her place Is TO
let her see yer don't think much of
her-cven If yer do. Let her see yer
think she's an inferior, which she is.
an nine cases out o ten she'll think
you're right, an treat you with proper