The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-07-26
Bills
Mistake
Original

! "Bills got quite an eye on him
this mornin'," remarked the man
with the hod. pausing at the mortar
box to wipe the honest dew of toll
from his brow
II noticed that myself" said the
man with the hoe,
He don't act like flghtin man."
said the hodcarrier. "I'd took him
for a Teller at wouldn't cit into no
trouble he could keep out Of"
He amt a flghtin man." said the
man with the hoe He's q married
man. She done it. She's terror,
all right. II was Bill I'd do one
o. two things;Id take a pick handle
some time to her or else I'd quit
her"
No you wouldn't said the man
with the hod THAT wouldn't he
no way to do Takin' pick handle
10 q woman amt no way to reform
her. anif you quit her you'd have
trouble"
You don't know the kind o. wo-
man Bits got said the man with
The Hoe. i've lived ncighhors with
snt for nigh on to year, an do.
Jest as soon as he gets home she
starts to chewin the rag an she
don't give him no peace from that
Till he goes to work agin. I've seem
him come out o tho house manys
the time with half o. the kitchen
dishes streakin' after him. She
don't think nothin' . THROWN
stove lid at him, Some o. these
days she'll aim straight an then
theren be an inquest.
lie don't handle her right" said
the man with the nod, positively
That's what I'm tellin' you. He
ought to pickhandle her"
II don't mean that l mean he
don't use no Judgment. don't
have no trouble with my woman, AM
I never took a pick handle to her
either. when | git home there's
my supper waitin for me on the
table good an hot, an never a cross
word atwixt u.s. What's the rea-
son? I know how to manage her.
A woman amt hard to manage If
you go about it right.
"Sure, agreed the man with the
hoe sarcastically. It's as easy as
making SO a day You git wo-
man like Billy's got the next time
YOU get one an then come around
an let me know how 1t goes"
Il don't know what kind of a
woman Billys got retorted the
man with the bod, but | know !
could handle her all right II Billy
has trouble with her he's got him
self to blame for It. If Billy's wo-
man has got any worse tongue than
what my womans got if she gifts
stirred up, I'd like to stand or
somewhereg an hear it, jest out o
That's what. If she can
think of meaner things to say an
say EN- louder I'd like to hear her,
an If she can keep at 1t longer ia
like to time her an give her the
worlds ehampeen medal when she
gifts through An when it comes to
baekin'up what she says say. what
does Billy's wife weight"
About e hundred'n' thirty, I'd
Judge" replied the man with the
hoe
my woman weighs hundred an
seyenty-eight, an she's as quick as
cat" said the man with the hod'
If she lands on YOU you'll know it,
all right, I've seen her pick UP our
cook stove and carry it out into the
summer kitchen as easy as If 1t was
basket O. cloes. All the same,
you don't see me comm to work
with a black eye or lodging stove
lids"
Maybe your wife amt got that
ugly disposition" hazarded the man
with the hoe
She's got her days when she amt
feelin' right good. jest the same as
any of en-" said the man with the
hod. But them's the days | step
around extry soft an keerful
could git trouble If wanted 1t an
git It easy an plenty, but | don't.
There's Jest one way 70 do with
woman like that Handle her right.
II she wants to do anythin' let her
do il an don't make no bones about
II an If she wants you to do eny-
thin do it, and do it prompt an
cheerful, an she won't be hard on
you. When we was first married
We had our little difficulties, same's
most people. but l soon see what
was the right way to handle her.
That's all right IL you want
woman to boss you" said the man
with the hoe.
BOSS nothin';" said the man with
the bod, Indignantly. She don't
never try to boss me. II | give In
10 her it's because I want to-"