The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-04-20

tully reported Oredcn VI Po
action. Tom, whose quarrel. with MS
fiancee still burned, shifted his con-
tempt OF the unhappy defendant whose
stilted but earnest attempts TO express
his passion in verse had been baseiy
read out In court by q sardonic coun-
sci.
Love" he concluded, IAN such-like
rot ought to be put stop TO. IL
makes me i'll 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. II 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 a chaps really In
love, he simply can't help being
'appy."
Listen to Cupid" said Potty, grin
ming.
"But look here. Pinch said Tom,
"s:pose a chaps in love with gal,
an she amt with him. What about
II them"
"Nothin' at all to do with It," ex-
plained Pinch. Loves a thing by
itself, an If chaps got 1t he's hap
pier'n he could be II he amt got It..
II the gals caught 1t as well, that's
very nice, but even II she amt, the
chaps better on than II 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
a chaps got into the way Of 1t like,
1t amt easy to get out. It's like
smokin'. II don't matter very much
what you smoke SO long as yUure
smokin', an same way 1t don't matter
much to a chap who he's in love with.
20 long as he's In love-"
"Well," said Pinch. come to think
of It, most things is habits. What's
life but sort O. habit? There's lots
o. people always grumbling about the
worry an trouble o. life, an sayin' 1t
amt worth livin', but they don't seem
very keen on givln 1t up. Can't get
out of the habit, like. An I've noticed
that IL 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 a 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 IL his wife amt a habit more'n
she's anything else, well! If she goes
away for day or two, does he miss
her? Course he does. So he misses
his pipe or his half-pint IL he's sudden
ly cut off 'em. Mark yer. too, lots Of
people would rave like mad IL It was
put to 'em, but IL thd speak the truth
which it's as well for them they don't,
they'd say / was quite right"
Ginger glanced at Potty.
'Ive often thought" said he, dark
1y, that a 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-"You.-"
Words failed him, and with stupen-
dous effort he subsidized into silence.
"A chap could make the swap d.
rectly he begins to find his wife q
habit" continued Ginger.
Pinch gradually resumed an appear.
ance OF sanity as he realized he was
being chaffed.
"Ah, said he mopping his brow, yer
didn't exactly see what l meant.
was talkin' general, not pussonal."
Herein is food for thought and self
analysis.
'Rummest thing about love-" said
Bill Jones, "seein' as we're talllin
about it's the idea chaps get into
their heads directly they catch It;
the idea as nobody else ever knew
anything at all about It. 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--even IL 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
respect"
There was pause. Pinch was
mentally distlling wisdom from the
unforced impressions Of life's expert
ence.
You're wrong, Tom," said he. nnal.
ly: quite wrong. Women, for some
extraordinary reason, always do try
to be what men thinks 'em. as you
say. but the better opinion men have
of 'em, fheY more they think O them.
selves. 80, yer see, we should always
think the best of 'em. so as to give 'em
a chance. Course, It's sometimes very
hard, but It never does no harm to
try"
Tom, with the rashness Of bache-
lor. ventured to affirm that 1t was Inn
possible for anybody in a sane state
% hold an exalted opinion OF women,
postulating that the only attitude per-