The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-11
getting ready to make garden again

eosShs iSouy w "oho sohuVh osoih
this year."
Begins a. Him. asgt%
Eyes, mother dear"
well, let 1t alone. Last summer
you had the back yard all torn up for
nothing. All your raised was one old
tomato and about 400 cats. Drop It."
yes, mother"
Every year about this time you
begin to figure on keeping chickens. I
suppose you have got the chicken
fever this year?'
"Well, did think of getting about
two dozen Leghorns."
Then don't do any more thinking.
won't have Sarah annoyed by lot
of chickens around"
'Ill drop the idea, mother"
"You may be thinking Of new
milk COW"
"Yes. have been. We could have
our own milk and butter you know.
and 1t would seem homelike to have a
COW around. If you have no objec-
tions, mother, darling"
But l have objectionsr' snapped
at him. you just let the COW bust.
ness drop. No one but an idiot would
think Of keeping a COW in city"
Just as you say"
"And l was reading In the papers
about your Joining the Gay Old Boys
club and letting them make fool of
you. You ought to be ashamed Of
yourself"
Eyes, mother, ] am, and l will never
attend another meeting of the club.
They got me In under pretense that
President Roosevelt was a member
and then stood me on my head and
poured ice water down my back"
wasn't getting along as well as
expected and saw that l must adopt
more heroic remedies. Therefore,
after minute, said:
II learn that you are thinking of
writing a play"
''Yes; have had some talk with
Sarah about It, but nothing definite
has been arrived at. / believe that
could write successful play"
"Well, l don't. I don't believe you
could come within 400 miles of It.
You have got no more dramatic talent
about you than an old goat"
'1s that your belief, motherT he
asked
Certainly 1t is"
"Then l will throw the idea overheard.
I thought l was brimful of dramatic
talent, but If you say not then that
settles It. How glad l am that you
came to tell me this before had gone
ahead with the work"
"And Sarah says that you are scrib-
bling away at what you call a poem
and you hope to startle the world with
II. Is this fact"
perides His Ability.
"why, I am scribbling a little on a
poem"
"Then you stop scribbling. It's all
nonsense. You can no more write a
poem than bullfrog can play the
jewsharp."
Really, motherT
"Of course you can't You had bet
ter spend your time hunting for mouse
holes. Are you going out anywhere to-
night%
mo, mother darling / am going to
stay right here and entertain you"
"You might go to your bowling club"
suggested, hoping to get him out OF
the way for a couple Of hours"
II have resigned from 1t. | thought
It wasn't right for me TO run out nights
and leave Sarah alone"
Then in desperation l asked him to
go to a saloon and get me bottle of
beer and not to hurry back with It. He
went, and It was two hours before he
We heard him whoop as he
entered the gate, and when ran down
and let him In It was with positive
relief that saw him stagger back to
the wall and, after winking and blink
ing for moment, heard him exclaim
SHAY, now. but who In thunder In
vited you to come down here? We got
Did cats nun In the back yard noww
Moral.-lf you are a husband be
good, but don't be too goody good.
NJ OITAn