The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-07-24

chair so that the things fall out of the
pockets
And giving away his Clothes" I put
in, before he is through wearing
them"
"And questioning him about where he
spends his time and his money
and commenting on his collars
And counting the number of cigars
he smokes per day
And correcting him in public
And keeping tab on his a
ments-'
And going through his pocket
And tagging along when he goes
And prying open his mail"
And calling him UP at the Office
"And picking imaginary flaws in his
character
And imaginary hairs off his coat la
pei" finished Rhadamanthus. Bad
MORALS" he continued. gr1vely. ARE
like lions and tigers, terrible, but rath-
er rare nowadays; bad manner are like
gnats. not dangerous, but so annoying
with their petty little stings thai they
usually end by driving a man out Of the
house for relief and"
Yes l broke in. sarcastically, eve
noticed that q man whom wild horses
couldn't drag from the path of duty
and honor n virtue before marriage
can be driven straight to perdition aft
W AS NouSlI IL d lcdlIcI Ut ii
manicured finger nail. It's such a good
| excuse"
And we o give our members
here any excuse" interrupted Rhada-
manthus, triumphantly. for going over
to-the other party. leave is a
state that disposes Of a persons trou-
BILE by kindly taking away the better
half"
II see" I exclaimed with sudden
COMPREHENSION, Its something like
Dakota, isn't It,"
His Honor frowned.
"Ihere are no lawyers here" he an
swered severely, and no fools!"
FOOLS. glanced up inquiringly.
People explained Rhadamanthus.
who wear themselves to a FRAGILE un-
tangling the matrimonial knot, merely
for the sake of tying themselves up
again; people who don't know when
they are lucky; burnt children who
don't dread the fire; imbeciles who
can't tell when they've got enough
O when to come in out of the mat
rimonlal rain" l put in f1ippantly.
to hav done with folly" added
tNhada1nanthus. land matrimony. What
is 1t" he continued musingly, about
one cocktail that always makes a man
want another the moment he has swal-
lowed 1t or about n woman who al
ways makes him want another the mo-
ment he has gotten rid of her?"
Il don't know" l returned. unless
= . AOSS Ol variety or lOmoO-
pathy."
"What?"
THE idea that like cures like" I ex-
planned. IF one cocktail gives a man
a headache, he wants another to make
him forget it, and if one woman makes
him unhappy. he thinks that another
oh we'll. it's just like changing a
bundle from your right hand to your
left. and doing your hair on top of
your head to relieve the pain at the
back OF your neck, and longing for a
storm to make you forget the heat of
the sun and for sunshine to dry things
up after the storm and"
Exactly" broke in Rhadamanthus.
and you can readily see how we
couldn't have anything of that sort
here"
But what do you do If a case like
that gets in?' 1 inquired anxiously.
w prescribe bottled Lethe water,
returned Rhadamanthus promptly.
Il beg your pardon"
Il suppose you know" said Rhada.
nautilus. that one draught of Lethe
water will drown a man memory and
wipe out his recollections."
I've seen n draught do that" 7
acQufeSced modestly. but 1t WASN'T
Lethe-nor water. It was"
But at this moment there was a
pounding on the door, and a TAN an
gular Shade entered and vailed
straight to the prisoners bar. His face