Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-02
THE SUM N Err
WIDO WEIR

The day that the good wife was
! billed to start home Bronson sat In a
busy cafe across the table from a
celibate friend. Ever and anon, or
vice versa, which ever way one may
prefer, Bronson would pull out his
watch and say, well, by lingo, my
wife and kid will just about be start
ing for home in couple of hours now.
won't have many more hours to kill
until go to the station to meet them.
Say, it's lonesome around fiat when
the leading lady's away, hey?"
Then the bachelor friend grunted,
"Uh, huh" although, of course, he
didn't know anything about 1t one Way
or another, and, what was more, didn't
care continental But Bronson went
right on We'll" he observed, Il
don't much blame a woman for want
ing to get away once in while from
as ungrateful a brute as the average
man is. You and | would get devilish
tired of the job if we had to buy things
for the family to eat and fix the fodder
up In a new way each day. It's no
cinch job, I'm here to state.
YES, Bronson went on, "and things
are going to be different around our
little wickieup if I've got anything to
say about it. Once or twice week
as soon as the little girl gets back to
town, it's going to be us for nice din
ner down town of an evening-no
cheap restaurant, either, understand.
Then we'll skip over to some good
show"
BY this time the bachelor friend
was trying to switch to another set of
views and was coming in with such re-
plies as this: "Um-m-m, but say! Our
old friend Bill Taft surely does seem
to have everything pretty much sewed
up on this presidential game, hey?
And don't poor old Joe Foraker take it
hard? Sometimes I feel sorry for
Joe"
The political talk lasted just about
A seconds. Then Bronson put in,
Funny how ignorant a man is about
the common everyday things. My wife
wrote me the other day to be sure and
have some groceries in the house when
she got back And do you s'pose
had gumption to know what to order?
| cd have come just as near ordering
the outfit for polar expedition. |
had to telegraph her to send me list
of things to order. 1t all seemed sim
pie enough after she told me. We
talk about women being stupid, but |
guess they've got us skinned about IA
ways from a given point, all right, and
that's no wireless message from the
Bad Lands, either!"
But Bronson had another disk in the
photograph and continued in about
this wise: "a fellow wouldn't think
month would make such a difference
in youngster, would he? Nope. But
my wife writes me that that kid of
ours is just fairly growing out of his
clothes. Still a kid does hump along
some on the grow proposition just at
that age-she isn't three yet, won't |
be until the twentieth of next month. |
HUH She and are great pals. She's
a great Indian, that kid of mine You
ought to hear"
by gum, l guess I'm going to be
ate for my appointment old man"
broke in Bronsons bachelor friend,
swapping his watch well, good luck
I'll have to be off. Hope the wife and
pull in on time"
From then on until train time Bron
son just monkeyed with his watch and
ried vainly to make the hours pass
,riskly. When he got to the station
le found that the train was 80 min
ties late. "Supposing the train should
,e wrecked or something" he thought
is a cold sweat broke out over him.
When the train finally did pull in he
learly had heart failure because his
wife and yolfhgster were not among
he first ones off the train. He saw
he one man who always comes off a
title ahead of everybody else, with an
lligator grip in his hand, and looked
-ainly for his wife. At last she came
after they'd had the first burst Of
.reetings and he had tossed the kid
p in the air once and staked them
and collectively to a
ouple of hugs, wiley came at him
With this, And you're really glad to
ave us back again, are your she
aid did you miss your little wife a
,hole LOTT"
Here's what Bronson replied: "Why,
ure, missed you, but here you are
ONE a week earlier than you expect
d to be. Why didn't you stay and
ave your visit out while you were
bout it ?'-Chicago Journal.