The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-07
Why John Left
His Happy Home

John, dear, may l interrupt you
Just a moment?" timidly began Mrs.
Tibbs." want to talk to you about my
dress. am simply worried to death
about It."
What dress is 1t, my dear? You
don't need another, do you? You've
just ordered one."
John! How can you say such a
thing? You know / haven't had a
dress for a long time." retorted Mrs.
Tibbs. Anyway. you said ! could
have it."
"Oh, did I? Well, how about the
one you've just got? The one you've
been talking about so long?"
That's the one / mean"
Il I'M quite sure you told me the
other day that you had ordered it."
We'll, you never more than half
listen to what ! say" She produced
two patterns. Now, l want you to
tell me honestly which of these you
like better. Please put your mind
OA III JuOI q AlOiA1CAC.
Tibbs took the patterns and eyed
them languidly.
when did you get them?" he
asked.
Those are the same one I showed
you before"
Tibbs looked at them a little more
closely.
$50 they are" he admitted. "But
why are you asking me about them
again? Do you think I'll change my
mind?"
Which one do you really like?"
she went on, ignoring his question.
II told you the other day l liked the
light one" he answered, rather alb
ruptly, and tossed them into her lap.
That's just the trouble. Men have
such queer taste. l hoped you'd like
the dark one"
do you like the dark one b~etter?".
asked her husand.
mo. 1t does not make a particle
of difference to me. Auntie likes the
dark one better, and Mabel likes the
light one, but she's going to get a
light one made the same way, and /
didn't want them to be so nearly
alike. We go out together SO much,
you know. But Mabel was awfully
nice about it. She thought it might be
nice if they were something alike.
Gracious! 1 don't want to make a
mistake"
II don't see how you can make a
mistake" said her husband, reassur-
ingly. IF you like them both it
makes no difference which n you
take. Shut you eyes and grab"
why can't you treat it seriously?
I suppose you men simply don't IN
derstand."
Il admit / don't understand. You
asked my advice and l gave it the
best l could" he replied.
We'll, what is it you don't like
about the dark one?"
Il thought it locked rather cheap,
that's ALL"
Now, isn't that funny. You think
the dark n looks cheap and think
the light one looks cheap, and, be-
sides, it seems kind of common.
That's the reason / ordered the dark
one"
so you've ordered it, after all? You
just said you didn't order it."
What l said was that l didn't or
der 1t the other day"
But what is the argument for if it's
all settled?"
81 can change the order easily
enough. Of course, l wouldn't think
of taking the dark one if you think it
looks cheap"
II didn't say it looked cheap"
"You certainly did. You said it
looked cheap"
"Well, if l did, l didn't mean it.
What l meant was that it looked COM
paratively cheap. Compared to the
other one, you know"
We'll, don't you think the light one
looks kind of cheap"
Maybe it does, but that's one rea.
son l like it."
well, if l can't get the dark one,
perhaps I'll take the light one, after
ALL"
What do you mean by not being
able to get it? l thought you said you
had already ordered it."
Il did, but Mr.. White, you know,
only has the samples.
Nov, what do you think of that?
Isn't it exasperating?" she exclaimed
upon her return after a long CONVEX
sation with the tailor.
whats wrong now?
"He says he can't get the dark one."
That's good! exclaimed her hus-
band. THAT puts an end to the whole
argument"
why, John, how stupid! Don't you
see that he tells me he can't get the
dark one because he wants to sell me
the light one?"
81 don't see that that follows at all.
He doesn't care which one he sells
you. He wants you to be satisfied"
Then that makes it worse. If the
dark one is really all sold out, it
pro5es what / thought-that it is the
best one. Goodness / don't know
what in the world to do"
you'll have to do something. What
did you tell him?"
Il told him to go ahead with the
light one. What else could | tell
him?"
Tibbs heaved a sigh Of relief and
picked up his paper.
Nov just one more question, John,
and / won't bother you any more.
How would you have the skirt made
plated or plain? They're making