The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1910-01-17
HIS WIFE
LAUGHED

cious, I'm glad of it. See what !
mean? Every firesde the cradle of
liberty as the Teller says. Then
along comes YOU wife and rocks the
cradle.
mo, sir, I'm a downy bird, I en-
and take 1t from rue, this home sweet
nome gig isn't going to cash any pol,
Icy slip I ever saw. Not until they
do something to give women a sense
Of humor.
Now, get this right. They can ap-
preciate joke. You hear me. Some
of the best laughers in the wide,
wide world right now are wearing
high-heeled shoes and imported hair.
Yes, stree, they can appreciate a
joke. If they can see it they can.
That's it. There you have it, son. If
they can see it! chats the trouble.
They seldom see it.
Listen here DID you see her laugh
as she went out? Eth? Well, sir, l
just told her joke, regular kind of a
funny joke. Is she laughing at ~
joke, son? SLs is not. Then what
the blazes is she laughing at? You
don't know. I don't know, she don't
know. Can you beat it? Answer;
No, you cannot beat it.
ITS a good joke too. Heard Ii
downtown Seems one o. the boys
was up in Maine this summer and jp- !
as he was getting over to RAJ tlesnake
creek he heard terrible swimming
going on there. He went down to the
shore and there on the other side OF
Rattlesnake creek was a big turtle
crawling away.
HE says the turtle had two rings
on his tail and one button on the end.
and his shell was notified yellow and
red He says the two rings probably
were for the turtle to go ahead, be
cause that's what the turtle was do
Ing. And when he saw the button on
the end of the tail he knew he'd seen
The turtles finish.
That's some story. Eth? But listen
hare I got to thinking about that
story and l up and asks him how he
makes it out that turtle could have
rings and a button on his tail. Rat
tlesnakes are the only critters that
have them. He said that was easy,
because when he first saw the turtle
on the other side of Rattlesnake creek
he knew in an instant it was a cross,
do you get that? I guess thet'n
bad By gum, it cost me dollar six
ty to find out about that cross, but il
was worth it. | took a cigar myself.
because | was coming right home aid
I didn't want any argument. Here,
smoke that when you get outside
Wife objects to the smell around the
house.
well, sir, says, says ]. Home for
mine, where in the sacred precincts
Of my own vine and fig tree ] says
I'll hand that one over the plate to
my soft-voiced spouse says | and 1t
will tie her up says. into a shak
Ing and complicated tanele of blithe
some merriment, says l. Likewise,
such being the case, | freely opined
that my paths would be in sunny
places and sweet peace would brood
over me, to the third and fourth gen,
Grafton thereof. Selah'
80 I came home, and. take it from
ne, I gave it out to her in plain
words. No hidden subtleties, you I'M
derstand, but full of corroborative de-
tail and, believe me, son, with the
bright light of truth and virtue flash
ing from my clear blue eyes.
You never heard me when l was
right in top form, maybe? Well, son,
the way I told her that story was
right. See what l mean? The turtle
wouldn't have had any comeback II
he had heard 1t himself.
And did she laugh? Did she give
that imitation of complicated and
tangled merriment? Not a sort
Nothing of the kind. Nix. She looked
ne square in the face and she said:
Well, what about it?' says she. Ca
ahead and tell the joke, says she.
Say, that got me mad / wouldn't
have minded if she had been kidding
me, but she wasn't. l was sore all
over and unhitched my righteous In
dignation and began to hand things
out all in a bunch. l combed things
over pretty general one way and an
other until, I'll give you my word,
couldn't think of anything more tc
| say that l dared to, women being IN
necessarily touchy at times.
you're the limit I says, as g
kind of windup. 4 don't believe you
! ever saw a joke in your life,' | says
and you wouldn't laugh if you did
says.
Henry she says just as serious
| I don't know but one real funny joke
| and I've known that a long time,
| che says and every once in awhile
laugh myself sick over IT, she says
| It's an awfully funny joke she says
and one is enough for any woman
she says. that's respectable she says
"'Wen, for the love of mackerel
put me wise says I. No, Henry,
she says, you wouldn't like it at all
And besides she says, I don't want
to h rt your feelings she says. And