The Dolores star., 1910-05-27
The Husband
Explains


Ne threw ~ ieftss o. The table
90 looked over q Der husband.
That's Just HE woman" she said.
ANYBODY would suppose that had
bsss trying 70 10 Der . mean trick
from the tone Of her letter. and
thought was doing her . favor"
He west right on reading the news
paper. dsvoting the rest Of his attsn-
tioa TO bic coffee.
Don't take enough interest IN my
affairs to read the letter. ] suppose.
she went on. getting dangerously near
the teary stage well. you needn't
then"
"You just tell me what's In II. DEAR"
be said. That viii be sufficient"
She seemed molliled and picked up
the rejected lsttef
Il can tell you what's IN H." she
went on. Its just In answer TO what
] wrote her about the lat You know
Jenny Smith told me thel she would
always like 10 take this Get on our
hands n We were tired Of n: that she
had never seen . dat anywhere 10
good; that she would regard II ~ Q
great favor n We did let her know and
that she wanted Just such an apart
ment.
= aid that and now she writes back
that she ID very appreciative Of my
offer. but that under the circumstances
she THINKS she will not be able to take
II OF our hands. much - she would
like to be Of service to us. She writes
- II had implored her to rent II
- great favor to me.
That's just the way with people
when you ask them to do what they
have sid they are very anxious to do
once they get the idea that they are
doing you . favor It's just the same
thing that happened, when asked the
Joneses II they wanted my cook.
Every time they came to the house
last winter they used to rave over
Emily. They would be 20 happy II
only they could get such Q cook. they
said Yet when ] wrote to them that
We we're giving up keeping house and
that they could have her II they want
ed her they seemed to BE- actually
embarrassed about the matter. a. II
they were havine Q servant forced
on them Willy nilly.
He had not indicated any great In.
terest At the beginning. but listened
more attentively - his wifc's MARIA
tive proceeded Then be put down the
paper and began to talk himself
Don't ycu remember the time you
bought that old side table at auction
and Mary asked you to let her have Il
II you ever wanted to sell ~"
She nodded.
Don't you recall also how patroni
sing she was when you told her you
thought you might let her have Il be-
cause you didn't want to crowd your
dining roomf Surely you have not for.
gotten how she tried to wriggie out Of
taking II Just - II you we're deter.
mined TO hold her to bargain"
She admitted that she had not for.
gotten . detail Of this transaction
Then sin also admitted how provoked
she had bsen when her cousin Helen
he'd asked her 10 give her the refusal
Of Der old horse Sally II she decided
70 sell her when they went To town In
the autumn.
Then how can you." be asked.
with these things fresh In your mind.
put yourself In the way Of being pat
ronissd again In such fashion! You
ouoht to learn that what they do not
possess often seems very attractive to
persons % long ~ Il remains the
property Of others. Il 10 quite . dif.
fsrsnt thing when Il becomes attain.
able to them.
II almost Invariably happens that
they have ceased TO care for Il and
4 b only human nature for them to
give themselves the satisfaction Of
showing the owners that they are now
IN possession Of the situation. 30
remember that trait the next time you