The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-29
TIE OR RACK
OF THE WHIP
BY SADIE oLcoTT
Copyright BY As1ar'cRn Press Asso-
aiat'ar, ~


One day he told me where the mitch
was.
Availability" he said lis indispen-
sable In wife. How can know be.
fore marriage that you are amiable?'
You show a great deal OF good
sense" ! replied There is great
deal In what you say Come and take
up your quarters with US for q month.
There you will see me every day and
often when ! am on my guard.
shall be compelled 10 show my uatu-
ral dispositions"
And as soon as the month Is over
we Will enter upon that other month
called the honeymoon. he cried enthu-
slastieaiy. and. throwing his arms
around my neck, he covered my face
with kisses.
Now. we women have way OF do
ing things by strategy. I didn't feel
any more fear Of betrayins disagree
able nature with Neil In the house
than when be came 10 call on me.
knew well enough that matrimony IL
different from courtship and that when
two people settle down to work In dou-
Bile harness there IL going 10 be q
good deal OF friction. for awhile. at
any rate. thought 1t hne chance 10
let Neil see before marriage that these
frictions are not all the wife's fault.
! was especially equipped to do this.
for my little brother Jack was at
home, and well knew that Ii Neil
could stand Jacks antics without los
Ing his temper he would be quite able
to stagger under my most glarine
faults.
Neil came and settled himself for
the triai-my trial. He hadn't said
anything about being tried himself
and didn't tell him that he was tn
be under observation. Neil went 10
business in the morning, returning
about In the afternoon. Jack took
him 10 charge as soon as he arrived
Neil tried to get rid OF him, but Jack
stuck like leech. Neil would be read
ing poetry to me In the garden. Jack
would come up behind him and with a
stick and horses hair and Il tiny ball
Of paper would make him think that
bumblebee was lighting ON his nose
Jack sneaked into Neil's room and
filed his underclothing Ton the inside
with burs. Neil got the clothing ON
then had to take 1t off again and was
half an hour picking out the burs,
He was late TO business that day and
came home IN very bad humor.
BY such innocent Juvenile expires
sions OF ehild's nature did Jack In
gratiate himself into Ne1's disfayor
Neil remarked that the boy bad been
very badly brought up, wherenpon !
simply said that 1T was evident he
didn't like children. 20 rue these little
pranks were delightful. Neil said that,
the boy being my brother. was doubt.
less used to him.
Jack during this preparation for 0
honeymoon found boy he would
rather play with than annoy Nell. 80
| was obliged to bride my brother with
candy every day and the promise of a
football ut the end of the season to
keep him at home during this test Of
my disposition. Besides. was obliged
to conjure up methods for narassing
my lover and suggesting them TO the
dear boy. When Neil was snoozing
Jack poured sand In his ear. Then
Jack would steal up behind Neil and
slip a small piece of ice down his
back under his clothing. And one day
when Neil and l were walking ovef
the lawn together Jack, who was
watering the grass with the hose,
turned 1t on my companion and
drenched him.
This was the climax OF long term
of annoyances, and Neil could not have
kept his equanimity any longer unless
he had been descended from the
angels. He broke loose In q profusion
Of Bible quotations in which the word
"damnation" occurred oftenest. Then
he ran after Jack, vowing that ne
would knock every bit Of spirit out Of
his viilatnous little body.
mfr. Walker" exclaimed severely
how can you speak 50 OF the dear
childw
"Child!' be cried. "Hellion, ratherr
"Mr. Walker" continued In a dig
nified tone, u am disappointed. sup
posed that your disposition was as
gentle as a lambs. find that you are
easily angered and when angered not
only fierce. but vindictive. How fortu-
nate that should have discovered the
true acerbity or your makeup! Our
engagement IL at an end. Had l mar
ried man with such temper /
should have looked forward to the
rest OF my life with horror"
These last words were the same as
he had used to me, but he didn't re-
member them.
And had / married you" he re
torted. forgetting himself In a new
burst of anger. lone In whose veins
flows the blood Of that little viper.
would
] walked straight into the house and
shut the door after me. y"
Where he stayed that night didn't
know. but the next morning he came
to me and ON Bonded knee begged me to-
forgive him. asked him Ii he wished