The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-18
JONAH AND
DANIEL.
BY N QUAD


10 marry nlHi ne knew tudA @"N ~"
not believe the whale swaIloWea So
cab During their courtsbip liz mao
I heard her say SD twenty diHetth'
| times When Anna Pfim replied yes
tu Albert Gifts proposal she kneW
/ that he did believe that The "haie
/ swallowed Jonah, but did not beilege
| that Daniel was cast to the lions tic
| had repeatedly said SO This diaer
! ence seemed tri1ing thing, ana thes
| went ahead and were married. ~
wasn't 4 mouth before they had q
clash 1t wasn't two before the whole
| village of Carol knew that the couple
were living unhappily.
Albert" the wife would say, you
must have thought you were marry
| tng a fool. Can COW swallow &
milk pan:"
"0f course not"
! Then bow could whale have swai'
| lowed man? tell you Jonah Wou'd
have stuck In his throat and chaEea
him 10 death In no time"
well, what nra lions made ror*
The husband would query il reply
Made to eat folks mp? Always nun
| cry? Always after "A good thing? II
1 Daniel had beea east among them pc
would have been dogs meat In ten
seconds. How you can believe snch
nonsense is beyond me.
Morning. noon and night it was Jo~
! uah and Daniel.
Living with her son FIVE miles away
| was an old woman named Aunt Jul
dith Benson, She was frequently III
/ She village and heard all the gossip
she was being we'll treated at her
| sons. but after hearing so much about
Jonah and Daniel q bright idea came
TO her She went to town and called
on Mrs. Cliff. 1t was an hour after
dinner, and Mrs. Cliff was still furious
ever what had been said OF the noon
! day meal.
Look here. now. began the old
woman after bit. you are right and
your husband is wrong. Never in this
living world did the whale swallow
Jonah"
That's what I've told Albert Il
thousand times over" replied the
wife. But he's a regular mule about
IT, He wouldn't give In il he was to
die for It,"
But you can't keep on this way
you know"
"Of course NOT / shall have to
leave him."
swell, | dunno about that. I've call
eli to tell you Of g. case knew about
4 husband and wife used TO dispute
about the Bible just as you do, Nel.
Their would give In. lust as they were
going to separate the wife's aunt
came and posted her what to do. She
was not TO speak to her husband for
three months"
But how could they get along that
way?'
why, through the aunt. Each
spoke through her. She acted as the
medium
"But | have 10 aunt TO come here.
"No. you poor child. and that's my
Grand have come to say That
win take an annt's place. lou can
stand it. but in u month he'll get
down on his knees TO you and give up
Jonah.'
Yes, think So replied the wife.
Eyes, he's got to give up me or 10
nah. When can you Gomez
why. right now can send for
my clothes, you know"
And who's to explain to Albert"
II am. You are not 10 speak to him
at all. AIebbe he'll cave in ut once:
IL he don't then we must make him
tired"
Ii was settled that way. When the
husband came home to supper that
night he found a strange woman in
the house aud his wife not present
As he looked for al explanation Mrs
Benson gave her name and added.
MT Cliff, you believe In Jonah and
the whale, / understand"
You bet | do
land you don't believe in Daniel and
the lions den"
You bet doa't~
Wei, your wife has decided not K
speak to you again until you do"
Then | won't speak TO her"
That's what ! am here for All talk
Ing will be done through me. ] shall
not favor either you or your wife, bu
stand neutral"
So the silly foolish project started
out. and Of course things were made
worse than before
How that old woman did stuff her
self mt table! How she did get up little
lunches. She ordered whatever SIN
chose from the grocery, and while hus
band and wife ragged about it they
couldn't say anything. She was theF'
as the dove OF peace. and the dov'
never had such good time in her life
She even wore Mrs Gifts clothes ant
told Mr.. Clif 10 his face that he ongh
10 buy lump sugar for tea instead o.
graduated; also that she was uset
TO fresh meat three times a day.
The end came at last, and fully two
months before Mrs. Benson had calcu
lated on 1t. She was at neighbor''
| nOsgDinp one affarnnnn when the chr