Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-08-22
tired from having travelled so ionh
Besides, that hotel food upset US both.

light covering all the armament. Sa-
tan came TO him and asked him why
he didn't go to work at the furnaces.
and when he said be was tired and
didn't. wish to work the arch dend
poked him with his pitchfork anG
woke him up. The lurid glare Of hades
dissolved into q lurid glare In his bed
room A window shade had been left
up, aud the sunlight was pouring in.
Illuminating the red decorations. Then
Carrie awoke and. sitting up In bed.
shaded her eyes with her hands.
What an awful glare!' she exclaim-
ed. Il thought you lowered that shade
last night | told you to do So"
II don't remember your telling me
any such thing"
II certainly did"
you didn't"
81 did"
Whats the matter with you this
morning?"
Nothing"
You're cross as u bear"
First east the beam out Of your own
eye and you will see clear to cast the
mote out of mine"
Il always heard the devil is good at
quoting Scripture"
He turned over. with a grunt. and
tried to go to sleep again. but the glare
in the room prevented. The wife lay
thinking. Where was the loneliness of
the past happy week? Their expecta-
49, "a .o-o, -ar Ifconnnfnfod
on awaking the first morning. Bob
tossed about for awhile. then got up
and took his bath.
where the devil is the warm water
this m~orning?" he yelled from the bath
room
Didn't ] tell you yesterday that the
range fire had gone outY'
What did you let 1t go out for? Do
you suppose q man wants to battle In
ice water. especially on Sunday morn
ing?"
"Oh. shut UT You'll drive me crazy"
Bob slammed the bathroom door.
Presently he came out with a razor In
his hand and blood on his chin.
.Cut yourself. dearT' asked his wife.
"Oh. don't dear me. Get me some
court plaster quick"
She went to the medicine closet for
the court plaster, but since she couldn't
find 1t at once he hurled maledictions
upon her. Finally she threw the court
plaster at him. went to her own suit
and shut the door. Bob didn't expect
to see her again for hours. He was
agreeably disappointed In half an
hour she came out, with an angelic
smile on her face, and said:'
Don't you think I'd better have the
breakfast served In my room instead Of
yours, dear?"
mo, I don't. You can have yours
served there If you like. I'm going to
"a mine in my own rooms"
"All right, dear. Did you cut your
self badlyw
Little you care whether I did or
not"
Carrie after fixing Bob's coffee hand
ed it to him and let go Of 1t before he
had got a hold on 1t. The consequence
was that cup and saucer fell to the
table. the cup was broken and the cof-
fee soused we the white linen table
cloth.
Bob burst forth into q torrent Of pro-
family, and Carrie, with flashing eyes,
left the table.
One hour later Bob. realizing that
the blessed day Of rest that came but
once a week was likely to pass In mis-.
cry. went to his wife's to try fol-
q reconciliation. She was sitting at q
table writing some letters 1t seemed
to him that she had left him In he'll
and he had followed her to the garden
Of Eden There was something delight
fully verdant about the apartment
Carrie looked up at him lovingly. He
bent down and kissed her.
"What the deuce were we sQuabbline
about anyway he asked.
81 don't know, dear"
.Nor I. only know I wanted to
kill some one"
.And I felt as II I would hy out Of
my skin"
The next day the family physician
was called In to see Mrs. Delafeld
and was received In the red suit Aft
er giving her some minute instruction.
pertasning to her a se he said:
Have you other rooms In the house
than theseYs
"Yes. Why do you ask, doctorY'
Because in your condition It vii
never do for you to occupy these. Tn
red will have a very bad effect upor
you. Red will drive some persons T.
insanity"
How would green dot"
THE very thing. Red Is terribly irri
tating; green Is very restful If yo'
have q room decorated In green. nov
into It at once
indeed I will, doctor"
When Bob came home his wife me
him at the door, and dung herself int
his arms, radiant
"Oh, Bob" she exclaimed. "there'
no more need for rs TO quarreli Nv
found out the cause. It's the red suit
The doctor has ordered me out II II
He says the green rooms are Just tn
thing for me. Don't you know View
always been pleasant with each othel
therefs
"Come to think OF II, I do"
s4Oh. I'm 90 glad