Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-03-27
WINNING AN ARGUMENT
BY ALLIE BROCK.

My wife Is the greatest hand NJ n,
argument you ever saw" said the
man In the smoking car Of the .ubur
Dan train. She always beats ma NJ
anything 81 hat sa= The last tim.
l was shown up az : rsi-. aia-u. In
applying logic to every day AFFAIR."
"aa no longer ago han yesterday.
when l got home from the city last
evening my wife said to me: There
was a man here today to see about
hiking the flower beds and the garden
ior the winter. He looked 30 shabby
ana sort OF homeless that I gave him
your other light overcoat'
h ought to be a good start to-
ward getting him a home I said In
mlrth provoking way. 1t was q thought.
Iui move on your part. suppose you
inquired that some lonely widow along
the road would fall in love with him
when she saw the graceful lines of
that coat Unfolding him and would
rush out to haul him in
Don't try to be funny said my
wife.
What really interest me moro
than his immediate future said. Is
the object OF his call. Did he wait
long enough to specify what was the
matter with u flower beds that need
ed fxing?'
My wife favored me with the stare
OF disdain which she considers espe-
cially cutting and effective against my
kind OF sarcasm.
Why, suppose he wants to f1
them up for the winter she said. I'm
not an expert on such matters, but /
have an Idea that some sort OF atten-
ton must be paid to them before zero
weather comes. I told the man to
come back this evening and see you
There being no adequate reply to
this under the matrimonial code. | al.
lowed the subject to drop and awaited
my visitor. He came with the shad-
ows, adorned with my overcoat.
81 was wonderin,' he said, II you
wanted your flower beds and your gar.
den fixed up for the winter Then he
leaned restfully against the porch
pillar.
What's the idea?' asked. Won't
they be there next spring II | leave
them alone all winter
Yes. but you don't understand
the tired citizen explained. They
ought 10 be bedded down with fertt-
izer-spaded up and covered over.
he way they fix 'em In the parks
And then WHAT ! demanded. The
light OF my household was listening
from the darkness Of the hall and
wanted her TO see the uselessness OF
the appointment she had made for me.
Then your flowers and vegetables
will have n big start next spring. the
horticultural explained. because the
ground will be ready for EN-. / do
this every year for most OF the peo-
pie in this town. / charge a dollar for
my time and you pay for the fertilizer
and stuff
See here, you imitation gardner I
marked after | had glared at him a
moment. you're the worst booster for
yourself that ever came down that
road out there. Your efforts to get
a dollar out OF me are so feeble and
Rmateurish that I'd have a laugh all to
myself II wasn't getting sort OF tired
OF your kind OF cattle.
you've got a lot of nerve to say
that you bed down the vegetable gar
dens OF most OF the people in this
town every year. so they'll be ready to
do business with n rush in the spring.
time / told him. Why, there isn't
another suburb on this branch OF the
railroad that turns out such a WORTH
less lot OF garden truck as this one
Now know what's the natter
It's all FOUR fault. II you'd keep your
hands on the gardens and let things
alone people might have a chance to
raise n few spring onions at n cost OF
not more han So a dozen. and wo
might even get an occasional radish
that wasn't a soEgy sponge. Not con
tent with getting my fall overcoat by
merely standing around and looking
frostbitten, you expect me to give you
a dollar for taking exercise that would
keep you warm while you are spelling
my ~gnrGuni'
"My caller shifted his weight to tho
other foot and looked uncomfortable
for a few seconds. but no was ready
with his defense.
"'Well.' he said, a mans got to
live
"'Therel' my wife exclaimed tri-
umprantly from the darkness behind
me. That's the point you always over.
lookl'
80 this morning hat depressed
person was busy in our garden with
spade and wheelbarrow when I left
home. Lovely woman may not be
strong or the finer points OF logic.
but she certainly has the gift OF win
ming In any argument."-Chicago
Daily News.
What Made Him Resigned.