Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-02-09

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would only be a question OF umf un-
Cd we would grind out the litile mat
rimonIal experience We had irW
years ago. We were lonely ana
brooding over the yiscisstudcs oi
life. wondering why We had not chos-
On some honorable profession Ilh'
u race horse trainer or the prize
fight ring instead Of pounding a bro
kcn-down typewriter with two oi lh
yoWcls missing at seven 10 ten dol
lars per week About the time thai
we were at our worst and had not
fully decided whether 10 take the
"your-oWn- funeral made-easy route
or stay and stick 1t out, and see wha,
"a complete failure We could make OF
our llfe along tripped wealthy
widow with a smile that caused tho
valves In our heart TO la1h for "a
weak afterwards She also had 81
brown BUN dog dangling to the cnd
Of a chain. She seemed 10 notice the
learned look on our noble forehead.
or some other sign Of knowledge hid
/ den In the profile Of our face which
/ the Editor would never have found
and when She strung Der seine we
broke q new pair Of suspcnd"rs ana
pulled off piece Of sprinting that made
/ the town people sit up ana take notice
IN getting tangled up In her NET After
/ We had floundercd while shc Ted us
/ to the altar where the last sad rites
were said, giving the party NJ th'
/ first part chattcl mortgage on ms
! Of which she fOrc"'oaed soon ts inc
! honeymoon was over She Laid down
/ certain rules and regulations whereby
We could live with her and enjoy doc
mestIc peace over afterwards.
We asked her for The written Iu-
structions and he allowed three daFF
10 learn our part To this sho allow
| ed us the freedom of the H.il. and
sent up the bun dog to keep .e com
panN until we were ready to re-
hcarsc,
After reading over The part outlin-
ed We found that we did not have tho
rights around the home as ala Nh
bun dog, and also The manuscripts
showed finger marks from previous
husbands Of the party Of the first
part, which were now null ana void
Also we noticed the blushing face
and rosebud lips which We wrote
pasm OF poetry about -nd nearly
lost out with the Hon Editor because
we slipped Il by him and allowed II
To- come out In the paper, were hand
made also the smile disappeared
when she found we did not get a dol
lar per word for out stuff. We hated
to admit being stung SO We crcp,
meckly down the stairs into the kit
chen and announced that we were
ready to reclte. After keeping us
standing fifteen minutes While she !
manlcured her face and did a little
embroidery work here and there. she |
took the Instructions from our tremb- |
ling hand and proceeded to examine
Us. After going through the ordeal |
she said We had learned our lesson
much quicker than her previous hus- |
bands and that she was glad that II |
was not going to be necessary TO use |
force on us. She said that she could |
tell from our very look that We were
going to make a good husband with
a little training. and said that she /
could do the training all right
was allowed to 20 70 my work in |
the morning, come home in the even |
ing, then she would fasten large |
apron on us and we would wash the |
dishes, get supper clean the house
and three times week we had to |
bathe the bull dog. She would sit in
n morris chair giving orders and now
and then she would remark what a
beautiful COW we have made as we
were so clumsy. After finishing our
work she would allow MS to sit on
the back porch and smoke-sbe said
she was going to be very liberal with
us in this way
When she had some high-toned
company to one Of her pink teas or
cookie carnivals. she would call MS
In to do a few stunts and didos to
show how completely she had us un.
der control. Then the high brows
would raise their lognettes and give
us a rigid inspection and during This
examination we were compeued to
stand at attention. After the females
had made such remarks as. "How
nice" How long were Won in got
ting him trained ," "T mako nina
jump through a hoop." "Sneal, Fido"