Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-08-15
The Better Man
BY M QUAD
Copyright, 1913. b. Associated Lii
erary Press.

| son. removed 10 town and opened wha
| he proudly termed a commission house
] IL was 81 this way. II was an ole
building ut the rallroad depot, ant
Jacob bought butter and eggs of The
farmers for price and shipped them
I TO the city asd sold them for a higher
one. He made rs spcil as cents q
dozen on eggs and q cents a pound ON
butter Jacob Arson had always said
that be wsnted 10 be . business man
whsE hs rre~ ny. sad here Ne v~s
lie had place. and he had a sign and
letferlicads and cards. He did 81 worth
OF advertising IN the country papers.
and the Whole town cengrat uiated him
on biz business enterprise Jsecb hsd
always pafted himself on the back a.
some pumpkins. and now he became
very chesty One dag when he Ind
shipped enough butter and eggs to re-.
turn him a profit Of ~ he went home
with his head held 40 high tnat II was
two minutes before ne saw his wife.
~ am glad business Is so good. she
said. bur there are other things need
cd IN the city besides butter and eggs
You have the room 10 store them and
the time 10 handle them. and why not
add potatnes, beans furnlps and other
thiDgs2"
This thing WAS my idea IN the first
place, wasn't ltr' he half demanded
IN voice not NJ an pleasant
"Of course"
We'll, ! believe ! have the gump.
ton 10 carry II through to success
without advice from anybody"
"iiut Il WAS a suggestion, Jacob"
Eyes. get lots Of them and would
make a failure In week If / needed
them. Leave business 70 men. Mary"
That Is 20 say that the women have |
no brainsT'
There isn't one in hundred that
can take care OF herself when she be
comes widow
There was 40 further talk OF bust.
ness between husband wife. but In her
earDestness Of belief the wife did a
rather foolish thing that caused some
neighbor now and then TO say:
Jake, that wife of yours has some
smart ideas"
ON. dunno. .
"She was telling my wife the other
day that you could handle more stun I
Just as well as not and thus increase
your Income" ,
And do YOU think so yourselfY' =
why Eve thought It over and feel
sure YOU could
ana facob went houe to dtmer &C.
ay % s. wife:
go rsu are siill determined to med q
lie Wl'h nif lspe 8fc yeUf
~ hove io Hu ar three w0nes
hat fNeGs Yo1 eoUl Increase Co.
"ea1uld fAafn DE- separation ye
would probably 50 lio the commits
ion business yourelff'
81 might w
And show noe bow TO make a small 81
nrtnnes"
That might come too" ---
Foolish talk. OF course but every day
emo produces something just. as fool
10 it WAS bone that was gnawed 7
until separation finally came.
Ten days after Mrs Arson went
line 70 her mother Dame Fortune
olled on her A relative died and left
r. $1,000 Her husband said 10 every \
'dy that he was glad of her luck and
the same time sorry for the likeli -
od that she would lose every dollar -
II IN some wildcat investment L.
Got Ideas and no experience. you
ow." he added In patronizing way
Before the wife had decided just
mt she would do II was the talk OF
? town that II would be something 4
'lish. whatever II was. One day she r.
M "a The city. and all the knowing
ns whispered Millinery
irs Ansou didn't 20 10 the shop -
* districts nor enter any of the
olesale houses on Broadway. On the
Itrary carriage took her TO the
dUce commission district and she
de many inquiries and transacted =
siderable business. Her husband =
never even seen the merchant he \
pped to, and u few inquiries proved
{ he had poor standing MS to char
''r and amount OF business done
OF a word OF explanation when Mrs
son arrived home. The villagers
selected the store she would rent
her stock. but she passed II by.
'oslfe her husbands place OF bust.
: was an empty building much lar --
than his quarters. when the vii.
FRS came to know that II had been
on On a ive yeais lease they al g.
e shouted ont:
S Mrs Arson crazy7 What q To-
on for q millinery storel" -..---
lille the building was being put in E-~.
pc Mrs Arson drove about the n
ntry FOR distance OF six or seven n
= IN every direction and had talk IN
b farmers and their wives. She
? them Information that astonished
n. she signed contracts with many
heu ihat made them see lots OF
ey ahead
'he Is drumming up trade for her
inery store was the general YER
and some went so far as to say
she was hustler. One morning
gn painter began work. and Mt the