The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-02-25
AN ARGUMENT
BY ALLIE BROCK.

argument you ever saw, said the
man in the smoking car of the subur-
ban train. "She always beats me at
anything of that sort The last time
| was shown up as false alarm in
applying logic to every day affairs
was no longer ago than yesterday.
When got home from the city last
evening my wife said to me: There
was man here today to see about
fixing the flower beds and the garden
for the winter. He looked so shabby
and sort Of homeless that I gave him
your other light overcoat.'
THAT ought to be a good start to-
ward getting him a home,' l said in
mirth provoking way. 1T was thought
full move on your part. l suppose you
figured that some lonely widow along
the road would fall in love with him
when she saw the graceful lines Of
that coat enfolding him and would
rush out to haul him in
"'Don't try to be funny said my
wife.
"'What really interest me more
than his immediate future said, is
the object of his call. Did he wait
long enough to specify what was the
matter with our flower beds that need
ed f1xing?'
my wife favored me with the stare
of disdain which she considers espe-
cially cutting and effective against my
kind of sarcasm.
"'Why, 1 suppose he wants to fix
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.
"T was wonderful he said, If you
wanted your flower beds and your gar
den fixed up for the winter Then he
leaned restfully against the porch
pillar.
whats the idea?' I asked Won't
they be there next spring if I leave
them alone all winter?'
eyes, but you don't understand,
the tired citizen explained. They
| ought to be bedded down with ferti
| lizer-spaded up and covered over
the way they fix 'em in the parks
"'And then what?' demanded. The
| % Hcfn in @
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 big start next spring. the
horticulturist explained, because the
ground will be ready for 'em. l dc
this every year for most Of the PEG
pie in this town. l charge dollar fol
my time and you pay for the fertilizer
and stuff
"'See here, you imitation gardner
marked after I had glared at him :
moment, you're the worst booster fol
yourself that ever came down tina
road out there. Your efforts to ge
dollar out of me are so feeble ant
amateurish that I'd have laugh all tt
myself if wasn't getting sort of tired
of your kind of cattle.
you've got a lot of nerve to sa!
that you bed down the vegetable gar
dens of most of the people in thi
town every year, so they'll be ready tt
do business with rush in the spring
time 1 told him. Why, there ism
another suburb on this branch of thu
railroad that turns out such worth
less lot of garden truck as this one
"'Now I know what's the matter
it's all your fault. If you'd keep you
hands off the gardens and let thing
alone people might have a chance t.
raise few spring onions at cost o
not more than Sc a dozen, and w
might even get an occasional radisl
that wasn't a soggy sponge. Not con
tent with getting my fall overcoat b.
merely standing around and lookin
frcstbitten, you expect me to give yo'
dollar for taking exercise that woul
keep you warm while you are spoilini
my garden!'
"My caller shifted his weight to tn
other foot and looked uncomfortabl
for a few seconds, but he was read
with his defense.
"Well,' he said, a mans got t
live
"'There!' my wife exclaimed tr
umprantly from the darkness benin
me. That's the point you always ovel
look!'
$50 this morning that depresse
person was busy in our garden wit
spade and wheelbarrow when 1 LEI
home. Lovely woman may not b
strong on the finer points of logic
but she certainly has the gift of VIII
ming in any argument. "-Chicag
Daily News.
Swiss Would Tax Cats.