Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-04-23
WINNING AN ARGUMENT
By ALLIE BROCK

NY wife II the greatest hand a m
argument you ever saw. saSd the
man In b smoking car Of the Sukur
a train. "ShO always beats M q
anything Of that sort. The last time
I was shown mp ~ . false alarm In
applying logic to every day Affairs
was no longer ago than yesterday.
When I got home from the city last
evening my wife said to me: There
was q man hero today to sec about
liking the flower beds and tho karden
for the winter. He looked 20 shabby
and sort Of homeless that I gave him
your other light o~vercoat-'
THAT ought to be q good start to-.
ward getting him o home I aaid In
mirth provoking way. Tt was Q thought
ful move on your part. I 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
h his immediate future I said. IN
the object OF his call. Did he wait
long enough to specify what was tho
matter with u flower beds that need
ed ixing?' -..
my wife favored me with the stare
OF disdain which she considers D
oiaIly cutting and effective against my
kind Of sarcasm. ..-r.r
Why, I 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 d the matrimonial code, I al
lowed the subject to drop and awaited
my visitor. He came with the shad-
ows, adorned with my overcoat.
Ut 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 II I leave
them alone all winter?'
ayes, but you don't understand
the tired citizen explained. They
ought to be bedded down with ferti,
hzer-spaded up and covered over.
the way they fix 'em in the parks
land then what?' I demanded. The
light Of my household was listening
from the darkness of the hall ana I
wanted her to e the ~uselessnesB OF
the appointment she had made for me.
""Then your flowers and vegetables
will have q big start next spring. the
horticultural explained, because the
ground will be ready for 'em. I do
this every year for most of the PEG.
pie In this town. I charge a dollar for
my time and you pay for the fertilizer
and stuff
See here, you imitation gardner
marked after I had glared at him O
moment, you're the worst booster for
yourself that eyer came down that
road but there. Your efforts to get
o dollar out Of me are 30 feeble and
amateurish that I'd have a laugh all to
myself II I 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
denB Of most Of the people in this
town every year, 30 they'll be ready to
do business with a rush In the spring.
time I told him. why, there isn't
suburb on this branch Of the
railroad that turns out such n worth
less lot Of garden truck az this one.s
"Now ! know what's the matter
all your fault. II you'd keep your
hands of the gardens and let things
alone people might have q chance to
a few spring onions at q cost of
not more than So a dozen, and we
might even get an occasional radlsh
thai wasn't a soggy sponge. Not con-
tent with getting my fall overcoat by
merely standing around and looking
you expect me to give you
dollar for taking exercise that would
Keep you warm while you are spelling
my gardeni'
my caller shifted his weight TO the
other foot and looked uncomfortable
Tor a few seconds, but he was ready
with his defense.
"Well,' he said, a mans got TO
""Therol' my wife exclaimed trk
lmprantly from the darkness behind
That's the point you always over
IookI'
$50 this morning that depressed
person was busy In u garden with
spade and wheelbarrow when I lefe
home. Lovely woman may not be
'trons On the Amer points Of logic.
nut she certainly has the gift Of win
ling In any argument."-Chioago
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