The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-07-16
An.
Experiment
By DONALD c4AMBERLIN

w1Sn Sl&rfS1 hoH HUH met AnAlha
Hodges.
"Evenin', Mr.. Rogers" she said
'On your way home. 1 reckon. II
must be mighty pleasant to have such
= nice home as yours % 50 20 after
q bard days work"
cit used to be 'slong as mother and
Anna lived, but now it's kind lone
some. Besides, when a feller's tired
out he don't want to cook his supper
and wash dishes"
why don't you git married. Then
you'd have some one TO do your cook
In for you and wash the dishes and
take keer o. the house
WAL / said, kind o. thinkin' out
loud. 81 don't know but that's a good
iiee But 1t amt so simple as would
appear. Furst of. a feller's got to
ind the gal he wants, and to make 1t
a go she's got to want him. Then.
s'posin' ii is go, it's easy and cheap
enough TO git married; you kin git
parson to do the job for whatever you
like 10 pay. Now, l can't hitch two
critters together and expect 'em TO
travel easy. Furst of. one on 'em n
plunge f0r'ard. and t'0ther n hang
back. Then one on 'em N balk when
the other is sot down to q stiddy gait.
That's the way it is when two pus-
sons begin to travel the matrimonial
road together And. s'posin' that In
stead of gettin' used TO the same kind
o. goin' they git wuss and wuss. what
son goin' to do them"
sOh. Mr.. Rogers" says Martha,
you're pessimist. and the wust kind
20 one"
II don't know what that is, but
do know that gittin' married Ia like
huyin' q pig in a poke. You kin see
the gal plain enough on the outside.
bat you don't know what she IA on
the inside. She may be white as
SNOW on the surface. and not two
inches down she may be smolderin'
fire. ready 10 burst out at any mo
maent@
I'm tell you what I'll do with you.
Reckon you don't want me. and I'm
net hankerin' to git married You kin
experiment on me If you like. and II
ron don't find out at the end o. SIX
months that I'm what you took me
for I'm the beginnin' I'll agree with you
that wfmmen is mighty deceptive"
well, now, that's accommodates, /
declare" I says TO her. when shall /
begins"
Whenever you like"
TN commence tonight. when I've
had supper and got the dishes washed
You needn't mind about the dishes
Jest you let 'em alone tonight To
morTar when you're out TO work I'll go
In ana tidy up for you and do your
dishes where1l I find the door keyY'
'sHang1n' under the porch, left side
near the front"
Shed started on, and / didn't say no
more. went on hum, got my sup
per and TUX Martha at her word, Ieav-
In the dishes In the pan About 8
O'Clock went over to her house and
found that she'd done her evenin'
chores and was a-sittin' before a bIaz-
In fire. darnin' stockin's. thanked
ner for the offer she'd made me and
told her when she'd convinced me
that wimmen was jest as amiable as
they looked I'd like for her to put
me onter nice gal that could ex-
pertinent on. with view to marriage
she said she would If she could lift on
the right gal.
spent couple Of hours with Mar
tina, toppin' OF with some cakes and
cider she brought out The next day,
when 7 went home at noon. I found
the dishes washed, the pots and ket-
ties shinin' like lookaR glasses and
everything spick and span. BY .
crackey, hardly knowed the plaza.
That WIS Saturday, and / thort I
Oughter go over the same evenin' and
thank Martha. / did so, and she :
said that for a few weeks she'd clean
NJ for me every Saturday.
After that every Saturday mornin'
Martha put everything to rights, and !,
dropped In TO thank her Saturday
'venin'. She said she'd do 1t for a
ew weeks, but the few weeks growed
nfo few months.
Meanwhile | was a-watchfn' her to !,
zee II she was good all the way :
trough or only vanished. At last I,
old her that was well satisfied with !
be experiment and / didn't think
7immen was so onsartin' after ALL I'd E
cen so encouraged by her goodness i.
hat concluded to git married. She Y
,oked very much pleased after this
nd asked me who was goIn' TO
larry. I hadn't any one In view; but. v
hinkin' oughter name somebody, in
smuch as / said / was goin' to git 7
aarried, said the gal was Matilda
lake. al
''You jist oughter seen the change in re
IsYtha. Her face got red. and her
res fairly spit fire. b
Matilda Baker she said, nighty 10
sornfuI. "she doesn't know how to
y bacon. She couldn't sew a button 10
q your coat She couldn't even darn co
ockin'sv
said somefin In defense Of Matilda, az
II it only made Martha madden thar as
fore. She began to abuse me more'n
afiIda. and when got a trfne hufYy on
a. /