The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-11-19
TOO MUCH MUSTARD.
Nv louise Oliver.
copyright, 1914, by the Mcclure News-
paper Syndicate.l

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| Mr.. and Mrs. Bindley had spent ~ happy
years OF married life when some one per-
ship to join the Mems Rights club.
Mr. Bindley at first was shocked AZ
the things nsst he heard at ths regular g,asasa Eg'd e.
lated instances of their enninence IN the
home.
One session did not make him q con
MAX any g su mogs th nar 9its t swal lneetin naa
heard once q week for six months that
come, that Browns wife and daughters
never dared to sit down at the table be-
fore father. and that Jones never allowed
began to think of an the years he he'd
been blfndly coddling and pampering MRS.
Bindley.
memoranda Of past concessions to the
lady he had been accustomed to call his
better half. Since his conversion to mems
t-hree-auarters, calculating how. much
better off he would nave been had he
never married at all. What q jolly life
he can save!
To go back to the memoranda, Mr..
Bindiey discovered that his wife vas cost
lars! In 90 years he had given up S. eco
for the privilege of being bound down
with iron chains to a humdrum. unroman-
III SAtStSltCS Will Ills VILE. &s4& &
Well, what was gone was gone! But he
would see to 1t that each fiscal year here
after would find him with $500 more on
the credit side Of his bank book.
There We're so many things he wanted
fine guns. for which he had q craze.
Then he could take an extra week in the
fall and go hunting with some friends.
He planned his campaign. 1t would be
short and sharp. There was no use beat
Ing about the BUSH. Sunday morning. at
W. hn>na z Il a ST nGannCn 20 n1y Z hnh1nHA fhaF
funny supplement, he announced boldly,
Della, I've decided to make a change in
sne hous fae m,e accounts mansv ON We eha ha Sasn
I'm going to turn over a new leaf and
blow in a little on myself"
Mrs. Bindiey making no reply. he went
on: I intend to buy a billiard table, and
turn the chicken coop into a den. I'll fix
1t up with guns and things and make 1t
cozy. Tn going to keep a buffet going
tomorrow see that it is safely stored in
the cellar"
Still nc answer. and he continued, en-
couraged by her silence. No one at the
club could call him a coward now when
he reported what he had done
want my SOCKS a,ia d la d any ny more soa When
they get holes in 'em, just throw them
away. IN get new ones. And you can
Ordered = couple. ! guess that's all just
now, Della, unless there is-oh, yes! Sup
pose you serve my breakfast in my room
thiS Will WI E *.
: The answer he now seemed to expect
t not being forthcoming, he shifted uneasily
/, In his chair.
, Then Mrs. ;Bindley started quietly to
: remove the dishes from the table and
!, busy herself in the kitchen.
> All day Sunday he watched her out Of
1 nothing to indicate that she resented in
! the least anything that he had said. AS
t usual, she went to church, prepared a
Z special dinner, read in the afternoon and
q went to church again at night
= The next morning he was served a de-
lectable breakfast in bed.
'.What a fool I've been all these years"
h he remarked joyfully to his coffee cup.
d 1T Just shows that when a man really
:, man theory. Beat her and she'll follow
n you till death. | must call up Jones'
# duly congratulated on his spunk. But on
Tuesday he did not call up Jones and tell
r him that on Monday e n night g. when he wen Went
bag and baggage, with not a word as to
y her whereabouts.
It he found in the refrigerator and drank
h some ginger ale instead of coffee. Mr.
% Bindley had never been known to ap,
- proach the kitchen stove and knew moth
a ing of cooking. -,
h That night he contracted a cold in hi
l. chest. Wednesday he stayed in bed, afte'
s. ATTEMPTING to make a mustard plaster
az The whole box of mustard, mixed withou
flour or lard. burned a hole through sew
pral LAYERS OF MS anatomy.
He managed to telephone for the docto'
to come and fix up the hole, not realiz
i Ing how sick he was. But 1t took the doc
st tor about a minute and a half to discove
K that Mr.. Bradley was really on the Verg'
tc of pneumonia.
Mr.. Bindley declared that he could not
r dared not, must not, be sick, as his wifi
to was away. But the doctor insisted tina
In he was in for 1t, and had better let hin
lg call an ambulance TO take him to the hos
n pital. 49, ~ =,
It. So the hospital 1T was. Days passed an
s. Mr. Bindley opened his eyes to the ligh
:" of the day. He realized that he had bee
Id very sick. and was evidently In a hospita
lie he'd. Then he saw Mrs. Bindley In
10 nurses uniform In a chair by the bee
i'd quietly rolling bandages. Big tears bega
To roll down his cheeks. Fe was yer
IN weak, He closed his eyes again. but tear
nv continued to come. Then he felt a sol
in handkerchief quietly wipe away the drop!
I'd and in n few minutes, a light hand gentl
al stroked his own that lay outside the coy
With an effort he raised the other an
d. clasped the hand in both of his.
D. "Honey.'' he whispered, SO low that sh
rn had to stoop to hear him. 'Iheres n
ed fool like an old fool. Won't you com
us hack home? Tn mighty sorry for what
~ ~ sa yves. dear, Tn going back Just to .kee
ed Won from going bankrupt. It's a SIN
co waste mustard the way you do
at
h. >.I:A;an ~ Re Eea5ed OFF