The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-15
Daily Short Story
TOO MUCH MUSTARD.

Mr.. and Mrs- Bindiey has spsat 20
happy gears OF married life xhea
some one persuaded the male mennb-r
~ The partnership ~ Join The Meas
Rights Club.
dr. bindiey al first wss shock-.l Al
ne things he heard al. the regular
rrioSy night meeuags. where tn
eminence In the home.
One session did not make him q eo,-
vert any more than one sWaIlow can
max summer, nor did two meeting,
40 ne work But b. the time ne
nho heard once q week for six month";
nat smiths sife brought In half of
me income. that Browns wife and
aaoehters never dared TO sit down At
M e@ole before father. and that Jones
L,er O'Clock. be began TO think OF
az az, me years he had been blindly COZ.
ohns and pampering Mrs. Bindiey
for weeks lately be had been nah.
ing memoranda OF past concessions 10
We aoy ne bad been accustomed 20
SAlI MS better half. Since his CONVEX.
slon 70 mems rights he mentally duh
ped her his worse three-ouarter.'
caIcnisting how much better on h.
would nave been had be never married
AZ al What jolly life a bachelor
can ,ead! How much money he can
saw
To 20 back to memoranda. Mr.
costing him s4o0 a year. -Four hun.
ored dollarsi In 20 year, he had
given up $1,000 for the priyilese 81
oelng bound down with Iron chains 10
humdrum. unromsntic existence
Wen. what was gone was gone, But
ne would see To Il that each nscal
year hereafter would nnd him with
$500 more on the credit side of his
bank book
There were 80 many things he want.
ed billiard table TO begin with and
some me guns. for which he had a
craze. Then he could take an extra
week IN the fall and 90 hunting with
Indeed, there was no end OF the
good things which would come his
way after he had instituted the much
considered reform.
He planned his campaign. II would
be short and sharp. There was no
use beating about the bush. Sunday
morning at breakfast, ensconced
safely behind the funny supplement-.
he announced boldly. Della, I've DE-.
cided TO make change in the house
hold accounts. We've been spendinR
too much money on the house. I'm
going TO turn over new leaf aud
OlON III n little on myself.
Mrs. bndley making no reply, he
went on: Il intend TO buy a billiard
table, and turn the chicken coop into
den. Ill fix IL up with guns and
things and make IL coy. I'm going
TO keep a buffet going also. so when
the wine I've ordered comes tomor-
row see that IL is safely stored in
sull no answer. and he continued.
encouraged by her silence. No one
at the club could call him a coward
now when he re ported what he had
done.
And might as well tell you. I
don't want my socks darned any more.
When they get holes in them, just
throw them away. I'll get new ones.
And you can give those two old suits
TO Jake. I've ordered a couple. 1
guess that's all just now. Della. un.
less there is-oh. yes Suppose YOU
serve my breakfast in my room after
this, will you2"
pect not being forthcoming. he shift
ed uneasily in his chair.
Then Mrs. Bindley started quietly
10 remove the dishes from the table
and busy herself in the kitchen.
All day Sunday he watched her out
OF the corner of one eye But there
was nothing to indicate that she re-
s'hN'N III Aht itdSN du.inlnk lndt ne
had said. As usual. she went to
church. prepared a splendid dinner.
read in the afternoon and went to
church again at night
The next morning he was served a
delectable breakfast in bed
What fool I've been all OF these
years, he remarked joyfully to his
coffee cup. 1T just shows that when
man really asserts himself. a woman
admires him all the more II all goes
back TO the old cave man theory. Beat
her and she'll follow you till death.
] must call up Jones"
He called up Jones" that day and
was duly congratulated on his spunk.
But on Tuesday he did not call up
Jones and tell him that on Monday
night when he went home he had
found Mrs. Bindley gone. bag and bag
gage. with not a word a. to hor where
abouts.
He ate a dinner Of cold liver and
onions he found IN the refrigerator.
and drank some ginger ale instead OF
coffee. Mr.. Bindley had never been
known 70 approach the kitchen stove,
and knew nothing OF cooking.
That night he contracted a cold in
his chest. Wednesday he stayed in
bed. after attempting to make a mus