The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

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Castleton. And the devil he laughed.
For this is where he strung it all
over us-had US smeared and gum
med and razzle-dazzled like daddy
long-legs in barrel of tar.
Yes, here they come, Mr.. and Mrs:
Waters. The very first day old
Grandpaw and Grandmaw Beaver,
! that had held down the dam since the
memory of man, pulled up stakes and
left. Sign number one. The big mouh-
tain-lion that had his hole in the
cliff above US and yowled on noon
light nights skipped, and the RAM
pike atop of Sweetney's Mountain
come crashing down. Amy man that
had sense would have took warning
and followed suit, but there's this
difference between the brute things
and men; when an animal gets a
bunch, he follows it; when a man
gets bunch, he bucks, to show how
smart he is. Well, we'll!
Here come little Susie, anyhow. At
first she was so pretty and lively, It
seemed like a good thing. Moreover,
/ didn't run afoul of strangers much,
so / didn't cross her line of activities
for some time.
Then one morning happened into
Toms shack and / see things amt as
they ought to be.
Toms pardner was an Injun lady,
weighing modest little two hundred
or so. Always before, she's so proud
of her white man that Adam and Eve,
before they loaded up on applejack,
weren't to be compared to this pair.
But now war was in the air, blood
on the moon, and signs of approach
ing disorder.
| started to back away, having act
ed once for all as umpire in FAM
lily jar-but Tom held me up.
"Just you a-listen to me bit,
Reddy, dear" says he. "Us is about
to have a rowan wy? says you.
Because of that son-of-a-beggar, Bob
Waters wifei Wot's her done? says
you. / tell zee now. Her comes and
fills my old DOMAINS ears with such
a talk you ne'r see-'tis orful, mon,
orfull All about she don't belong to
do a tap O. work at all. That / be
a tyrant on her and do aboose her,
and all and all till it come to this"
And poor old Tom wiped his eyes
with the back of his hand, being broke
in his feelings.
"Well, what's next" says /.
81 do be goin' to give her little
rap wi this" says Ton. holding up
a pineknot club. lust a little diff" "
sbandloike-nuthin' to 'urt, but to
remind her of her juty."
We'll, let ne outP says ]. IT'S
against the rules to beat LADY,
I --1.,Iu Tor,
And black the shame to her that
caused it, Ere we goes along. come
this many year, and never a word,
till this hussycat starts up her yam
merin'! And now i'll the OF CONAN
wash a dish or pan? Her will not!
Jeemimaw he says. 60 wash up,
do zee dear. like good witch"
'Ur-g-gh" says Mrs. Ivy. 60 wash
self You dam lazy. You no good.
You wash. / sleepp
"Ear her, Reddy dear" he says,
low she talks to me! Ills past and
away endurin'. Do zee watch now, and
see she can't throw to me I done her
a bit of rale harm. COS. come it to
wusslin', her could flap me like an Of
shirt in a harricane, hers that bodily
strongl Amt a better OF gal in the
country! 'Llyeffngwlch y grwbbwrP"
SAYS he in Welsh. 81 got to do it to
ZEE, dearier"
So he jumped up and damned her
one-toonkl-on the coco. and down
she goes. The house shook.
Tom stands over her, wipIng his
eyes with one hand and waving the
club with the other.
"Wilree go now, sweetling" he
says. Jaw do. lovey"
"Shintow says Mrs. Ivy. 81 go"
Listen to her now" says Tom.
Could ZEE ask a better trollop: Buss
me one afore We leave me, wrench!
So they Rugged and kissed each
other.
"A-weel, a-weel, It's over, praise
be-" says Tom. What i'll have, Red
dy lad?" So l bought my stuff, taking
my time to it, whites from the kitchen
Mrs. Ivy sung, Nah, lache Goa nah,
cheerful and happy, and stuck large
and admiring face around the edge OF
the door, now and again, to get a
peek at that prince of men, her lord
and master, who sent her to grass
with one wallop, just as easy! Some
man. that says Mrs. Ivy to herself.
After, I met little Susie on her
travels once or twice and see for my
self where the springs of trouble lay.
What does she do but open on the
error of mans ways She brought up
to me several little incidents concern
ing ladies that was their business and
the mems: no self-respecting young
female person would have mentioned
EN-. ANYHOW. But Susie, she don't give
any one of as many assorted good
gosh-darns as you could bring before
you. Not a whoop cares Susie.
That's just the way with you
men, she says, when | explained that
she ought to let the other ladies kick,
if there was any kick coming. Setting
up a double Standard One life for
women, another life for mem"
Get out" says l. What YOU talk
ing about? How'sa man going to get
into a woman fuss without a woman
to help him? There amt any double
standard" She insisted there was. and
joshed her to get rid of her, be-
cause, of course, nobody thinks it is
a square deal to slam a woman for
the thing that's only looked upon as
a fair sporting proposition in man.
1t kind of spoils your argument,
knowing that
"Ill fix all that on this creek" says
Susie, sitting up straight and shaking
her finger at me-a pretty little piece
of deviltry, at that I'll show you
male brutes thing or twol We wom-
en- can do something when we get