The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
tContanuea.l

.|Yes, the Clarion is mine, an' you are lucky to git rid of it. Now, listen to me. You say you've lived with yore wife an 1T hainst. That's all so, but F1A bet a hoss to a gingercake that know ,eF better'n you do. Now, I'll tell you what you will have to do. You'n have to work her so fine that she wilE Ink sl1e ts sellin the paper. She's bSSn boss so long that whenever you take q hand she gits her dander up. and squares herself ug'in it. That As at the bottom O the whole thing
 That may be a good idea, but can't Go it" HlIhouse answered. T know that. yerything that does happen is what she proposes. I can't recall a sin gle thing. that T. ever mentioned that went thf6ugh, while everything she hints at somehow goes right off the
 Well then, I'll have to help you out, Abner said with flrmness. 'T hain't paid fer the work, but simply out O pity fer you as a sufferin' man that I've knowed an liked long time I'll take it in hand Let me git at Fer. Is she. at home now 2 ~
 -Hillhouse raised pair of daubtf4l aeyes--tyou'n find her in the front yard where I left her a minute
 
 full When she is opposed she some times has mysteries So, bad that doc tor has to come. The last time call ed in Dr. Stone he got mad at her for the way she went on- He told me that mysteries wasn't no actual disease, but was just imagination and the way some women have of letting of steam. He came powerful near saying that it was what was meant4by the evil spir- its our Saviour used to cast out She was lying there to all appearances un- able to talk and making signs when he come in
 He took one look at her and sniff ed He called me out of the room and said= be can talk as well as anybody. Nothing is the matter with her. I can't charge for visits like these, and don't want to be called away from fnnportant eases when don't do some good Now just get me a glass half fnn of water. Watch me close, and the next time she acts this way you administer the same treatment
 T thought he was going to give her a dose of some soothing mixture, for he had his saGd1ebags with him, but was mistaken When | brought the water he hid the tumbler behind him and went in and stood over her. Then he asked her to sit up straight, and she did, he still keeping the tumbler out of sight She hadn't more than reached an upright position when he dasAfed the water smack dab in her face Oh, wasn't she mad2 She hop ped out of bed and told. him If he ever, darkened that door again she would have the law on him.
 :. We'll have cured you, haven't ? -.kz charge for it And with that he left her m6ppdng her. fac. with towel. madder than any wet hem you eyer saw"
 4'TH bet you never used the treat ment," Abner commented dryfS. 'tYou hainst got backbone enough
 .sNc, I never did, to tell the rufh5 !" HIllhouse responded ~The treatment is simple an cheap, and 1t worked like a charm in my wifeFs case, but a doc tor Is a privileged character. No, If you aro going to talk to her, Alb, you must keep your wits about you I hope you will accomplish something. but 4tdpnst feel at all sure about it My ewansi 4saa streng willed woman, and sha has had her way a good many yezrs.7
 In the front yard of a simple cottage near by Daniel saw the object of his yxatt. She was a tall thin woman, with blue eyes, sparse chestnut hair and almost bloodIess skin She stood up, a garden troweI in hand, a short piece of twtne between her drawn lips, as Abpsr leaned on the gate
 Go0d moEn1n,, Sister Hillhouse.. he smiled Don't let me stop you at yore work Twas just passdn'. was fin mt the Clarion just now. Tore hus- band says you run the house, am lowed Fdsax you ef you'd like to buy some O my prime smoke cured hams. ''
 We don't need any, she answered cordially. I've have been using sugar cured hams from Chicago The mer- chantH here advertise with us, you know, and we feel that we ought to deal with them 7,
 Biggest mistake you ever made-'' Abner. unlatched the small gate and went in, ostensibly to examine and smell certain rose You ortEte know, Sister Hilihouse, that our old fashioned smokehouse meat is miles an miles ahead O the quick cured stun that is shipped by the carload from the west Why, you ort to be out our sssEaya anz see how we do f. We l hang the upper part O the smokehouse full O. hams, shoulders sides, spfced an peppered sausage in clean inside corn shucks, an then we make a fire m the center out O. seasoned hickory wood an chips as dry as powder We close the house tight an keep the fire goin' fer days an days. A Chicago meat drumfner stopped one day to see the process, an he told me that his stun was jest smoked barely enough to stain the outside little tiny bit. He said that ef western meat was smoked as thoroughly as mine that you folks would have to pay dollar a pound for H You see, wood ain't mo object to us out our way. whar we