Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21
oBED'S HARD LUCK
STRING OF MISFoRTUNES RE.
voLvING AROUND BUGGY.
All Dated Back to the Foolish Idea
He Had That His Wife Would Not
Have Her Own Way
in the End

"What do you do, Caleb" Obed
Quincy demanded anxiOusIy of Mr..
Peaslee, whom he found sitting under
the shade of the big maple tree in
front of his house, 'when you think
one way and your wife thinks another
about anything?'
well, in a case like that" replied
Caleb. pursing his lips judicially, I'VE
commonly split the diff'rence-and l
come round to her way of thinking.
I've found out / get long easier that
way"
Mr. Quincy pondered this defect
edly.
II spose you're right" he agreed at
last. Il didn't know but what you'd
studied out some way of gettin' round
'em and havin' your own way part of
the time"
You amt the first married man
that's tried that" returned Caleb, with
a suspicion nf irony in his voice.
whats the matter now? YOu'n Mis-
Quincy been havin' difference of
OpiniOn?"
Obed slowly polished the back of one
hand with the palm Of the other and
gaZed moodily at the ground.
Well he replied at last, 1--WE had
some talk day or so ago bout gettin
the buggy painted"
'Well," prompted Caleb little i'm
potiantIu ttxx,hat oh it
Obed reused himself "Pd kind of
sot my mind on the color / wanted It,
but / hadn't gone so far as to tell her
bout it," he explained 81 thought
perhaps l wouldn't. l thought some
day when l want busy I'd haul the
buggy down TO Dan Mobiles paint shop
and set him to work on it-tell him to
paint the runnin' gear either red or
yaller and the body real dark blue"
Caleb stitied something that might
nave been either laugh or cough.
"It'll look kind of gay, won't it, when
you get il done2" he asked.
81 dknow--mebbe il would have"
Obed conceded, but II didn't get as
far as that"
81 fggered," Obed went on, that
mebbe 'twould be as well if l didn't
take my wife to Bangor with me when
/ bought the paint so went out and
dug some Of my early p'taters to haul
in-I knew she wouldn't ride In on no
p'tater wagon. The p'taters want
much morn half growed and they
didn't fetch much more'n half price,
but | tiggered cd afford to lose lit
tie sOmethin' on the p'taters for the
sake of gettin' the kind of paint /
wanted 'thout havin' to argue.
1T took me some time to get rid OF
my p'taters, and, as matter of fact, |
lost more on 'em than / had to pay for
the paint, and that CALLED me some.
When / got home l got the paint on
loaded Off'n the wagon fore she got
out to the barn-she most always
comes out to see If I've forgot any
thing she's sent for. But / hadn't for
got anything, for wonder, so that
part was all right.
Come nornin', l went out to the
carriage house to get out the buggy
and haul il down to Noble'S-and. Ca
leb. there want sign of buggy
there l couldn't understand il, and |
went into the house to ask bout it.
She was workin' at the sink, and she
never even turned round when | asked
her where the buggy was.
1.-The buggy's down to Dan Mobiles
bein' painted 7 she snaps, and b'lieve
heard my jaw click when 1t dropped
open.
"'Well, good land' says /. Then
what in tunket am / goin' to do with
all the paint l boughtT
"YOu never said anything to me
bout buyin' any paint she says, kind
of short. What color did you getY
And then i had to tell her
"'Well, says she, you en- do any.
thing you're a-mind to with 1t. 1t
wouldn't have gone on TO that buggy,
anyway. l en- see through you like so
much sunshine she says, and knew
a week ago what you was callatin' to
do. So yesterday says she, 4 had
Dan Noble come up here and get that
buggy, and by this time he's got the
fust coat on to it-and it's black paint,
too. You can do what you like with
them fancy colors of yours she says
so the upshot is, I've dug load
OF p'taters and sold 'em for half price,
and I've got two cans of paint that l
dknow's | can sell at all, and | lost
nv days work-and / amt goin to
have the buggy painted the way 1
want II, after ALL
Il guess your ways bout as good
as any," Obed concluded resignedly.-
Youths Companion.