Gilpin observer., 1916-08-24
.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 anxiously 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 case like that," replied
Caleb, pursing his lips judicially, 1--WE
commonly split the diffrence-and
come round to her way of thinking
I've found out get long easier that
way"
Mr.. Quincy pondered this defect
edly.
II s'pOse you're right" he agreed at
last. II 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 of irony in his voice
"What's the matter now? You'n Mis-
Quincy been havin' a 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
patiently, "what about it?"
Obed reused himself. "Td kind Of
sot my mind on the color wanted it.
but hadn't gone so far as to tell her
bout it," he explained. II thought
perhaps I wouldn't. I thought some
day when 1 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 stified something that might
have been either laugh or cough.
It'll look kind of gay won't it, when
you get it done?" he asked.
II d'know-mebbe it would have,'
Obed conceded, "but it didn't get as
far as that"
81 figgered," Obed went on, "that
mebbe 'twOuld be as well If 1 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-1 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 figgered cd afford to lose lit
tie somethin' on the p'taters for tho
sake Of gettin' the kind Of paint ]
wanted 'thout havin' to argue.
ut took me some time to get rid of
my p'taters, and, as a matter Of fact,
lost more on 'em than had to pay for
the paint, and that CALLED me some.
When 1 got home got the paint on
londed 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 tina;
part was all right.
"Come mOrnin', went out to the
carriage house to get out the buggy
and haul 1t down to NOble's-and, Ca
leb. there want sign Of buggy
there! l couldn't understand it, and
went into the house to ask bout 1t
She was workin' at the sink, and She
never even turned round when asked
her where the buggy was.
"'The buggy's down to Dan Mobiles
bein' painted y she snaps, and l b'lievt
l heard my jaw click when 1t dropped
open.
"'Well, good land' says I. 'Ther
what in tunket am / goin' to do witt
all the paint l bOughtT
"'You never said anything to m,
bout buyin' any paint she says, kint
u of short. What, color did you get
And then 1 had to tell her.
"Well,' says she, you en- do any
thing you're a-mnd to with 1t. Il
wouldn't have gone on to that buggy
anyway. en- see through you like s,
much sunshine she says, and I knew
week ago what you was cal'latin' I,
do. So yesterday says she, 4 hat
Dan Noble come up here and get tha
buggy. and by this time he's got tn,
fust coat on to it-and it's black paint
too. You can do what you like will
them fancy colors OF yours she says
$50 the upshot Is, I've dug a loa,
of p'taters and sold em for half price
and I've got two cans Of paint that
dknow's l can sell at all, and los
my days work-and I mint goin' I,
have the buggy painted the way
want 1t, after all.
II guess your ways bout MS goo,
rs any," Obed concluded resignedly.-
Youths Companion.