Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-08-01
REDS HARD LUCK
NJ mIsFoRTUNEs Re-
TaIND ,,,ye AROUND BUGGY
s.,k TO the Foolish Idea
O I'D That His Wife Would MOI
u ~ Hsy. Her Own Way
in the End.

,.5a Of the Dls Hl"P
'n.ui his house, when you thlnA
OF e. :, and md your wife thinks anOIner
'al VIA a-I in 4 case Ike that" replied
wen ar IS his lips judicially, I'VE e
!! 81. ,I PI-' split the diffrence-and l
nnons ,nd 70 her way Of thinking.
pns ,. luai ont I get long easier that
y. Quincy pondsFed this defect
E -, ror're right" he agreed at
1S u admit know but what you'd
ID orr some way Of gettin' rouno
Z ol and havtn' your own way part Oh
/ r.r amt the first married man
y W. --ied thai" returned Caleb with
/ 81 L1,o ric of irony in his voice:
,.,t, tba matter now? YOu'n Mis-,
sn-5 been havin' a difference of
g.lonT ,.o,, ~ ono
vs'r r-i,b the palm Of the other and
~, y. modify at the ground.
/ -rsrr- he replied at last, eve had
dow or 80 ago bout gettiD'
4. buggy painted
.reT- prompted Caleb a little i'm
L.+srrrr. awhat about it,"
osst reused himself. I'D kind of
], my mind on the color l wanted it,
VI hadn't gone so far as to tell her
s.. ~ he explained. 81 thought
IONS 7 wouldn't. I thought some
T. rba7 ! WANT busy I'd haul the
-,rr down to Dan Mobiles paint shop
IA COT him 10 work on it-tell him to
-,,r- the unnin' gear either red or
-erer and the body q real dark blue"
rsleb sriIcd something that might
,,rs been either a laugh or a cough.
mn look kind Of gay, won't it, when
nm gqr II done" he asked.
o. dkuow-uebbe it would have"
otsd conceded, but It didn't get as
,r as that"
q fcgered." Obed went on, that
-stbe 'fwould be as we'll if l didn't
axe nv wife 10 Bangor with me when
bought the paint; 50 l went out and
igg some Of my early p'taters to haul
nj knew she wouldn't ride in on no
-r,pr wagon. The p'taters want
rrch MORN half growed and they
Fl1t fetch much mOre'n half price,
.r I fggered I Cd afford to lose a lit
.q souerhin' on the p'taters for the
aEe of gottin' the kind of paint l
nlted 'thout hayin' to argue.
1t took me some time to get rid of
~ p'taerS. and, as a matter of fact. l
ot more on EN- than l had to pay for
he paint and that CALLED me some.
Tbsl I got home I got the paint on
mded ofrn the wagon fore she got
BOT 70 the harn-She most always
ones ont TO see if I've forgot any
h1g she's sent for. But l hadn't for
%. anything, for a wonder, so that
at was all right.
Come morain', ! went out to the
lrriase house TO get out the buggy
ll haul it down to Noble's-and. Ca
ab there want a sign of a buggy
lGe. couldn't understand it, and |
zen. into the house to ask bout it.
'he vas workin' at the sink. and she
ever even turned round when l asked
sr where the buggy was.
The bugSyS down to Dan Mobiles
al' painted" she snaps, and l b'Ieve
heard my jaw click when it dropped
Pen.
Well, good landr says /. Then
That in tunket am l gOin' to do with
u the paint l bOughtp
You never said anything to me
'oli buyin' any paint she says, kind
short. What color did you getY
Id then l had to tell her.
Nell,' says she, you en- do any,
nns you're a-mind to with it. 1t
'0u.dnt have gone on to that buggy.
lyVaE l en- see through you like so
-'cn sunshine she says, and l knew
Week ago what you was calIatin' to
D. 10 yesterday says she. 4 had
.aa Noble come up here and get that
'ssy' ana by this time he's got the
~ coat on To it-and it's black paint.
!" lou can do what you like with
-.- fancy colorS of yours she saws.
70 'he upshOt is, I've dug a load
P4'efS and sold EN- for half price.
~ I've got two cans of paint that /
4-o" ; l can sell at all, and l lost
y Da! |oTk-and I amt goin' to
avg ule buggy painted the way !
'ani IT, after all.
guess Your ways bout as good
... ~, Of %ed concluded reSignedly.-