The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-06-06
.0BED'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 anNiously 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 n case like that" replied
Caleb, pursing his lips judicially, I'VE
commonly split the diff'rence-and !
come round to her way Of thinking.
I've found out get long easier that
way"
Mr.. Quincy pondcred this deject-
edly.
II s'pose you're right" he agreed Mt
last II didn't know but what you'd
studied out some way Of gcttin' round
'cm and havin' your own way part of
the time"
You amt the first married man
that's tried that" returned Caleb, with
suspicion of Irony in his voice.
whats the matter now? You'n Mis-
Quincy been havin' difference OF
0pinion?"
Obed slowly polished the back Of ono
hand with the palm of the other and
gazcd moodily ut the ground.
'Wcll," he replied at last eve had
some talk q day or so ago bout gcttin'
the buggy painted"
"Wcll,' prompted Caleb little i'm
patiently, "what about it,"
OhCd reused himself. ard kind Of
Fot my mind on the color wanted 1t,
but / hadn't gone so far as to toll her
bout It," ne explained. 81 thought
perhaps I wouldn't. I thought some
day when l want busy I'll haul tho
buggy down to Dan Mobiles paint shop
and ses him TO work on it-tcll him to
paint tho runnin' gear either red or
yallcr and the body II real dark blue"
Caleb Stiilcd something that might
have been either a laugh or Il cough.
It'll! look kind of gay, won't it, when
you get it donc?" he asked.
81 diinow mchhc 1t would have"
Ohcd conceded, "hut 1t didn't got as
far as that"
81 figgcrcd" Ohcd wont on, '"that
mchbc 'twould he MS we'll if | didn't
take my Wife to Bangor with me when
| bought the paint; so | went out and
dug some Of my early p'tntcrs TO haul
ia--I knew She wouldn't ride In on no
ptatcr wagon. The p'tatcrs want
much morn half growcd and they
didn't fetch much morc'n half price
but figgcrcd I cd afford to lose q lit
tie somcthn' on the p'tatcrs for tho
sake OF gcttin' the kind of paint J
wanted 'thOut hnvin' to argue.
at took me some time to get rid OF
my p'tatcrs. and, as a matter Of fact.
1.N T.. Il
the paint, and that CALLED me some
When l got home got the paint on
loaded off'n the wagon fore she go
out to the bnrn-Shc moSt always
comes out to see IL I've forgot "Ny
Thing she's sent for. But 7 hadn't for
got anything, for wonder, so tha
part was all right.
"Comc mornin, | went out to tn,
carriage house to get out the hugg,
and haul it down to Noblc'S-and, ca
lcb, there want q sign of n bugg,
= there. I couldn't understand it, and
went into the house To ask bout it
She was Workin' III the sink, ana Sh
never even turned round when askc,
her whore The buggy was.
"Thr buggy'S down to Dan Noble
hcin' painted she snaps and b'llcv
| heard my jaw click when is troppc,
open
"W2l good land" SAYS I. The
what in tunkct am I goin to do wit
all the paint ! bought"
"iou never said anything to IN
bout buyin' any paint she says kin
Of short. What color did YOU got
And then l had to tell her.
Well says She you en- do any
thing you're a-mind to with it. |
wouldn't have gone on to that buggy
anyway. | en- sec through YOU like s
much sunshine she says, 'and kncy
week ago what YOU was callatin' t
do. SO Yesterday says she, 4 ha
Dan Noble come up here and got tha
buggy, and by this time hes got tn
fust coat on to it--and It's black pain
too. You can do what you like wit
them fancy colors Of yours she saws
so the upShot is, Tvc dug Il lOa
OF Dtatcrs and sold 'cm for half price
and I've got two cans Of paint that
dknow's I can sell at all, ana I los
my days work-and I amt goin' t
have the buggy painted the way
want 1t, after all.
II guess your ways bout as goo
rs any" Obcd concluded rcsigncdly.-
Youth's Comma nion