The Tomahawk., 1918-08-22

Sucn q PROMISE.
II know was" s-t: .....
my old woman has asked me moren
forty times to promise the same thing,
but I never have done it and never
WILL"
"But 1 wish I hadn't
'But you did, and now we must
see how you can get out OF It. Was
your wife ever in boat till that
day?"
"Never."
.Was there any call for her to 60
on the river?" e..
*Not a call"
-. (which of the women suggested
that they take the boat?"
my wife"
:Deacon strothers, if that don't
come under the head Of conspiracy.
then my old white COW is red one
IF anyone conspires to force a
promise out Of another then that prom
Use wont hold"
II believe you are right, Mr.. Roe
buck" replied the deacon with relief in
his voice.
"Of course I am. An agreement
that benefits only one side does not
hold. Did your wife speak up and
say that she would not marry again
If you died flrst?'
"She did mott"
"Well, there you are, as free as a
bird, though you'd better 60 to the
parson and see what he thinks about
1t. He may hold sentimental views"
The deacon walked over to the par
sonage, and not wishing to be too
brusque, he began:
"Parson, do you hold that an angel
in heaven can see what is going on
here below| ss ~.,
,''If they could they wouldn't be
angels very long," was the grim
reply.
"Did you ever preach that they!
could?'
.sNot that 1 remember of. Heaven
is a long way off, deacon"
my wife kinder believed that after
she got to heaven she could see what
was takin' place down here"
Lie puISOA was 0AACASs
"She wanted ME to promise not to
marry again in case she died, because
If she looked down and saw NE with
a second wife it would make her feel
bad.
IF anything could make the angels
feel bad in heaven, it would not be
heaven, would it?'
by George, parson, 1t wouldn't
Martha was mistaken about it. It
I was to marry half a dozen times
over she couldn't know anything
about it." -. -
'But did she ask you to promise?''
queried the parson.
Eyes, she kinder asked me-"
sand you promised?"
Eyes, I kinder promised, but 1T was
because I did not want her to feel
bad as an angel. Now that you say
she couldn't feel bad If she tried her
hardest, 1 guess that promise needn't
bother me much"
"But look out next time, deacon.
es-ahem-yes!
.It's the Widow Stephens, sup
pose7"
Eyes, kinder"
'Throw out any hints YETI"
"A dozen, guess"
"You may find that she made prom
Use to her dying husband"
"Jewhittaker! I'll see about that
the first thing"
It was q new scare for the deacon,
and he made the two blocks to the
widows house on the trot. He found
her in the garden coaxing the pea
vines to climb their best, and he
didn't wait minute before asking:
"Widder Stevens, did your husband
expect to 60 to heaven when he
died?"
II don't see how he could. He was
a man that cussed and gambled and
drank $685.,
did he ask you to promise not to
marry again7''
mo. he didn't, and If he had !
should have told him that that was
nv own business. Why are you asking
these questions?"
"Widdec, hain't been a good man
at the woOdpile"
"Fine."
sand a good one in the gardenf"
| "Sure."
"And hain't lonely and you
lonelyT
1--WE are"
"Then-then let's get married."
LA me! Bring on the parson and
have It over with and off our hands,
for them string beans haze got to be
poled afOre sundownw
..r Water Damage to Flour.
It is q well-known fact among SAIL
nrv %ho& AoY,r will MT only font aftef