The Meeker herald., 1921-09-10

Instance. bUl SUCH
people won't take hint. In order TO
Keep them or the premises, Sophie
will have to stand mt the front gate
with doublc.barrclcd shotgun, and
that would interfere with her house
work.
IF n man marries n woman who
has n string of undesirable relatives,
he should Mt once take his bride away
from them. Let him board n fast train
and travel ms fnr us the rails 20. and
then mosey into the brush, and per-
haps he'll escape the wrath to come.
If he camps down in the old home
town, where those relatives are hang
ing ont. he is sure to have trouble.
MY third wife was gifted with many
uncles and cousins and brothers and
sisters of the bargain counter kind.
Any six of them would have been dear
mt 80 cents. Before we were married,
] explained to Maria that | wouldn't
stand for those relatives. and she said
she wouldn't expect me 10. She gave
me her word of honor that she wouldn't
have anything to do with them. or let
ili'1l lllN' NllN AllAi- w wv NlNli
and she meant every word she said.
"Tn those days | was poor, and
realized that It would keep me hustling
10 keep the wolf away from the door
without having TO provide for any
cousins or aunts. About month
after we were married, ! went home
unexpectedly in the middle of the af-
ternaon one day, and found my wife
filling basket with pieces Of fried
chicken, and jarr.of jam, and oranges.
and various expensive things adapted
TO the idle rich.
81 asked her what she was going TO
do, and she cOlorcd up and siammcred
around. and finally explained that her
Aunt Rachel was dangerously sick and
she thought I, would be a real kind
ness to take her few delicacics. 'of
course Maria said 4 haven't forgotten
my promise, and | don't intend TO have
anything more TO do with my folks
than l can help, but in case of sick
ness the rules should be suspended
81 am willing to suspend them TO
the extent of n slice of buttcrch ioNst
and a hnrd-hoIlcd egg | said. but you
have four dollars worth Of rictuals in
that basket and that's rubbing II in
your. Aunt Rachel n little too strong
80 she unlOadcd most Of the things
she had put In the basket and said |
had no heart, and went away weeping.
Up to that moment our married NE
had been like n sunny morning, but
this experience made 1t cloudy, and our
house never was the same afterwards
| had lost confidence in my wife. ana
she had sized me up rs n tyrant.
''That Aunt Rachel experience was
merely the beginning. a week or two
later Went home furnishing, expecting
to see an uplifting and enrolling sup
per all ready on the table, but there
was nobody ut home. Tile fire was
out. and there was nothing 10 eat IN
sight. | dug up can of salmon and
some crackers and had Notwithstanding
meal.
about nine o'clock in the evening
my wife came home. and when asked
her where she had been. she answered
dcfiantly that her Uncle Ebenczer had
been seriously Injured while choppins
down Il tree. and she considered II her
duty to take care of him. l would nave
to get along the best way l could FOR
n day or two, she said for she was
going to nurse Uncle Ebenczcr. Her
relatives soon found that they could
have anything they wanted from my
larder by being invalids, so they took
turns falling sick, and my wife resolved