Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20

twice and had to spread her as'in to
SHear any politics talked around
jedi"
Jed was brief in his answers. He
seemed depressed, and conducted him
self like . man who had something
on his mind.
ANY fresh news from anywheresT'
"Hain't heard none"
Hear about the Packinces down to
Baileyr
Never heard tell Of EN-" There
was excellent reason for this, be-
cause no such family as the Packinses
existed in Bailey or anywhere else
to Scattergood's knowledge:
Coin to separate" said Scatter
Jed looked up quickly. bit his lip
and looked down again.
What fur?" he asked.
Nobody kin hgger out. Jest agree
in to disagree. Can't git along, mo-
and squabblin' and hectorin'. Nice
young folks. too. Used to set heap
Of store by one another. Can't figger
how they come to disagree like they
do!'
Nobody kin hsger it out" said
Jed. with sudden vehemence. All 10
way, and you dunno how they come
to be. 1t jest drifts along. Fust you
know things has went all to smash.
I'm! You talk Ike you knowed
somethin' about it."
Nobody knows more" said the
young man, bitterly. He was sud
denly conscious that he wanted to
talk about his domestic affairs; that
he wanted to loose the story OF ms
troubles and dwell upon them in all
their ramifications.
DO tell" said Scattergood, with
an infection of establishment.
stN 6ARTHY and me has about come
NI to the partin' Of our roads"
said Jed. ITS come gradual. with
out our notiein' it, but it's here at
last. Seems like We can't bear tho
sight of each other-when we git to-
gether. And yit-sounds mighty
funny, tool calc'late to be as fond
minute we git together we bicker
and quarrel till there hain't no pleas
ure into life at all"
"An Marthy's fault. hain't itf Kind
of mean disposition, hain't she?
mo SIGH thing, Scattergood, sna
use to be a sweeter dispositioned girl
in the state than Marthy. Somethin's
lest went wrong. They's times when
1 git mad, and 1t all looks to be her
fault, and then I ketch my own self
startin' some hectorin !. m, mea nh n,x
fault. The whole sum and substance
Of it Is that we can't git along with
$50 you calc'late to separate"
Been talkin' it up some"
"Marthy willin'T
~ WI
fix il up and agree to try over ag'in
and then, fust thing we know, we're
right into the middle of another
sauabble. want Marthy. and guess
Marthy waits me. but we want each
other like we was Ave year back and
Been married five year. hain't
give year last April"
'JJw! Wa-al, I hope nothin' comes
Of it, Jed. But II 1t has to 1t Will
Better live happy separate than IN
happy together G'bys' Jed s,a.,,, mi,
problem with Mandy, his wife, as II
was his custom to discuss business
problems. He did not mention the
young Lewises. because the first rule
Of Mandy's life was, Mind your own
measure to see Scattergood pokins
his finger into every dish that offered
he did talk the matter over with
Deacon Pettybone, but got little en-
lightenment for his pains.
Don't seem MATERIAL Scattergood
said, or young folks to git to quar-
relin' and bickerin' ontil life hain't
endurable no longer. 'Tain't snat-
teraI a-tall. Somethin' must be all
fred wrong somewheres."
ITS human nature to quarrel" said
the deacon. gleomily. "Nothin' on
usual about it."
"Human nature" said Scattergood
gifts blamed fr heap Of things that
ought to be laid at the door of human
cussedness."
Same thing" said the deacon. 'It
you're human you're cussed: Used
to be 30 Ia the Garden Of Eden, and
it'll keep on bein' 30 till Gabriel
blows his final trump"
"Tain't no more MATERIAL to bfcker
than tits to have dispepsy. Quarrel
in and hectorin' hain't nothin' but a
kind Of dispepsy that attacks fam
lilies instid 81 stummicks. In both
cases 1t means somethin' IL wrong"
Cant cure q unhappy family with
dose Of calomel," said the deacon
acidly.
"Hain't SO sure. bet that identical
remedy 'u'd Ax up three out Of ten
But somethin' else is wrong with
them young Lewises. A dose of some
thin 'u'd cure 'em. II only q felleI
could hgger out what twas"
might try soothin struF." said the