Evening star., 1925-06-14
THE FRAMING OF THE SHREW


"Now what 1 has got to
"You amt got ary thing to
sigges'. Not to me you amt. Not a
tall. Not even once. On account,
Flo'ian. / woul'nt be mis'able like'n
been so Suggestive Already"
Florian appeared hurt. You amt
meanin to stan up there an tell me to
my face you think is done explained
all my scheme, is your"
A tiny frown corrugated the Robson
forehead. mot all yo' scheme?"
"Suttinly l amt toll you all. Trou-
BILE with you, Privacy. Is you never
let no feller finish tellin' you nothin'.
Fust off I tells you bout stahtin' a
divohce suit an askin' TO- alimonies
an what does you do?
You runs of 'thout listenin' to all
which l had to say. tha's what you
does. I'm you had Of listened to me
complete an ontire in the fust place
anyways. you di'nt. Then you
come to me later an stahts to tell
you bout gittin' correspondent. An
what you does then, huh?
You amt never let me finish tellin'
you what I stahted to tell. Now Ise
astin you now-is you gwine lis'en
to all my scheme, or amt your"
Privacy shrugged ihdifferently.
Reckon nights well listen. F'lo.ian
Nothin' you advises Is gwine git me
in any wusser trouble than what /
Is in Already
rs you gwine take my adwice?"
Il is hearn them words FUN yo' lips
befo', Brother Slappey, an they
always has spelled misery to me-"
Tha's on account you never let
me finish. Now if'n you wants to be
happy with Clarry-if'n you Graves
to jes nachelly boss her roun' an
make her do whichsoever you wants
-jes' listen to two words Jes'
two Ill simple words"
"Yeh? Yeh? What is they?"
Hunger strike"
Privacy shook his head wondering
ly. You says words. Flo'ian,-but
they don't make no sense
"Wiggilin' tripe. When 1t comes
to brains, Privacy. you jes' nachelly
amt. A hunger strike, Privacy, is
what you goes on when you wants
sumthin' which somebody amt amin
to give you"
Il goes on it,
"Sholy you does
How l goes on it?''
"All what you does, Privacy-is to
stop eatin'"
The information sifted slowly.
Then Privacy stepped back and shook
his head. Reckon l an you better
keep away fun each other. Floian.
l amt amin to travel roun' with
no crazy man"
Who's crazy"
You is
How Gomez"
ANY man which says / stop eatin'
Is crazy. Crazy right in the haid"
And once more came a torrent of
logic. Florian commenced with the
f1rst recorded case of hunger striking.
He traced the history Of the fad down
to date-and credited 10 II a batting
average of 1000. An as fo' yo'
case, Privacy" he finished trium-
phantly. 1T CANT fail"
concerned at"
This heah CANT. On account
why? On account Clarry is a ele.
CANT cook an does she see YOU
starvin' to death she Is gwine be
mis- able cause you amt eatin' which
she cooks TO you. An then when
you gifts sick she has to pay all the
expense of doctors bills an sech.
Mebbe even fum'ral expenses does
you go an die on her. She comes
into you an says why don't you eat?
An you says that you amt eatin'
cause you loves her an wants to
be happy with her-but on account
she treats you SO rotten you'd ruther
go die of hunger. An then she gifts
so anxious TO you to eat an not die
that she does Whatsoever you
wants.
You is posolutely shuah?"
Absolutely"
a ND so, with many misgivings
Privacy agreed to try the hunger
strike.
1t wasn't so dificult at breakfast
AS usual, Clarry left his meal on one
Of the washtubs in his makeshift
boudoir. When she returned a half
hour later the meal was untouched
grtts. side-meat, coffee-aii were Just