Show aeh SCHEME EXE DID TW WORK CLEVER ID IDEA EA THE CAUSE OF misunderstanding possibility y that mrs titus might by be wi wiser ser 4 than her mother had been overlooked by the conspirator consa story with a moral mr ift trus titus has it in for his father fataei inlaw in law tile the old benti gentleman amari is in nowise to blame but titus has haa to fight it out with somebody so lie he vents his spleen n on the leader of the opposition it all I 1 canie came jabout through titus close management titus own a furniture store 1 he ae is not a stin stingy gyman man by any means but when he ina married fridd and got ready to furnish a hat flat of 1113 own lie he concluded that it would be a neat stroke of economy to ril hil hh stock of a few pieces ol of old fashioned furniture that itha nt had been marked down 20 per cent by utilizing them in his own housekeeping until the advent of the sideboard chis wife bore without complaining the li importation of these antiquated models then she revolted 1 I wont have it she said decisive ly jy adia nt think thin that of you G george or 90 titus I 1 really I 1 never dreamed J that hat you cared less for me than thail for the customers that camo came incoy into yvor 1 lar store TX pc I 1 had dreamed of such a thin g have married you titus was dumbfounded why laura he be said what in the world Is ia the matter with you thore there is nothing the matter with me she retorted its the sideboard I 1 its it is ord of and of a horribly ugly pdt pattern tern and t L wont give it houseroom I 1 want you to take it right back to the store stoke it I 1 you yon dont i ill see father about it t f titus promised to think tho the matter rover q and nd later lafer in tho evening evenin besaw father himself oh you worry about a little thing like that sald ills his newly acquired relation consolingly laura a 3 like her mother ashes a little littie touchy all its easy enough to manage her heir when you know how lust just give her llop ropa enough and shell saen hang hershf hers alf lf titus hastened U to explain that lie he awa S not L an anxious KIOUS to precipitate any such tragedy thus early in his married life anda and i reverted averted to the sideboard Ye yes yes said the old gentl gentleman einari all right I 1 saw the sideboard and a very nice one it is too loo the nicest one you had in the store in my opinion if laura had seen it in the salesroom first she would probably have thought so too auvo to cure her as I 1 cured aured her mother 1 pretty soon after we wa were married she found fault a sofa I 1 had bought and declared she have it in ali the house I 1 moved the thin thing away avay and put it in a room full of other sofas the next day I 1 took her down to the store and told her to tb talie take her choice whereupon she picked 1 I cd out the very identical sofas sofa sho she had I 1 rejected the day before id advise you to play the same trick on laura the plan will basure be sure to work I 1 titus thanked his father in law fervently 1 I will sald said lie he kludo Ill do it tomor to mor row early the next morning ho he had tho the sideboard carted back store and in ili the afternoon he invited his come dawn and select another one he led tho the way into a largo large ro room oni on the second floor where sideboards of all shapes sizes and prices reflect reflected eA the anxious faces of mr and mrs airs titus as they passed to arid and fr fro sin review of the shining wares 01 bently titus adraine ad rainy directed lier her into the aisle where tho the discarded sair sideboard stood in all its HE last years humility mrs titus spotted it ten ctet fi et gracious george site she said ahat NV hat lid did you put that thing in helo heio for nobody will buy blay it nev or got get ride or it unless you give it away it li is too oo 00 prehistoric for any used use then s she h ei went on oa a few steps further and chioso calloso the knost expensive sideboard in the lot that is why titus is madat ills his father in law the old L gentleman that it is not ills his fault if mrs titus is smarter than her mother was at ai tile the same age but titus hints conspiracy ina and storms most unreasonably philadelphia ledger |