Show THE LIONS SHARE this thia kind of marital chivalry Clil valry Is IB scarce A well dressed respectable bool ing man we will not ment mention ion liis ills nationality traveling ng with liln ills an wife ire in it a remote quarter of england hiis nv is delayed by detective defective railway s service ervice and was nn ill ablo able to reach ills he destination until 10 in the evening UP lie had left the railway train tit nt a mail station whore where there was no restaurant and lind had hired a coach to carry him with ills wife and his bis baggage to the little village where he be was as to spend tho the night when tile travelers travo lors drew up nil at the iho old fashioned f i ahli boned inn tilt in the ie street they NN ere mry aery weary and faint with bungor liling rr they lind had eaten since their varly early As goon its as the lie domms hall brn bon engaged n and tile baggage property tow stow fd ell the husband ent for the portly landkof landl iid and said wr sin lie the hung liest pair you ever jaw faw we have lost our tint connections once and bee been delayed nt at stations where food wis was not served lor for this alila acason we have tall lind neither luncheon nor dinner now you must do yourt your liest lest for us wo we want it a hearty supper Mii iper the landlord ili it it aaa ia very pite lito and lie ball not bethi e x hect 11 tiny any one to arrhe e hut but eliat tha t lie would go down and talk with the cook lie returned in ten minutes with a troubled face you have taken us its by surprise it hr raid paid w etli an apologetic air alie themar market stalls are arc closed and nothing can in lie ile had in tile the shops at this his dimir this Is only a modest quiet country inn 1 lave have been talking with the cook and find viat that the les at aie e quite empty have you no meat asked the lie acx long ions husband in it a tone of irrl lallon 1 I regret to say ansu ered the landlord 1 that Is only one mutton chop in the house but I 1 that lint Is it a good sized one the husband glanced nt at his wire wife and then stared at the landlord what Is my wife to have liens lie asked Iced grimly after an awkward pause the mattor of fact way in which tills this lord of creation appropriated for his exclusive wo use tile only loop revealed ills hla idea of the flie rela relations tiong of the alio sexes the stronger half of tit the family was to bo be served first whatever might ile be the necessities of the weaker half of course the affectionate wife pro tested taste that she was not very hungry and would be satisfied alth a 1 toast and arid ten tea is as slie site needed sleep sice more than anny thin tiling ele th taj brute ate the chop and g grumbled when ho he finished it because ills hunger was not satisfied this true incident makes a very unsatisfactory study of the lie kind of marital chivalry that ii 14 sometimes sometime found in this closing decade of the nineteenth century conti irr |