| Show DIDNT WORI I Wasnt the Right imo and Mr Diltz Gave It Up Til do itl Bolhenms Diifci laid down the paper he was reading tost irs nose glasses back in his po kettrMh his hat and overcoat down from the hock and started home Ill do lIP he repeated to himself a he > walked along Ill court ray wife a i she were a girl again the way the fellow did in that newspapepstory r expect itll co orettv ton he reflected throwing is away his cigar andwiping his month car fully a he approached his home Ive been a good deal of a rhinoceros about the house and its a hard thing to break off old habits all at once but Im going t give it a trial i it takes the hide off Mr Diltz entered the houso hung his hat and overcoat in the hal instead of throwing them down in a heap on the sofa In his usual fashion Then ho went on tiptoe upstairs put on his best necktie combed his hair carefully and came softly down the stairs again Mary Jane ho called out Where are you dear Out here answered a voice in the kitchen Did you bring that package of hrng chocolate I told you not to forget when you went down town this morning Why no said Mr Diltz regretfully a he went into the kitchen I forgot It dearMrs derMs Diltz looked at him suspiciously He hadnt called her dear for about eleven years You forgotit Hgrnphl I just expected It What are you up t now This query somewhat sharply uttered was prompted by an unexpected forward movement on the part of Mr Diltz Dont you see Im cleaning this chicken chick-en she exclaimed Look outl Youll make me cut myself Im working at the gizzard A man hh no business poking round in the kitchen when he cant do any good Mr Diltz stepped back He had intended I intend-ed to kiss his wife but concluded to postpone post-pone the matter for a little while Mary Jane he said my dear What are you all slicked up for anyhow any-how Going anywhere P I I No love I expect to spend the rest of the day at home I came an hour or two I earlier thinking I wish you had brpught that chocolate Thats what wish Darling said Mr Diltz Ithats no way t go to work at a chicken gizzard Let me Maybe you know more about this kind of work than I do Maybe I havent cleaned cean hundreds of chickens since Ive been keep I ing house What are yon snooping around I out here for anyhow with your hair all plastered down and that smirk on your facsMy My dearest Mary Jane I I Polhemus broke in his wife laying down the portion of the fowls anatomy I she had been dissecting and looking him keenly what on earth is the object of this palvering What new dodge are you trying try-ing to work now Why Mary Jane Ive made up my mind to try to get along with you in a dif To get along with me What d you mean Do you tell me t my face Im hard t get along with Not at all Mary Jane not at all I was only going t say that we might live together to-gether more comfortably you know ifr I if wed quit this quarreling and be sociable so-ciable YQU know as we used to be Theres j I no needofus acting lke cats and dogs Who says we act like cats and dogs Id like to know Look here Polhemusl Youve been drinking Its a blamed 1 now Mary Jane dont you give way t that temper of yours Who started this fuss You did I didnt You did yourself I didnt You did I You know better Tell your wife she lies do your Well it isnt the first time I you have any business t attend to at your office there will be plenty time for you to go and do it before supper Ill get along I dont need I any help on this chicken Diddledy dadswing the daggone old hdnl shouted Mr Diltz beside himself with rage Dad swizzle t everlasting goldinged old carcass He went out of the kitchen slamming the door behind him and in less than a nnnrt r nf f TmnnfA 1p true nn file straw back to his office muttering excitedly to himself and crushing the inoffensive sidewalk side-walk hard beneath his vindictive heel a he strode along Mr Diltz has not entirely given up the idea of courting his wife but hehas registered reg tered a castiron vow never t undertake the job again when she is anatomizing a to chicken Chicago Tribune |
