Show i b fable abl abie of the tb married marri d that Went Wen m nt to I 1 modern mod rn Fables ales F abl s I IB joa ing and ana egan Began to Tina Out things 21 tJ H IE IE IE IE B RY Y GEORGE G EO R G E 1 A D r F E IE IE IE IE NCE there was a Happy Young Pair Fair each of S whom got stuck on the Photograph of the theother theother theother ONCE O other and thereupon a Marriage was ar arranged arranged arranged ranged by b Mail Mall Shortly after taking the Life Lite Trick they t darted tar ted In to get acquainted Up tip to the hs time that they moved into the Arcadian Flats and began to take Of Offers r fers ders from the Janitor he never had seen little Sunshine except In her Evening Frock He had bad a n sort of sneaking Suspicion that she arose every ery Morning already attired In a I Paris aris Gown and all the tho Diamonds And she supposed that he be went to the tho Office every ever I Day ay in his regular rog lar John Drew Regalia with the Concer Concertina Concertina Concertina tina Hat After Atter she sho ho to began gan to see Hubby around the Flat J lat in his Other Clothes the Horrible Truth dawned upon her that he ho was not such a Hot Swell as he had looked to be In the BUnk Bunko Photograph Sometime on Rainy Sundays he would cut out out the Morning Horning Service and decide not to Shave Shaver and then thon th on when J sli hi h cot is of a good long Ix Look ok at him sh she c would begin to doubt her own om Judgment 4 And so far as that is concerned concer concerned e there tn were Morn MornIngs Mornings Ings rg after aHer thoy thO bad had been out Late in a Welsh Rabbit Party when she was fairly hard to look at Loves Young Dream was handed several g l Whacks hacks about the tha Time that they started in to get a aLine aLine aLine Line on each other For instance tho the first Morning lornIng 2 at Breakfast it came out that her Idea of a Dainty Snack with which to usher In fn the Day Da was wn a 0 Lettuce Sandwich h a Couple of Olives cad n II ud rid a Childs Cupful of or Cocoa While ho he wanted 36 worth of ot Ham and Ergs Eggs E p a stack of Griddle Cakes Cak s and anda ft no Tureen of or Coffee She was a caso case of ot Ambrosia and Nectar and he was plain old Ham and It used to give her Hysterics to see him bark at an anEar anEar anEar Ear of ot Gr Grcen en Corn at the same time making a Sound like a For Pinner she lp liked a n little Consomme en Tasse and then a NI Nii r t Salad while lu hf in Insisted on a Steak the Size of ot a Lap Robe and German Fried to come coine along I t e B It used A to give o her hysterics to tome see 0 him bark at atan atri ri an ear of corno corn cornat o at the same time timen t ti c n king kings a s sound und A like a dredge They did not Mocha and Java at all on their Reading Read Reading Reading ing Matter She liked Henry James and Walter Hater Pater and he be preferred Horse Papers and the Comic Suppler Supple Supplement ment Sometimes when she would wander off Into the of ot Poesy he would would follow her as far tar as s he could and then sit down and wait walt for her to get through rambling and come back backIe If Ie they took in a Show sho she was always plugging I Ifor for Mrs Fiske or Duse while he claimed clai that Rogers I Iq q I Brothers were better than Booth and Barrett had been In their Prime She could weep over a Tosti TosU Serenade and he would walk a Mile at any time to see a good Buck Dance When they got around to fixing up Invitation Lists there was more or less Ge and Hawing l fl I e T I I J a ar r i il I o l When they had an evening at nome home in the flat fiat it Was vas usually a two ring rii affairs affair a i t 1 S i ie Q 4 0 B 9 Bw G 6 w e Q r ri b rb 6 I Q e 0 0 a 8 e 8 6 6 A 8 0 6 Father 6 G is nov now o showing 0 little iUle 0 Aubrey 9 how to draw 6 Without 0 6 tipping 8 off his hand T K i All Allor of his Friends belonged to the HighBinder Division Their only only Conception of a Happy Evening was to put the Buck in the Center of ot the Table a fresh Pack and ar d go out for Blood found her most delirious Joy in putting pas passionate Shades on all aU the Lamps and sitting there in inthe inthe the Crimson Glow to discuss and Maart Maarten i Maartens and a few others that were New hew Ones on on tho thu heend of the Sketch f I I I When they had an Evening At Home up in the Flat Blat It was usually a Affair She would wo ld have the Cerebellums in the Front Room looking at the New and eating Peppermint Wafers while white be he aDd ami the theether ether ther would be out In the Dining Room try Jig dig to make their House Rent and tossing off oft that which trade ade Scotland famous Sometimes it Would take half halt the Night to get the Smoke out of the House He e eAl Although Al hough she feared that she tad had ad turned up the wrong Street while searching for her Affinity the Partnership Arrangement had to stand They came to the Conclusion that Married Life is a Series of ot Compromises If n he did well wage sitting in with some of his Friends he would diri e up HP with her herand herand herand and she would take the Money loney and buy bay b y Art Pastels He would spot snot the Afternoons on which the Ethical i Researchers were due at his Premises and aDd he would go to toa a Dutch Restaurant She permitted him to have a Room and call it his Den l n so that he and his Friends could do the Escape In lit case somebody in the Parlor started a Reading He JIe put up the Coin to enable her to attend State Conventions and when she was elected Recording Sec See Secretary Secretary of the Society for trying to find out what Browning was up to he took her Picture around amend to all the Newspapers and told everyone that he had a lit little littIe tIe tle Woman up at the House who was as Keen as a Hawk as Swift Swit as an Eagle and Sharper than Chained Lightning He fumbled a great many of her but hut that did not prevent him from admiring her har Delivery Finally they arranged their separate Schedules s so that they th y did not see much of each other and they th y began td teJ get along all right Occasionally they had a slight Difference but they could always patch it up For Forr instance she selected sel Aubrey ubre De Courcey as a Name for tor tho the First Born while he held hekl out for Bill so they had to compromise on Aubrey De Courcey Aubrey r is now 10 le years Y of f Age g Mother e is teaching hint him to Crochet r h wa and Father e Is showing ho i him i how to Draw without tipping oft off his Hand while wItHe all thE Friends FrIen 7 are sitting around waiting to see Aubrey a Finish MORAL lORAL Th The Two of a Kind Is not always alwa 5 the Strongest Combination Copyright 1903 1303 by Robert Howard R |