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Show 1 --gp HER BRUTAL HUSBAND The WTeteh Would Not Get Angry, No Matter What She Did. "Mrs Parmelee, you are the envy of all our set !n having a husband who Is the Impersonation of amiability ." "Did It ever occur to you. my dear Mrs Effingham, that too much amiability may ho a? disagreeable as too much Irrltabll (tyl My husband Is wearing me out with his perfection of temper " "You surprise me ." "Would that J could find a way to mak htm speak one harsh word. " "Prod him " "Prod him? Why, I've goaded him I've tried" "Your mother?" "Certainly, she was with us for months Arthur became fond of her "Have you tried a rival1" "Yes, I encouraged Ned Sperry to muko love to mo. One day Arthur suddenly returned re-turned from buslntss for something he had forgotten at 11 o'clock in the morning morn-ing and found Ned hero. I trembled for fear of having gone too far Arthur begged him to stay all da, aaylng that I was so lonely " "H'm. It does aeern to be a peculiar . as,e I have It. Hire an organ grinder to stand In front of the house and grind whenever your h.isband Is ut homo.'' 'So I have 1 engaged one to begin at t o'clock In the afternoon and keep It up till 11 o'clock -it night 1 hired him for a week. When It ended Arthur hired him f..r another At tho end of tin. second week I had nervous prostration.' "You poor woman' Such perversity Is positively brutal " 'Men are so prooklng! ' "I should think so A man who won t" t a ufiry When hi? wife really wants him to iiiusi be v'-iy hard to Hit- with Id leavi him " "I proposed to go to Europe for a v.-.ir and what ri. you II, Ink WOfl the result f He was delighted. He. aald h wqijld iak.-rooms iak.-rooms at his Club aid be cheerful till I returned I didn't go." "Of rours" you didn't." "Ho would have had a beautiful time " hy don't oti try naKHlng?" "I never tho.'ftht of that ' "It's Infallible. A man who cm tand everything else win al last break dosn under a perslstert ruij; 1 always use It when my husband stands In the way of anything I set my heart on. and I never knew it to fall. When the- Fulwella In vited us to dine. Jlmmle said he wouldn't go You 6ee. he hates AUce Kolwcll as much as I love het The Invitation cattle two weeks before the dinner I began to nag the day after It came and curried my point In time to accept a week b. for- t'n.. entertainment " "How nice I wonder If I could break down Arthur's good nature in that way." "Try It. ' ' 1 surely will." " I must go now Don't rive up too soon. Remember that persistency Is a Jewel " "Mrs Parmelee. I am so glad to see o,i. You naughty woman' Why have yon not returned my call sooner? It's three months since you've darkened my doors What have you been doPij with yourself? You're looking miserable." "It s all Arthur 'You poor, dear thing' I remember now you were telling me when I called on you how obstinate tie was. Did you try the remed) I suggested?" "I did " "Well, sit down and tell me about It "After you called I began a persistent course of nagging. I objected to everything every-thing Arthur wished and stood firm for everything I wished myself I scolded and scolded, keeping It up from the time w woke In tho morning Dl we went to sleep at night Arthur, you know. Is stone deaf In his right car. and he was mean enough to lie on his left side while I was talking The result WgS that he always went to sleep In th middle of my most effeotive nag " "How provoking!' "Well. 1 fancied ho was beginning to give u) He did louk as If he had aome-thlns aome-thlns on Ids mind, though It. wasn't my nugglng 1 was disappointed in that. At any rate, I had hopes that the game would soon h mine One morning ho appeared ap-peared nervous und when he went out forgot to kiss me. as usual 1 watched Mm from between the Muta uf the shutter and saw him go in an opHMte direction from hi Office, In hulf an hour he came bsick wild with Jos- and told me that hs had Just been to the doctor's 1 asked him what for and Be suld that for three yoars ever since we had been marri. I -he hid bad a blood tumor or something of the sort, which hud threatened hli. life Th- doctor had told him thut If he permitted himself to get excited he might die suddenly but If he treat, d the annoyances annoy-ances of life philosophically and kept cool, after h while the thing might be absorbed, and he would be as well as ever." "And he kept you In Ignoranee of his danger all the while0" ' Yes; he said he didn't want to worry me." "A pretty excuse. How has he behaved since?" "Not very wall. Tha flrst tima I said anything he didn't like he raved like ,i madman He broke up the furniture and smashed my dresser mirror ' "Tno fiend'" "Since than he has been dreadfuli . overbearltik' " How do you liko that?' 'Much better than his abominable amiability '" Topeka State Capital |