| Show IT 0 V ja icka mrs 1 I JW KENNETT SCORNS THE MONSTER mrs Merri wid boxed tho the fluffy persians ears cara until the pampered oriental yowled bowled and leaped froin her lap to the floor retreating under tho the davenport to sulk her maternal aunt jane protested against the severity of tho the slaps blaas tho the persian was her particular pet pel iles hes just like the rest of his 1118 conceited sex enid sald mrs its tho the hardest thin thing g in the tha world for him to believe that there aro are times when a woman want him binl around especially it if hes had a little encouragement to begin with 1 I never notice notte cid you encouraging the poor animal replied aunt jane have hava noticed it it if you had seen me cuddling him when mr green agh was here said eald mrs merrt meiti wid with a little giggle ho he had such a loving since he was a kitten I 1 actually did violence to my feelings so far as to kiss hla his nose hassane Has Elas sans you understand not mr air Greenig hs I 1 also talked baby talk to him hassan you know 1 I suppose you kissed mr air nose observed aunt jane youre a dear unsuspecting thing said mrs merrield ld but you can never tell auntie such has been did ere now even bald heads have known the soft pressure of a womans comans ruddy lips but other lips auntie I 1 assure you what were you kissing my cat tor for asked aunt jane for the effect on mr Gre greenloh greenish Greenl enigh gh dearle dearie replied her niece it was effective fec tive all right it if I 1 were Has hassan sati I 1 want the gentleman to feed me liver some men there are cannot abide a cat as aa mr booth once remarked at Mo Vickers mr greenloh Greenl Ire enigh gh tit la one of them he considers them selfish sly ay treacherous cruel thieving bets beasts without a si single redeeming worthy of tho the distinction am I 1 right or am I 1 wrong 1 I think my dear that tho the loss said on certain subjects subject a tho the better replied aunt jane gently you were talking about mr Ore enigh you not dear mol mo so I 1 was said mrs Merri wid pardon tho the digression well theres nothing doing auntie you seo see ho he my only joy all my interests and aspirations and hopes and yearnings are not bound up in in him and I 1 fear that I 1 would be hurting tits his feelings all tho the time by letting hint suspect it were there a closer bond between us then hed be misusing his shaving materials or something unpleasant like that A A man who merely gets jealous la Is a highly interesting eminently entertaining ta ining and by no means disagreeable person continued mrs A jealous man Is a detestable and dangerous variety of hog bog you can tako something or give something tor for an acute attack but when the disease Is chronic it Is about an even chance whether the patient ia lands ads in the insane asylum or the morgue the man who gets jealous Is entitled to a womans comans carefully concealed thy the jealous man Is a nuisance and deserves what he generally gets it take the cat to satisfy me that mr greenloh Greenl gh was no fit company for a popular little lady like your niece dearle dearie 1 I suppose youre the best beat judge me elssa aunt jane allowed thank you darling said bald mrs mer 1 I know you dont think so co but I 1 appreciate it just as much to the best of my judgment a man who gets blood in his eye and flecks of foam on his whiskers every time his wife shows symptoms of admiration for or anyone but him Is not the man to make a woman happy however much she eho may love excitement A man may have a more than ordinary share of attractive qualities but be cant be a an I 1 I 1 C 1 I suppose youre the best beat judge melissa aunt jane allowed quality and hes at a loss to imagine how anybody can tolerate them much less address them in terms or of endearment because he know them aunt jane declared no dearle dearie its because I 1 petted one said mrs Merri wid if I 1 had bad petted anybody else elie hed have felt about the same im afraid auntie that mr air Gre greenloh Greenl enigh gh la Is of at a lea jealous taus dispo and thach a pity because I 1 really eally think hes the easiest man to look at that has been aro around und here for many moons and my rhy heart tells me that he e loves me truly not with the fierce zon consuming suming passion of his bis love for mr Gre greenish enigh perhaps but the daisy petals certainly all fall the one ona way there can be no true love without lea e lousy so they say fe remarked marked aunt jane they say any lots of things that arent ahei t so 0 o when come to get on th their or burnished plumage im not intimating t that hat unmitigated anten tonal lonal and deliberate liars at that and far be it from me to counsel my sister woman to let any obvious biped think hes got a lead pipe cinch on preeminence pre eminence in affections no indeed dearle dearie at the same time im riot in favor of alah maximum percentage of the fires df at hell bell to the joys joya of paradise as lear omar would say theres happy medium between the tha ideas of the sultan of sulu and nd those of ri emma mma goldman on the to be observed between the sexes it anybody should ask yc but most men aro are naturally incline i to think that the sultan has got a pretty level head on alm aim after all when you get right town lown to brass tacks they avor plurality certainly not only tit in exceptional cases and under certain circumstances es aud and anyway its falast 66 law here personally I 1 wa want tit to feel at hb liberty arly to may bay a kind word arnd bestow an amiable smile on fay ny gentleman whom I 1 may deem chesterfield a napoleon a dustan distl n farnum a huxley and a van dibber rolled into one ile he may think ho he can but his bia wife will have her opinion I 1 dont think mr greenloh Greenig Greenl gh 4 would ever let mrs Gre greenish Green enigh be ploua pious hed take it as a personal reflection and possibly lay it to the curate no a cat has too much independence of spirit for him what he wants Is a dog and devotion but it would have to be a particular kind of a dog at that how particular asked aunt jane one that wag its tall for anybody but mr Gren replied mrs Merri wid copyright 1912 by W 0 chapman |
