Show mr peppers wife how ha h her ber up BY mary MABY A CHAPIN 4 lira pepper I 1 labor under the impression that it la Is high time you mi vele were g getting etting breakfast As my mix former housekeeper understood all my wishes with regard to these things I 1 found it unnecessary to gite girt any orders them tint but with you it la is different as you have never got a meal in this house of course you know nothing of the regulations of the household clin crin in the first place you will make a fire alre in n the kitchen put on the tea kettle ac then you will make a fire tire in here bere that done you will cook the breakfast and bring it in here hi re as I 1 have always been accustomed to taking mine mide in I 1 bed arid and I 1 do 40 not consider it necessary to depart from that custom on your account but should yda yoa you prefer ily ill it you can cat vours tours in the kitchen aa as it Is perfectly immaterial to me this occurred the morning atter after mrs repper pepper went to housekeeping house keeping mrs pepper wala was wab a sensible woman she made no reply to mr peppers command commands 1 but as soon as her toilet tollet fas yas finished left the room rooms and sitting down in the kit kitchen phen ghe ehe thus ruminated rumina ted mav imade mak the kitchen fire firt yes ill do that then make a are fire Inthe in the bedroom bed room ill 1911 see to td that too then take the breakfast to wals kiis bedside just see it if I 1 doil doll do and then if mrs rs pepper sat and thought deeply for a few minutes when apparently having arrived at a r satisfactory conclusion she proceeded to business having got i a nice fire tire kindled in the she carried some coal into mr peppers department and filled up his stove having first ascertained that there was not a spark sparl of fire in it it that duty performed she next prepared the breakfast of which she partook with a great relish and after matters and things were all set bet to rights in the kitchen she went dawn town on a shopping excursion meanwhile mr pepper began to grow impatient ile he labored under the impression that the atmosphere of his apartment did pot grow warm very fast and he be bezan began to feel unpleasantly hungry peeping out from behind the bed curtains bosaw he saw baw haw how affairs were with regard to the stove something like a n of the real state of affairs begun begg to dawn upon hm bi biskind mind ile iii listened for a few minutes bu but all was still about the house hastily nastily dressing himself he proceed proceeded Ld to investigate the affair lla ita boon comprehended the whole of it and was very wrathful at first hut but he be comforted himself with the reflection that chehad he had the power to punish mrs P andee and he relt felt bound to doit dolt do it too after some search he found the remains of the breakfast of which he partook with a gusto and then he sat down to wait for mrs P she was a long time in coming incoming and he had ample time to nurse his wrath while sitting there he be thus s 1 that thai ever 1 I philander repe Pepe pepper rj should be so trea treated and by a woman toos toot tio Is not to be b lieveld I 1 cant nueve it no nor I 1 wont either cither but slip she shant shault escape certain if she shi my reputation for dignity would be forever t g mi one fr f ir ha ent 11 I 1 tild told iid ild solomon simpleton all along how bow I 1 was diug going to m etke ike my wife stand around roundy and how I 1 was waa g gong in to mak maki her get up and make the fire tire evera ani and let mi nie ll 11 lie llo abed and aid how I 1 was going to shut hir bir tip and feed hr h r on hrad brad and water it t she dared to sav saw siv w do oot b alj ca A cozy little arrangement arrange ment mint thise this mr Pe pop pr r 1 I said a soft voice behind hun bun mr air P started up and there stood mrs M P right behind bis Ms chair luht lust as baid haid as she could conid mr pepper put on a severe look sit down in that eber chec madams madame mai sim lim he be said pointing to ane treone me he had bad vt i 1 1 n hile hole I 1 have a little con cone v reaton with you now 1 should bi 0 r fl ir t w n v hv bv von d 1 d not bobev my ray orders this oj and anere you rou have been beien all the forenoon f insoon in noon where I 1 have heen been thi mr ur pepper I 1 have not he least leist object Im to t ml 11 I 1 have tow doing a little shopping I 1 hilte hwe purAn sed some rome lovely level just loot at it them wb ibb aan san halding them up ael del abt itt muri lihr ly Ms tes lapp nom oom fl cl 9 ats ass pd S a dollar lar a piece tor for them extremely cheap dont you I 1 hink think BO go she added mr air pepper was wag astonished bow tow she dared to turn the co conversation n in this wa way war T was wab mystery to bim him i suddenly y his bis bottled wrath broke loose turning fiercely upon her be said 1 bbetsy betsy jane xou you disgust tie nie me you tim seem to make mate very I 1 light of this pi patter platter atter but it t afi inore more senious serious than you image imag ine as you will ond find to your cost presently it vou you ido not noi instantly beg my par dionn diona a submissive mannery manner I 1 shall exert my authority to bring you to a aja proper oper sense pt youit your by imprisoning yu you 14 one of ny my cb ambers chambers until you are willing to promise strict obed obedience ieno leno to my withes wishes at the closest close ot this very eloquent and dignified speech mr pepper drew himself BP up to his run fun height and stationed himself before mrs lifts P ready to receive expressions of sorrow and penitence be he had do doubt chahe that she would sall fall f all ail down slown at his feet and say dear mcdear philander wont yon you please it forgive me this time times and ill never do so adv marell and he was going to say bbetsy betsy jane better not dot but instead of doing all this what do you yon think she did laughed him right in his bis facet mr pepper was awful he spoke up la a voice of thunder and andL sald raid mrs clurs pepper walk right up salts this verv minute and donti dont you let the grass grow prow under your voun teety feet while you vou are going neither tou you have begun your antics in good season mrs pepper keppery but ill 1111 have lave you to know that it wont pay to continue them any length of time with mey me mrs pepper again I 1 command yon you to walk up stairs well really kir sir mr P it Is not at all necessary for you flo tio to llo speak so loud I 1 am not so go deat deaf as all that comes tn in bot hot as for walking up stairs I 1 have not the least objection to doing so it if you wili will walt wait until I 1 have bave recovered from my f fatigue at igle igie bat bit I 1 cant think of doing so before crbut but you must mrs P ihen then all ive lve got to say Is this belv havea to carry carrr 1 1 I 1 m me ea for I 1 won wont t walk I 1 mr pepper looked at his wife for tor a moment in the greatest astonishment but as she began besan to laugh at him again he tb thought ought to himself ashe she thinks I 1 wont do ily ill it and hopes to get on in that way but it conle wont do up tales ches rot sot pt got to tor go if it I 1 do have faveto to carry lai her so here goesel goes and taking the he form of his lady in his arms he be soon had the satisfaction of seeing her bet safely lodged lodged in her prison and carefully locking her in he stationed a little red beaded youth auth on the f front rout doorsteps door steps to att attend ena to caller sj and aiso also aso to pee see that mrs P did not escape and then he betook retook himself to a arsta rant for his dinner din lier iier and after des patching that he hurried off to his bis office and was soon en engrossed in business about the middle middie pt of the af afternoon sentinel sent rent inel lael rushed into the office and said never stopping to take breath mr pepper had bett better errun un homa boma justas justis fast as ever he be can f tor pr that woman hats bats shut up be making an awful racket and she ae 1 e tearing around there thure and rattling things the kird kind anlie and it she beant splitting up some thing or other then I 1 dont know what splitting bely bell be I 1 without Wit hont hoat waiting to hear bear dearmore he armore I 1 more M mr r pepper seized his hat bat and hurried off ff home at a most dignified pace opening the hall door he stole up stairs as carefully as possible and applying his eye to the key hole he delfeld beheld a sight which made ban airey airly roar with rag rap mrs pepper was sitting in front of theare place reading his Is old love letters 7 the ow 0 IQ i she sh waseng was engaged enraged afred aired in puth using at that particular moment was from srm a miss polly rohy primrose who ft ho it appeared 2 had bad favorably on the suit of mr pepper but a more dashing lover appear ing on the scene miss polly sent him a letter of dismus bismis bal bai bail sail sal promising her undying friendship friend ship slap ani and accompanying the same with a lock locks of her hr and melts meats but bat it was not the love letters alone that made mr pepper repper so outrageous ne he had of a traveler in his day and had collected a geat man uan curiosities in rambles which he had deposited ih th a la in the ibe very room where he hid bail con confined url mrs P and she bhe had got al at them 1 she bad split spilt cp up an elegant writing desk with his bis indian battle axe in orlier order to have a fire as the day jai was rather chilly in one corar of the fire tire fireplace lilace ailace was waa mr rs P s best beaver filled up with love letters on a small table close to af mrs rs pj P was waa a beau beautiful 0 ua flat china dish dishy aided filled with bears oil in which which bhe she had bad sunk mr Ps pys best satin cra era sti sit at and having atred one eod cod of it it allor afforded ded her sufficient light for her ipa ipg li bajit for mr P had closed the blinds titis bt for or the better security of the culprit on some coals in front of the fire mis was mr I 1 Ps pals silver gilver ch listening bowl in which mrs P F was loping corn which she ever and anon stirred with the thel fiddle bow meanwhile occasionally punching up the fire fore with the fiddie fiddle for mr P had hart with commendable foresight removed the shovel nd ind t tones nes mr pepper condi to peep through ohp th key bey he until he had obtain rt a pr ltv correct idea was coins going on within N ni v T r was vas B as a pepper SQ elreda ils ill ht lie ife shook the door but it was securely fast tast fastened ebed ithan and resisted all his bis efforts to open it ile he ordered mrs pepper t tu open pen it instantly int antly or take the consequences but as she did mit not open it it is t 11 be presumed that she preferred the cw con mr pepper darted down the stairs like a madman 1 must put pid a stop strip to th thi l t he hl thought though tj clor or I 1 shall not have a rag ot of clothes to my nay back hack procuring a ladder begun to mount to the bed room but mrs pepper war was wa not to be taken so easily she knew he had left the door unlocked for tor she bad examined it as soon as he had hul 1 11 1 but she had no idia of lotan lina iona have th ohp beef rit lil of the tilo filep nirm firc gos got so lustily siz sig s sis ig iz ng s verl verll veril urs bottis ut it cgue bhe bho threw the contents upon the tha tte the fire and in a few minutes had the satisfaction of seeing it entirely extinguished that duty performed she left the apartment and locking th door dor don she station d 1 herself in a convenient post position tiou I 1 to li ar c e rn 0 thing that trap tra rd in a af f w nm inam rot etc p in r v a n ulo via apart ment and as soon as he had closed the window he stood I 1 bolt boit t u up right inh t in n the of the room and said in a deep de ep voice 1 come fort fortl J ad mr P uneasy and hastily commences com menses to search starch the room but hn has not proceeded if tar far at when be he bears a slight titter 0 me where in fh the vicinity of the door jle jie listened a moment and it is repeated darting I 1 i to the door he attempts to open it but he finds himself a prisoner there ka S 0 one ohe n r e mora more chance chancel he het thIl iks and hurries to the window but lut alas farmr pepper b abts wife wile has apt removed the ladder and ha he cannot estape he ile down on a chair and looks ruefully around him and presently he arises and picks dp tip a few fragments of a letter which Is lying on the fonds finds ift fit lt Is from polly primrose Prin irose lie he wonders nond abt she has cine dine with the lock of hair at this moment his hl eyo eye ya falls upon hla hia daguerreotype which Is lying upon the table before bim him mechanically taking it up he opens ita it and sees what nothing but hia hla own face all the rest of him being off and around his lovely Is the curl and the walnut meats are caret carp ully ally stowed in the comers corners of the case mr pepper repper fairly blubbered aloud good thought mr t P when you yon find your levell lerel ill VII let you out and not till ti 1 l then A little wholesome d discipline T will do you i on good and im lym f fully tully ull uli prepared to administer it 53 I 1 I 1 ilow how long mrs pepper kept her liege lord in durand vlies vile depo deponent nent neut saith not dot noras nonas to what cassed passed between them when he was released from captivity we n e are not any better informed bini binl of this wi w e are mr pepper have been seen amorn a td or iwo two two afterwards afterward to put bis his head bead into the bed and hear bear him say bay tn in a meek manner mannet I 1 I 1 1 1 i 1 crt itt betsey letsey jane ive ire made the kitchen siles tiles nire fire and put oo 00 the teakettle tea kettle wont you yon please to get cp up and aad get breakfast |