| Show CONTINUED OST DIVORCED ini iSi TOight i abt mrs puffer could not sleep fo k king ing 0 how everything about her 10 or e would go speedily and J t io 0 racy raer and ruin under tinder the thrift ess i of madam the mother neither edmaster naster sleep for thinking selfish j f the saine same bat but I 1 will do him the credito credit of admitting V that min mingled wied with per be bewail bewall wallings ings was a degree alegree of pity for tafe eife tS elfe eloe 0 slavish toil which awaited his at her krother brother house hause ve weerd there was besides a possible chance ti s e might be it any time supplanted s new sister inlaw i in nl uw ashe 0 upon the next morning 0 the husband wife rife drove over to counselor sabins nathe jh e high backed green wagon 3 with the pumpkin and milk horse heartily agreeing agree 0 fifthly in pity for each other ye es cs ye esl esi es As I 1 understand it you iho two wish to divide your joint possessions ini ind nd go each your way without any fornal formal public divorcement waal wa al waal wa al jaous tk see ich let us see seel P said squire sabin rege refe referring fridg I 1 to a 3 paper which he had already eed filled with minutes five cows what will 11 you do about them make beef of olg cip aoe doe and divide the meat hey no I 1 would not consent to that it is my y choice he has three cows he will lia ifa ind more use for them than I 1 shall shail bein being 0 that two cows make nothing of a dairy by thym thIm themselves selves while 0 my ay iy share be it less or nore dore will work right in with may fay br bro uro 0 tiers put in the good dame TI shant aree agree 0 to any such division ep find I 1 need more cows I 1 can buy them thew aal aad I 1 am not willing she should go go away alty apty handed she wont find she has et at any too much to make herself comfortable E for with the mos she can have rarned he thus they now began g to disagree disa gree again am willil willing for anything which is r but I 1 shant hant s consent comsea to such a one heu tea davidi dividing off as ho he speaks of I 1 jan ean to take tal ac a reasonable e view and I 1 il didt eidt I 1 nl h he e s should shoula h oula ouia do the same and if he t ws if he looks look at the matter candidly igat h he C will find more use for three cows iian ilan I 1 shall so there is no use of multi ying words about it for I 1 shant come lick of what I 1 havo kave said I 1 protested IL mrs urs irk irs affer er resolutely hu u umphy if you can not arree agree 0 to torr tore together ether you mast must agree agree 0 to separate fonow k n ow 7 interposed the lawyer who d that that context contention ion lon of mutual conces R a may be as difficult to settle idy ady as strife of mutual greed plen pien encee ced but not convinced 1 ced eed good min ilian m affer r held his peace hereu hereupon pon poo while he be eardly ay reflected that all th the good wife wile livin could not prevent his driving 0 this ne of conten contention tiou the third cow over pier r brothers barn in due season so plowed awed her face to 0 glow low with satis triumph without any further protest lut sot passing 0 down along 0 squire sabins the he tho swine proved quite as unmanaged jn a their turn as the kine have no notion of taking the it fat dat bo hog ine ne of the little pigs cihat V what can I 1 f should like to know OW in the first a with such a pile of meat and when we ave fed that porker up to this time v so much of him I 1 shant hear avalt a to take him any way now that is the good dood wife A me offe other hand the good goodman man was te 46 1 decided I lother mother fry ary up he fa to lard and take care d odthe 64 eat we e kept it and the pork is worth ade c tar tir her to sell as it is for me MC ly ile he wees c waal wa al I 1 would suggest that yta dif dit cant seem to agree e e even to a compromise mrs atter rater keep had bad the matter of the cows her own IF 1 aunt on 1 aj trl continued from rago pago 65 gs then mr puffer suits himself in the pig question interposed the counselor donn conn m mending ending his p pen en for a fresh start I 1 come now that is nomore no more thau than fairl fair 1 issen assented ted mr mi puffer although 0 of course the arrant hypocrite was all the time conscious in his inmost heart and utmost too fon ton lor tor For that matter that he had aver fever fora tora for a moment intended intia ded to abide by the decision of good mrs P in the last dispute therein you see see a silent partner has lins an n argument for good mrs P herse lf bi mg no power of knowing this mental reservation was obliged 13 relue bantly toco to concede hede M inch and animal by animal their way through the live lite and coming after a tedious while toe personal p property ro perty found that to be ege eie amore refractory must dust have two bed quilts and two pairs of heets to my one I 1 shant give my ny consent to anything else for his mot motels re Hs getting too old and feeble for q 66 9 and weaving and the like of that work affirmed the good wife with cheer foi fol benevolence of course I 1 shant taie taic take her setting 0 out and she propose it I 1 protested llie ifie goodman good man mrs P opened her mouth with mith a face that evinced a burst of words as clearly as ever a black cloud clond betokened a burst you need not say a word for nor against I 1 tell you yon I 1 wont hear to it even if jou yon ran out a case as long and as strong 0 as the moral law P added her lord with unusual fervor H m w rn I 1 yeses yes yea es waal wa al waal wa al my ad tice to you two good people is seeing 0 that ion yon can not agree to separate to get into your wagon wago n and ride home to together 0 ether said vise wise counselor sabin at last cleaning 0 his iea pea upon his hair and twisting the paper of or minutes into a cigar 0 lighter 0 the good people were finally persuaded to follow this advice which has proved the soundest advice he be ever gave and p paying 13 the price of the fatted batted swine for it they clambered into the high backed wagon and rode off with a joint feeling conscious of relief rulief yet too shamefaced shame shafee faced facea to leeak speak during the whole distance home when they arrived there bose came camo running 0 to the end of the lane which led to the house to R give lve ive i them a zd gruff lafr bark of ir nel Tel elcome come and mrs P as s heart warmed gith with pleasure she even stopped to pat eid him and called him a nice fellow upon her vay tay into the porch in full view of mr P puffer f who felt grateful to the very tips uli ull 0 of Es ius callous fingers fo for r this unwonted token of friendliness while bose jumped and frisked awkwardly around whining with ieli dell delight ht then she disappeared thron through rth the doorway into the kitchen and when she saw the homely room and its furniture looking so familiar and kindly as they in their way gave a mute welcome home again to their mistress she sat down in her old splint rocking 0 chair and had hada a bearty hearty cry then she brushed away her tears which were by no means bitter ones and raked open the very coals upon tile the sten stone hearth which she had covered so carefully careway before leaving the room forever as she ste believed hung the teakettle tea kettle upon the tho crane and drew out the table for supper i so 0 wien when the husband came in from un the hor bor seand feeding the cows cosi s 11 nd d i li corfu stead of the dreary stillness lie had beear 1 gaining for he lie found the room alive W mah wAh warmth and cheeriness the fragrance of new made tea min mingled led with i 1 that of stewed peaches and brol broi broiling 1 ing beef which spluttered splutter ed a pleasant sort of accompaniment pani ment to the tho humming hamming teakettle tea kettle while the good wice wife with a satisfied face was putting patting a plate late ef smoking flap jacks buttered and sugared garea su and quartered upon the tabie table and sin singing as blithe and light of heart as a maybird may bird to tell the truth the weak minded woman had been actually kissing with tears in her eyes the clumsy old eld rolling 1 3 pin which from its rou rough h finish had been to her like a thistle in the shoo bor or years TO ER CONTINUED 1 |
