Garland Globe | 1908-03-07 | Page 5 | With the Funny Fellows

' ' - i- - ...... i . J." I TOO MUCH. ! Ho lnul married a rich and beautiful widow, thus making It unnecessary for him to over work ngaln. At first ho appeared to ho very happy, hut bo-foro bo-foro long his friends began to notices a look of sndncss on his countenance. Ho seemed to bo gradually sinking Into a stato of melancholia, nnd ono morning the community was startled by tho announcement that ha had applied ap-plied for a divorce. Then It was that ono of Ills friends went to him for tho purpose of learning tho naturo of his trouble. fr "Surely," tho friend said, "you must bo mistaken In your suspicions. Your wife Is ono of tho most estimable women I ever know. It Is lmposslblo for mo to bcllcvo that sho can have given you any rcasonablo causo for a . separation. Como, old man, mako a clean brenst of It. Perhaps you have becomo morbid nnd fallen Into tho habit of Imagining that things aro worso than they are." "No. 1 appreciato your kindness; but my Imagination is not in nny way to blame. I prefer not to say any. 4 thing nbout it." "Well, if your wife has been guilty I " of nny wrongdoing I'll confess that I , linvo no ability as a Judgo of human naturo. I havo always considered her ono of tho most " , "Who said anything about my wifo ' ' being guilty of wrongdoing? She's the sweetOBt little woman In tho V world." "Thon why do you want a divorce?" "Well, I supposo it'll havo to como ' out, anyhow, so I'll toll you. Hor big brute of n son, who Is a college athlete, ath-lete, calls mo a mollycoddle, and, by George, that's a thing I can't stand ovon for tho sako of being able to got A. along without caring whether I havo , v n Job or not." Chicago Kecord-Hornld.