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Show .jH I VISITS WITlfjl I I. 1 i Wlmmen Folks. "I hov alius Said," Insisted Abner Ilrlrgs at Baltuffs giocery, "thot! a yju jib-i'--v man na l'on't-hJ13h l'on't-hJ13h derstand wlnimn, ISHFSrtvt derushx'j AK., !' '0 mean f'say WjfwA man over lived jHtTMf 'l thot understood jSBjPT! i wlmmcii," Bcouted j )m'fc(lLl 1: Hiram Wagner. taUmm Btlcklnfi hla flni;r Mluj!Lr under tho mo-jBHKtSw mo-jBHKtSw drip WSIXJJBi "cklnB It nppothc- jUillrtG Abner,' "I r don't flilljfrf vW'T mcan understand-rHllMu understand-rHllMu vl flkA ncr 1X1(10(18 11X1(1 villi I tenses. I mcan ilM l WW 1 Elst plain, common vRi W un(ler9tnti(n' oI ?yM K em' 808 A folIcr yVj W-n, k'n "vo comfort- . SfU 1,1111 Huldcn'a case. DK ho never ovon SP cr lessons In un- lorstandln wlm- mln' lnl ,lve' by yM hlssolf In a room ""-iwfir otin n'8 shop and liWe kcpt BCttln' richer j((wf,f Y and rlcllcr ana moro pocoollar. JH ' ' ' Q Nat'rally th' boys ' Dm Joked Jim a good V deal about not git- ' tin' married, and gist as nat'rally they wuz wlmmen who would a gin a whole lot gist t' ketch Jim for his money! "Jim kopt on a llvln' by hlsself, a, glttln' moro money and a meaner temper dny by day, until ono morning us folks woke up t' be mighty su'-prised. su'-prised. Jim had como .homo on tho ,H mornln' express with n wife! Well, " sir, they lived t' gether gist three days, an' Jim chased hor out of th' 'H shop with a.hatchot! Dad stories go t' sprcadln 'round about Jim's temper after that and sum folks scd ho was crazy but he kept on glttln' moro money and kcepln' bachelor's hall. Th' boys didn't dast Joko him anymore, ho wns that ugly, and ho lived pretty much to his own thoughts and lone- "Th' Illblo sez," continued Abner, "thct It ain't good fcr man f-llve alone, and I guess it's right, been Jim never seemed t' git no special Joy outcn life. He boarded at th' hotel and If ho wuz sick, be had to' depend 'H onrfodoctdr and tli' bellboy f keer for him and thon, ono day, Jim su- IH prised us by glttln- married sglnl "This tlmo sho wns a wldder and a good sort of woman, folks sod as know her. 3)m nnd hor lived along seeming-ly seeming-ly peaceful fcr qulto a spell, and then Jim begun f Imagine things. Ho thought th' womnn had married hlra fer his money and he used V wandor around town talkln' about it. Ho didn't seem t' be easy In his mind a tall and folks begin t' whlspt.r thot ho alius wuz crazy, anyhow. "And (hen," said Abner," pausing et- 1 fectlvely as ho approached tho climax of his story, "wo woke up one mora-in' mora-in' t' th' hangln. Think of It a' hang-In', hang-In', right hero In this community thet bad loved peace and law and order nnd closed saloons fer nigh onto forty "Jim had gono home tho night afore, shot his wife's son and his wife, and JJH glv himself up t' th' sheriff I Th' nows spread llko a blizzard frura Medicine Hat, wherever that Is, and In less tlmo then would seem possible a crowd with handkerchiefs over their faces, ,bruk into that Jail and dragged Jlra over f th' bridge " 'Where's th' ofneers t' ported mo?' ho ashed, as thoy drew up nt th' "Not a voice replied. Then Jim asked 'cm agin where th sheriff wuz and sumbody (old him t' pray and bo quick nbout It. At flrst Jim rofuscd I' pray, but ho thought bettor of It when thoy put th' ropo around his neck and gist afore they dropped him, 'H ho prayed hard and tho deed was "Thot," concluded Abner, lighting nls plpo, "s what I mean by not un-derBtandln' un-derBtandln' wlmmen 1" "Lord, Ab," grinned Eph. Scrogga, fl 'I hadn't no Ideo you meant slch dras-tlo dras-tlo mlsundorstandln. I thought you wuz a talkln' about them whon, In th' lines of th' poet, they nro as variablo as tho shado by th' whlto, shlverla' aspen made! .-. JH "Gol darn ye," threatened Ab. "I've a notion t' beat yo a gamo o' checkers for th' soegarsl" Lesslng says Nature meant woman to bo her masterpiece Her contor-piece contor-piece would bo nearer tho (ruth. "Let us have peace," says tho Indl-. annpolla News. That's what I say, but dog-gono hor, she keeps twltlu' mo about a new spring suit) Appearing llko a fool and being; wise la hotter than being a fool and appearing wise. The former Is ono of tho ways to success; (ho othor, (o tim poor house. H -nvnoN wii.i.iAMH. h it aBaj |