Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1895 — SHE WAS TOO NEAT. [ARTICLE]

SHE WAS TOO NEAT.

And Her Husband Did Not Appreciate It Under Certain Conditions. The man on the front doorstep had about him such an air of utter woe and desolation that the passing policeman felt it to be his duty to make So, at the risk of bad form, ife spoke to him without an introduction. “What’s the matter?” in sympathetic tones. The man looked up at him disconsolately, and nodded backward. , “Domestic infelicity?” inquired the policeman, who had bad experience of this kind before. “Yes,” said the man sorrowfully. “What’s the nature of them?” “Same old thing.” “What’s that?” “High-tempered wife.” “Is that all?” inquired the officer, showing that he felt himself imposed upon. “Ain't that enough?” inquired the husband, ruefully. “Why, that’s nothing,” said the officer. “High-tempered wives are thick in this neighborhood, and they are really the best kind.” “How?” asked the man with a startled gulp. “They are good workers, and always industrious and thrifty.” “Is that so?” Inquired the man in doubting Thomas tones. “Of course,” continued the officer, “and thenthey are the neatest women in the world. They won't have it any other way for a minute.” The man eat rubbing his head for some time. “I wonder,” he said at last, in the most plaintively inquiring way, “if that Is the reason why she always cleans me out every time I try to make her realize that I am the head of the family ?”—Detroit Free Press.