Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1899 — When a Man Is Dear at Home. [ARTICLE]

When a Man Is Dear at Home.

“How much do you want?” he asked his wife at the breakfast table last Monday. “Make it a light one, for I couldn't get a hand last night and dropped sl2 in anteing.” “Gambler!” she hissed. “To think that I should be mated to a gambler!” “I got into those fellows for $75 last night,” he remarked at the breakfast table yesterday. “Pack up a few tilings and we’ll go down to the beach over Sunday.” “When are you going to keep yqur promise and teach me poker, dear?’\ •he asked him sweetly, coming jirounm to his side of the table.—Washington Post.