READ THIS TO YOUR WIFE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 52, 20 February 1908, Page 4

READ THIS TO YOUR WIFE.

Hue pei uliarity rtlu.llt a woman',- -• <!iiiiv i- lli.it sh,> is alwa\s looking fur somethine she doesn't want to liud; and then rather nnaeines herself ii,ijl up"ii beeauee her worst fours are 11 ,i always realised. .Mr. liuU'ev nwn- ;i m e farm down below Million and >!:■ 111 rji IJ v •' delegation .if friends fr.nii Wangauui tu (■:« I their Xinas inrk.-y nini. in fact, the house was -n iiiiu-li erowded t liat when liia • maid' 11 M«sti'r Melissa arrived there was milv ■ ne in tlii' tank tower left fur her aei-oniiiHidatinn. \\ hen everybody WiU ready fur lied, and the nieiitinaro in -u.h eases ln.uk' an 1 provided. Cull'ey ,I'niiliHd "I 1 t! 11 ' niiy apartment wiili Aunt M dissa. and pointing to a huge ]iitio- in lite ceiling over' the he,l. ri'.nn whieh l'"ii- -i <"id. -aid. " Vim s,, e that -trimr. 'lout ymi"Ah I'm not luind 1 5,,,,. po-e I .In." snapped the sis|ev. W ||. M > spil I ml, the strain of the wlii-ky pine li h"l taken the crisp nut (if. "Vcrv w-:l, d" n I pull li." "Why nut;" " liecau-o you'll pull nut that plug ill tire l,otl,u:i of the link." "Well-and lli'ii:" " Why. the capacity uf that lank is about diuilin e.ul.Mis. Huii've read of ill" Delude, of ,-utir-e; "I slioiiid nope so.' "Then don't pull tee si tinthai •> all. ('oud-night She migh! as well haw tried tn sleep over a powder none. Presently she s n up :a bei and groped around in the dark <iv li'.'.ld fur the cord. She fondle ! il wi'li her lijtger. give siiriek. aiil laiii-' llHl'-elf under till' clothe-, A- ,i;o didn't til'.-v. pel; "pi iliiy wetter in ronset]i:cn; ■ -he peeped nut again. lit the lamp mi,"' meie. i! N.i looked ill the si rill" for a rlia nge. She repeated this pmcc-- h:iif ii diizen Mines, each time growing )11..r:■ mil nun" iullueneCil liy her in-aii' ile sire in pltiek the forbidden rope. tywryliotii knows what the result is when a wiuiiau i- loft aluiie with .something sin' is ant tu do. Aunt .Melissa finally gol up and made her preparations for the inevitable catastrophe. She opened file four windows so that the water would have ;t elianee to escape before the room Was iilled. Then >lie put a trunk upon fae table, and a eltair on the top of linn. After that she hung her clothes 011 tlie highest nail she eOuld resell, ami then all was ready. (limbing earefnlly up oil the aforesaid (hair, with' the string in !ier mouth, slic said a |irayer. shut her eyes, held her breath, and jerked! The plug camp down, but not a drop nf water. The tank had been empty for a month!