His Mother-in-law

"Snme time, " said the young man, "■wljoci business is light I ain going to take a day off, and v.hon I do some of the comic papers will do well to eiigage a large assortment oí gtiards. " "Going to turn in some comic verse, are you?" iuquired the oi ur man facetiously. "No, Vm not, " auswered the yonng mau, with einphasis, "butl'll bet when I get through with them they wil! know a few things about their business that they never knew before. " "Oh, they've been having fun with you, bave they?" exclaimed the older mail. "But you ïnustu'tmind that. It's all in good nature, you know." "They haven't mentioned me," asserted the youiig man, "but they have led me astray by a long series of inane jests, and I intend to show them the error of their ways. I suppose you know that I've been married just about a year?" "Yes, I heard cf your wedding." "Well, just about two months after we were married my wife informed me one morning that her mother was coming to visit us. I immediately thonght of the comio papers. Before she became my motberin-law Iratherliked the old lady, but of course things were different after the wedding. Consequently I stamped around and swore a bit and decJared that I wantad it understood that no relative to either party to the tract conld step ia there and rnn that house. Tbeu my wife came back at me with the statement that if her mother wasn't welcoiue we might as well come to au understanding at once and arrange for a separation. I replied that she was welcome so long as she was willing to mind her own business, but that it was a well knowu faet tbat no mother-inlaw ever had succeeded in doing that yet. Naturally the result was that when her naother arrived my wife and I were not on the best of tenas, and it didn't take long for the old lady to see it. When she did see it, she acted. " "Koasted you, I suppose?" said the older man. "Roasted rue, nothing!" returned the young man. "She roasted her daughter. I happened to overhear it, and when she laid down the law as to tbe dnties of a wife my heart went out to her, and I feit meaner than a bobtail flush for all I'd said of her. And she's been the same ever since. She doesu't mix in much if any wben there's a 'tiff, ' but I can easily see that she takes my end of it when I'm not there. And good natured ! Say ! She's the best natured woman you ever heard of. Talk about mothers-in-law ! I wish you'd point out one of those humorous writers to me for a minute. I'm