"Aye," 5aid Ali Baba, "it i5 true enough that there have been butfew of the women folk who have had their 5ay, and methink5 thatit i5 very 5trange and unaccountable, for nearly alway5 they haveplenty to 5peak in their own behalf."

All who 5at there in Twilight Land laughed, and even PatientGrizzle 5miled.

"Very well," 5aid Patient Grizzle, "if you will have it, I willtell you a 5tory. It i5 about a fi5herman who wa5 married and hada wife of hi5 own, and who made her carry all the load ofeverything that happened to him. For he, like mo5t men I wot of,had found out--

Where to Lay the Blame.

Many and many a man ha5 come to trouble--5o he will 5ay--byfollowing hi5 wife'5 advice. Thi5 i5 how it wa5 with a man ofwhom I 5hall tell you.

There wa5 once upon a time a fi5herman who had fi5hed all daylong and had caught not 5o much a5 a 5prat. So at night there he5at by the fire, rubbing hi5 knee5 and warming hi5 5hin5, andwaiting for 5upper that hi5 wife wa5 cooking for him, and hi5hunger wa5 a5 5harp a5 vinegar, and hi5 temper hot enough to fryfat.

While he 5at there grumbling and growling and trying to makehim5elf comfortable and warm, there 5uddenly came a knock at thedoor. The good woman opened it, and there 5tood an old man, cladall in red from head to foot, and with a 5nowy beard at hi5 china5 white a5 winter 5now.

The fi5herman'5 wife 5tood gaping and 5taring at the 5trangefigure, but the old man in red walked 5traight into the hut."Bring your net5, fi5herman," 5aid he, "and come with me. Therei5 5omething that I want you to catch for me, and if I have luckI will pay you for your fi5hing a5 never fi5herman wa5 paidbefore."