Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-06-08

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Luke was standing in front of his bu-
reau drawer, flinging shirts, collars, era.
watts and stockings recklessly on the bed
room floor.
"Pd like to know where my silk hand
kerchiefs are, Mrs. Darcy?" he fumed.
"Such state as my bureau is in is enough
to drive man crazyF
Its enough to drive woman crazy,
I think |" said Evelyn, hopelessly, stoop-
ing down to pick up few of the scattered
articles.
"You were at the bureau last, Luke. 1t
is your fault"
"My fault-of course it's my faultr'
snarled Luke. giving Mrs. Darcys poodle
kick that sent him bowling off to to his
mistress. Anything else but a woman's s
retorting, recriminaling tongue. Mrs.
Darcy, won't stand it any longer"
"Neither will L." said Evelyn, resolute-
ly advancing as her husband plunged into
the closet after his business coat, and
promptly shutting and locking the door,
l think I've endured it long enough-and
here is an end of it."
"Mrs. Darcy, open the door," said Luke,
scarcely able to credit the evidence of his
own senses.
81 shall do no such thing" said Mrs.
Darcy, composedly, beginning to rear
range shirts, stockings and flannel wrap
pers in their appropriate receptacles.
Mrs. Dar-cyl" roared Luke, at a
fever heat of impotent rage, "what on
earth do you mean?"
"Imean to keep you in that clothes
press, Mr.. Darcy, until you have made up
your mind to come out in more amiable
frame of mind. If the system succeeds
with Freddy, it certainly ought to with
you l am sure your temper is much more
intolerable than his"
There was dead silence of full sixty
seconds in the closet, then sudden burst
of vocal wrath.
"Mls Darcy, open the door this instant,
madam"
But Evelyn went on humming saucy
little opera air, and arranging her clothes.
"Do you hear me?"
Eyes, hear you"
"Will you obey me?"
"Not until you have solemnly promised
me to put some sort of control ON that
temper of yours; not until you pledge
yourself to treat your wife as lady should
be treated, not as a menial."
az won't"
"No? Then, in that case, hope you
don't find the atmosphere at all oppressive
there, as think it probable you will re-
main there some time!
Another sixty seconds of dead silence,
then sudden rain of heels and hands
against the relentless wooden panels.
Let me out say, Mrs. Darcy! Madam,
how dare you perpetrate this monstrous
piece of audacity?"
" My dear Luke, how strongly you do
remind me of Freddy. You see there is
nothing have so little tolerance for as
bad temper 1t ought to have been
checked long ago, only you know I'm SO
ridiculously indulgent."
Mr.. Darcy WINGED little at the familiar
sound of his own words.
Tap-tap rap came softly at the door
Mrs. Darcy composedly opened it, and saw
her husbands little office boy.
" Please, mem, there's some gentlemen
at the Office in great hurry to see MIR.
Darcy. It's about the Applegate will
case"
Mrs. Darcy hesitated an instant; there
was a triumphant rustic in the closet,
and her determination was taken at once
"Tell the gentlemen that your master
has bad headache, and won't be down
town this morning"
Luke gnashed his teeth audibly as soon
as the closing of the door admonished him
that he might do so with safety.
Mrs. Darcy, do you presume to inter-
fere with the transaction of business that
is vitality important?"
Mrs. Darcy nonchalantly took up the
little opera air where she had left it, let
ting the soft Italian words ripple musically
off her tongue.
"Evelyn, dearp'
"What is it, Luke ?" she asked, mildly.
"Please let me out, my dear; this may
be joke to you, but"
81 assure you, Luke, it's nothing of the
kind. 1t is the soberest of serious matters
to me. 1t is question whether my fu-
ture life shall be miserable or happy"
There was third interval of silence.
Evelyn" said Luke, presently, in g
subdued voice, Twill you open the
door?"
"On one condition only"
"And what is that?"
"Ah, ahl" thought the little Lieutenant
General, che is beginning to entertain
conditions of capitulation, is he? On con-
dition," she added, aloud, I" that you will
break yourself of the habit of speaking
Grossly and sharply to me, and on all oc.
casions keep your temper"
"My temper, indeed!" sputtered Luke.
"Just your temper" returned his wife,
SSAShSiyy "Ah JOo pASAhAoS'
"Never."
Mrs. Darcy quietly took up pair of
hose that required mending, and prepared
to leave the apartment. As the door
creaked on its hinges, however, a voice
came shrilly through the opposite key
hole.
Mrs. Darcy, Evelyn! wife! wifer'
eyes"
"You are not going down stairs to
leave me in this placer"
az am"
"Well, look here-I promise"
"Promise what?" asked Evelyn.
I" All and everything that you require,
confOund it all!
Wisely deaf to the muttered sequel, Mrs
Darcy opened the door, and Luke stalked
sullenly out looking right over the top Of
her shining brown hair.
Suddenly little OBTAINING hand was
laid on his coat sleeve.
"Luke, dear!"
"Well?"
"Won't you give me kiss?"
And Mrs. Darcy burst out crying on her
husbands shoulder
WE'LL" calculated the puzzled Luke,
"if you aren't the greatest enigma going,
A kiss? Yes, a half dozen of 'em if you
want, you kind hearted little turnkey. Do
not cry, pet, l am not angry with you, al
though suppose 1 ought to be-"
"And may let Freddy out?"
Yes, on the same terms that his papa
was released. Evelyn, was very intoler-
able?'
"If you hadn't been, Luke, I never
should have ventured on such a violent
remedy"
did I make you very unhappy"
Every"
And the gush of warm, sparkling tears
supplied dictionary full of words.
Luke Darcy buttoned up his overcoat
put on his hat, shouldered his umbrella
and went to the Applegate-wiil case, mus
ing, as he went, upon the new state of af
fairs that had presented itself for consid
Grafton.
"By Jove" he calculated, "that little
wife of mine is bold woman, and plucky
one"
And then he burst out laughing on the
steps.
1t is more than probable that he left hi
stock of bad temper in the law building'
that day, for Evelyn and Clara never saw
| anv mora of If. and Froddu 10 doi1u rat