The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-21
A PERSONAL MATTER.
BY FRANCTsE. Loo p.

made for each other conveys but feeble
idea of that atmosphere CT b.issful tran
(quilty which settled down on their early
married life. No mother-in-laN proffered
| ill-timed advice in the settlement of house
hold difficulties; no impecunious cousins
| tagged at the strings Of their joint purse
Moreover, husband and wife were scrupu-
lcusly conslderate Of each others comfort
Cadwailader never brought any Of his
business annoyances home with him7 they
were carefully locked up over night in
the iron safe at his office. When he had
donned his great-coat to go up town the
investiture was magical Ia its effect, trans
forming "Tapscott, ESQ., the merchant,
into "Caddy, DEAR the husband. He 10
no wise lost his reward. His wardrobe
fairly bristled with buttons, and shone
with salutary stitches; his slippers were
in chronic state of cale6cence before the
library CRATE; tardy meals and bad coffee
were things foreign and unheard OF; butch
er and grocer, plumber and gas collector,
were promptly paid out of the allowance
set apart for that purpose; Cynthia mend
ed Ter gloves and made her own bonners,
evinced marvellous tact in managing SER
wants, arranged Der hair without resort to
curl-papers, and never appeared In her
lords presence minus collar. In short,
the conjugal felicity of this model compile
was as nearly perfect as anything earthly
could be; the stream OF their existence
presented surface as unrufaed as that of
meadow brook;days came and went,and
were nodded into weeks, weeks gliding
by in their turn became months, and the
mopths were already fast approaching
twelve before a cloud rose above the
marital horizon. seH#F9"@
The Tapscotts seemed 80 entirely and
1ndissolubly a unit, that their friends had
dubbed them the Siamese Twins. They
gloried in having no separate secrets; each
beng blessed with rather lnquisitive
and jealous disposition, it had been deem
ed advisable on their wedding day to ar
range this matter on an equitable basis,
. rl,,t; F0r \
had rigidly adhered. At first, in an ex-
cess of frankness, they were won't to ex-
change condolences respecting the most
trivial circumstances of their daily lives,
but soon began to omit sundry annoying
details of business transactions Or domes-
tic economy; these omissions were follow
ed by others and still others, till at length
their conversation assumed some resem-
blaDce to that ordinarily INDUCED in by
married persons. 3 a~ Il
The anniversary of their wedding was
fast approaching, when Mrs. Tapscotts
acute sense discerned-or she fancied it
did-a singular change in her husbands
manner. It had crept over him so gradu-.
ally as almost to have escaped her obser-
vatioL. He grew distracted and thought
full over his newspaper; and sometimes
when she had come suddenly upon him,
she had found him chuckling mysterious
ly to himself. MIR. Tapscott, with sensi-
bilities less refined and delicate, had no
ticed few peculiarities in his wife's be-
havior, but attached no particular signif-
canoe thereto. He ooce had occasion, for
instance, to. use something which she xeps
locked up in ner escritoire; and instead Of
giving him the Key as of old, and telling
him to go and rummage to his hearts con
tent,she took the responsibility of the
search on her own shoulders, and exhibit
ed unusual caution in locking everyth irg
after her.
Entering the library before breakfast
one April morning, Mrs. Tapscott found
her husband absorbed in the perusal of
the supplement of the Metropolital Mes
senger. AS the page was entir ely devoted
to advertisements, his occupation struck
her as rather remarkable. '"What do You
find so interesting on that page my dear?''
she inquired. ..e .tm
"Ah, Cynthia, that's you, is it," be re-
spopded, looking up with start, and lay
ing the paper hastily aside. "Breakfast
almost ready?" So ss oa,,t4A
"It wants still two minutes by the
clock" answered Cynthia.
80 it does; so it does" said Mr.. Tap
scott in an absent tone. "I wonder wheth-