Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

eve ought to tell her," said Mrs.
Martin.
Its our bounden duty" said Mrs.
Glenn. .... e.
''Oh, dear!'' said Mrs. Bright, "I
can't see -,l.y we should bother our
selves. People never get any thanks
81 don't want thanks said Mrs.
Glenn; II think Of myself. Il Mr..
Glenn should conduct himself SO while
[ was away should think any one my
very best friend who let me know about
it. To have creature like that steal
ing ones husbands affections and other
women keeping their mouths shut, why
its awful-perfectly awful -
"It would be winking at sin, nv
dear said Mrs. Martin,
'Assuredly," said Mrs. Glenn.
Tive often thought all that show of
affection didn't amount to anything"
said Mrs. Martin. g Mr.. Martin never
kisses me when he comes home to tea.
I've seen MIR. and Mrs. Willis do it
right on the front doorstep, and then
call her dear SO often. All hypocrisy.
And to see ner set up by it ! And my
dear husband thinks this, and my dear
husband that, and my dear husband
likes me to wear pink, and all that was
made much of in the world Nom
sense
''And I've often said to myself,
there1l be waking up for you, Mrs.
Willis, said Mrs. Glenn. ''And now
you see it has come
''And very glad you seem to be of
it, said Mrs. Bright. "The poor soul
has been too happy. For my part it
always pleases me to see domestic hap
piness, and my advise is, don't tell her.
Il may be some mistake, you know. If
it isn't you'll only make her suffer-
"Pride goes before fall said Mrs.
Glenn. r--.
elm only an instrument. I'm
obliged to do the work set before me,
even if it humbles her."
"And you'll go with us, Mrs.
Bright % said Mrs. Martin.
mot T." said Mrs. Bright. "First-
", think, in the face of all your evil
dence, that Mr.. Willis is too good a
man, and too fond of his wife, to de-
ceive her so !; secondly, if it is all true
I wash my hands of helping to break
that sweet little heart And if I
thought I could talk you out of going
[ would. Just wait week or SO;
think about it while, do.
Mrs. Martin shook her head.
Mrs. Glenn smiled sarcastically.
''You always shirk anything disa-
greeabIe; my DEAR" she said. "You
have nature that impels you to take
life easily. have been forced to put
my shoulder to the wheel too often, not
to do it willingly"
"And I've often said," said Mrs.
Martin, ''that I revere Mrs. Glenn for
that very thing"
They walked out of the room. Mrs.
Bright shrugged her fat shoulders.
ga couple of old slander-mongers.
she said; a." and now they must try to
make little Eva Willis uncomfortable. ,"
Mrs. Bright, Mrs. Martin, and Mrs.
Glenn boarded, with their husbands.
at the fashionable establishment of
Mrs. Roger Black. Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
lived uext door, and all Of them attend
ed the same church. Either the latter
pair were peculiarly fond of each other,
or were more disposed to show their
fondness than most people are; but
certainly they were known as a model
couple. He was a handsome, tall,
black-whiskered man of forty. She
was petite little blonde of twenty-five
or twenty three. Evidently, no man
was so wise, SO great, SO perfect III her
eyes as her husband. Evidently. no
women SO charming to him as his wife,
Now. there are a great many women
to whom this sort OF thing is gall and
wormweod. They cannot bear to see it,
and they break it up if possible. All the
firts in the congregation had tried to
do this and had failed. All the sour
matrons whose married lives were spent
in spats and squabbles sneered at the