Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-06-06

! her face livid with anger, and her
red hard fists placed In an attitude
that betokened coming hostilities.
"Say that again, ye b'ackguard,
. If ye dare. rm yure woman, am
II Sorry the day that should come
| to pass. Yure woman I"
, She stood IN the vestibule door,
! her person taking up so much room
that it would have been . danger
ous feat to have attempted to dodge
; past her She was exceedingly All.
cry, and the slight" was strongly
manifested In her words and atti.
; tude. .... .... .r...n.'. to ..iI 81
My wife, hearing the noise, hur-
ried on her dress, and now came
down the stairs to leSfn the cause
of the unusual sensation. She first
caught sight of Mary Maloney, who
seeing that reinforcement had ar.
rived, was now'spoiling for fight.
"Come on, man," she cried "we'll
clear these pests of blackguards out
in jiffy, or me name is not Mary
Maloney." '
My wife did not at first observe
Abbott Drake, who had stepped be.
hind me, therefore she burst into
fit of boisterous laughter at the
sight of my discontinue; but the
instant she saw Drake she c0ntroll-
cd her merriment, and laid her hand
on Miss Maloney's shoulder.
"That is my husband" she said
impressively.
"Yure husband 2" echoed Mary,
her eyes opening with astonishment.
"Thin why in the divil didn't he
say so, "replied the maid.
"Mary," continued my wife, 81
cannot permit such language to be
used in my house by my servants.
You must learn to be more respect
full and less profane."
Miss Maloney stared at my wife
in sort of dumb afRazement.
"Oh, let her swear to her hearts
content, " l said, (" if She only ans
wers in other respects; and, now
that the seige is raised, let me
present you to my wife, Abbott.
This, my dear, is Abbott Drake,
you have often heard me speak
of him often enough to know who
he is."
81 am very happy to meet you,
Mr.. Drake," said my wife, 'and re-
gret the stupidity of my servant in
causing You so much delay in get.
ting into the house," and my wife
began laughing. .s " ..,4|
"Indeed, my dear madam" said
Abbott, II assure you, if you only
knew the real pleasure this circum-
stance has afforded me, you would
not make any apology. / have a
keen sense of the ludicrous, and
this scene has aroused in me the
love of fun that sometimes I fear
has departed from me forever. Oh!
l would love to witness such an act
as this every few days. 1 think it
might bring back the heyday Of my
boyhood again."
My wife rea scended the stairs to
conclude her toilet, and l took Drake
into my Office. The lower part Of
my house was occupied by my
Office, a small library where we
dined, and parlor. OF course my
wife had to superintend the dinner.
But women are very adroit at these
matters when they are to be per-
formed under adverse circu instances.
My wife is not one of those who, to
make a parade upon occasion, lessen
the comforts of every day life. She
has never, since we have been mar.
ried, set before me a dinner l might
not have brought a friend to partake
of; nor has she ever appeared be-
fore me in . dress she could not
have worn on occasions of ceremony.
Yet our expenses do not, by any {
means, come up to our limited in {
come. 1t is true, our wants are few, I
but we increase lxuuries as we 60 ,
On. We do not live in the world, /
but we live in society-sOciety that
We like. and that likes US, aud as t
'imilates with us. All this, and 4
more in the warmth of my heart, 1 v
old Abbott Drake, over bottle of /
NY best wine. b
After awhile Drake began to rally a
Is upon our way of life, and tried to t
my wife that in former d
lays l had played the inconstant d
ImOng our circle of beauties, being b
Ond to admire and tickle to change. Il
saw that in his then mood it were c