Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-19

shed dozen such tears as amount to a
bucket full of hose women let fall.
But he was really asleep when Matte
came back, and took off her finery, and
donned the plain wrapper, and sat be-
side him uutil the dawn broke, taking
only few moments dose in her chair.
He awoke from dreams in which Mat
tie had been doing thousand cruel
and improper things, angry and hurt,
and bitter as ever. Truth a reality
seemed mixed inextricably. He had
dreamt that she had kissed that abom-
Unable puppy, Tom Truefit; and, after
tying him to tombstone, danced over
it with Capt. Corbet, with whom she
had firted in her girlhood. That
seemed as true as her leaving him all
alone the evening. He huffed her, and
scowled at her. He refused attentions
that he needed. He would not take
the cool drink from her hands. He
would not let her read to him. Not
until two days had passed did he relent
a little, on seeing Matte wipe her eyes
by stealth, when he had been unusually
cruel to her.
"She is sorry" he thought; I" and it
was only once, after all. There may
have been some reason for it," and he
said, &c Matte, come here, dear, and sit
down by me"
Then she came and held his hand in
her own, fondling it and patting it, and
he called himself, mentally, fool, and
was growing very happy, when she
said, ST must go out again tonight,
dear. I have made an engagement to
do so.''
It was all to do over again, then. He
took his hand out of hers.
.Why apologize 2" he said coldly.
eff you wish to go, do So"
And she replied, as sweetly as though
she had not been making his heart
ache. "Yet, darling, it will be as well
for me not to talk about going SO
much, but just go, if have to"
And then came the dressing, and the
ssgood by, just as before.
Only sick man could suffer as
Charlie did that night. The mind
seems to have more capacity for agony
when the body is worn out.
"She does not love me-" he said to
himself, and he believed it from his
soul. 1t seemed impossible that q wife,
truly attached to her husband, could
delight in gayety at such time.
He was suffering. He was even in
some danger-it might be, very easily.
That it was night not to be forgotten.
In all the time to come ne never did
forget it. And Matte, did she guess
what she was doing It seemed strange
that she should not; but perhaps she
really was as cold and tickle as he
thought. This was but the commence
ment of the lonely evenings poor help
less Charlie passed upon his sick couch.
Two or three times week SIZE left him,
and did not even tell him where she
went. He would not ask Indeed, he
did not care, The fact that she could
be happy in such conduct was enough
for him.
Three weeks had gone by since that
first absence, when, lying alone in his
room, Charlie heard rap at the door
and calling, "Come inl" summoned
across the threshold their landlady, in
a state of excitement which seemed ir-
repressible. She rubbed her hands,
and courtesied, and chopped Mr.. Che
viot was BETTER" but that was evidently
not the object Of her visit. That seem
ed to find difficulty in manifesting it
self; but finally she preached the sub
iect in the following terms:
"Your good lady is out again, sir ?"
Eyes," said Charlie, shortly.
.'She goes out great DEAL" said the
landlady.
eyes," said Charlie again is that any
thing to YOU
"Well, sir, said the laadlady, "me
and the other dodgers in the house, we
think it is. She's but young, and you
are here on your back; and it amt
what we call proper for her to go home
with beaux at night. faint proper for
married woman, and 7 thought I'd
mention it. You see, we follered one
night, and we know it's dancin' parties,
and that Teller with mustaches comes
along of her reg'l lar; and
ssLeave the room, if you please. .
said Charlie. Is" You are insulting nv
wife. OF course she must have an
escort home when I am unable to 90
| with her."
'sLeave the room, indeed!" cried the
landlady. Well done, for them as
owes weeks rent But I won't have
no lady as can leave her sick husband.
| and go galavantin' with beaux, in nv