The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-06-19

was hG Ill uauuSOIue. he answered.,
stif1y.
"Oh, I though. you meant Capt.
Lowell, of the artillery All! here he
is-iust one moment, dear 4 quite for
got" @
And Nellie spoke few words to the
Captain in passing, of which her hus-
band could distinguish only something
about that book
"Upon my word" he said sarcastic
ally, you appear very intimate al
ready"
Because, love, we've discovered that
were -congenial spirits. We like the
same things books, music, scenery; in
deed, everything and have the same
opinions on most subjects. You know
how pleasant it is to meet with one
who can comprehend you-not your
outer self merely, but with sort Of soul
| sympathy" ISL 3npL .4arf 1faaAH
= Soul fddlesticks!
"You never did have much senti-
ment, Bob,' sighed Nellie, in an injured
tone. t,.4e,s...,,, .f
u" Sentiment Be hanged! Come, Mel
lie, be quick with your wrapplngs. It
has been a stupid evening, and / shall
be glad to get home and to ed."3ssag I
When Robert Palmer came home next
day, he found his wife, not crying, as
before, in her bedroom, but in the par
lor, practicing new song.9 @f y953s a.
:" Capt. Lowell called this, morning."
she said, "and have promised to sing
this for him at Mrs. Campbel's." . 81
| :" Ah!" he answered, with an express
sion of Indifference; and,y as, his wife.
again struck up with the first few notes,
| he .muttered to himself, "Confound
Capt. Lovell!" +. '1'"l0A ~ a@
lsaAt Mrs. Campbell's, Capt. Lowell was
again in attendance upon pretty Mrs.
Palmer; and then other gentlemen dis
covered her attractions, her piquancy,
and coquettishness, and t5irtdble,aess );
and SO, in a very few weeks, Mrs. Pal
mer was belle. She did not seem in
the least to care who her husband was
attending upon, and, indeed, he could
rarely get word with her at all, when
at the gay assemblies which they con
stantlya f1equented. He sometimes
| gave her a hint that she was NO longer
agirl, and that he was her husband;
. but she only laughed, and said there
was no harm done, and that she was en-
joying herself so delightfully."-, and felt
herself more belle than even when a
/ girl which was true, because she had
not iirted then, being absorbed, heart
and soul, in Bob Palmer. ~ But now it
was Capt. Lowell who appeared chiefly
to occupy her thoughts, as well as a
good part Of her time. She sung ard
danced with him; she read the books
he sent; and so frequent were his VS.
it's, SO constant his attentions, that 1t
last Mr.. Robert Palmer's wrath burst
forth. snoii19ls 5dt jadf 2uW0ds d,l,
7 ELLEN he said, as he one day closed
the door on the departing Captain, II
really cannot permit this to go on any
longer. Your conduct to me lis most
unexpected-most astounding. / You
are by far too intimate with this fellow,
Lowell. He is. constantly in my house;
and last evening he scarcely left your
side, while you stood, for two hours.
the center OF group of chatterIg,
grinning popinjays, like himself"
why. Bob, you yourself blamed he
| for playing wall-fower and spider and
!; said you were ashamed of me-.
Il am much more ashamed of you
now" he retorted, severely. @t-t> 7ift1
(aa" Now, dear, that is quite unreasona-
BILE of you. Didn't you tell me that I
would please you by enjoying myself
and flirting a little? You know you
die" added Nellie, reproachfully;" and
now that [ am obeying you, you get
Jealous" R.Ig"H t..u.f. ...t.,
~" Jealous? not I! But am offended
and insulted yes, and disgusted as
well. If only you could hear the remarks
about yourself and that Lowell" q.
"Similar to those that I heard in re-
gard to you and Miss Baden, I pre-
sume?" said his wife. +'ie' 1.3-
/ "What is Miss Baden to me?" he de-
handed, angrily., " gdi l0orl gA.rn II
"And what is Capt. Lowell to me?"
| "You encourage him, madam. You
hirt with him." t@"t4 2atIioA Hasa
Gas you do with Isabel Baden." a9r.
"A man may do what is not permissi-
bic in woman"
All, that is it,! said Nellie, with her
old sigh. "You men may neglect
wife-may wear out her heart and life
with anguish-may. expose her to the
pity or ridicule of all her acquaintance
by showing devotion to another; and
she, poor slave, must not presume to
turn, as may even the trampled worm,
but must bear all in meek silence,
never even imploring mercy, lest she
offend her lord. But have had enough
of this, Bob; and now as you do to me
will do to you. If you 60 on flirting,
SO will I. know you don't care bit
more for Isabel Baden than I do for
Capt. Lowell; but I will not be neg
lected and humbled in the sight Of the
whole world. am not slave, but
wife, and demand the honor due tome!"
Her mood was new one to her hus-
band. She sat erect and proud, look
ing him steadily in the face, with bright,
clear ewes in whose denths he cou1d