Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-10-30

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m ustache.
If your mothers temper was half
as bad as yours began Mrs. Para
dox, flushing up to the very roots of
her hair.
There you go again, said Mr.
Paradox, beginning to pace savagely
up and down the room. who on
earth could be expected to put up
with thi; sort Of thing
You'll not have to put up with it
much longer, said Mrs. Paradox,
drawing herself up.
Thank goodness, no. said Mr..
Paradox.
The lawyers will arrange all
that, enunciated the lady.
The sooner the better, said her
husband.
of course, it vii! make dreadful
scandal, me going home to mamma
aud all, faltered Mrs. Paradox.
Not at ALL, said Mr.. Paradox. -
Separations are common things now
a days.
And l dare say, cried out the
wife, that as soon as you get to Nova
Scotia or wherever the horrid place
is that you're going to, yoall be
making love to some other woman.
Not l., said Mr.. Paradox, quite
nnmoved by his spouse's taunts.-
| We had quite enough Of that sort Of
thing, thank you.
Here the lawyer, coming to draw
up the papers, said Mrs. Paradox,
looking out from between the rose
colored d,mask curtains, ana lin
glad of it,.
s. am l., said Mr.. Paradox, with
nintv hearted callOusness.
You re a brute, cried the wife
50 you have often remarked be-
fore, said the husband, biting off the
end of d cigar.
That's no reason you should in.
suit me by smoking in my pres
ence.
DO not be afraid, mad ame-you
have already taken quite sufficient
to inform me Of your
aversion to my habits.
And only the entrance Of the
lawyer suthCed to arrest impending
hostl tiles.
1T was quite true. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paradox, after union Of three years,
had agreed that they couldn't agree
and were to sign a legal separation.
1t was altogether the best thug-in
fact, the only one, they mutually de,
cided. 1t had been scold, scold carp,
carp, fret, fret, ever since they had
walked out Of the church porch. Do
mestic'peace had long ago folded her
wings and hoated out of the window !;
love and tender sympathy had
startled away. And at. the
cad of three years friends have been
called in council. solemn session Of
relatives lad been he'd, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Paradox were going to separate.
@You re sure you don't care for her,
Louis p Paradox $ dearest friend and
college chum had said to him.
oh, that's quite thing of the
past, said Paradox, with a shrug Of
the shoulders
You have ceased to love him dear?
Mrs. Paradoxs mother questioned
Ler child.
oh, mamma long ago. declared
poor llttlc Abby Jane, with stream
ing eyes.
So the papers were signed, and Mr..
and Mrs. Paradox separated in good
earnest. Aboy Jane went hack to
the maternal home, and Mr.. Paradox
took up his quarters in a hotel untr
he could arrange for his final depart
ure to the dominion of Canada.
But the r light before he was to sail
for Nova Scotia the waiter came to
his room and announced "a lady.
Its my mother thought Mr.. Par
adox, who was sitting staring into the
red coal of the CRATE as if they were
a riddle that he was trying to read.
But it was not his mother. 1t was
his wife +
Its only me, Louis, said Abby
Jane trembling all over II want
ed to speak just word or two to you
before you went away-torever!
Are you satisfied with the allow
ance z said Mr.. Paradox, gloomi!y.
oh, quite it's more than gener'
Gus ! cried Abby Jane, hurriedly.-
Only, Louis, | could not help telling
you one or two things before we part.
1 was wong about Rover !; he was a
noble dog. l should have let him
stay, onlv-only I was a little out of