The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-04
THE OLD, OLD STORY.

Betty sighed. Now. why ST., should
ave sighed at this particular moment
% n on earth could tell. Aud it was
all the more sxasperating because John
had just generooly put into her little
shepely had q vrand-u-w SO bill. And
here began the trouble.
whats the matterPr no said, his
tace falling at the faint sound. and his
mouth clapping together in what those
who knew him but little called an sob
stinate pucker'-"now what is it?n
Betty. who had just begun to change
the sigh into a merry little laugh, ZIP
pling all owe the corners Of the red
lips, stopped suddenly, tossed her head.
and, with a small jerk, no ways concili
ating, sent out the words: you needn't
i%nsinuate that I'm always trouble
some"
II didn't insinuate-who is talking
of insinuatingPn cried John, incca-~L az
the very idea, and, backing away n few
steps, he glared down from his trs.
mendous height in extreme irritation.
ats you yourself that's forever irsinu-
ating, and all that, and trying to PIT. It
on me. It's abominable."
The voice was harsh, and the eyes
that looked down into hers were not
pleasant to behold.
And if you think, John Peabody,
that I'll stand and have such things
said to me, you miss your Suess-that's
all!' cried Betty, with two big red spots
coming in her checks as she tried to
draw her little, erect figure up to its
utmost dimensions. Forever insinuat-
ingl L guess you wouldn't have said
that before l married you! Oh, now
you can, of courser
Didn't you say it first, I'd like to
knowP" cried John in great excitement.
drawing nearer to tho small creature he
called '.wife," who vas gazing at him
with blazing eyes of indignation-"I
cam endure everything"
"And if you hear more than 1 do"
cried Betty, wholly beyond control
now, "why then FL give up" and she
gave a bitter little laugh, and tossed
her head again.
And here they were in the midst of a
quarrel! These two, who but a year
before had promised TO love and pro-
tect and help each Ather through life.
"Now," said John, and he brought
his hand down with such o bang on the
table before him that Betty nearly skip
ped out of her little shoes. only she con-
trolled tho start, for she would have
died before she let John see it, 1--WE
will have nc moro Of this n~onsenser'
His face was verJ pale, and The lines
around bis mouth were so drawn that
it would have gone TO ones heart TO have
seen thetr. expression.
81 don't know how you viii change
It or help it." said Betty, lightly, To
conceal her dismay OF tho turn affairs
had taken, I'm sure" and she pushca
back. with a saucy, Indifferent gesture,
the light waving hair from her fors-
head.
That hair that John always smoothed
when he pctted her, when tired or dis
hcartened, and called her s'ctildic."
Her gesture struck TO his heart, as he
glanced at the sunny hair, and the coni.
Indifferent face underneath, and. before
he knew it, he was saying; There Is
no help for it now, 1 suppose"
''Oh, yes, there is" said Betty, still
In the cool, calm way that ought not to
have deceived him. But men know so
little of womcn's hearts, although they
may live with them for years in closest
n1s.dship. you needn't uy TO en-.
dnrc it, John Peabody, if you don't
Rtut %. L III SURF OOn Y Soho.
What do you mcanp" Her husband
graspcd her arms and compelled the
I~s1Jy brown eyes to look up to him.
/ can go back to mothers sald
Betty provokingly. ''She wants me any,
a.y, and then you can 1.-Two quietly and
| live to suit yourself, and it will DO better
a., around"
Instead of bringing CT violent FRO
--.x T~-l .G--ts,p aud rCmNrra
which she fully c~xpect~., John t~'~
himself up, 'ooked a; her fixedly for .
long, long minute, then dropped E~'
arm, and said through white lips very
slowly:
Eyes, it may bc.as say ettsr all
around. You know best" and waas
gone from the room before Jr could
recover from her establishment anon2h
TO utter a sound.
With n wild cry Betty rurhe1 acrc<s
| the room. first tossing tb1 $40 sSyag.ly
as far as she could throw il, and fling
inc herself on the >.ufnrtahie .ofs.
broke into q flood of bitter tna.s-a.e
first she had shsd during her marriott
life.
..How could he have done it-oh,
what have 1 said-oh, John, John"
The bird twittered in his little caae
over the window among tho plenW.
Betty remembered like q flash how John
and she filed the sced-cup that very
morning, how he laughed when she
tried to put it between the baa. AMI
when she couldn't reach without getting
upon q chair, he took her in his great
arms and held her up just like q child.
that she might fix it to suit herself. And
the ssbits'' that he said in his ter,:er
way, why they had gone down 10 the
depths Of her foolish little heart, sending
her about her work singing for very
gladness of spirit. And now!
Betty stuffed her fingers hard into
her rosy ears to shut out the birds
ch;-rir~