The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14

clock struck 3 as you closed the hall
door. OF course business detained you,
my dear. 1t is wonderful how much
business a man will find to transact
after midnight, but of course we women
know nothing about such things. We
never can understand you men, can we,
dear? We are always imagining all
sorts of horrible things when you hap
pen to stay away a day or two without
sending us even line. Women are so
nervous, are they not, dear? What
silly creatures We are. to be sure. If
we would only go to bed, and go to
sleep, it would save us a world of
trouble, wouldn't it, dear? We might
know that you great strong men could
take care of yourselves. If you are
obliged to sit up until or 8 o'clock In
the morning talking business with your
customers, it IS really ungrateful in us
to complain, for of course you have the
worst of it, don't you, darling How
it must have bothered you and how tired
you must get, and think it is all for
our sakes. When you come tot
tering home so tired that you can
hardly get up stairs, and throw your
selves on the bed without even the
strength to remove your boots, weshould
appreciate your devotion In thus labor
ing to support US. Now, last night,
dear, when you stumbled over the rock
ing-chair and found yourself obliged to
cling to the headboard to support your
weary form, you presented really sad
example of the oyerworked husband and
father. When your shattered nerves
caused you to upset my fresh bottle of
cologne, and scatter the contents of my
work basket over the floor, you really
looked the typical martyr of married
life. Of course you do not remember it,
dear. You were too tired and worn out
with that horrid customer to remember
anything. What dry, stupid time you
must have talking business up to 3
o'clock in the morning, and you look so
sleepy and tired and used up this morn
ing. Iwould really imagine you had
experienced a severe illness if I didn't
know it was those terribly reckless bust
ness cares which pull you down so. I
see you have quite lost your appetite,
dear. You haven't even touched your
steak. Now, dear, this will not do.
You must not apply yourself so closely
to business. It is killing you" And
Mrs. Breezy's mouth curled into deci-
ded sheer as she dug a tablespoon into
the fled potatoes.
"But, my dear" said Mr.. Breezy,
making heroic effort to swallow little
of the steak, it was a most important
engage
"Of course it was, said Mrs. Breezy,
as she poured out cup of coffee with
trembling hand. "Of course it was,
love. Your engagements are always i'm
portant. They will never keep over un-
til morning, never. What if these en-
gagements these very important en-
gagements-do occur five or six nights
out of the week. It is a sign of your
prosperity. Should I complain if you
find yourself obliged to meet your GUS
toners at theaters and concert halls, and
at poker parties in out Of the-way hotels?
No, dear, you are obliged to adapt your
self to your customers mode of life. It
is all in the way of business, and we
short sighted wives are very unreasona-
BILE to suppose for a moment that you
frequent such places out of choice, when
even instinct should teach us that you
would much prefer being home in the
bosom Of your families. You dear,
abused husbands How patient you
are, to be sure, with us fdgety, unrea-
sonable creatures" and Mrs. Breezy
pushed back her chair with o jerk and
left the room. -Brookly,a Eagle.