The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-10-13
\ Matter Of Business.

You were out last night, dear" said
Mrs. breezy taking her seat beside the
breakfast table and iumbling nervou,ly
with her fork.
"Oh, no. said Mr. breezy, III wasn't
late. You see. darling, you were asleep
when came in and -
mo, Mr.. Breezy, WAS not asleep, hu,
rs you say, il was no. late for you. Moth
ing wonld convince you that the clock
struck three a5 you closed the hall door
OF course business detained YOU 1t is
/ wonderful how much business man will
transact after midnight, but Of course we
women know nothing about sucl, ihing.
| Wcnevcr can understand you men, can we
dear? We are always imagining all sorts
of horrid things whcnyou happen to stay
away dag or two without sending us
even line Women are so nervous. are
they not, dear? What silly creatures we
are, TO be sure. Ii we would only 20 to
| bed, and 20 to slccp it would save us Il
world of .-ouble-wouldnt it, dear :?
| We might know that you strong men can
take care of yourselves. If you are OBJ
iged TO sit up until = O'Clock in the
morning talking business with your Gus
toners, it is really ungratcful in Ms to
complain for, OF course you have the
worst of it-don't you, darlir How
it must have bothered you and now tired
you must get, and think that it is all for
our sakcs. When you come tottcring
home sc tired that you can hardly get up
stairs, and throw yourself on the bed
without even the strength to remove your
boots, we should appreciate your devo-
ton in thus laboring tosupport us. Now,
last night dear, when you stumbled over
| the rocking chair and found your,clfob
| lige to cling to the headbonrd to support
your weary form, you presented really
sad example of the ovcrworkcd husband
and father. When your shattered nerves
caused You to upset my fresh bottle Of
| colongnc and scatter the contents Of my
work basket over the floor, YOU really
looked the typical martyr of married life.
Of c)urse you 90 not remember it, dear.
You were too tired and worn out with
that horrid customer 10 remember any.
thing. What n dry stupid time you must
hHve talking business up to o'clock
in the morning, and You look so slceply
and used up this morning. would
really imagine you had experienced q
severe illness il / didn't know it r,as
those terrible racking business cares
which pull you down so. see YOU have
lost your appetite dear. You haven't
even touched your steak. Now, dear,
this will not do. Yon must not apply
yousclf so closely to business. 1t is kill
ing you, and Mrs. Breezy's month curlcd
into decided snccrs as She dug table
spoon into the fried potatoes.
"Rut, my dear" said AR. Breezy,
making an heroic eflortto swallow a little
OF the steak, "it was 4 most important
engage"
"Of course it was said Mrs. Breezy, MS
she poured out cup OF coffee with trem-
bling hand. "Of course it was, love.
Your engagements are always important.
They will never keep over until morning,
never. iWhat if these very important
engageInents-do occur five or six nights
ou, of the week? 1t is sign of your
prosperity. Should I complain if you
are obliged to meet your customers at
theatres and concert halls, and nj poker
parties in out.of-the way hotels? No,
dear, you are obliged 70 adapt yourself
TO your customers mode OF life. L; IS
all IN the way Of business. aud we short.
sighted wives are very unreasonable to
suppose for II moment that YOU frequent
snch places out of choice, when even in.
stinct teaches u> tina; you would much
prefer being home in the bosom ni yoar
families. You dear, abused Husbands
How patient YOU are, to be surc, with us
tdgety, unrcasoning creatures ~ and Mrs.
Breezy pushed back her chair with
jerk and left the room- Bcokiyn Edglc.
= \ Virginian who was sentenced 10
the penitentiary q few days ago for horse
stealing, at one time paid taxes on $l00-
900.
At recent wedding in Barnes
vile, Ca, the groom was 1IO and tho
bride had just celebrated her fortieth
birthday.
= The New York World of Friday
has the annexed paragraph in its local
columns "Uni,ed States Senator YIN
Malone, Capt. John S. Wise and James
-. Brady, President of the Republican
State central Committee, all of Virginia
arrived Mt the Gilscy House Yesterday.
and almost Immediately afterwards went
out. During the day they spent an hour
in Wall street 1t is said that their mis-
sion Is to collec. campaign nsubscriniions."
Editorially the World says: "Nahone
and the chairman ofthe Virginia Repub-
lican committee perambnlated WALL
street in company thursday, trying to
raise money from l.cpublican bankers |
and brokers TO promote the population
OF the Virginia State debt. OF course
brokers and bankers who subscribe to aid |
the Virginia Readjusters and Republicans
must intend TO buy Virginia bonds to-
DAY with an eye te selling them after the
virginia Democrass have thoroughly |
beaten the repudiating Malone and hin
Republican allies"