The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-09-03

anil VIM awake 10 the bitter reality that you
or, n wife. No more balls parties, theaters'
moonliph, rides and evening strolls. Ii you
accidentally happea ON the street together ut
takes the farther side of the walk and you TIT
other; If IL rains he holds the larger nan o'
The umbrella over himself, notwithstanding
vour new bonnet aud best dress are drenched
thr ugh; but that's nothing. You never DUH
a fire before you were married; you DO now
while your lord and master lies in bed, dream
ing of u fair, sweet face and bonny brown eyes
not blue ones, foi yours are blue. lie comes
down to break fart, helps himself to chair
YOU can get your own-sips his coffee IN 81
lcncc, giumules bLcause the becfslcak isn't
irieu as mother used to fry it, and declares the
cakes have entirely too much soda IN them
The tears struggle 10 your eyes, but you force
them back and almost wish-but no matter
what you wish. lie finishes his breakfast In
silence, gets up, puts on his ovcfcoat, grumDles
because II button is Of declares he has told
you of 1t for the twentieth time, and goes out
without even II gool.bye. AT noon he comes
home late to dinner, declares he has forgotten
TO do that errand you told him to do yesterday,
would try To- this afternoon. inquiries how
much you had to pay for beef, grumblcs at the
price, and lets you reach half way across the
table for piece of bread, thereby bursting a
half dozen hooks aud eyes off your dress,
winch reminds you that you need new one,
and you meekly ask hun for some money. He
looks sour, takes out his pocket book, gives
you fifty cents, and tells you TO he more eco
nom,cal, notwithstanding he bought himself
u pair of fourteen dollar boots that very morn
ing. He spends his afternoon smoking in
some store. comes home. ten is not quite
ready; he picks up baby Charley, who is try
Ing his powers Of elocution; tries to quiet
him, but all IN vain, and lays or rather throws
him hack in his CRIB declaring "babies are
nuisance" and deliberately takes his chair at
the table. The tea is either too hot or too
cold too weak or too stiong, causing you to
get him four different cdpfuls, notwithstand.
ing you do without yourself After tea he
tears a leaf out Of your latest magazine to
igh, his cigar, eusconces himself in the easiest
chair, with his feet On the sofa and no thought
If the snow white tidy, washed and ironed
Int day. and consoles himself with the Eue.
ming JOuraai, while you console yourself by
sewing that button on his iortship's coat and
mendlng his shirt and socks. Very consoling
indeed! About eight o'clock he jumps up,
declares he has nm engagement Down town,
and you are left alone TIL eleven or twelve
o'clock. This is model husband
Oh, girls! lavish your affections on any.
thing but a man rather on some stray cat or
poodle dog; they would appreciate them
more. You might darn and mend, turn your
old black cashmere dress for the twentieth
time, IeIrim your last spring bonnet, that your
husband might have that long wished for
dressing gown, and at last you take the mea
sizes and die; and six months later he would
marry again, and hang your picture up in the
garnet To frigh,en the rats But what is the
use of wasting paper and ink, 1 wager you
will every one marry the first chance ye get,
though you knew you would rue it five weeks
later. Alas It's too true that lone half OF this
world are fools, and the other half idiots"
MARIE