Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-07-15
A Quiet Talk.

"Here yon have been home whole
week, MIR. Breezy, without telling me a
word about your trip to Cleveland" "
said Mrs. Breezy. ''YHu know you
promised to tell me everything"
eyes, DEAR" said Mr.. Breezy, alb
sently, from behind his evening paper.
81 don't believe you heard word
said," exclaimed Mrs. Breezy. "Dc
put down that paper and at least appear
TO be awake OF my existence, Mr..
Breezy"
Sin moment, dear. lam just at the
end of an article on"
EYES, of course, your wife can wait, :"
said Mrs. Breezy. "She can always he
put off for everything and everybody ,
continued Mrs. Breezy, beating nerv-
GUS tattoo upon the carpet with the toe
of her right shoe. before We were
married, Mr.. Breezy, you told me re-
peatedly that I should hold first place
in your heart, and that business, poll
tics, everything should give way to my
viii. You have kept your word, have
yop n0t, Mr.. Brtez7 -
with vonr assistance, dear, have. "
said Mr.. Breezy, rs o sickiy smile crept
over his features.
"What Go You wish to imply, Mr..
Breezy, by saying with my assistance ?"
asked Mrs. Breezy, growing still more
nervous.
ooh, nothing, dear. It was only
little joke, said Breezy, making anoth-
er desperate effort to finish the article
he was reading.
"YoW Joke is, as usual, pointless.
Mr. Breezy, and wish you would drop
Joking in She future. Ny mother always
told me that you possessed light, friv-
oitus character, but l confess / didn't
have sense enough to discover it until
too late"
"Too late |" echoed Mr.. Breezy, in a
suspicously -doleful tone of voice.
"From your tone of voice, Mr.. Breezy,
l should imply that you rather regretted
its being too late" said Mrs. Breezy.
"I'm sure Tn ready at any time, Mr..
Breezy, to go back to my father. I was
40 happy in that dear old home"
Don't you think you are talking
nonsense, dear?" asked Mr.. Breezy, III
mild tone of voice, and quietly folding
up his paper.
"Ohi I see you have got through
with that article" said Mrs. Breezy, ig-
noring her husbands remark. "Now,
perhaps, you can tell me little about
your trip"
"Wllh pleasure, DEAR" said Mr..
Breezy. "What " do you wish to know
aDout?'
"Now, Mr.. Breezy, do you suppose
I'm going 10 sit down and write lot of
questions for you to answer, like one Of
those newspaper-interviewipg fellows
I'm sure there is plenty for you to tell
me if you will only get up energy
enough to talk; but my presence seems
to have siencing effect upon you"
"It does" said Mr.. Breezy.
elm told you are an. awful taiker
among your gentleman acquaintances,
hut the moment you get homo you take
a newspaper, settle i'll the most comfort.
able chair in the house, and remain rs
dumb and uninteresting as an oyster.
I'm sure I do my part; I don't sit as
dumb as mummy"
"No" said Mr.. Breezy, with en-
phasls.
"You think not, Mr.. Breezy. Per-
haps you accuse me of talking too
much. You could be just unreasonable
enough" said Mrs. Breezy, ncrvously
pulling at the fringe OF table cover.
"You should be proud, Mr.. Breezy, to
have wife with two ideas in her head
and a tongue capable of expressing
them. YOU"
"I am proud, DEAR" said Mr.. Breezy.
But you know, love, there is .
iinit-"
Eyes, yes, Mr.. Breezy, limit? Will
you go on?" said Mrs. Breezy, growing
more nervous every moment.
"a limit to q fellows patience