The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-10-23

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he could kiss it. "A good little wife,
'lt will be quite expensive to have us
go to Fernside, will it not?n she asked.
Rather expensive he replied, "but
I'll inquire about it tomorrow.
The month soon passed, and Chester
Hilton was out of business. No situa-
ton had been found, and the outlook
seemed darker than ever. So many
business houses had reduced their forces.
But every day he went off at the same
hour in the morning and returned the
same time in the evening. His wife
supposed he was still at his old place,
for he had not yet made up his mind to
tell her. Surely he would find another
place, and then it was time enough to
let her know he had left Gardner, Whit
beck & Co.
One morning, fortnight after his
dismissal, Mrs. Hilton had occasion to
60 down town, and she stepped into
the office to see her husband. AS she
came into the door, Mr.. Gardner looked
up from his ledger and babe her '.good
morning"
"My husband is out, 1 suppose" she
said, looking toward the empty desk in
the corner.
''Your husband?" replied Mr.. Gard
ner. ''He has not been in this morn
ing"
mot been IMP" she exclaimed"
'tYou know, of course, that Chester
is not in my employ now," said the
gentleman. ''He has not been with us
this month ~
A vague anticipation of something
wrong filled the wife's heart, but she
was reassured by hearing the senior
partner say:
"We esteem your husband very high
ly, and were sorry to dispense with his
services, but we were obliged to do SO
on account of the dullness of the sea-
SON."
"My husband has not told me-" she
replied. 81 respect his motive-he was
afraid it would trouble me. If he
comes in, please do not say q word
about my having having been here.'
Certainly not" replied Mr.. Gard
ner, as the young wife went out of the
office.
/ Turning to his partner, he said:
"What pretty wife Chester Hilton
has! She is very young, though, not
more than twenty-one, / should judge
, -Whitbeek, he continued, ''how
strange it is that young men now-a-
| days take so many leaps in the dark as
i regards matrimony. Why didn't Ches-
ter Hilton wait awhile before he got
married? 1t was foolish venture"
. 81 don't agree with you," replied
the junior partner. 81 married on six
hundred dollars year, and saved
money too.
/ 80, that was long time ago, and
t you got the right kind of wife to help
man along"
''That's true" he replied, shut be-
, lieve there are great many right kind
of wives now. You can't tell what
} stuff women are made of until they are
f tried. Chester Hilton's wife looks as if
she had good deal of character
While these gentlemen were talking,
the subject of their conversation was
walking homeward on the shady side
of the street. A nickel had become as
t large as dollar in her eyes, as well
5 as in her husbands. In spite of the
| large sun umbrella and the thin lawn
V dress, she was very warm, and the per-
4 spiration stood in large drops on her
; face.
e "Poor Goldie," she said to herself,
a as the tears came into her eyes. s'He
Y is so proud he couldn't bear to tell me
5 that he was out of employment. Of
r course, shan't speak of going to Fern
side again. I'll stay at home and take
/: the best care of baby that / can. I'll
: watch her every minute. I'm paying
e Ellen large wages. [ must let her go
!, and do the work myself Iwonder if
| could? We can buy our bread, but
!, Goldie hates bakers bread. / must
e have Ellen show me how she makes
r hers" And full of the project of
doing her own work, she walked to-
D ward home, forgetful of the heat and
dust.
She did not have to give Ellen warn
} ing; the event, as events in our lives
often are, was ordered before she got
| home. Ellen's sister had been there
and told her her mother was i'll and
: she must go home the following day.
S The next morning Ellen showed her
| mistress how to make the excellent
Q bread and rolls, and the heroic little
wife surprised her husband with some,
: which he said were even better than
4 Ellen's.
: A month passed by, and whenever her
husband said, as he often did, I'm
7 afraid you are working too hard, my
dear, she always answered with a
: merry laugh, I'm just as happy as ]
7 can be doing my own work, and baby
( really helps me every day, she is so
9 good" Not word had been said by
. either husband or wife about leaving
Gardner & Whitbeck's s office.
r One morning, after ''Goldie" had
looked over the advertisements in the
column of Wanted in the morning
3 paper, and had put it down with a sort
3 of hopeless look upon his face, his wife
: took it up aud her eye fell upon this
t advertisement:
7 Wanted - First-class homemade
/ cakes and pies, also bread and rolls, al
5 No. 81 Ralston Avenue"
+ ''It's the Woman's Exchange" she
: said to herself. They've just opened
i it. l read about it yesterday in the pa,
| per. I'm going to try it, l know
| can do it. and the lit
!. tie wife, in her culinary enthusiasm,