Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03

mined .hat the dog or poodle, which
ever il gas, should be well treated, and
if FRANK had seen fit to kindly give it
them, they at least would take care Of
it His wife not only sliked dogs. but
she had hitherto found her husband as
tractable as could be wished, and she
| was not a little vexed to find that her
| will was not on all occasions his SUI
preme law 1t was all the more pro-
voking that he should so stubbornly OPP
pose her, and all for an insignificant
poodle. But at all events she believed
in wife asserting her rights, and she
had no intention of yielding without a
struggle.
Jack" she resumed, "do you love
me-"
Yes"
Love me so much that you want me
to be very happy"
"Of course / do"
land yet you want to bring great
black poodle dog into our home to tor
ment me, for never could have a mo-
ment's peace if there was dog about. :"
"But it is a present from Frank
And does Frank come before your
wife?''
WINNIE, how can YOU he so cruel?
care more about you than all the world
beside
land yet you won't do even a little
thing to please me-
"lou re unreasonable, Winnie, per-
fectly unreasonable. This poodle, when
il gets here. will have come all the way
from San Francisco, and if you care
anything about me or my friends YOU
would only be too glad to receive it."
And SO their quarrel began. Their
first quarrel, and they had only been
married month. The OUTSIDE world
may think it a very trivial matter, but
to them it was the most serious thing in
lie. Both were perfectly sincere in the
opinion that the other was to blame
She thought that he should be willing
to dispose of such valueless thing as Il
poodle if she wished it. and he thought
that for his old-time friend she should
make much of his gift. But it would
be a waste of words 10 attempt to follow
the arguments and counter-arguments
concerning that poodle, which, for all
they knew, might never have left San
Francisco. The more his discourse the
more the animal appeared as the para
gon of all earthly virtues, while she
continued to paint it as a blacker and
still blacker, ferocious and blood thirsty
wolf. This heated discussion was an
inauspicious way of beginning life be-
paused to think of that. Finally Jack
rose from Ills chair, and standing up in
oratorical fashion, as he did when he
was very much in earnest, he said:
Mrs. Apologize, that poodle is COM
ing. and we must receive il in decent
style. sou
1t was the first time in all their mar
ried life that he had coldly and formal
ly addressed her As "Mrs. Applegate, ;"
and for the moment she felt the blood
in her heart chilling. Then her woman
nature reasserted itself, and in a voice
fully as determined as bis. she began:
Jack, if you wish to destroy the
peace of our happy home
But Jack was gone, and instead of
completing the sentence she walked
into the next room and, throwing her
self upon the bed, cried as Il her heart
would break.
Her husband, when he left the house,
rapidly walked down the gravel walk
they lived in the suburbs and lighting
cigar, began smoking furiously. He
did not return until supper, and then
the sub; Jet of debate was evidence that
their quarrel was still uppermost in
their minds.
The next day, some hours after Jack
had left for business, Mrs. Apologize
was surprised to see three or four work
ingmen prepared with tools and lumber
in the yard. Not knowing their busi-
ness she slipped on her hat, and going
out, inquired.
Going to build dog-kennel,
num-" answered one of the men.
"Mr. Applegate said as how he WAS
going to get Rocky Mountain poodle,
whatever that may be, and he left Or
ders this morning for kennel"
And what could Mrs. Applegate do?
She could not order the work stopped
or hinder it in any way, as it would be
degrading to her self-respect to reveal
to these workingmen that she and her
husband were not in perfect accord. So
she merely nodded, and going into the
house listened all the morning to the
hammering, and it seemed as if every
nail that was driven sent pang through
her heart. Such is the strange perrer-
sion of women, however, that she pre-
pared dinner of those things which
her husband particularly liked, and in
the little womanly touches about the
house she did all she could to make
everything attractive. At dinner Jack
was unusually Jolly, and he tried to
make up for her silence by constant
flow of small talk. After the meal he
went into the yatd and leisurely in
spected the nearly completed dog
kennel.
mice bit of architecture, that he
casually remarked. on returning.
''Oh, jack" said his wife, with half a
sigh.
NOW, Winnie he began, do be
reasonable. This thing
But he said no more, for she had
rushed into another room, and closing
the door was lost to sight and hearing.
Feeling decidedly uncomfortable, but
still with the reassuring consciousness
that he was in the right, Jack Apple