New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-04

wear them -
aItwas I, not you. that had to see my wife wear
ing themr exclaimed tho Captain. And do you
think will have my wife carry vegetable DaShc'
ON her head like a costermongerf regret youi
taste. nv dear. 1t seems to me that nave neiu up
an ideal to Won that person of intelligence -
clam not person of intelligence" cried the iiItle
woman, now III the alternate lit.
81 really begin to believe you Priscilla ANU
here Mrs Provost ran from the room.
Cantain Preyost's next overt act was committed
lille hrs wife was vet lost in her innocent dreams.
Ue was an early rlser and did much OF his
nrowling bsfore there was anybody up to embarrasS
h,m Not that ANYBODY could have embarrassed
CAPTAIN Provost should have said before thero
was anybody up to be embarrassed by MN. MS
action OH this morning was 10 take Mrs' rr3'osOs
shoe-bag down stairs, to remove several Nus from
the heel of every boot and slipper pound down the
nails where there were any, and return the bag TO
its place lie did not believe in French heels. lie
did not nqulro what ailol his wies eyes that day'
the loss of an inch in her height being as much 10 the
little woman as the traditional inch on mans nose
He did not want his wife any taller than shc was
She was lust as tall his heart he added with grave
tenderness But the anatomical view presented
TO Mrs Provost Overcame her judgment.
"As your spleen ~ cried She
Captain Provost would be patient this was try
ing: but no would forbear lie didn't know why
she should want to be any taller than he liked TO
have her.
Bu; if | do want to 10 taller" urged she.
"No more!" roarcd Captain Provost in his most
impressive quarterback manner. Aud Mrs
Provost said no more but all the same she did
want to he taller.
lam really ashamed to repeat such small gossip :;
but Captain Provost leave, me no choice. IL was
only little Later and while the subject OF the heels
was still sore ono that Mrs. Provost made the
purchase ot what is callcl "A switch. Her hA'r'
which had been a lovely unburniShcl gold, was
becoming chestnut, only tho oals remaining fair.
Mrs Provost had loved her pretty hair, anl re-
grettcd it; and the ncongruity in color annoyed
her taste. In the pride and innocence of her heart
she shovel her husband her purchase comfortably
arranged on her mead. feeling nersolf ten years
younrcr and more attractive to him. 1t crossed
her angry mind n few minutes afterward, that sac
was fool to wish to be attractive to such tYrant
Take it Oh - said the Captain, with portcn'oi'
uuletneSs. 81 never expected to SEQ dndd
woman's or a convict's hair OF any wife OF mine"
How many wives did you expect to have said
Mrs Provost for the second time in hcT life stuns
TO such reply.
If the fly crawling over his sleeve had turned and
rent him, Captain Provost wOull have been no more
surprised.
IL shall not speak with you again" he said look
ing over tbs top of his glasses, tall you ask my
pardon" And if tho worll hal turned upside
down, Captain Provost would not have been more
surprised again than he was when Mrs Provost,
after one indignant glance administered a second
shock by skipping ont of tbs room "a lightly a'
the ly smiled of his sleeve. Was this tho meek
little woman who had married him in a state OF
blind alorationi Iio would real her lesson Slie
would remember to the last day of her life.
Captain Provost loitily picked up his newspaper
But he had no sooner passed his eye over the first
lines failing to make ont word of their meaning.
than an enormous black spider spel over the sheet,
his peculiar adherence, ana not one. bu' hun
dreG; the OF her ninety-ninc being tn, just-hatcei
family of the first intruder. lIs shook them OF
angrily; and gaucing upwarl saw an immense
cobwcb. His first impI.Sc was - roar - his wife ;
and her first impulse wOull have been to sc'lc The
hearth-bru,h and sweep the cObweb ont Of exist
ence OF course he could not now obey his first i'm
pulse Aud rs the electric bell p'rcnnially out
of order he climbel a chair and destroyed the cob
web with his newspaper destroying the ncwsi lPcr
also knocking OH a globe o. the chdndrlirT' iOsluS
his balance the chair which was OF the SORT that
roll, from under you, aud coming down 80 hcIE-
| ily that he broke the crystal OF his watch. ana
grew more irate than before 1t was his wics ituit
Int hoyy wa, ne 10 LET her lnO II Tie could only
add il up AGAINST her lie went ont INTO tao kitchen
which his hot shot rakcd tore AM ait. aud then II"
| took his hat and vent down to tie club-rooms.
Under ordinary circumstances his wife knew that
| with this collection OF mishaps no womb nave
made the sounding as!es OF the di:n WOOL ring anu
she experienced strange sense OF reic - tiiH dooI
| closed behind him, aud found herself wishing Tor
inst one-hllf moment that Captain Provost never
| would speak agan. ,
! would have il, there callers IN tho room.
| among them that jackanIpos OF a Grcystoue. sitting
on low seat beside Mis-. Provost, who hung upon
! his words as II he were the most vivid rIcontcur
| alive The poIn.edly ifgld manner ~ which
CAPTAIN Prev st took his remote seat, ana after IN,
stii salutation said nothing 10 anybo Iy. cmpiied
that room almost rs quickly rs an dIi'h Ol HId
MR. Provost came timidly 10 the table beside
BIN: she was not quite used 10 her own tenerty
| and felt that she shuIld propose re- 'OncllatIon
after all. She would overlook tIings. In ahotE' !
| moment her little hand would have cl Ispcd over
| his. when the Captain 1883, took out ms pocket
| book with ceremony slammed II on tho table
| before her. and stalkcd from the room.
| "Whv don't hate him. cried Mrs, Prey1 st
AS if wanted TO make up because Tan ante,
with her head in the air. But sac came back she
took up the pOckct-bOOk and opened It. Their
were some memoranda. some blank checks, and twt
Onc-doar bills III It, Its worse IMAM shame
It's an insult an outra ge" she exclaimed. Aud th
tears sho shed over the outrage dad great deal o
Qnenchng to any hame OF love lett IN her breast
or course the pocket-book lay there til its ownc
claimed it; and tho evening and the morning
| made the second day.
When. in the next forenoon, Captain Prevos
camo in from the mail and proceeded % read IN
new review by the lire Mrs. Provost was Singing al
the piano She had pleasant voice. and when IN,
little woman sang. yoI wondered, rs you do when Il
canary sings. how such sound cones from such
throat. Nero bravad0' said tbs Captain tO him
self. But III fact Mrs. Provost was feeling badly
longing for "A little kindness, and wishing BpltC,
the oLdlurate heart OF her lord and 80. ii no
bravalO, this singing was malice pfcpcnso Sh,
wis singing old sweet songs that move man T.
tenderness If anything will, tho things his mother
sang, the song. ho once Lcard yOnng girls singing
on moonlghtcd summer nights. Sho sang" lh,
Last Rose of summer" with all tine sad periuu,
that hangs about II she sang Flow Gently, sweet
Alton" enough to make yOu cry; she sang IN
Sitting on tho Stc, Mary and "Hhe lnglcside "
and then she sang " The McGregOrs Gathering
with its cart-broalung wall of d" Landlcs5! Land
les,w and at last she sang "Ship AhOyw TO STU