Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1885-12-26
Ar MENT.
BY EVA BEST.

Jack and l had been married abou t
long enough to begin to argue; we never
quarreled We're too patrician for
that, though he was only u promising
architect and an eX-school ma'am-but
how we did argue! 1t all began by our
different ''bringings up in the first
place. on see, we weren't really we'll
acquainted care not yeD when we mar
ried. 1t all grew out of that dreadful
flood-did our romantic and sudden
marriage-and l had actually seen my
good Jack twice only before | promised
all sorts of sentimental things! And
the glamour lasted, his face was still
the handsomest, his voice the sweetest,
his nature the most chivalrous in the
world until, as have said we began to
argue. 1t was thoroughly good
natured argument at first. How was 1t
that we forgot in time to send laugh
along with deXterous little dig into the
weak points in the argument Of the OPP
position to sort o soften its edge? |
don't know, Pm sure, but grew to de-
spise argument between Jack and me, and
l meant when good chance offered to
put the whole ugly spirit of discord to
flight.
1t came-the chance. Jack came
home from the Office to supper with a
paper in his hand. which, | fancied, had
given hlm something to ponder over. l
rang the little tea bell out of the low
window as | used to ring the big bell
out of the dear little schoolhouse window
in years gone by, and in toddled our wee
daughter, Fatima, with Il glad, hungry
light in her baby eyes.
Baby in the high chair; mamma be-
hind the tea things, papa brandishing
the knife and steel and then-it came.
''Desdle. | think women NOWADAYS try
to do too much-that they strive for too
wide sphere Of action, don't you?'
women in general, or particular,
Jack?" | asked, dropping the three
Jumps of sugar he affects into his steam
ing cup.
"Well, general, believe in this case
though we could, l suppose, make a
particular instance of it. For instance
YOU
az"
"You received an education that in
the contracted sphere of woman's
life"
Ha! There it was-there was my
weapon of humiliation. | listened as
he went on.
"That in the contracted sphere of
woman's life will, in a measure, only be
thrown away. What good can come of
it all? You who sit here at home making
paradise for me, need know nothing of
even simple interest"
But do know of it, my liege lord
| can compute it to the penny on the
small sum accruing from my professor.
ship of the river school since YOU kind
ly invested it for me in the Building as
ISOLATION"
'Wel, let That pass; perhaps it is just
as well TO know a little of simple arith-
metic; but for algebra"
Gas my friend Helen says, it is my
knowledge of algebra and the unknown
quantities that nave made baker of
me- | interrupted eagerly.
"A baker"
"Oui, Monsieur! Now do you listen
awhile to me-give Falimi that ripest
peach, Jack, please. insist upon it
that no woman who lives the life of Il
house mother can have too fine and too
widelyspread an education. In the
first place she is 'mother'-she has a
million questions to answer before her
little brood have spread their wings
questions upon all sort Of subie cts-on
science, on art, history, music, literature,
chemistry, astronomy, languages-on