Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-05

NNNs L ASPS ySN "a S@s'S~t
rather shortly"
ayes, sm, Grovy dear, and love 20
better ihsn ever before i feel hsppis
now, hubby. You doy't know what = los'
of trouble you have hf:ed from your httl
wifey's he.Art"
trouble. load lifted-wbs. do you mean
Frsnk?'
"Why, Grover, the horrid newspaper
used to say you always buttoned your col
lars before pottipg them on and ther
slipped them over your-your-Your head
but now know they were lying. How the
wicked newspapers used to lie about you
anyway, didn't they, Grovey2 I've been
90 unhappy thinking about thia collar bus,
mess, and the girls at school used to make
fun of me, aud say they would never, never
m AIRY q man who put his collars on that
way. And I've even dreamed Of seeing
you with your collar just coming doSn
over your ears and eyes like hsnRman's
moose here the President WINGED and 1t
made me feel Just awful. But now know
| shall sleep sweetly, because see that
you put your collar on just as any other
man does. Oh, you splendid old Grover,
your
Here there was q sound which the tele-
phone failed to transmit intelligently, but
which one of the lady correspondents
gathered about the telephone receiver
blushinsly said she recognized.
There's another thing, Grover" Mrs,
Cleveland resumed; IL hear that a good
many brides come here to call on the
President. Now, shall insist upon being
present when they are received. And Is
for these women correspondents and liter
AIRY females here the President lifted his
finger warninPlY. apparently with sister
Rose in his mind l am going TO hire q
man whose business it shall be to set the
dog on them In not going to have q
parcel Of women pryiug into my husband 8
affsirs. so | sm not
And while We are having such a good
talk. hubby deaf
you mean that you are" interrupted
the President.
While We are having such nice talk,
the late Miss Folsom confined, all uu-
sbashed, suppose We lay our Little plans TO
save some money. Let me see-your
salary is 500 0CO year. That is $96l.53
\ week. How DO know2 Why, because
some of the girls at school figured 1t ali
out one day. We have no rent to pay
and | understand thu; Uncle Sam Is to
board as. Nov, Grover, We must save
some money for rainy day, and | shall
insist the. all of our household and per,
,ural expenses pass throug b my hands
Sart some authority, some responsibility,
haboy. and you will have quite enough TO
a. end 10 without botherlng with the
money
Here the President yawGsl IS if he were
sleepy, but the young wife opened one OF
the windows ror freah air, and couiiaued.
In the morning | want you to telegraph
The butler aud tell him that hereafter no
orders bu, mine are to De o5eyed. And |
want it distinctly Understood that when
BABY B:ssell-how well know that ely,
double chiuned dog-I want it unders ood
fhat when he comes down here from Bat
fslo ne Is to De searched before he eau be
admitted. That man cant sneak any red
bottles into my house when | ON around.
For, Grover, you are very fond OF table.
spoontulot ten year.old whisky, aren't your
Don't deny it, because KEEP: my eyes open
when you were my papa law partner, even
if was only httle girl
Grover didn't deny 1t, but chuckled mer-
rily to himself as he slyly glnced at
bottle on the dressing table labeled "po-
made"
=" You'll stop working so late at your
desk, too, won't you Grover? l think we
had better issue orders that the doors OF
the White House be closed at & o'clock
every evening. This Mr.. Lomont doesn'
iced to spend 80 much Of his time around
here as he has been doing, either. guess
you can get along for an hour or two with
out Dan at your heels II be doesn't take
4 vacation before long he may work him
,alf to death. And, besides, if you don't
to do something without his as
.istsnce p city soon people will say you
don't know how 10 run an office, or appear
in society, or get married without Dams
nelp and guidance. think we can get
along without quite so much Of Dan here
after. By toe way, the next time | 90 TO
Europe, and return after long visit, Ill
axoec, yoa to be vt the wharf to meet me
IN person, Mr. Cleveland, and not By the
proxy of your hired man. Do you prom
lseH
Il do" the President replied, somewhat
family.
Aud do you promise not to stay out
Iats o nights, AID to stop smoking cigars
after supper, and to take me out riding
every evening, and to let me control the
money, the c0ok, and the butler, and never
10 growl about the dinners, and TO always |
let me hsva my own way about household |
matters and to never have any OF that old |
Buffalo crowd los6Dg around here, and
IL promise" mosned the President, with |
another ySEn.
And may | depend upon ycu always |
loving me as much as you donoW, GroVey
Can trust youH
Yes, my dear, you may bet your last
dollar on me. Have no: frequently de.
clared that a public ofticeis publictrustY
"Oue more question, Grover, aud one OF
great importance Before our married lite
be- omes any older l want you to tell me
one thing. Look me IN the eye, Grover,
that mag read your soul Here the
Prssiden, shulisrad 60 violently that the
telephone receiver ratified. This evening |
while sitting alone q few moments picked
up newspaper and read that as | bad not
passed civil service exam nation | could
hot legally become the Presidents wife
And the Newspaper ALEC said that even II
the letter OF the lss could b waived,
must be confirmed BY the Senate before !
could really bs your wife, and that my
prospects there were very poor, majority
OF the Senators being Republicans, and
and
We'll, what was the rest Of it2 Numbered
Grover. with bis eyes flashing.
Il don't like TO tell, but if | must, the
newspaper said that a msjOr,;y OF the
Senators we're Republicans, and most OF
them old men, you know, aud therefore 60
env;o.s of you that they would rot vote to
conRsm ne"
'Oh, you silly little gooss." Gsid Grover
And them he explained to her that this